Tribute to MOOD II SWING – Selected by Lexis
When I announced I was doing a tribute mix about my favourite house production duo, I asked people to guess who it might be about. I got answers ranging from Masters At Work, Basement Boys, Burrell Brothers, Blaze, Basement Jaxx. It took about 20 guesses before someone guessed it right: Mood …
Forgotten Treasure: Tyree “Acid Over” Tyree’s Mix (1988)
A guaranteed late night stomper! 3 in the morning, Hunee on the decks at an after hour party in Montreal. It began with an acid bassline, and then the silvery piano stabs. I recall fellow MIMS collaborator Doc’Trin and I turned to each other at the same time, completely astounded. An …
Forgotten Treasure: Soho “Hot Music” (1990)
“Way back in 1994, when I was first cutting my teeth in the world of spinning house music, I picked up an LP from one of my favourite record stores (Inbeat R.I.P. ) called Hot Music by an artist named Pal Joey. The main reason I purchased this album (which …
Future Classic: The Mole “Lockdown Party” (DJ Sprinkles’ Crossfaderama)
The bar had just closed it’s doors and I was packing up from spinning an 8-hour long R&B set. All this to say I wasn’t necessarily desperate to hear more music when my friend had commanded “Everyone stop everything, I have to show you the song of the summer”. We’ve …
Mix of the Day: Eddy Ramich “On A Rollercoaster Vol.4”
When I went to play at the Southern Soul Festival in Montenegro a couple weeks ago there was tons of people I was looking forward to meeting and Croatia’s Eddy Ramich was definitely one of the artists I was happy to finally meet. The Zagreb based DJ & producer (Eddy …
Forgotten Treasure: Sade “By Your Side” (Naked Music Mix #2)
My ears were first graced by the smooth and sultry voice of Sade at a very early age. My mother used to play “Diamond Life” on tape to lull me to sleep, and ever since, goosebumps rise whenever those vocal chords are struck. So when I heard Bowly of Montreal’s …
Guest Mix #12: RIVER LANCE (Montreal)
Can’t say how proud we are of the young homie Lance. We love when new DJ’s come on the scene for the right reasons and start off with a respect for the craft of DJing. River Lance made the decision to start off by playing with turntables and mostly vinyl …
Mix of the day: Andy Stott mix on Mary Anne Hobbs’ XFM Show
One of my favorite producers of the last 4-5 years jumps on the XFM airwaves and guests on Mary Anne Hobbs‘ excellent show. If you don’t know Andy Stott‘s work you can start by checking his absolutely killer new EP and start working backwards from there. Check out the brilliant …
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. …
Forgotten Treasures: Romanthony “The Wanderer” (1993)
Romanthony has always been one of my favorite old school house artists, very original and instantly recognizable on any track. He is known for mid-90’s classics like “Let me show you love” and “Bring U Up” but my personal favorite by far has always been “The Wanderer”. I have a …
Mix of the Day: DJ Luv “luv173”
From DJ Luv: This is a trip through the history of techno. Starting in 1978 I mix in one record per year, in chronological order, all the way to 2013. 36 years of man made machine music + 36 records + 3 Technics 1200s + 1 mixer + the prism …
Three Chairs: Demigods (Theo Parrish, Kenny Dixon Jr, Rick Wilhite And Marcellus Pittman) EP
via TurntableLab: Detroit is in the house! What more can you say when 3 Chairs are on deck? The quartet of seasoned producers is back with the four track Demigods EP. It’s interesting because you can hear the touch of Theo Parrish, Kenny Dixon Jr, Rick Wilhite and Marcellus Pittman …