After escaping the zoo and infesting North America with a killer summer tour pairing, The Bug and Warrior Queen take on arenas in support of Nine Inch Nails throughout the western part of these countries. Here's to hoping the Save On Foods Memorial Centre is big enough to contain the generous bass of The Bug and the massive presence of Warrior Queen. Be sure to catch them before the zoo expands unto football stadiums. Recall that the awesome "Ganja" release is out, featuring non-"London Zoo" tracks.
Pop Levi "You Don't Gotta Run"
Weeeeeeeeee... Pop Levi is on a roll. Following the stunning debut of his new three piece on Nic Harcourt's "Morning Becomes Eclectic", which you can view, hear and download from KCRW, Poppa and auteur Lucky Beaches premiere their film debut "You Don't Gotta Run", 37 minutes of torture and ever-warm sound fuzz shot in a style called double-ranging. View the film trailer and "Everything & Finally" music montage.
02.01.09Solid Steel radio show - Boom Monk Ben & Coldcut - New Gear!
Welcome to Solid Steel in 2009, now in association with Serato It's a new year and we are also pleased to announce new Solid Steel members who we'll be introducing over the next few weeks. We start with Boom Monk Ben, one of our most prolific guest contributors, whose quality mixes have now earned him a place on the Solid Steel team. His mix this week (2nd January) highlights some of last years big club tunes from Fake Blood, Kid Cudi and DJ Mujava and classics from Dead Prez, Jay Z and SL2. Coldcut, the originators of the show, take care of the second hour with Cornelious, Flying Lotus and Benga. New Year – New Gear!
19.12.08Remembering 2008
As next year nears, us Ninjas recount our favourite sounds that coloured the office days. Hard pressed to forcibly exclude any of our own releases, because what a year it was: with Daedelus, The Bug, The Death Set, Pop Levi, Fink, The Heavy, Ghislain Poirier, Mr. Scruff, Roots Manuva all releasing top-notch efforts, underscored by the release of "You Don't Know: Ninja Cuts". These were our other choice releases: Brightblack Morning Light "Motion To Rejoin" Earth "The Bees Made Honey in the Lion's Skull" Marnie Stern "This Is It" Gang Gang Dance "Saint Dymphna" Bardo Pond "Batholith" Ninjasonik "All Our Friends Are in Bands" Ninjasonik "Tight Pants EP" Hot Chip "Made in the Dark" Scuba "A Mutual Antipathy" Laryta "Ya Ya Ya EP" The Last Shadow Puppets "The Age of the Understatement" Flying Lotus "Los Angeles" Misery Signals "Controller" The Holly Springs Disaster "Motion Sickness Love" In Flames "A Sense of Purpose" This Or The Apocalypse "Monuments" All That Remains "Overcome" Crystal Stilts "Alight at Night" Lunice "LazeRemix Vol.1" Hercules and Love Affair "S/T" Portishead "Third" Hudson Mohawke demos Santogold "Santogold" Beach House "Devotion"KenLo "Craqnuqes Mauve"
19.12.08New Ghislain Video
Another vision of the breadth of No Ground Under covered on Ghislain Poirier's Ninja Tune debut is this brand new video for "Magnen l'boule", directed by Guillaume Simoneau and Jimmy Hayes, featuring transfixing choreography and poppin' light bulbs. Keep your ears perked for Ghis' Soca Sound System in '09.
18.12.083 year-old Japanese boy says "Motherfucking"
