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Habibi Funk 005: The Electronic Tapes par Ahmed Malek & Flako
via Habibi Funk: In the early 1980s, Ahmed Malek was already in his 50s, when he discovered synthesizers and electronic music for himself and started to experiment with sounds. None of it was ever released but we got a huge Read more »
Dohnnie “Dancin Is Your Love” (1979)
via Juno: As always, Washington DC’ Peoples Potential Unlimited have resurfaced another rare-as-hens-teeth boogie number and, while we are madly in love with this label, we need to appreciate more just how important they’ve been to the survival of funk Read more »
Shadow “Sweet Sweet Dreams” (1984)
via Analog Africa: It’s November 5th, 2016. The generally crackly phone connection between Dublin and Port-of-Spain, the capital city of Trinidad and Tobago, was as good as I’d expected it would be. I’d finally managed to “hook” the legendary Shadow Read more »
MIMS Guest Mix: JORDAN (Belfast, Ireland)
Probably too modest to admit it, Jordan McCuaig has been instrumental in the development of Northern Ireland’s clubbing community. Now staking his claim as one of Belfast’s leading underground exports, Jordan joins the long list of homegrown talent putting Belfast Read more »
Jaubi “The Deconstructed Ego”
Jaubi (جو بھی) is an urdu word roughly translating to “whatever”. via Astigmatic Records: In Pakistan the interest in local traditional music is slowly dying. As western music and sounds are increasingly favoured, fewer musicians reach for traditional Hindi instruments, Read more »