AURAL MOOD #02 — Autumn 2020 (Hosted by Honeydrip)
Honeydrip presents Aural Mood; an ongoing series of mixes made to accompany you in specific settings where the mood will be just right. This edition of Aural mood focuses on the the ambient world. The layering and delicacy of sounds is perfect for meditation, yoga, or reading. With a huge …
Exclusive Premiere: Saint Ezekiel “Suffering Shuffle”
Plucked from an open mic by Grammy award winning producer James Poyser and quickly placed in the “right rooms”, guitarist and songwriter Ezekiel marries the melodies of the western world with the sounds of Africa. Born in West Philadelphia to Nigerian immigrants, he lives through a lens of liminality. Influenced …
VOYAGE FUNKTASTIQUE #201 + INTERVIEWS WITH MOFAK & BUSCRATES — Hosted by Walla P
For this month’s show, we’re catching up with a load of new Modern Funk releases, from Buscrates, Moniquea, Fredy V. & The Foundation, Saucy Lady, Maya Killtron and much more + 2 Live Interviews with Mofak , whose album “My Town” drops October 30th, and Buscrates, whose album dropped earlier …
Exclusive Premiere: Y Bülbül “Mulhouse”
We are excited to be first to share the psychedelic avant-synth-pop of “Mulhouse” by Y Bülbül, a Turkish-born, London-based musician and producer. Since hearing his previous single, “Alo?”, we just had to hear more! Full name Yiğit Bülbül, he crafts his own contemporary avant-garde pop projections with a rich musical …
MIMS Guest Mix: AKIO NAGASE (Osaka, Darker Than Wax)
MIMS is excited to share a deep and varied but suitably acid soaked mix from Osaka’s Akio Nagase. A low-key figure in the Japanese underground for over 20 years, Akio Nagase recently stepped into the spotlight with his Darker Than Wax debut, the genre-defying Roots Magic EP. The Osaka-born producer …
Exclusive Premiere: High Pulp “Epilogue”
High Pulp are an 8-piece band that emerged from the Royal Room, a legendary Seattle Jazz club where they held “Funk Church” jam sessions in 2017. Their signature sound is a Psychedelic fusion of Hip-Hop, Funk, Jazz, and Soul which come together with complex, well thought out arrangements and progressive …
MIMS Guest Mix: GABRIEL OLAFS (Reykjavík, Iceland / OLI Records)
Since listening to Gabríel Ólafs‘ “Piano Works” released earlier this summer, we have become big fans of the Icelandic pianist and composer’s uniquely touching music. We also recently premiered a track from his upcoming “Absent Minded Reworks” remix project. We wanted to know about the influences that have guided his …
MIMS Guest Mix: SHHE (Scotland / Portgual, OLI Records)
SHHE is the alter-ego of Scottish-Portuguese artist and producer Su Shaw. Her latest self-titled debut album tracks a period of intense personal change. The resulting record is a sparse, haunting and atmospheric journey of introspection and exploration of identity that demonstrates SHHE’s ability to capture movement, change and the light …
Exclusive Premiere: Tenderlonious with JAUBI “Azadi”
Following the brilliant but now sold out “Tender in Lahore” EP, 22a is releasing an expanded album of musical conversations between saxophonist, flautist, producer, band leader and label honcho, Ed ‘Tenderlonious’ Cawthorn and Lahore based instrumental quartet, JAUBI. A incredible beautiful meeting between Indian Classical and jazz that truly deserved …
The Grooms ” Slow Down / I Deserve A Little Bit More” (197?)
In the 1960’s, when Atlantic, Stax and Motown were at their peak, a little-known label in Norfolk, Virginia, was also giving young kids with singing talent an opportunity to perform. Shiptown Records was headed up by Noah H. Biggs, who was nearly as famous around Norfolk for his sharp appearance …
Exclusive Premiere: Kahil El’Zabar “Sketches Of An Afro Blue” (Forthcoming on Spiritmuse Records)
Music Is My Sanctuary is honoured to premiere this beautiful piece of music by the legendary Kahil El’Zabar, multi-percussionist, band-leader, vocalist, composer, conductor, educator and pioneer of ‘spiritual groove’. Mongo Santamaria’s “Afro Blue” has been radically rearranged by El’Zabar and co. The famous standard’s Afrocentric rhythm has been emphasised, with …
MIMS Guest Mix: INK PROJECT (Brighton, UK / Blind Colour)
Ink Project is Brighton-based producer Jez Lloyd’s collaborative project with vocalists Coreysan, FiFi Rong, Yazmyn Hendrix and Melanie Dymond – experimenting with various styles from song-based electronic/soul, future dub, broken beat, leftfield pop, house/techno, down-tempo and world music. @Inkprojectmusic: “I wanted to play some music from around the world that has …