http://www.ninjatune.net main news feed from ninja tune en webmaster@ninjatune.net XRABIT + DMG$ are, respectively, a Berlin-born producer living in deepest Dalston, and two colourfully-clad, Andre 3000 worshipping Texan MCs. Killin' Em is their debut 12 inch, complete with speaker thrashing sonics and verbals that are literally mic-ripping. Along with a remix from XRABIT himself, which doffs its hat to bassline whilst standing proudly alone, it could not be a brasher klaxon call to the world. Welcome to the new new thing. Shameless corp-rats and Ninja munging directors Coldcut are selling that valuable eye-ball estate otherwise known as your body. Get a Coldcut ltd edition artwork 'Your Slogan Here' t-shirt and feel free to sell out to the highest bidder. No commission payable, or your money not back. These hi-quality tees are Fairtrade so you can promote capitalism and your bad self guiltlessly. Get the 'Your Slogan Here' on your chest and make money or alternatively, cock a snook at the whole risable brand consciousness, helping drive the planet to destruction. Or both at once. You know it makes sense. No.1 in a series of incredibly limited Coldcut self-help art pieces for justice and outreach awareness. Solid Steel announce a special edition 20th Anniversary Party. Thursday 6th November sees Coldcut, DJ Food & DK, Bonobo, Hexstatic & special guests line up to bring past, present & future beat broadness to The End. Get your tickets here. Solid Steel radio continues the celebrations with vintage episodes of the legendary shows. To download vintage sessions go here. Keep It Solid Steel! In our humbles, three of our recent covers have been amongst the very best we've ever had designed for us. Wiley, the Well Deep comp and now, and perhaps best of all, the Roots Manuva 'Slime and Reason' cover. They were all designed by talented chaps Oscar and Ewan, and they all made damn nice posters as well as iconic covers. The Slime and Reason poster is really quite glorious; glossy, clean, simple, perfectly composed, endlessly fascinating and all yours for just a quid! The Cinematic Orchestra play their albums Man With A Moviecamera and Ma Fleur, live at The Roundhouse on 10th October. The show features a screening of Dziga Vertov's classic film, and precedes the re-issue of the Man With A Moviecamera DVD, in November.Ninja Tune & Soundcrash present a Cinematic Orchestra double bill:Man With A Moviecamera & Ma Fleur set (with Lou Rhodes, Heidi Vogel & Grey Reverend)Friday 10th OctoberThe Roundhouse in Camden, London.Tickets available here Sim simmer, who got the money for my travelcard? We haven't, but we can sell you a nice holder for one. 2008 is less about the bimmer (terribly polluting) and all about public transport. As Rodney Manuva himself has observed when offered cabs, it's faster on the tube. So, add some style to your ethically sound, community minded journey with a Slime & Reason travelcard wallet. South London beatsmith Dylan Richards a.k.a King Cannibals' tracks have been punishing soundsystems and causing structural damage around London for some time now. His unique take on dancehall bashment infuses it's infectious, brutal body-juddering riddims with the ferocious drum programming and dissonant, high-tech filth of late 90's jungle. 'Badman Near Dark's android snarls, a charging, filthy bassline and superbly fierce drumwork make this the bastard crossover between hard electronic dancehall like The Bug and Stereotyp, and late 90's techy jungle dons of Dillinja, Nico, Ed Rush and Optical. Fierce and heavy on the bass yet rhythmically agile and laced with dissonant atmospherics, Near Dark is mutant tech dancehall for Predator skanking, amid burning cities and the total collapse of civilisation. Released here via Combat Recordings, it also features heavy-ass remixes from Komonazmuk and label boss Stormfield. What is the colour of the season? That's the question. And this is the answer. Slime green. That's right, you heard it here first, though not for totally charitable reasons. Because it just so happens we are selling slime green 'Slime & Reason' t-shirts from the one and only Roots Manuva. You want one, you need one, you're begging for it. Steal someone else's credit card and buy a baker's dozen now...