Andreya Triana 'Draw The Stars' (the opening track on her debut record 'Lost Where I Belong') is single of the week on iTunes UK!
Download for FREE now and if you like what you hear, purchase the whole album for £5.99. On iTunes you'll get a Mr. Scruff remix of 'Far Closer' and the video for 'A Town Called Obsolete' (this offer is not available anywhere else).
Ninja Tune XX - Week XV - The Bug
This week's Ninja Tune XX giveaway comes from one of the key artists of Ninja's recent history, and of electronic music as a whole. Kevin Martin has been making and performing music for a long time, and under various guises. Having released feverishly acclaimed albums through Aphex Twin's Rephlex imprint in the past, Ninja signed The Bug in 2007, to much excitement within the label. His debut Ninja full length, 'London Zoo', was everything we'd hoped it would be. Chiming with the formative dubstep movement that Martin had himself influenced, it drew together his mastery of electronica, dancehall and dub into a record that was as furious and fiery as it was infectious in its melody and bass.
'Catch A Fire' is a new track by The Bug and is on the Ninja Tune XX compilation. It shows a fascinating development of Kevin Martin's recent sound, alongside the trademark, irresistible production that's made his name. This track will also feature on a brand new EP, out later in the year.
Also included in the download package is dubstep kingpin Skream's remix of 'Poison Dart', one of the standout tracks from London Zoo.
Ninja Tune XX will also feature an Autechre remix of The Bug's 'Skeng,' another exclusive new track, 'Tune In (version)', and a Prefuse 73 remix of 'Poison Dart' exclusive to the box set. The Bug will be playing the Ninja Tune XX events at Ewer Street in London, as well as shows in Paris and Berlin.
In other news, the Ninja-Trainerspotter limited edition t-shirts are now up for grabs with a very special early bird price. Visit our shop for more info.
You can also now buy the paperback version of the 192 page XX book "Ninja Tune XX: 20 Years Of Beats And Pieces", written by Stevie Chick here. The hardback is reserved for the XX boxset.
It's a busy week for celebrations and, indeed, for Dalston. On Thursday night Roots, Wrongtom, Ricky Ranking, the legendary Don Letts and Photomachine will be seeing 'Duppy Writer' off out into the world at The Alibi, 91 Kingsland High Street E8 2PB. The night will run from 8pm until 3am, it's free entry and the place is really quite small, so please get there ridiculously early or stand around outside feeling vexed. The choice is yours....
07.09.10Ninja 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 items from the Ninjashop. From 12-5pm, free entry.
Black Dog Space 10a Acton Street London WC1X 9NG
06.09.10Ninja Tune exhibition at the AB restaurant in Brussels
Didn't get a ticket to the (sold out!) Ninja Tune XX show at Ancienne Belgique - AB? Want to celebrate the label's anniversary?
Get your ass down to the AB Resto and see some of the best Ninja Tune artwork, chosen by the London crew themselves.
05.09.10Eskmo - 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.
'Cloudlight' download single is out now, with a self-titled album coming 4th October.
