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MIMS Forgotten Treasures
Forgotten Treasure: Lesette Wilson “Caveman Boogie”

Forgotten Treasure: Lesette Wilson “Caveman Boogie” (1981)

Pick by ANDY WILLIAMS (Montreal, Co-founder of The Goods) “Lesette Wilson was one of the first African-American electro-funk/rock producers, besides Nona Hendryx and Patti Labelle. She was the keyboardist for the famous ...
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MIMS Forgotten Treasures
Forgotten Treasure: Belle Epoque “Miss Broadway”

Forgotten Treasure: Belle Epoque “Miss Broadway” (1978)

This track is a guilty pleasure and an absolute dollar bin treasure. One that always has dancers thinking that it’s this super rare and hard to find thing when it fact you’ve probably seen it a bunch of times in the...
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Forgotten Treasure: Sade “The Balearic Sound of Sade”

Forgotten Treasure: Sade “The Balearic Sound of Sade”

Perfect end-of-summer lover’s vibes: four suitably sultry Balearic tracks by Sade. The third offering from the indisputably Balearic imprint Sunkissed Records comes in the shape of four dreamy tracks from the sultry Sade ...
by Lexis (MIMS Founder)
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MIMS Forgotten Treasures
MIMS “Forgotten Treasures Compilation #1″

MIMS “Forgotten Treasures Compilation #1″

We’ve been keeping this one on the hush for a while now. Originally it was a compilation given away with any purchase of MIMS merch (sweet t-shirts & record bags here). If you’re a MIMS faithful reader then you ...
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MIMS Forgotten Treasures
Forgotten Treasure: Carly Simon “Why”

Forgotten Treasure: Carly Simon “Why” (1981)

What I love about our Forgotten Treasures section is that we pretty much make up the rules. Mainly, it doesn’t have to be about uber rare shit. We’re not trying to impress you all the time with our crazy knowledge o...
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MIMS Forgotten Treasures
Klymaxx

Forgotten Treasure: KLYMAXX “Don’t Hide Your Love” (1982)

You could say Klymaxx was ahead of its time. The all-female band was brandishing the girl power ideology a decade before the onset of riotgrrl or the appearance of leather-clad starlets like Avril Lavigne. They released albums ...
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MIMS Future Classics
Future Classic: Funkineven & Fatima “Phoneline”

Future Classic: Funkineven & Fatima “Phoneline”

It’s no secret to anyone that we are huge fans of pretty much anything that comes out of the EGLO Records catalog. I played with label boss Alexander Nut last year, an amazing DJ and just great tastemaker in general and a...
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MIMS Forgotten Treasures
Forgotten Treasure: Midnight Express “Danger Zone”

Forgotten Treasure: Midnight Express “Danger Zone” (1983)

Sometimes it’s just better to let a record speak for itself..or in this case the totally whacked out video for this boogie bomb. Tri-Fire records have made a slick 12” reissue so that everyone can enjoy 80′s f...
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MIMS Future Classics
Future Classic: Toro Y Moi + Tyler The Creator “Hey You”

Future Classic: Toro Y Moi + Tyler The Creator “Hey You”

When we heard that Tyler and Toro Y Moi were doing studio sessions it definitely got our attention. Just wasn’t a pair of dudes we were expecting to work with but it does make perfect sense when you think about it a littl...
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MIMS Forgotten Treasures
Forgotten Treasure : Diane Tell “En pleurer ou en rire”

Forgotten Treasure : Diane Tell “En pleurer ou en rire” (1977)

Producers of soulful and funky musique Québecoise during the late 70s and early 80s weren’t so numerous. I’m thinking of the duo JF William & Serge Laporte known as Bill, Georges Thurston also known as Boule N...
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MIMS Forgotten Treasures
Forgotten Treasure: Spontaneous Overthrow “All About Money”

Forgotten Treasure: Spontaneous Overthrow “All About Money” (1984)

Pretty much the definition of what a forgotten treasure is right here! Very odd yet beautiful slice of synthesized experimental soul music from a group called Spontaneous Overthrow. Nathaniel Woolridge and Anthony Freeman, two ...
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Forgotten Treasure: Max Berlin “Elle et moi”

Forgotten Treasure: Max Berlin “Elle et moi”

This is some serious sleazy disco action right here, straight out of Belgium from the gloriously cheesy 80′s. I discovered this record not that long ago and after about 5 seconds I was in love with it. Really simple, mini...
by Lexis (MIMS Founder)
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