Out now on download and 12" vinyl. Taken from the forthcoming album 'Spirit In The System' (16 August Europe/ 21 Sept N.America).
Regular collaborator and tour-mate Jenna G returns to the Qemists fold for 'Hurt Less', the second single to be taken from their sophomore full-length Spirit In The System, and one of the album’s emotional peaks. "People can be really emotionally affected by Dance music," says Liam Black, one third of The Qemists. "They can have their best, deepest experiences on a dance-floor. We wanted to capture that range of emotions."
"We just said to the vocalists on the record, ‘think about the emotion, sing about what matters to you’,” adds Dan fellow Qemist Dan Arnold. "We wanted feelings on this record. We got one of the most emotional tracks from Jenna G on 'Hurt Less'. She knew us so well from touring with us that she was totally unafraid to give it everything, and sing what she really felt." Jenna’s powerful, vulnerable vocal makes a perfect fit for The Qemists’ original track, high on dynamics and drama, and with a nagging melancholic melody.
The single also comes with three new remixes: 2-Step/Garage producers Hot City (recently signed to Moshi Moshi) deliver an elegantly itchy mix, legendary Tech-House duo My Digital Enemy transform the track into a shuddering Dance-Floor epic, while Brighton-based Dubstep producer Riskotheque slows the tempo and increases the tempo, with a recut that’ll shake the picture-frames from your walls and wake the dead.
Tracklist:
Hurt Less feat Jenna G (Radio Edit)
Hurt Less feat Jenna G (Extended Edit)
Hurt Less feat Jenna G (Hot City's Mega Vocal Bang)
Hurt Less feat Jenna G (Hot City's Cheer Point Dub)
Hurt Less feat Jenna G (My Digital Enemy Remix)
Hurt Less feat Jenna G (My Digital Enemy Remix Dub)
Hurt Less feat Jenna G (Riskotheque Remix)
NINJA TUNE XX - WEEK X - XXEN011 - DAEDELUS
This week's Ninja Tune XX giveaway is generous in the extreme. It consists of preview edits of two tracks by LA's electronic master, Daedelus, both of which are exclusive to the Ninja Tune XX releases. Daedelus is truly one of the most original and brilliant voices working in contemporary music; defiantly weaving a psychedelic, pop-aesthetic into uncompromising, sonically inventive songs. There's no one that sounds quite like him, and no one that quite could.
'Trouble With A Capital D' is a brand new song written for the Ninja Tune XX compilation releases coming this September. Deadelus also remixed label-mate Emika's 'Drop The Other' for the same purpose. Both tracks show a constantly restless, consistently satisfying producer at the top of his game.
Ninja Tune will be releasing a new studio album by Daedelus, 'Bespoke,' in 2011, and he'll be appearing live at the Ninja Tune XX events this Autumn.
Emika's album, 'The Pink Button,' will also be released by Ninja Tune next year.
08.09.10Toddla T Does Select Dates, Plays Vancouver Tonight
Currently supporting his "Sky Surfing" single and forthcoming Ninja Tune release, Toddla T is on the road and if you're lucky, in your town!
8 September, Vancouver @ Fortune Sound Club
9 September, Calgary, AB @ Hi Fi
10 September, San Diego @ House Of Blues
11 September, Toronto @ Wrong Bar
Also playing the US Ninja XX shows!
Three full days of back to back events in NY, LA, and a FREE event in SF sponsored by Converse (details forthcoming!).
28th October - New York - Santo's Party House
Amon Tobin, Kid Koala, DJ Food & DK, Poirier, Toddla T & Serocee, DJ Kentaro, Eskmo, more TBD
96 Lafayette St//New York, NY 10013
30th October - Los Angeles - Echo/Echoplex
Amon Tobin, Kid Koala, Cut Chemist, DJ Food & DK, Toddla T & Serocee, DJ Kentaro, Eskmo, Ghostbeard, more TBD
1822 W. Sunset Blvd//Los Angeles, CA 90026
08.09.10Amon Tobin New Webstore
New webstore at amontobin.com, which has the entire Amon Tobin Ninja Tune back catalogue, Two Fingers material released on Big Dada, independent projects such as the Taxidermia soundtrack, as well as ringtones, special compositions, and other choice goodies like t-shirts and posters. All digital material is either MP3 or WAV.
To celebrate, Amon has released limited-edition 12" picture disc EP featuring four songs from the much-lauded Monthly Joints Series: 'Hey Mr. Tree', 'Technique', 'Delpher' and 'Shut Down', available for the first time ever on vinyl. Amontobin.com has a special price for a deluxe package including the 12" picture disc alongside WAV and MP3 versions of the entire series with an exclusive Ableton Designer Sounds Pack, a fresh new T-shirt designed by Two Fingers's very own Doubleclick, and a collectors edition poster!
08.09.10Roots Manuva Meets Wrong Tom - Launch Party - LIVE STREAM
Roots Manuva and Wrong Tom will be launching their Duppy Writer album with a live show in East London this Thursday night.
For those of you overseas or unable or unwilling to squeeze into the intimate setting of the Alibi, we are streaming the whole performance live on The Funhouse and inviting the whole world to watch.
We'll be shooting from several angles and hopefully making you feel like you are there in person. Except you'll be slightly less sweaty and you probably won't have to wrestle your way to your own fridge should you want a beer.
Who knows, if you log in to the chat room we may even be able to relay your rewind requests to the DJ!
Welcome, Ninja Tune’s latest signing, the one and only Eskmo. Brendan Angelides, a native of Connecticut now based in San Francisco, has been causing a considerable stir for the last few years, releasing music on labels including but not limited to Warp, Planet Mu and his own Ancestor imprint. Already tipped by many in the electronic music community to be a major presence for years to come, Eskmo shows exactly what the fuss is all about on his debut for his new home-label.
'Cloudlight' somehow manages to rope together the aesthetics of glitch, dubstep and r&b into the kind of song Marvin The Paranoid Android might have recorded if he were put on a course of anti-depressants, got laid by a washing machine and munched enough ecstasy tablets to explode a cat. Troubling, beautiful and strangely uplifting all at once, it states, simply and without the need for any of these words, that Angelides is a unique presence in electronic music. 'Come Back' develops the sound perhaps even further, a narcotisized Timberlake number or a disembodied ghost voice? It’s a question only the listener can answer, though Angelides injects real longing into his deadpan vocals. Remix duties are dealt with by Brainfeeder’s Lorn, who turns in a brutally pummeling remix.
'Cloudlight' download single is out now, with a self-titled album coming 4th October.
