Forgotten Treasure: Nina Simone “House Of The Rising Sun” (1968)
No lengthy introduction needed; the recording speaks for itself: Nina Simone performing “House Of The Rising Sun” live at The Bitter End in NYC in 1968. This is one of those songs whose mythos is as dense as the register of artists performing it. From Andy Griffith to Dylan, the …
RIP Darondo (1946 – 2013)
Darondo was a Bay area soul and funk singer with an incredibly distinctive raspy voice that blended perfectly with the raw instrumental arrangements he vocalized on. He has recently passed and thankfully his body of work has been reissued. If one of his songs has left an imprint, it is …
ELAQUENT “Forgotten Treasures Mix #10”
It’s already the 10th edition of our Forgotten Treasures mixes series and we couldn’t be happier with the results so far. Each mix has been magical! Well, this one fits in very nicely with the others as a mix that is very personal and full of nuggets you probably never heard, or …
Mix of the day: Floating Points “Summer 13 at 45”
The good dudes at Eglo Records (Alex Nut & Floating Points) who I both got the chance to play with recently celebrated the 4th anniversary of their label. And since FP was in a happy mood he decided to treat people to a nice all 45’s set. Want the track …
Future Classic: A K U A “Gravity”
Last year, right around this time actually, I was introduced to the wonderful A K U A. I was invited to one of her shows, which I didn’t actually get to go to, but all the raving reviews from her performance sparked my interest so I looked her up and …
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 …
ERIC LAU presents “What I’m Feeling Right Now”
We’ve been loving Eric Lau‘s music for quite a while now. Ever since we heard his first LP on Ubiquity (“New Territories” in 2008) we’ve always been on the lookout for his work. We played two of his tracks in our last MIMS shows (“Oh Dara” on #61 and “Everytime” …
Mix of the Day: Eric The Tutor: “Untitled D’Angelo Mix” (How Does It Feel?)
For those of you who don’t live in Montreal, I need to preface this by explaining that Montreal only really has two seasons: Winter, where artists hibernate and create the most insane material you have ever seen and Summer, where we all bask in that artistic glory and invite people …
Future Classic: Lianne La Havas “Elusive” (Flako Remix)
Oh my! What could be better than a Lianne La Havas remix by Flako, one of the most talented and original producers out there. Flako really keeps evolving and improving with every release and is transcending the “beatmaker” label and blossoming into someone who can be considered as a composer …
Future Classic: Omar “The Man” (Freestyle Records)
The official 2013 Spring anthem is here and it comes from Omar, one of the most influencial and original artists in the UK. How can you go wrong when you combine those flutes, bass clarinet with that voice! For the past 20+ years, Omar has contributed countless soulful anthems and …
Future Classic: Shuggie Otis “Wings Of Love”
Wow! Now this is some great news right here. The mighty Shuggie Otis is back and we couldn’t be happier to hear that some of his new music is finally surfacing. In fact, it has been 40 years since any new music has been released by the enigmatic and elusive …
Future Classic: Dandy Teru “Adventures” (Ubiquity Records)
Remember that whole wave of records classified as “Downtempo” or even “Chill Out”? In the last 90’s / early 2000 every label out there was jumping on the train with those shitty compilations themed with famous hotels, lounges and so on… Frankly 95% of the records from that period aged …