Crucial Material

Crucial Material – Best Releases Of The Week (December 7th, 2018)

Is it new music you are looking for? Even with the end of the year approaching faster and faster, new and excellent release are still popping up all over the place. So, like every week we’ve listened to billions and billions of new things and distilled it down. Here we …

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Crucial Material

Crucial Material – Best Releases Of The Week (November 30th, 2018)

Is it new music you are looking for? Even with the end of the year approaching faster and faster, new and excellent release are still popping up all over the place. So, like every week we’ve listened to billions and billions of new things and distilled it down. Here we …

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Playlists

TEMPO – December 2nd 2018 (Event Preview Playlist)

TEMPO is a new Montreal-based event series paying close attention to the venue, sound, and visual quality to create a space for a positive and inclusive audience. The DJs from Oasis MTL, T.G.V, Music Is My Sanctuary and Bar à Vinyle will unite to bring eclectic and uplifting music for …

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Crucial Material – Best Releases Of The Week (November 23rd, 2018)

Good music just keeps coming out! Some important releases and reissues this week from all across the map (physically and stylistically speaking). As always we listened to hundreds of releases and have selected our favourites. Let’s get into it! NEW ALBUMS & EPs Hazards of Prophecy “Minnie & Marcos” Hazards …

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Exclusive Premieres

Video Premiere: Richard Spaven “Spin (feat. Jordan Rakei)”

Following the release of his latest album “Real Time”, critically acclaimed drummer and composer Richard Spaven has connected with a Berlin-based dance collective to present the new video for his track ‘Spin’. After Spaven came across a choreography the collective had done for his song ‘Undertow’, the two parties quickly …

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Balance Radio Show

BALANCE – Show #542 (Hosted by Spacewalker)

With the year winding down and still having so much music to get through, it’s only logical that it’s (almost) strictly new & exclusive stuff on Show #542! Joseph Malik, Skymark, Harvey Sutherland, The Expansions, Anderson .Paak & more, plus a tribute to Roy Hargrove. TRACKLIST Dwele featuring Roy Hargrove …

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Crucial Material – Best Releases Of The Week (November 16th, 2018)

New music! Get yer new music! From Jazz to Hip Hop, Soul to House, Funk to Psych Rock, Experimental and beyond. Allow us to listen to the hundreds of brand new releases and distill them to the best. Let’s get into it! NEW ALBUMS & EPs Insólito UniVerso “La Candela …

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Tribute Mixes

Tribute to Factory Records – Selected by Phil Larochelle

After my Mo Wax tribute mix a couple weeks back, when Lexis asked me if I was interested to do another label tribute mix I immediately thought of Factory Records. The result is a both nostalgic and personal of course but brings this eclectic approach to club music, dance music …

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Guest Mixes

MIMS Guest Mix: CLÉMENTINE (Chuwanaga Records, Paris)

Clémentine of Chuwanaga Records delivers a selection of grooves to shuffle and sway to. Feel good with this one! “In this mix I wanted to make a spontaneous selection that represented me at the moment. It’s a concentrate of music I love and I like to play, from Jazz-Funk, AOR, …

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Crucial Material – Best Releases of the Week (November 9th, 2018)

A fruitful week indeed! As always, you can trust us to listen to the hundreds of weekly new releases and boil them down to the best. Looking for a new favourite album? Try one of these… NEW ALBUMS & EPs Waajeed “From The Dirt” From the Dirt by Waajeed Genres: …

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MIMS ShowsLexis' MIMS Show

MUSIC IS MY SANCTUARY Show #94 – Mixed by Lexis

Welcome to yet another Music Is My Sanctuary show. Take the scenic route with me for another excursion across styles, tempos, eras and moods. Here are 7593 seconds of hand-picked music that I have been absolutely loving these past few weeks. Lots of brand new stuff, few exclusives and a …

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Playlists

MAC (Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal) x MIMS Exclusive Playlist

On November 9th, Music Is My Sanctuary will be collaborating with the MAC (Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal) for the musical programming of their Nocturnes du MAC event. DJing from 5pm to 2am will be Loum, Scott C and Lexis who have prepared a musical selection as diverse and modern …

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