MIMS Guest Mix: AKI (Cosmos Records, Toronto)
(Photo by Bruno Destombes) It’s an absolute treat to get an exclusive guest mix from Aki, founder of the wonderful Cosmos Records, who had not put out a mix in over 10 years. That’s how busy the man is hunting down the world’s finest wax. Since opening in 1998, Cosmos …
Future Classic: Jimetta Rose “The Light Bearer”
It’s rare for a city to have such an iconic sound but the Los Angeles vibe of artist Jimetta Rose is unmistakable. Her second studio album, ‘The Light Bearer LP’ is produced by prolific and legendary producer Georgia Anne Muldrow. The duo create an incredibly smooth and funky sound, with beautiful …
Future Classic: Reginald Omas Mamode IV “Reginald Omas Mamode IV”
via Five Easy Pieces: The cult Peckham soul artist caps the release of three highly praised EPs with an album featuring his most confident songwriting to date. The album paints a collage of dusty drum hits, Sly Stone-esque bass lines and Mamode’s own one-take vocals. Themes go from the personal, …
Forgotten Treasure: Air “Air” (1971, Embryo)
It’s always nice to see hard to find gems getting the proper reissue treatment these days. After doing an amazing job with releases by Leon Ware, Ned Doheny and Letta Mbulu, among others, London’s Be With Records are adding an important piece to their impressive catalog this summer. Long Island’s …
Future Classic: XL Middleton + Eddy Funkster “Self Titled LP”
MoFunk Records co-founders XL Middleton & Eddy Funkster are back with a fresh new release, a 7 tracks self-titled project. The duo teamed up with label mates Moniquea & Diamond Ortiz, plus guests appearances from Zackey Force Funk, Brian Ellis, Meghan Doherty, Lady Deuce and G-Funk legend Domino. XL Middleton …
Voyage Funktastique – Show #128 (Hosted By Walla P)
120 minutes of Funk. Lots of 80’s Boogie in this week’s show, featuring Yvette Cason, Klymaxx, The Sunburst Band, and much more. Also, new material from Mofak, Nite-Funk, Moods, SaiR & Superstructure, both new releases via Omega Supreme Records. TRACKLIST Superstructure – Limited The Precious Lo’s – Still The Same …
Forgotten Treasure: Dwight Sykes & Jahari “Fire & Desire”
Guest contribution from: Andrew Morgan (Peoples Potential Unlimited) “When Dwight Sykes gets down and dirty repairing one of the trucks for his father’s refuse business, he thinks as much about cranking out songs as he does fixing a crankshaft. He has a dream and he figures he can write his own …
Forgotten Treasure: Black Disco “Night Express” (1976)
via Matsuli Music: Press ‘play’ and the soulful notes of Basil ‘Mannenberg’ Coetzee’s saxophone tell you two things. First, Night Express is great music. But, second, the sound doesn’t fit neatly into any of the mid-70s South African musical genre boxes. This was an era when Abdullah Ibrahim’s music spoke …
Forgotten Treasure: Aura “Aura” (1979)
Mike Lundy, Lemuria, Aura. This trifecta of inimitable Hawaiian acts descended upon Honolulu’s state-of-the art Broad Recording Studio in late 1979 to create what have now become the most coveted Hawaiian funk/soul/jazz albums of the era. But whereas Lemuria functioned as a short-lived studio band and Mike Lundy saw little …
Future Classic: Antilles Series “DIGITAL ZANDOLI”
via Antilles Series: After the success of “Kouté Jazz“, Heavenly Sweetness comes back with a dancefloor but not jazz compilation, enough to move your feet at through the whole summer! 13 disco, boogie and Zouk tracks recorded in the 80’s in the West Indies. DIGITAL ZANDOLI by ANTILLES SERIES The …
CLOSED Contest: Win Vinyl Copy of Latest Wah Wah 45s Release from The Gene Dudley Group
The latest release from The Gene Dudley Group got remixed by three fantastic producers! via Wah Wah 45s: “First up, Russian man-of-the-moment Alexander Lay-Far re-moulds brassy tropical jam ‘Do The Cookie Dough Throw’ for the discerning modern dance floor. Lay-Far delivers the kind of trademark beats that have helped him …
Future Classic: Claude “All Night Vol. 1”
via Musique Large: “All Night” is a collection of half-edits / half-reworks by Claude aka Fulgeance (the Musique Large boss) recently signed on Ed Banger Records. You’ll find in this first volume a proper disco mood, some progressive funk and weirdo house-beats made to sweat, body-moving and sensual seduction. All …