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Eskmo - Cloudlight
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.
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Roots Manuva Meets Wrongtom - Jah Warriors feat. Ricky Ranking
Roots Manuva returns dropping the righteousness. The only brand new track from the forthcoming Roots Manuva meets Wrongtom project, “Duppy Writer,” “Jah Warriors” is a low-ended, bumping reggae-hip hop jam which sees Roots himself running through a host of lyrical styles and themes sounding as fresh and as fired up as he has in ages. Meanwhile, the one and only Ricky Ranking adds some soundsystem sweetness pon de chorus. The basic music for “Jah Warriors” was written and assembled by Mr Manuva. When he had something he liked, he handed it over to Wrongtom who re-worked the drums to fit with the rest of the project and added enough warm bass to really make the tune bounce. The results are dynamite – a tune which sounds simultaneously classic and utterly contemporary.
The package is rounded out by “Bashment Bogle,” a sparse stepper based on the classic “Bashment Boogie” (and completely exclusive to this single), and “Rebuff” – a digi-club re-work of last year’s “Buff Nuff”.
Warm, funny, infectiously danceable, “Duppy Writer” reveals Roots Manuva as one of the most compelling voices in the last two decades of British music. It also makes you smile. What else are you after?
:: Order 'Jah Warrior' on 7" now, the first 20 will receive a signed copy!
:: Roots Manuva website
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DELS - Shapeshift
Welcome please, to the world of Kieren Dickens aka DELS. The young MC has been creating a buzz ever since John Peel heard him as a teenager and put him on the radio. Now he’s ready to re-write the rules of rap in the UK in a way that hasn’t happened for years.
“Shapeshift” is a perfect place to start. The beat is courtesy of long-time collaborator Joe Goddard, better known for his work as part of Hot Chip. Goddard hooks up some ultra-squelchy, off-kilter electronic madness (as well as dropping in to deliver a poker-faced middle 8). Over it, DELS does what he does best, in this case taking us back to a childhood in which his biggest dream was to be able to turn into something else. It’s a proper recollection of childhood, its fears and well as its fun, not one of those fake lists of vintage products like Raleigh Grifters. DELS slams it out in a clear voice which shows the influence of Grime, while the cleverness of his punch lines and metaphors show he ain’t kowtowing to any of the many cliches of the form.
Remixes come from a wide range of sources. Kwes is another producer intimately involved with the creation of DELS’ forthcoming album and here he builds a tower of eccentric stabs around the vocal, a carnival procession of aural imagination. The hotly-tipped Ghostape, on the other hand, breaks the vocal down into its constituent elements for a delicate future-World rhythm session. Eli T and Dels himself then turn the original into a reggaefied wobbler. And if that weren’t enough, a Micachu remix and revox is due soon.
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10.09.10
Ninja Tune XX Pop-up Shop
Come to the Ninja Tune XX '20 Years of Beats & Pieces' exhibition this Saturday and browse a special pop-up shop with handpicked exclusive items from the Ninjashop. From 12-5pm, free entry.
Black Dog Space
10a Acton Street
London WC1X 9NG
03.09.10
Roots Manuva Pop-Up Shop
News direct from the mouth of Mr Manuva: "Come and meet the Ghost writer behind all the Roots Manuva Classics. Rodney's dead twin from Duppy Land will be haunting East London 2-6pm. Can't stay long he has to get back to being dead." Or to put it another way, Roots and friends will be celebrating the release of the record by taking over the shop Pelicans & Parrots at 40 Stoke Newington Road, Dalston, N16 7XJ; 2-6pm; Monday 6th September!.
A mixture of instore, pop-up shop and chaotic mess, come through, listen, smile, buy something and get it signed. Should be fun...
27.08.10
Ninja Tune XX London - SOLD OUT!
The London party to celebrate Ninja Tune XX at Ewer Street Car Park on 2nd October has now sold out but we will be putting some extra tickets on the door from 9pm on the night - get down early to avoid disappointment!
20.08.10
20 Years Of Beats & Pieces: Ninja Tune Book
'Ninja Tune: 20 Years of Beats & Pieces' is the latest book in Black Dog Publishing’s Labels Unlimited series, written by Stevie Chick to mark Ninja's 20th anniversary.
It includes exclusive interviews with many of our key artists and label staff. The story begins with Matt Black and Jon More crossing paths in the mid-80s, going on to form Coldcut and breaking free from the majors to set up Ninja Tune.
An eclectic and colourful volume, '20 Years of Beats & Pieces' is an indispensable book for anyone with an interest in electronic music, independent labels and the music industry. Written by veteran music journalist Stevie Chick, author of 'Spray Paint The Walls: The Black Flag Story', and the Sonic Youth biography 'Psychic Confusion'.
Paperback editions of this 192 page book are on sale now. The hardback is reserved for the Ninja Tune XX boxset.
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