2011 West Coast Championship Controller Battle
Via CreateDigitalMusic.com In a competitive show of virtuosity, artists at an event in San Francisco over the summer battled to show that live electronic and laptop performance can be physical. It’s dance music that makes the artist sweat, and not just the audience. Hosted by the new Controllerism.com blog with …
Future Classic: Outboxx “Blueberry Lemon EP”
Here’s a future classic that sounds like it should be a forgotten treasure. Outboxx releases a very smooth EP on Well Rounded Housing Project, sister label of Well Rounded (Deadboy, Hackman, C.R.S.T). The hightlight here is “Brighten My Day (ft. Naomi Jeremy)”, a tune that starts off with soft jazzy …
Forgotten Treasure: Blondie & Pappa “I Like It” (1980)
As a music lover and hardcore digger I just looove moments like this. You dig and you dig and nothing jumps out at you and then you hear this track and after about 4.2 seconds you’re into it and you’re scrambling to find out what it is and how this …
Future Classic: Pangaea “Hex”
Just a couple of days ago I was sharing the new Breton EP with the Girl Unit remix as a “Future Classic” selection and now yet again more fire from the same label, Helmlock out of London. This time it’s an absolute burner from the man who calls himself Pangaea. …
Forgotten Treasure: Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers “Ping Pong” (1961)
An absolutely essential dance floor jazz nugget for you all today. My good homie Andy Williams put me on to this track from Art Blakey, arguably one of the best and most influential drummers in the history of jazz! During the early ’60s, Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers were …
Future Classic: Wugazi – 13 chambers
Written by: Max Robin I already talked about the excellent mashup work from Max Tannone in another mims post, but here is another great mashup project. As the name suggest, this time it’s the work of DIY post-punk cult band Fugazi and rap warlord super-group Wu-Tang Clan to be shaked and …
Future Classic: Mr Beatnick “Synthetes”
I’m just a sucker for deep house and strings. Songs like Pepe Bradock’s “Deep Burnt” and Trackheads’ “Our Music” being the ultimate references for me of course. This little gem from Mr.Beatnick finally came out last week but had been floating around in sets for some time before. As heard …
MIMS 4th Anniversary Special – Live on CKUT
Just a last minute note to let you know that the new MIMS show (#48) will actually be a 4th Anniversary special broadcast live on CKUT 90.3 FM in Montreal this Sunday July 24th from 1pm to 4pm (EST). The format is, 3 hours of music hand picked and stirred …
Future Classic: Ras G “Crenshaw Bus”
I’ve been sitting on the promo of this one for a little while now but seeing as I saw it posted on Youtube I guess it’s now “public domain”. In case you missed it I played it on my last MIMS Show #47. The track is off RAS G‘s new …
20 years ago: A Tribe Called Quest “Low End Theory”
Every die hard music fan has one record that was an essential part in shaping their future taste. That one record for me is without a doubt “Low End Theory”. Although it came out in 1991, I came across it a little later when my cousin Jessica loaned me the …
Future Classic: SBTRKT – LP
Big big one right here! SBTRKT‘s been making some major noise these past year with one of the most polished interpretations of the UK dancefloor bass-isms. It’s no surprise that his work is just so well produced when you know of his previous background under his slightly less mysterious moniker. …
Kenlo Craqunuques – Soucoupe Volante Mutek 2011
2011 is a big year so far for my good homie KENLO. He is no longer the favorite producer of a few heads in Montreal and Quebec. He is starting to get some major love from right here which is always important to get from your homebase. So far this …