Dj Mixes

Mix of the Day: Kaytranada “Live on Benji B, BBC Radio1 Mix”

Hailing from Montreal, Canada, this young beat maker and DJ is no stranger to production. Starting to produce in his early teens, and now at only 20 years of age, Kaytranada has the work ethic of a seasoned producer. His influences come from all sorts of genres. Genres between Disco, …

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Ras G & The Afrikan Space Program “Back On The Planet”

via Brainfeeder: “Sun Ra once spoke a future where the mere thought of a place would take somebody there. In the past future of today, Ras G explores space and time through his ancient/futuristic music. Dusty, ethereal and bugged out, the Crate Creator’s beats bring the past to the future. …

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Interviews

MIMS Talks with: DONKY PITCH

Donky Pitch is a UK-based label and club night set up by Pete Taylor and Dave Grinell, a couple of beardy chaps from Brighton on the South Coast. While they might have started out closer to Low End Theory and the beat scene, the Donky Pitch boys have come across …

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Future Classics

Future Classic: Elaquent “The Journey”

I’ve been meaning to talk about Elaquent‘s new record on HW&W Records called “Believing” for a while now but summer vacation time sort of got in the way. But since I happened to catch our man EQ performing in Montreal a couple days ago we wanted to talk about our favourite …

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Guest Mix #13: JON KENNEDY (UK)

We got a really great treat in the mailbox this week when great producer / DJ and label head Jon Kennedy sent us an exclusive guest mix. The mix highlights some of the future releases on his JON KENNEDY FEDERATION Label and remixes from “Corporeal”, his brand new LP, that are as …

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Future Classics

Future Classic: Kenlo Craqnuques “Chaude chaleur”

Usually when it comes to picking tracks / records for our Future Classics & Forgotten Treasures section we like to give the piece some context and explain why it touches us so much… But F*** it. Today is sunday, it’s sunny outside and this is just a no brainer! New …

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Future Classics

Future Classic: BinkBeats “Beats Unraveled”

For the most part, YouTube has sort of ruined the whole idea of cover versions for me. I mean, you check out a video you like and in the side bar you can see about 18 different versions of random people butchering a song in their basement. Of course, whatever …

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Guest Mixes

COMFORT FIT “Forgotten Treasures Mix #11”

We are really happy to present the eleventh instalment of our MIMS forgotten treasure mix series. After great mixes from Zed Bias, Taku, Fred Everything, Tall Black Guy and others the 11th mix comes from Comfort Fit, a very talented producer from Germany who we have been big fans of for years! He is a Berlin-based producer with …

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Future Classics

Future Classic: Elaquent “Believing”

Our good friend – and very talented producer from Guelph, Ontario – Elaquent’s music stands out compared to the infinite number of beat tapes, including those from fellow Canadian producers. There’s just something about the swing of his beats and classic approach to production that is grounded in the golden era …

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Ta-ku - Dowhatyoulove
Future Classics

Future Classic: Ta-ku “Dowhatyoulove”

No stranger to delicate mixes of boom-bap and future sounds, Australia’s very own Ta-ku treats us to a new release, Dowhatyoulove. The 18 instrumental tracks of the records illustrate how little it now matters where in the world people are located, music will still find its way through borders and …

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Future Classics

Future Classic: Booty Based Mob “Volume 2”

With their second installement, the Booty Based massive brings a boatload of based beats that resound through your sound system with the unmistakable thump they’ve made their name on. Showcasing some of MTL’s brightest beatmakers, local GAWD KenLo Craqnuques is given the honor of opening/closing the ceremony with a molten, …

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Music Documentaries

Film: “All Ears – A Glimpse into the Los Angeles Beat Community”

The amount of experimental hip hop coming out of Los Angeles over the last ten years is matched only by the number of genre names attached to it. Cue many an infuriating conversation about Flying Lotus’s evolving sound, just how much swing is appropriate and what on earth to call …

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