Forgotten Treasure: Mort Garson “Mother Earth’s Plantasia” (1976)
Canadian composer, arranger, and songwriter Mort Garson was born in 1924 in New Brunswick. He is probably the most accomplished early electronic Canadian composer to date. After graduating from the prestigious Juilliard School of music in the late 60’s, Garson started his deep exploration and mastery of Moog synthesizers. Following his …
Future Classic: Big Hongry “Let The Smoke Out EP”
Big Hongry teams up with producer Pas Doo to create this Detroit hip-hop inspired EP “Let The Smoke Out”. Personally, I have never heard of Big Hongry until now, but honestly I have no idea why. This man has bars! Within seven tracks, two of which are interludes, Hongry is …
Future Classic: Kenny Keys “Everything Must Change”
Chicago’s master beat-smith Kenny Keys, known for his work on Eulorhythmics, Beyond Luck, Lyric District and Face Melt, is back and strong with this fresh album release in collaboration with Radio Juicy. In his new release, Kenny Keys seamlessly weaves dusty record chops of both recognizable and rare samples in …
Future Classic: Mofak “Mofeezy”
One of my favourite producers, Mofak aka Mofeezy, just released his 3rd Full Length album, a self-titled 9 tracks project. For those who are not familiar with Mofak, he’s considered as one of the main figures in the Poppin’ community. He started as a dancer, and then got into production. …
Future Classic: Ripperton Presents Headless Ghost “Dirtee Grooves EP”
via Drumpoet: “What can you say about Ripperton? Since more than a decade he provides some of the best grooves around and has worked himself into the top league of producers. Dirtee Grooves EP by RIPPERTON presents HEADLESS GHOST Releases on labels such as Planet E, Innervisions, Maeve and his own …
Future Classic: L33 “Keepin’ It Tight EP”
Voyage Funktastique is slowly unravelling its plan for Global Funk domination as it continues to expose listeners to the best future funk gems from around the globe. This time the Netherlands’ L33, hot off his DJKicks/DamFunk selection, drops his “Keepin’ It Tight EP” on the budding label for all funksters …
Forgotten Treasure: The Poets “Emotion” (1993)
The origin of this track is a bit strange. Taken from an obscure Italo House EP from 1993, “Emotion” definitely has more of a New-Jersey House feel than a sun drenched mediterranean piano house song you’d hear coming out of Italy in the mid 90’s. In fact, it sounds like …
Future Classic: Matt Hughes “REDHOTDUTCH”
via Outcross Records: Following on from his collaborative efforts on ‘Garden Of Eternal Summers’ LP alongside label boss Miguel Campbell, MAM recruit and long-serving DJ and producer Matt Hughes reveals his debut solo LP ‘RedHotDutch’. The LP’s leading track ‘Chrome Dice’ is the perfect set up for Matt’s synth-driven, electronic …
Forgotten Treasure: Michal Turtle “Phantoms of Dreamland”
via Music From Memory: Following their release of the Michael Turtle 12” last year, Music From Memory now publish ‘Phantoms of Dreamland’; a compilation of works by the UK musician recorded between 1983-1985. This double LP features tracks drawn from the recording sessions for Turtle’s album ‘Music From The Living …