COMFORT FIT “Forgotten Treasures Mix #11”
We are really happy to present the eleventh instalment of our MIMS forgotten treasure mix series. After great mixes from Zed Bias, Taku, Fred Everything, Tall Black Guy and others the 11th mix comes from Comfort Fit, a very talented producer from Germany who we have been big fans of for years! He is a Berlin-based producer with …
Future Classic: Ian Kamau “One Day Soon”
I’ve been steering clear of lyrics recently and letting my ears revel in the beauty of instrumentals and beats. It’s been a wonderful experience so far but I must admit, it was a deliberate and bitter decision I made for myself so I wouldn’t end up hating music, or more …
Future Classic: Elaquent “Believing”
Our good friend – and very talented producer from Guelph, Ontario – Elaquent’s music stands out compared to the infinite number of beat tapes, including those from fellow Canadian producers. There’s just something about the swing of his beats and classic approach to production that is grounded in the golden era …
Future Classic: Ta-ku “Dowhatyoulove”
No stranger to delicate mixes of boom-bap and future sounds, Australia’s very own Ta-ku treats us to a new release, Dowhatyoulove. The 18 instrumental tracks of the records illustrate how little it now matters where in the world people are located, music will still find its way through borders and …
Future Classic: Booty Based Mob “Volume 2”
With their second installement, the Booty Based massive brings a boatload of based beats that resound through your sound system with the unmistakable thump they’ve made their name on. Showcasing some of MTL’s brightest beatmakers, local GAWD KenLo Craqnuques is given the honor of opening/closing the ceremony with a molten, …
Film: “All Ears – A Glimpse into the Los Angeles Beat Community”
The amount of experimental hip hop coming out of Los Angeles over the last ten years is matched only by the number of genre names attached to it. Cue many an infuriating conversation about Flying Lotus’s evolving sound, just how much swing is appropriate and what on earth to call …
Mix of the Day: Six Vicious “Ghostride The UFO”
There’s sometimes that strange malaise when trying to paint a portrait of someone by presenting the body of work they produce. No matter how old or recent, abundant or scarce, diverse or precise the material is, it is always a challenge to present it in such a manner that a …
Future Classic: Obia le Chef & El Cotola “Le Théorème”
Montreal’s finest MC/Producer duo are back on their grind following up their ridiculously dope EP Le Procédé with their debut full length record Le Théorème. If the EP was the blueprint addressing themes of revolution and street spleen with serious bravado,beats and surgical rhymes, then the chemical procedure has been …
Video Dig: Lapalux “Without You”
I’m pretty psyched about this video dig because I actually discovered it through one of our readers. I love when that happens cause people have a tendency of thinking that just cause we write about music that we’re music experts who literally live with our heads in crates when in …
Mix of the Day: Mr. Beatnick “FACT Mix 383”
via FACTmag: “Mr. Beatnick always seemed, to us, destined to go down as one of those great underrated DJs – the sort of guy that half of London knows, and an even larger percentage of the city has danced to, but never quite got his due outside of the capital. …
Future Classic: Hawk House “Tidal Tendencies”
Wow, talk about love at first listen. If you’re anything like us you’ll be hooked as first as you hear the jazzy keys, crisp drums and first couple bars. We have to give props to our good friend Lefto for turning us on to this one on his last radio. …
Future Classic: Rihanna “Cockiness” (Jonas LR remix)
For the record I’m not a big fan of Rihanna. I don’t really dig her voice and struggle with the sheer amount of radio play she gets. This Christmas, I bought my little sister a copy of Frank Ocean’s Channel Orange to try and wean her off a diet of …