Mix of the Day: Kaytranada “Live on Benji B, BBC Radio1 Mix”
Hailing from Montreal, Canada, this young beat maker and DJ is no stranger to production. Starting to produce in his early teens, and now at only 20 years of age, Kaytranada has the work ethic of a seasoned producer. His influences come from all sorts of genres. Genres between Disco, …
Ras G & The Afrikan Space Program “Back On The Planet”
via Brainfeeder: “Sun Ra once spoke a future where the mere thought of a place would take somebody there. In the past future of today, Ras G explores space and time through his ancient/futuristic music. Dusty, ethereal and bugged out, the Crate Creator’s beats bring the past to the future. …
MIMS Talks with: DONKY PITCH
Donky Pitch is a UK-based label and club night set up by Pete Taylor and Dave Grinell, a couple of beardy chaps from Brighton on the South Coast. While they might have started out closer to Low End Theory and the beat scene, the Donky Pitch boys have come across …
Future Classic: Elaquent “The Journey”
I’ve been meaning to talk about Elaquent‘s new record on HW&W Records called “Believing” for a while now but summer vacation time sort of got in the way. But since I happened to catch our man EQ performing in Montreal a couple days ago we wanted to talk about our favourite …
Guest Mix #13: JON KENNEDY (UK)
We got a really great treat in the mailbox this week when great producer / DJ and label head Jon Kennedy sent us an exclusive guest mix. The mix highlights some of the future releases on his JON KENNEDY FEDERATION Label and remixes from “Corporeal”, his brand new LP, that are as …
Future Classic: Kenlo Craqnuques “Chaude chaleur”
Usually when it comes to picking tracks / records for our Future Classics & Forgotten Treasures section we like to give the piece some context and explain why it touches us so much… But F*** it. Today is sunday, it’s sunny outside and this is just a no brainer! New …
Quasimoto “Catchin’ The Vibe”
via Stones Throw: “Quasimoto’s “Catchin’ the Vibe” was released on the album Yessir Whatever produced by Madlib. We set out to film the video for “Catchin’ the Vibe” in Quasimoto’s home town Lost Gates CA, but were denied filming permits. We were also denied permits for filming in Los Angeles County, possibly …
The Story behind Jeru & Dj Premier’s “Come Clean”
via the good folks at EGOTRIP “It wasn’t really East versus West, it was fake versus real.” So says Jeru the Damaja about his rugged, no holds-barred “Come Clean” in this Complex TV presentation on the making of theDJ Premier-produced instant classic from 1993. The mini-doc gets into the Shelly Manne andOnyx samples used in the track and the …
Mix of the Day: Phonographe Corp “Colonie de vacances – Été 2013”
Really nice mix from our good friends from France at Phonographe. Definitely a must to bring on your next road trip! From Phonographe: “We recently reached 6000 fans on our Facebook page. To be honest, we would never have thought about it 1 year ago ! As it is very …
Mix of the Day: Pipomixes “SP-1200 Volume 2”
I first heard Pipo’s SP1200 mix vol1 a long time ago back when digging for breaks/samples was the main focus and 90’s hiphop ruled my listening landscape. 10 years later and a lot has changed, pipo has kept the same concept: re-interpret classic hiphop beats that were made (or whose …
Future Classic: Ka “Off The Record”
I’m not sure I really got lyrics at first. When I started listening to hip hop, it was always the beat that caught my ear. The rapper, rhythmic and percussive, added something but never took centre stage. My moment of clarity lay about halfway through It Ain’t Hard to Tell …
Future Classic: BinkBeats “Beats Unraveled”
For the most part, YouTube has sort of ruined the whole idea of cover versions for me. I mean, you check out a video you like and in the side bar you can see about 18 different versions of random people butchering a song in their basement. Of course, whatever …