Guest Mixes

Guest Mix #26: HOTEL INTEROCÉANIQUE (Cologne, Germany)

Hotel Interocéanique presents “From Cumbia to India” H.I. is a Cologne Based Clique of Djs & Musicians dedicated to Raï, Future Funk, Bollywood Themes and all kinds of other phonetical sweets from planet earth. From the Andes Cordillera through the Amazon Jungle to the Atlantic coast from Brasil where we …

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Guest Mixes

Guest Mix #25: HENRY WU (London, 22a Music)

We’re happy to present this exclusive guest mix coming from Henry Wu, part of the new wave of London’s electronic producers. I discovered him only a few weeks ago through his release on a mysterious label called 22a Music which pressed only 100 copies of both of their first releases. …

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Guest Mixes

Guest Mix #24: B.BRAVO (Los Angeles, Earnest Endeavours)

Brand new edition in our great Guest Mix series following recent editions from Bolts, Dr. Kwest, Abjo, Waxist, XL Middleton and others. This one comes from LA’s B.Bravo! via RBMA: “B.Bravo brings a touch of love to every dirty synth groove he gets his hands on. He ended up at outerspace hip hop beatmaking after …

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Music Is My Sanctuary – Show #67

We’re back from a really nice mini-tour in Europe! Great time doing a few nights in Vienna, Belgrade and doing the 10th edition of our 24 Hours Of Vinyl project live from Paris. Tons of great people, amazing people and inspiration! Much thanks to everyone involved. Show #67 is here, …

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Special Themes

Guest Mix: KOBAL “Haiti Legba Sound” (Forgotten Treasures from Haiti)

KOBAL is one of Montreal’s best and most respected music diggers and DJ’s. In the past 15 years you could find him anywhere in the city where vinyl records are sold. He is currently part of the Canicule Tropicale collective of DJ’s in Montreal. We asked him to put together a …

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Lexis “Southern Soul Festival Promo Mix”

The good folks at the Southern Soul Festival asked me for a mini-mix for this summer’s 2nd edition of the festival which has a ridiculous line-up featuring some of the best artists and taste-makers out there. Gilles Peterson, Omar, Andrew Ashong and tons more including good friends of MIMS like …

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Tribute Mixes

Tribute Mix to LUKE VIBERT – Selected by Lexis (on Ninja Tune / Solid Steel)

via Ninja Tune: In Hour 2, to coincide with Luke Vibert playing at the last I love Acid and 20 years of releasing music, we feature a retrospective mix done by Lexis from the excellent Music is my Santuary. In his own words; “Doing a tribute mix to Luke Vibert …

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ONRA “An Introduction to Rap Français”

@OnraBeats: I grew up to French Rap even though I got into it a little after US Rap and R’n’B, mostly because it was hard to find in my countryside hometown. I’m glad I picked it up around the time where it was at its best though, perfectly synced with …

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SPRINGTIME SPIRITUAL Mix Vol. 1 (2014) – Hand-picked by Lexis

Surviving the winter in Montreal is no joke. The toughest part isn’t the cold, the snow or the lack of sunlight. It’s the fact that it’s just so painfully long. Don’t get me wrong, one of the beautiful sides of living in a Northern country is that you get 4 …

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