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MIMS Future Classics
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Future Classic: Rihanna “Cockiness” (Jonas LR remix)

For the record I’m not a big fan of Rihanna. I don’t really dig her voice and struggle with the sheer amount of radio play she gets. This Christmas, I bought my little sister a copy of Frank Ocean’s Channel Orange to try ...
by Cal
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Future Classic: DJ Mitsu The Beats “Beat Installments Vol 2″

Smooth like pouring custard, phat like The Biggest Loser cast, and crafted like a Renissance master. C’mon man, it’s Mitsu! Was it ever gonna be anything else? I’m not name checking any tunes here, as I’...
by B-Dub
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Future Classic: Lianne La Havas “Elusive” (Flako Remix)

Oh my! What could be better than a Lianne La Havas remix by Flako, one of the most talented and original producers out there. Flako really keeps evolving and improving with every release and is transcending the “beatmaker...
by Lexis (MIMS Founder)
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MIMS Lists
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An Introduction to WAAJEED (Bling47, Detroit)

Waajeed is a jack of all trades as a graphic artist, labelhead and producer. The latter is his most prolific persona and his dazzling array of futuristic boombap soundscapes will be on display on april 19th as part of the Artbe...
by DJ Asma
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Future Classic: Dandy Teru “Adventures” (Ubiquity Records)

Remember that whole wave of records classified as “Downtempo” or even “Chill Out”? In the last 90′s / early 2000 every label out there was jumping on the train with those shitty compilations themed...
by Lexis (MIMS Founder)
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Future Classic: Jai Paul “Jai Paul”

A couple weeks ago we were very surprised and excited to hear about a brand new mixtape from the enigmatic Jai Paul called “Everlasting“. Well, it turns out that the unofficial mixtape featured some demo versions of...
by Lexis (MIMS Founder)
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MIMS Lists
Ta-Ku / Taku (Producer, Australia)

TA-KU presents “My Favorite DILLA Tracks”

Australia’s TA-KU, one of our favorite beats producers out there, is a pretty huge fan of the late J Dilla‘s work but where most of us spot at posting Jay Dee videos on Facebook and twitter… the Australian pro...
by Lexis (MIMS Founder)
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Future Classic: Berry Weight “Music For Imaginary Movies”

Berry Weight is a duo of musicians from Canada and Switzerland: Nico (Apewok) and Maël (Stab). Actually, I thought BW was the name of a solo beatmaker but in my defense, most of this kind of instrumental hip-hop (à la Kid Ko...
by MaxRobin
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Future Classic: Istolethesoul “Around Sounds”

Koray Ozel, Toronto-based DJ and lover of all music, is pleased to announce the launch of his new label, Istolethesoul Records, and the release of its inaugural compilation simply titled, Around Sounds. A self-described “musi...
by Lexis (MIMS Founder)
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Newsfeed
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Kaytranada “Juniper”

via HW&W: Got to hear a lot of new music from Kaytranada while he was in LA this past week.. Here’s an unreleased banger from the man himself. #HWW #SQUAD
by Lexis (MIMS Founder)
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Guest Mixes
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Mix of the Day: Soulection “Show #125 w/ Ta-ku, Kaytranada, & Bahwee”

via Soulection: What a week-end it’s been! It all started when Ta-ku and I hung out in Highland Park (LA) and chilled with Eric Coleman (Mochilla). We had a chance to visit Stones Throw! Very inspiring. Shouts to Coleman ...
by Lexis (MIMS Founder)
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Future Classic: Letherette “Letherette” (Ninja Tune)

Ever since we discovered them on a pair of EP’s on Ho_Tep Records (affiliated with Eglo) we’ve been madly in love with Letherette‘s work. The duo’s productions sounds like bits and pieces of a ton of dif...
by Lexis (MIMS Founder)
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