Exclusive Premiere: Paper Tiger “An Ancient Secret”
‘An Ancient Secret’ is a first taste of what’s to come from Paper Tiger’s third album “Rogue Planet”, due for release in the spring of 2019 on Wah Wah 45s! Just like the quantum leap from debut long-player to sophomore album, and despite the band’s continued fascination with space travel, …
Tribute to MO’ WAX RECORDS – Selected by Phil Larochelle
To coincide with the launch of the documentary celebrating the history of the legendary Mo’ Wax Records, we asked one of our favourite Montreal DJs, Phil Larochelle, to dive into the back catalogue and record a session consisting of his all-time favourites. The imprint founded in 1992 by James Lavelle …
Tribute to Raphael Saadiq – Selected by Russ Ryan
“Raphael Saadiq is the Neo Soul and R&B producer, arranger and songwriter of a generation, yet criminally unsung. I simply wanted to shine a light on known, and some unknown, involvement of his in music over the years, from uptempo Soul of his own to his signature Two Step sound. …
Exclusive Premiere: Aeshim “Hot Scissors” (Albert’s Favourites)
South London producer Aeshim readies another four pack of beats and melodies created on his treasured Juno 6 synthesizer! As with his debut EP “One Week Peak”, Aeshim challenged himself to produce each of the tracks on “Two Times Four” in a limited amount of hours. ‘Hot Scissors’ has an …
Rejoicer “Energy Dreams” (Stones Throw Records)
Yuvi Hawkin, the Tel-Aviv based producer who records using the moniker Rejoicer, chops up and filters a confluence of ideas and colours on his Stones Throw début Energy Dreams. The combination of Neo-Fusion Jazz, experimental Beats, world music accents, and Classical music orchestration bears the fruit of an eleven song …
MIMS Guest Mix: Snips (Barbershop Records, London)
Founder of Barbershop Records and co-founder of Livin Proof, London’s Snips has been DJing and producing for over 15 years. He’s recently announced his latest EP “London Livin’” in which he fuses Hip Hop, House, Soul and Funk in the same fashion as he is known to do behind the …
Exclusive Premiere: Planetself “Chosen feat. Blurum13 & Funkwig”
Producer Inkswel paints an ethereal backdrop with the SP-404 allowing the soulful and introspective vocals of Charli Umami to flow seamlessly overtop. In the renaissance of Neo Soul and Leftfield Hip Hop, Planetself endeavours to do something different, something strikingly familiar yet authentic. After the cult release of their independent …
Lay-Far “War Is Over” (In-Beat-Ween Music)
Russia’s Alexander Lay-Far released his long-awaited third studio album “War Is Over” this past Friday on his own In-Beat-Ween imprint. The deeply personal, honest, and uncompromising album covers a lot of ground stylistically and shows a ton of versatility and musical knowledge. It makes sense that the album nods to …
Exclusive Premiere: Lay-Far “The Pressure – The Release VS. Recloose”
Alexander Lay-Far, one of the most prolific and in demand music producers in Russia, gives a preview of his long-awaited 3rd studio album “War is Over” with ‘The Pressure – The Release VS Recloose’! Glitchy, broken, soulful, and groovy as hell, the track sits somewhere between the Electro, Broken Beat, …
Exclusive Premiere: Nohidea “Into The Deep” (Alpha Pup Records)
Coming at his usual style of Lo-Fi Beats from a slightly different angle, Nohidea shares a taste of his texture heavy “Departures” LP forthcoming on Alpha Pup Records with ‘Into The Deep’. The LA based label is the perfect home for this new release, which calls to mind the earlier …
Reissue Of The Week: Shawty Pimp “Still Comin’ Real” (Gyptology Records)
An impossible-to-find 1995 Memphis rap tape gets pressed to vinyl for the first time by Gyptology. Southern Rap is a style that’s been replicated, changed, edited, and added for effect throughout the years of rap music’s popularity, but this album comes straight from the source of the most genuine and …
Album of the Week: Makaya McCraven “Where We Come From” (ChicagoxLondon Mixtape)
“I just met these wonderful people” says Chicago’s Makaya McCraven in the opening moments of the album/mixtape, referring to the fact he is on a stage playing with some of London’s finest young Jazz musicians whilst meeting them for the first time. Over the course of the two day ChicagoxLondon …