Future Classic: Skygaze ‘Astral Trip Remixes’
In the ever-evolving landscape of electronic music, aural architect Skygaze returns with a compelling offering, building upon his acclaimed 2022 release, the ‘Astral Trip EP’ for Flumo Recordings. This latest installment sees Skygaze and Flumo pushing the boundaries of genre even further, offering a sophisticated fusion of house, broken boogie, …
Exclusive Premiere: Arnheim “Beautiful Truths” (Forthcoming on Barbara Recordings)
The always-consistent Arnheim returns with another 2-track dubplate for you to dive into. Here we have the A-side “Beautiful Truths”, a deep jazzy groove fuzed with intricate broken rhythms and live improvisation. Dubplate special + digital coming April 28th via Barbara Recordings.
WheelUp announces ‘Good Love’ album with Afronaut collab
If only the weather could match the sunny vibes on this fresh bruk jam. Today Tru Thoughts are releasing a collaboration between two generations of broken beat, pioneer of the West London Sound and founder of Bugz in the Attic – Afronaut links up with bruk revivalist WheelUP on the …
Exclusive Premiere: Fradinho “A Bright Future” (Naut’s L8 Nite Mash Up – Afronaut & MdCL 4 BugzInTheAttic)
MIMS is absolutely stoked to premiere this incredible Afro-cosmic broken beat remix by Afronaut, legendary pioneer of the broken sound, and keyboard whizz & producer extraordinaire Mark de Clive-Lowe, for upcoming producer, Fradinho. Set for release on his own newly minted Eclectic Beats Music. A Portuguese native, DJ, producer and …
Forgotten Treasure: Moonstarr “Detriot” (2004)
“One of my classics! I used a Chroma Polaris for the pads and a matrix 1000 and octave cat for other sounds. The drums were actually a BOSS DR-660 and the reverbs were from my Roland VS-880ex. Can you believe that?!?! Amazing times yo. I’ll never forget when the Jazzanova …
DEGO – in 10 Records
Introducing the MIMS x Dimensions Festival ’10 Records’ series, where we ask artists from this year’s line-up to pick 10 of their formative records! Running with some of the finest music selectors and diggers, we bring you an exclusive series of playlists in the run up to this year’s Dimensions and Outlook …
Future Classic: Dego & Kaidi “EP2” (Eglo Records)
Two of the absolute legends of the Broken Beat movement return with their second EP to the fine EGLO Records imprint. Kaidi & Dego have been busy as of late with heavy releases for Theo Parrish’s Sound Signature, Holland’s Rush Hour and of course with Dego’s own 2000Black label. Their …
DEGO’s first single from forthcoming “The More Things Stay the Same” LP
Three years after his debut solo album A Wha’ Him Deh Pon, dego reveals future funk-boogie track ‘Feminist Meetings’, taken from his highly anticipated second solo LP The More Things Stay the Same, due for release on 26th May 2015 on his 2000BLACK label. via 2000Black: “Undefined by any singular …
Future Classic: Sam Irl “Free Two Grow EP” (Jazz & Milk Records)
Exquisite new three track EP from veteran Austrian producer SAM IRL who returns to German label Jazz & Milk for his second release called the “Free Two Grow” EP. I first heard Sam Irl’s work on Pulver records in the mid-2000’s at a time when the Broken Beat and Nu-Jazz …
Future Classic: Mr. Beatnick “Ice Cream Strut”
Mr. Beatnick is one of our favourite electronic producers of the past few years. One who always delivers top-shelf material, yet he is still a pretty underrated artist. He has some killer releases on the Don’t Be Afraid label as well as a radio show on NTS. A very versatile …
Exclusive Download: CAIN “Undergate” (Fine Grains Records)
We’re happy to present an exclusive download track from CAIN, one of our favorite new talents who releases music on Fine Grains Records which also happens to be one of our favourite young record labels. Fine Grains don’t release a ton of projects (three official EP’s so far) but everything …
Mix of the Day: Co-Op “Live at Plastic People in London” (2005)
Believe me when I say : you need this in your life. Definitely well worth the hard disk space if you are a lover of Soulful Dancefloor music. More precisely, the Early to Mid 2000 British movement known as Broken Beat. Who knows why it fell off the map but …