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: Dim Grimm “Perlissop EP”
Dim Grimm (fka Dimlite) is back to the universe with his newest EP. Dimitri Grimm is the hardest man to pin down in any sense of the term. His sounds and styles are so evenly disparate as they are tightly-woven, so equally beautiful as they are destructive. Hailing from Switzerland, …
Gilles Peterson Interview – Still Searching for the Perfect Beat
‘Searching for the Perfect beat’ Anyone familiar with this phrase or a regular visitor to MIMS knows who Gilles Peterson is. For those from other planets dropping by to acquire an insight into ‘the perfect beat’ Gilles is an archetype: DJ, radio host, producer, label owner, collector, curator. The King and …
Music Worth Your Time – July 2016 Recap
July brought an amazing amount of releases, and as usual, we tried to listen to as much of them as we could. These are our picks, the “cream of the crop” you might say. ORGANIC RELEASES IV by BADBADNOTGOOD DIGITAL ZANDOLI by ANTILLES SERIES Patience by The Invisible Big Mean …
BALANCE Show – Best of 2016 (Part 1) Hosted by Spacewalker
As is customary around the half year mark, I dedicate an entire show to some of the best music that’s come out this year thus far, but breaking from tradition, I’ve decided to do a mix instead of a regular show as I’ve already talked about all the records you’ll …
Classic Mixes: Garnier vs Mills “Expect the Unexpected” (2004)
I still remember someone giving me some of these mixes ages ago on a couple of CD-R’s. I was a very young but hungry DJ. I was extremely open minded and already taking the identity of a DJ who wants to play many styles in one set… However, in the …
Around The World – Show #01 (Hosted by Rustam Ospanoff)
We are very happy to welcome our brother Rustam Ospanoff to the Music Is My Sanctuary family of exclusive radio shows (along with Lexis’ MIMS Show, Walla P’s Voyage Funktastique and Spacewalker’s Balance). Rustam Ospanoff is a DJ, music event producer & taste-maker. He is the creator of the great …
Guest Mix: KID SUBLIME (BBE Music, Amsterdam)
We discovered Amsterdam’s KID SUBLIME in the early 2000’s through his music as part of Rednose Distrikt and his first solo projects on Jahwell Records as well as the amazing Kindred Spirits imprint (then a sub-label of Rush Hour) Like many of our favourite producers & DJ’s, he is quite …
BALANCE Show #518 – Hosted by Spacewalker
Another edition of the Balance Show! Early summer, soulful sounds on this week’s Balance with music from Robert Glasper with Stevie Wonder, Jordan Rakei, Moods, Badbadnotgood, Ekkah x Dam Funk, Kleeer and plenty more! TRACKLIST Leon Lowman – Open | Music From Memory Michael Orr – You Opened My Eyes …
Guest Mix: PHIL GERUS (Moscow, Russia)
We are thrilled to welcome Moscow’s PHIL GERUS to our ever growing list of awesome exclusive guest mixes. We’ve been fans of this young producer’s music ever since we heard one of his first projects “Based On Misunderstandings 5” released on the mighty Sonar Kollektiv in 2012. Since then he …
Mixes Worth Your Time – June 2016
The amount of DJ Mixes, podcasts and compilations that comes out every single day is absolutely enormous. Even to the most insatiable diggers like us it can be a bit dizzying sometimes. Since you probably have better things to do with your time than digging through 20 hours of music …
Music Worth Your Time – May 2016 Recap
The amount of releases, reissues, unofficial remixes, edits, compilations that comes out every single week is absolutely enormous. Even to the most insatiable diggers like us it can be a bit dizzying sometimes. Since you probably have better things to do with your time than digging through 20 hours of …