DOC’TRIN presents “Lonely Lovers I”
There are a bunch of Valentine‘s stuffs floating around today but we thought we’d commission our homeboy Doc’trin to give the scoop on his Valentines playlist. Actually we’ll take all of these any day of the year! Check it out! Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes – I Miss You …
Future Classic: Objekt “Cactus / Porcupine” (Hessle Audio)
Now this is one EP we’ve been waiting for impatiently! OBJEKT is one of the freshest new producers on the block really knocked us out in 2011 with his lean and minimal brand of techno meets dubstep. In fact, we picked “Tinderbox” as one of our favorite tracks of 2011. …
MIMS 24 Hours of Vinyl Marathon in Pictures (2nd Edition)
Doing a recap of our 24 Hours of Vinyl is very tricky for me because I’m just so exhausted by the end that my memories of it are a bit hazy. Staying in a studio with no windows and listening to over 10 Dj’s play their hearts out for a …
Guest Mixes: Artbeat Montreal Remembers J Dilla
I’m so mad I couldn’t attend last night’s Dilla tribute. Furious. Not only did I lose out on a bevy of gorgeous wimminz dancing the night away to BadBadNotGood’s shmooved-out stylings as well as MIMS-affiliates Scott C and Simahlak‘s impeccable drops, but I also missed a prime opportunity to hang …
Future Classic: Krystale & Kaytradamus “Sweet Tooth”
Krystale hit my radar near the end of last year being a part of huge wave of female vocalists from Montreal bringing crazy flavor to the game. I was instantly hooked on her raspy voice that resembles none but, cause of the hard hitting hip-hop vibe I was on that …
Kutmah “Throwing Stones” (Stones Throw Podcast)
Considering the fact that we have mad love for everything Kutmah does, we don’t share nearly enough of his stuff here. He’s a really interesting artist originally from the UK, who moved to LA when he was 12. He then became an important member of the Dublab radio collective, and …
Gil Scott-Heron “The Last Holiday. A Memoir”
via Shook.FM (awesome website): “Gil Scott-Heron’s final opus, one that he was working on intermittently for the last two decades of his life, is not an album of music but a memoir. Autobiography isn’t quite the right word, because this book pulls down the shutters and closes shop in 1981, the …
Future Classic: Beneath “Send”
Didn’t know too much about this producer from Sheffield called Beneath. But I was on the Punch Drunk website, one of my favorite labels, and they had this mysterious blurb about this white label pressed only in 200 copies. And, well you know me. I’m kind of a nerd and …
Forgotten Treasure: Mobb Deep “Trife Life” (1995)
Ok, Mobb Deep isn’t the most “forgotten treasures” pick type of rap groups but you know sometimes I use that section just for overlooked / slept on joints. For some reason, walking and listening to music in the winter reminds me of mid-90’s NYC rap. There are certain records to …
Lianne La Havas “Forget” (Shlohmo remix)
Shlohmo did a great remix of “Forget” by the British Soul singer Lianne La Havas. This young lady will drop an album at the end of 2012 and she reminds me of Andreya Triana a little because of her sweet voice and her lovely accent. Very cool thing is that she …
To Watch in 2012: BadBadNotGood
I’m starting to seriously dig these guys called BadBadNotGood, a three piece band from Toronto that specialize in jazz cover versions of rap classics. That sort of thing has been done you’ll argue, yes you’re right. There have been a bunch of jazz and soul re-visions of hip-hop classics. But …
MIMS Top Tracks of 2011
Just in time to close off 2011 here is the list of our favorite tracks of the year. You’ll recognise a lot of these from previous MIMS Shows. They are also a direct reflection of tracks I liked to DJ this year. It’s a really long but great exercise for …