Posts Tagged ‘ Ninja Tune ’
Canadian turntablist Kid Koala has extends his storytelling once more with a full book of original, hand-sketched artwork to accompany his hand-scratched vinyl manipulations. And true to the project, the music is subdued, introspective, and does really sound like it was composed as a concept soundtrack. The turntablism takes back seat to the sparse, moody [ READ MORE ]
I just love Mr. Scruff’s whole attitude towards DJing and production. He builds his own gear. He tours with his own homemade mixer that’s seemingly held together mostly by duct tape. He doesn’t really care much about blending, and lets many of his records play out to the end. He does all of his own [ READ MORE ]
Somewhat of an originator when it came to this loose, sample-heavy, slowed-down house groove (Gerry Read, Youandewan, Red Rack’em, etc), Falty DL returns on the mighty Ninja Tune and re-establishes his mastery of the art. While it’s not as frenzied as some of his album work, the music here is characterized by a constant motion [ READ MORE ]
The suddenly prolific Emika assembles, via Ninja Tune, a remarkably balanced and contemporary collection here, centered around two tracks off of her eponymous inaugural album. Her original tracks here are conspicuously current without falling prey to cliched trends, and the cast of remixers each effectively stamps his version with his own distinctive stylistic giveaways. This all [ READ MORE ]