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: Lost Midas “Love Undone” feat. Taylor O’Donnell
Sometimes a song just hits you right away. You go from intrigued to captivated after 30 sec and you know the track will be in heavy rotation for days to come. Tru Thoughts (home of Quantic and countless other amazing artists) have just signed electronic producer Lost Midas and released …
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 …
MIMS “Forgotten Treasures Compilation #5”
Here is fifth compilation of ”forgotten treasures” which is – if you’re new here – one of the pillars of this website. The idea is usally to ask our DJ and Producer and all around Music Junky friends to pick one track they’d like to share with you. The fifth …
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” …
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 …
MIMS Talks with: SARD BOOGIE (Australia)
B-Dub – I first came across you via Myspace about ’08/09 (remember that?!) and the 1st track I heard was Muthafunkagetsbeatdown, and that one still does it for me. That’s a solid Hip-Hop style banger, which is what your roots are. How’d it all start, Sard? SARD BOOGIE – Yes I …
Forgotten Treasure: Three 6 Mafia
Much like my earlier post on Dipset, Three-6-Mafia was a group I had to learn to fully grasp before i could truly embrace its music. I remember seeing Hypnotize Minds Records’ ads in The Source magazine and being dumbfounded at what the music could sound like. The Memphis (TN) rap …
MIMS Talks with: DIGGS DUKE
Diggs Duke is not your average multi-talented artist – try tacking labels or genres onto his music and, nine times out of ten, you will find yourself incapable of choosing one. Above all, his music has incredible depth and is informed by many other kinds of knowledge, all of which …
Forgotten Treasure: Kiki Gyan “24 Hours In A Disco” (1978-82)
Kiki Gyan (real name Kofi Kwarko Gyan) was a Ghanaian superstar who was celebrated as “Africa’s answer to Stevie Wonder”. Starting with piano at age five, he took music very seriously, to the point where it had caused him to quit school when he was twelve and join a huge …
An Introduction to WAAJEED (Bling47, Detroit)
Waajeed is a jack of all trades as a graphic artist, labelhead and producer. The latter is his most prolific persona and his dazzling array of futuristic boombap soundscapes will be on display on april 19th as part of the Artbeat/MIMS/BootyBakery showcase (link) A true son of the D and …
Ninja Tune Launches “Ninja Jamm” Open Mobile Remixing
What if you could do more than just consume music as a passive listener? It’s a question that has fascinated musicians ever since the dawn of digital technology. Now, a very big label is releasing an app that provides an answer to that question. Ninja Tune – and, crucially, founder …