Forgotten Treasure: Bennys Badekar “Blaekspruttesangen” (1971)
I was playing a guest set on the legendary WEFUNK radio show a couple weeks ago. After an hour of playing tunes and hanging out with Professor Groove (co-founder of the show with Static) I played a German Soul track which made us both crack up. PG then started telling …
Favorite Releases of the Week – July 24th
Here is our weekly recap of some of the noteworthy releases we checked out in the last few days. A bit of everything, as usual. A representation of what Music Is My Sanctuary is all about. We focus on releases either available in physical formats or legal download sites like …
Favorite Releases of the Week – July 17th
Another week filled with brilliant music. (If you manage to dig through the mountain of shitty releases) If money was no object, these are all the releases we would be adding to our shopping cart. We suggest you dig through the list, find your favorites and spend a little bit …
Future Classic: Funkadelic “Aint That Funkin Kinda Hard on You” (Louie Vega Remixes)
Legendary New York producer and half of the Masters At Work duo, Louie Vega has been on an absolute tear these past few months. Including this release, we gave his last 3 remix projects the title of “future classic”. The previous two being his remixes of Convertion’s “Let’s Do It” …
Exclusive Premiere: INKSWEL – Watch Out ft. Charli James & Ugly Drums
We’re honoured to premiere a track from the exceptional Australian producer known as INKSWEL who has been a mainstay on our website and radio show these past few years. Actually he’s probably in our top 5 most played artists in the 8 year history of our monthly radio show. The world …
Future Classic: Title “Memories”
If I’m being totally honest, the so called “beats” movement doesn’t excite me as much as it once did. Maybe it’s a sign I’m getting up there in age, but I’m just not the biggest fan of the drastic turn the scene took since the rise of the trap influence. …
Forgotten Treasure: Gabor Szabo “Dreams” (1969)
Gabor Szabo may not have been as much of a household name as his jazz guitar counterparts (Grant Green & Wes Montgomery), but the Hungarian guitarist was a incredibly skilled player that posessed unmatched versatility. After starting his career as a member of the ever evolving Chico Hamilton Quintet in the …
Documentaries on HAITIAN Vodou, Art & Culture
Soul Jazz Records/Films presents Iron in the Soul, a stunning new DVD collection of documentary films about the world of Haiti – Vodou, art & culture by filmmaker and photographer Leah Gordon. Gordon’s photography book ‘Kanaval: Vodou, Politics and Revolution on the Streets of Haiti’ was published by Soul Jazz …
Our 8th Anniversary Celebration!
Hard to believe that it’s been 8 years already. 8 years since the very first post on Music Is My Sanctuary which was the very first edition of the MIMS Radio Show (Link) I want to personally thank all of you who read and listen to us. We hope that …
Mixtape Monday: Madlib, Lefto, NTS, Débruit and more
We’ve been running our “Mix of the Day” and “Classic Mixes” posts for many years but we’ve finally taken the step to organize them in one single weekly post featuring our favorite mixtapes and radio sessions worldwide. So welcome to MIMS’ Mixtape Mondays, an expression that we didn’t invent (for …
8 Montreal-based DJ’s pick their most influential Quebec Record
As we prepare to celebrate our yearly provincial holiday (called St-Jean Baptiste) with a really nice party with tons of great local DJ’s (info here) we thought it would be appropriate to ask everyone on the lineup to present one Quebecois record that was influential in their career. It’s easy …
Future Classic: 3 Winans Brothers Feat. The Clark Sisters “Dance” (Louie Vega Remix)
This one has been floating around for months before it was finally released this spring both digitally and on vinyl. It was already considered a classic quite instantly by many. Rightly so. It’s a Gospel House match made in heaven. Two legendary family of singers, The Winans & The Clark …