Future Classic: Karriem Riggins “Summer Madness”
Earlier this year Karriem Riggins released “Alone Together” on Stones Throw records and after hundreds of listens we can officially say that it’s our favorite instrumental record of the year. Truly deserves a spot next to “Clouds” by Apollo Brown, “Endtroducing“, “Los Angeles“, “Donuts” and others… You are forgiven if …
Future Classic: Boundary “Free Violence”
Change of scenery for Poirier, who is coming back to his ambient and minimalistic land as Boundary, after spending some time in tropical bass country. And that is about all that can be linked between the two identities of the producer, as the one-man army has been rather quiet about …
Future Classic: Apollo Brown & Guilty Simpson “Dice Game”
Big big one right here. For the ones that doubted that if hip-hop we once loved still existed. Well it does and this is one shining example. Not to hate on where is seems to be going with all the trap and straight up dance music influences but sometimes it’s …
Future Classic: A Lister “The Blueprint EP”
What is crazy about Deep House music is that there’s a huge number of quality tracks and new ones being released all the time. But i’m particulary enjoying the new Blueprint EP from Alex Lister also known as A Lister. This is just proper House music! All the tracks are …
Future Classic: The Internet “Give It Time”
After the release of their LP “Purple Naked Ladies” earlier this year, The Internet (Syd The Kid and Matt Martians), bring us a mellow track with their latest “Give It Time”. Plus, they’ve got Mike Einziger from Incubus playing guitar. I must say.. if this the direction the duo is …
Future Classic: Fiona Apple “Every Single Night” (MeLo-X ReMix)
I’m always a little bit suspicious of new producers these days, especially when my first introduction to them is via a remix they posted on soundcloud. Seems every time a new track comes out, or a legendary artist dies there are immediately 15 remixes that sound like they were done …
Future Classic: Agua Negra “Volvi”
When I think of my people, I can’t help but feel that swell in my chest that only comes with blatant Latin Pride. I made a point of bringing that flavor over to MIMS in my articles on Crema Púrpura, Willie Colón and Johnny Illdigger’s Argentina mix. Latin music has …
Forgotten Treasure: Samoo “On & On” (2004)
I am a sucker for vibes-based samples in hip-hop production. Nothing is more gutter to me than a staunchly dark beat with some spooky vibes echoing throughout like candles flickering in the night. Immediately, Diamond D, Buckwild and the Beatminerz come to mind. While they sampled the likes of Cal …
Future Classic: Lushlife “Magnolia”
One thing we do appreciate here at MIMS, is style. Whatever the music genre, heck, we love them all. So it’s not what you do that matters to us, but really how you flip it. And when it comes to style, indie rapper Lushlife has got it locked down, whether …