MIMS “Forgotten Treasures Compilation #4”
Here is fourth compilation of ”forgotten treasures” which is – if you’re new here – one of the pillars of this website. The idea is to ask our DJ and Producer and all around Music Junky friends to pick one track they’d like to share with you. The fourth volume …
DANDY TERU “Forgotten Treasures Mix #07”
Dandy Teru is one our good friends from across the pond. A great producer, art director and host of the French Toast radio show on Laidback Radio with Quiet Dawn. We discovered him with the great “Massive Suits Quartet” project back in 2011 and it was great news when we heard from …
Mix of the Day: Jazz Amnesty Sound System #30
If you’re a frequent MIMS reader, then you know we have mad love for a great project known as the Jazz Amnesty Sound System (Andy Williams & DJ Luv). Well, to celebrate their 30th mix in the stellar J.A.S.S series they decided to put out an epic 3 hour mix …
DOM SERVINI “Forgotten Treasures Mix #06”
We are really happy to present the sixth instalment of our MIMS forgotten treasure mix series. After great mixes from Zed Bias, Taku, Fred Everything, Tall Black Guy and Jesse Futureman our 6th mix comes from none other than Dom Servini. Pillar of the London eclectic scene and WahWah45′s label boss, Dom takes us …
Forgotten Treasure: Mulatu Astatke Ethiopian Quintet “Afro-Latin Soul” (1966)
A few years ago, a friend of mine bought me this record for my birthday. My friend knew I had never heard of Mulatu Astatke and his Ethiopian Quintet, but because she used to live with me, knew all about my love for Jazz, Mexicali Brass, Latin Jazz and Afro …
Future Classic: José James “No Beginning No End”
I’ve been on the Jose James bandwagon since day 1 so let’s just say I am a bit biased when it comes to talking about one of his new releases. Ever since I bought the white label copy of “Equinox” vinyl in a London record shop in 2006, I have …
Download: Chris Dave and the Drumhedz Mixtape
Ouch. Can you sayE-S-S-E-N-T-I-A-L? “The Texas-bred maestro just released his first ever mixtape, Chris Dave and The Drumhedz, which is meant to be a sampler plate of the wide range of styles Dave has amassed. Accompanying his snares, kicks and toms are The Drumhedz, a rotating cast of musicians Dave …
Future Classic: Mark de Clive-Lowe & the Rotterdam Jazz Orchestra “Take The Space Trane”
I’m really excited to share this one with the MIMS fam (and it’s about time since I’m on my 9th listen already). Mark de Clive-Lowe hooks up with the Rotterdam Jazz Orchestra to incorporate powerful big band aesthetics to his consistently lush productions and as you may have guessed: the …
MIMS “Forgotten Treasures Compilation #3”
Here is third second compilation of “forgotten treasures” which is – if you’re new here – one of the pillars of this website. We plan to put out one of these every month to go along with our monthly MIMS night in Montreal (every second saturday of the month at …
Gilles Peterson “Black Jazz Radio Mix”
*PRE-ORDERING NOW! SHIPPING 31ST JANUARY* Gilles Peterson, well-known for his record label (Brownswood), BBC radio show, and deep crates, takes the challenge and pays tribute to one of his favorite labels, Black Jazz Records. As Peterson states, “I stumbled upon a Doug Carn album and my life changed.” Not merely …
DJ Mitsu The Beats “Solid Black” – a Black Jazz mix
via SOTU: In conjunction with Snow Dog Projects and Black Jazz Records, Jazzy Sport crew member DJ Mitsu The Beats has composed a seamless mix of tracks selected from the Black Jazz catalog. Well-known for his hip-hop mixes, Mitsu takes a 20+ year veteran DJ’s perspective here, more often than …
Future Classic: L’Orange “The Mad Writer”
L’Orange is a beatmaker from North Carolina; he isn’t from a french speaking country, as the name might suggest. He has been putting out projects that are mostly instrumental hiphop for quite some time now. The new release, The Mad Writer, doesn’t have the same precise conceptual effort of his …