NEW RELEASE: Toddla T 'Sky Surfing' feat. Wayne Marshall
Toddla T comes busting out of the traps for his very first single for Ninja Tune/Girls Music. On a recent trip to Jamaica to collaborate with Major Lazer, Mr T found himself alone in the legendary Tuff Gong Studios in Kingston. Who should wander in but the one-and-only Wayne Marshall who asked Toddla to play him some riddims. As soon as he heard the beat which would become 'Sky Surfing' the rest was history! Watch out for the remixes, forth coming in a month or so, from Benga, Ross Orton, DJ Q, Douster and a special edition from Toddla himself... but for now go cop....
Toddla T also played Glastonbury on Friday night and hosted BBC Radio 1's Essential Glastonbury Mix with Rusko and Annie Mac, listen again on the iPlayer.
Ninja Tune XX - Week VII - The Wagon Christ Solid Steel Mix
This week's Ninja Tune XX is giveaway is another, totally exclusive, unreleased mix from the Solid Steel archives. Wagon Christ (AKA West Country dance music legend Luke Vibert) handed in this mix in 2004 to much excitement. Featuring music from artists as diverse as Japan, Arp Life, Brian Eno and White Noise, it did what all great mixes do; recontextualise seemingly disparate music and show commonality in unexpected places. It also seemed firmly imprinted with the musical attitude and style of the pioneering Vibert. Listen to production of Japan's 'Ghosts,' and you'd be forgiven for thinking it the work of a cutting edge, contemporary electronica artist. Unfortunately, Ninja Tune were unable to release the mix due to regrettably common licensing issues, bit it means we're giving it away free now!
There will be a new Wagon Christ track on the Ninja Tune XX compilation, and a full new album coming soon.
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.
