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MIMS Guest Mix
Guest Mix #09: BOWLY (ESL Crew, Nasty.FM)

Guest Mix #09: BOWLY (Montreal)

Brand new MIMS Guest mix and this one is from our very good homie BOWLY, a great producer and DJ from Montreal (by way of la France). Bowly is a member of the ESL Crew, along with Bus and Skinnybones arguably the most important...
by Lexis (MIMS Founder)
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MIMS Forgotten Treasures Mixes
Fred Everything “Forgotten Treasures Mix #03″

Fred Everything “Forgotten Treasures Mix #03″

Our third instalment of our forgotten treasure mix series is another great one and captures the idea perfectly. Our good friend Fred Everything who is a certified deep & funky house master: great producer and DJ whose pl...
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MIMS Forgotten Treasures
Forgotten Treasure: Detroit Beatdown Compilation

Forgotten Treasure: Detroit Beatdown Compilation (2002)

These past couple of years there has a bit of a revival surrounding “slow” house and techno. Producers have been going back to tracks that are in the 105 to 115 bpm rather than techno and house (which usually is much faster...
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MIMS Forgotten Treasures
Forgotten Treasure: The Jones Girls “You Gonna Make Me Love Somebody Else”

Forgotten Treasure: The Jones Girls “You Gonna Make Me Love Somebody Else” (1979)

Jon Dasilva & Maceo Plex’s Love Somebody Else is a supreme House remix of the 1979 R&B hit by The Jones Girls – You Gonna Make Me Love Somebody Else. I heard it on a Maceo Plex mix many months ago and all I had ...
by Devon Eve
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MIMS Future Classics
Future Classic: Souls of Mischief “93 Til Infinity” (Hannes Fischer Remix)

Future Classic: Souls of Mischief “93 Til Infinity” (Hannes Fischer Remix)

Souls of Mischief 93 ‘til Infinity is a timeless 90’s west coast hip hop album, and it never gets old. If you don’t already know who they are, I strongly recommend downloading that record. From Oakland, California, Souls ...
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MIMS Future Classics
Future Classic: Andy Stott “Luxury Problems”

Future Classic: Andy Stott “Luxury Problems”

Oh my gawwwd. Andy Stott rules my world. I fell in love the british producers’ work in the mid 2000’s when I bought an EP on his on Modern Love which has since become one of my favorite labels around (Claro Intelecto and Pe...
by Lexis (MIMS Founder)
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MIMS Forgotten Treasures
Forgotten Treasure: Moonstarr “Detriot”

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?!?! Ama...
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Guest Mixes
Classic Mixes: MOVE D “Fact Mix 317″

Classic Mixes: MOVE D “Fact Mix 317″

We’re pretty picky when it comes to the kind of house music we love. There is a very fine line between the 95% of stuff we don’t like: too “big club” sounding, too tribal, too minimal, linear, generic an...
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 ...
by Lexis (MIMS Founder)
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MIMS Future Classics
Andrew Ashong & Theo Parrish - Flowers (Sound Signature)

Future Classic: Andrew Ashong & Theo Parrish “Flowers”

For some reason I use the term “next-level” soul quite often even if I understand that’s it’s pretty much open to interpretation. When I use it I think of people like Shafiq Husayn and the Sa-Ra guys, Plantlife, Taylor ...
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MIMS Future Classics
Future Classic: Jayson Brothers “MCDE 1209″

Future Classic: Jayson Brothers “MCDE 1209″

Now this is our kind of house music right here. That late 90′s sound à la Mood II Swing with a new school twist. A really simple approach to house music that hits all the right spots. A really big EP from from the Motor ...
by Lexis (MIMS Founder)
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MIMS Forgotten Treasures
Forgotten Treasure: Kerri Chandler “Rain”

Forgotten Treasure: Kerri Chandler “Rain” (1998)

Ok, so there is a bit of a hidden agenda behind this pick. Yes, “Rain” is a certified house anthem, the first track that made me discover Kerri Chandler 10 years ago and then made me want to back track all the way b...
by Lexis (MIMS Founder)
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