Video Premiere: MATTERS UNKNOWN (ft. NEONE the Wonderer) “What Are You About?”
Brand new video for your eyes and ears from UK, London based trumpeter, multi-instrumentalist and composer, MATTERS UNKNOWN, the artist project of Nubiyan Twist member, Jonathan Enser. Fusing jazz, soul and hip hop, “What are you About?” features MC and producer NEONE The Wonderer. The song explores the complexities of …
Exclusive Premiere: Norah Jane x Mor.lov Feat. Razeen “Come Around”
Norah Jane and Mor.lov are back with another genre-bending track, “Come Around”, featuring the hushed, smoky vocals of Razeen. This standout from their forthcoming album, ‘GODSPEED’, beautifully fuses neo-soul, trip-hop, and hip-hop influences into a moody, atmospheric soundscape. With its haunting Rhodes piano chords setting the tone, the track feels …
Exclusive Premiere: Thysenterprise “Sounds After the Fade-Out”
Dutch saxophonist, producer and composer, Thysenterprise, shares melodic piano-led jazz head-nodder, “‘Sounds After The Fade-Out”. One for fans of Robert Glasper, Bill Evans and Makaya McCraven. Thysenterprise tell us, “”‘Sounds After The Fade-Out” describes the feeling that I felt days after my dad’s funeral, when life had to go back …
Video Premiere: Bopperson & Bikbaye “Who Are You?” (+33JOY)
Music and words for mind and soul. Label and collaborative musical collective, +33JOY announces its debut release, this first one from Bopperson & Bikbaye Born out of a meeting at New York’s annual Winter Jazz Festival, back in 2020, this 4 track EP entitled ‘The Wellness Project’ is a very …
Exclusive Premiere: Free The Robots “Autumn 2021”
MIMS presents the exclusive premiere of “Autumn 2021” by underground hip hop producer and LA beat scene pioneer, Free The Robots. The track is a fresh, drum-heavy rework of Italian library classic, “Autumn 2001”, by Italian jazz pianist and electronic music pioneer Gianni Safred, and is forthcoming on Four Flies …
Exclusive Premiere: Azar Azar “Subway”
Azar Azar’s latest album, Cosmic Drops, is a vibrant and explosive package of fiery jazz that ties together many of Sérgio Alves’ external inspirations, from Afrobeat and funk to house, broken beat, and electronic music. The album showcases a sound for every type of listener, whether they want to chill …
Exclusive Premiere: Ugly Mac Beer “Dolce Vita”
Today’s premiere comes from Ugly Mac Beer, who shares the bossa meets boom bap instrumental “Dolce Vita” with us. French producer Ugly Mac Beer, known for his contributions to the breakbeat scene and for founding Beatsqueeze Records, is releasing a new solo album titled ‘The Valley of the Kings’. Set …
Exclusive Premiere: The Mole “New Family”
We’ve been fans and followers of The Mole for a very long time, so we are excited to share “New Family”, a sublime slice of ambient grooves that bumps somewhere between hip hop and house. “New Family” is taken from the album, ‘The River Widens’ on Circus Company. Originally a …
Exclusive Premiere: Robohands “Claws”
Today’s atmpospheric exclusive comes from a MIMS favourite of late, Robohands, as we share “Claws”, forthcoming on Bastard Jazz. Robohands, aka Andy Baxter, joins the Bastard Jazz family with a new EP titled “Giallo.” Partly inspired by Italian Giallo (meaning “yellow”) film soundtracks of the late 70s and 80s, as …
Exclusive Premiere: LTF “Tbilisi City Walk”
LTF digs deep into the crates on “Tbilisi City Walk”, layering boom bap drums with horn stabs and a deep bassline, putting a brand new head spin on vintage funk, for Amsterdam’s Rucksack Records. Following his previous album of retrofuturistic Soviet jazz-funk sample madness, ‘Monolith’, which led to a 45 …
MIMS Guest Mix: Jaubi (Lahore, Pakistan)
Ahead of their debut London show tomorrow evening at Highbury’s Union Chapel, Lahore-based Jaubi recorded an exclusive mix for us. “A collection of songs and beats from artists that have helped to inspire our sound. Our music has been described as a blend of North Indian Classical, Jazz and Hip …
Exclusive Premiere: Darran P “About A Boy”
Downtempo beats and sampling from UK based DJ & Producer Darran P, on “About A Boy” . A taste of his forthcoming ‘Into The Light’ EP on Minor Notes. “About A Boy” has a heavy and exotic but familiar beat-laden sound but the forthcoming EP displays a wider pallet, from …