MOOVMNT “Glimmering Fractions : Mix 04 Diamond”
via the homies at Moovmnt.com: “Eventhough it’s a national holiday over here, we’re still keeping up our end of the bargain. Already the 4th installment of our monthly “Glimmering Fractions” mix series. This time the focuss is more on recent music, but I’m sure you guys are going to like …
Future Classic: HW&W Vol. 1 (Free Compilation)
The trend continues. So far more than half of our favorite record projects in 2012 have been free releases / compilations / mixtapes. This one comes from the good folks at HW&W home to amazing producers like Koen, Elaquent, Taku. “via HW&W: We’ve admittedly stayed real low key since our …
Guest Mix: Poirier “Masala Mix” (2005)
Brand new old mix by Poirier, good homie of the extended MIMS family and creator of very influential nights in recent years : “Bounce Le Gros” at Zoobizarre and “Karnival” at Belmont. Although Poirier is well known for his production work with over 10 years in the game with labels …
Future Classic: 1000names “Kaleidoscope”
J Dilla and crew’s influence can safely be deemed international, having established a presence in the far reaches of Eastern Europe -Sofia, Bulgaria. 1000names are two Bulgarian DJ/producers who grew up listening to a slew of Stones Throw artists. Incorporating slivers of Balkan elements into their music, they’ve woven a …
Future Classic: Quakers “Quakers LP”
A lot of press surrounding the Quakers project is focused around the fact that the core members of the group have some kind of link with Portishead (one being Geoff Barrow…). Yes, there are some resemblances here but don’t expect a rap version of Portishead. It’s an oversimplification and the real link …
Future Classic: Jai Paul “Jasmine” (Demo Version)
Hollly geez. Who does this guy think he is toying with us like that? A new nugget called “Jasmine” from British producer Jai Paul has surfaced on his soundcloud account and is as far as we know just his second track in about 2-3 years. There are other producers out …
Future Classic: Evy Jane “Sayso”
Vancouver-based duo Evy Jane has revitalized my beat-starved soul with a single from their self-titled debut EP, “Sayso.” Vocalist Evelyn Mason and producer Jeremiah Klein have created a sound that is truly riveting, falling somewhere between the ethereality of Esthero and the edgy eclecticism of Flying Lotus. Their music would …
Future Classic: Koen “Outputs 3” (Soulection)
After pretty outstanding the Outputs volumes 1 and 2, Koen, the very underrated producer from Holland, is releasing Outputs 3 through the good folks at Soulection. Just one listen to the 10 track record and you’ll know it’s not your average beats / juke / 808 / spaced-out R&B project. …
Modeselektor “Berlin” (Video)
One of our top tracks of 2011 (although it came out late in the year) finally gets a video treatment. Albeit, not the greatest video in history but still kinda cool. But mostly, if somehow, this track slipped past you, check it out!
Future Classic: Project: MOONCIRCLE “10th anniversary 4LP box compilation”
As soon as I heard about this Project: Mooncircle‘s 10 years anniversary collection, I couldn’t wait to hear it. For me, I mostly associated the label as the home for Robot Koch and the all records they put out were generally instrumental hiphop and a bit electronic in nature which …
Future Classic: Kenlo Craqnuques “Forêt Boréale Mixte”
Our man Kenlo Craqnuques keeps up the crazy pace we’re now used to from him. In fact, probably the only guy dishing out the niceness at this frequency is someone I like to compare Kenlo to a lot, the Beatkonducta known as Madlib. We’re happy to see “Forêt Boréale Mixte” …
Future Classic: Ali the Son of Abdul “Raja”
For those who follow this site closely, you may remember a post about Ali‘s EP series of instrumentals, Karma. The only real criticism that I could on it was that I wish it could have been a little longer. This 10 track album adresses that concern with a fresh batch …