Future Classic: Smokey Robotic – HotBrass (Video)
I originally found out about Smokey Robotic about a year ago, when the big homie and fellow connoisseur DJ Sagewondah was touting them as that next-level shit. Knowing his acumen for these sort of things, I took heed and they’ve since become a personal favorite of mine. The group consists …
Alaclair Ensemble “Teflon Dons” (Video by Baz)
I just woke up from an hour long nap and read a tweet from my good homie Eman who said “this is our new video, do not watch if you’re waking up in the morning”. Of course, seeing as I heard all the crazyness surrounding the making of this video …
Wes Montgomery “Round Midnight” Live!
I know my dad will be happy about seeing some Wes Montgomery on MIMS so here goes, not the most original choice of songs but definitely one of the best quality videos available. Some of the moments here are just are just amazing, even Wes is sort of looking at …
Roger Troutman on The Talkbox (Video Soul 1987)
Roger Troutman (November 29, 1951 — April 25, 1999) was the lead singer of the band Zapp who helped spearhead the Funk movement and heavily influenced West Coast hip hop due to the scene’s heavy sampling of his music over the years. Troutman was well known for his use of …
Floating Points “Sais” (Video)
Floating Points – Sais from Will Hurt on Vimeo. Taken from the forthcoming Shadows EP. Visuals created live in realtime by Will Hurt as part of their ongoing live A/V collaboration.
Rahsaan Patterson’s “The Wilhelm Scream” (+ bonus Wilhelms)
Our good friend and great producer Scott C let us know about this one. It’s a cover version of one of James Blake‘s better tracks called “Wilhelm Scream” done by american neosoul singer Rahsaan Patterson. and also while we’re on the subject, I’m not sure if like me, you had …
Shlohmo “Places” Video
A sweet and simple video of the song “Places” off the Bad Vibes LP by Shlohmo.
Nas “Nasty” (Video)
Oh man, I was about to be seriously depressed by this new Nas video. One minute in I was about to turn it off and bitch about it on but then the video starts making its point as the redux anti-bling version of 1999’s “Hate me now”, one Nasty Nas’ …
Onra “Chinoiseries part 2” Preview (November 15th)
Our good homie ONRA has released the final teaser of his upcoming second volume of the Chinoiseries project. The concept is still the same: Onra goes on a trip to Vietnam and China, digs obscure traditional folklore music and pumps it into the MPC for some boom bap goodness. It’s …