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Daedelus - Overwhelmed feat. Bilal - out on Ninja Tune

Monday 08 August 2011, 11:57

Daedelus Overwhelmed feat Bilal
Daedelus - Overwhelmed feat. Bilal
(Digital Single) Ninja Tune ZENDNLS294, 2011-08-08

Everyone's favourite purveyor of electronic Victorian dandyism returns with a new EP of remixes from his Bespoke album. Featuring the space-soul vox of Bilal, the original is as muscular as it is intircate, a continuing tribute to the West Coast producer's way with sound. Anyone who runs wobble-bass up against drum tardiddles and the odd burst of thumping four-to-the-floor is okay by us. First up on remix duty is Star Slinger. Hotly tipped by the likes of Jamie XX and Diplo, Mr Slinger slathers the tune in galaxy-funk keys and gets his considerable groove on. New Ninja signing Raffertie harnesses warm bass to a xylophone orchestra for a mix so good it appears twice (the second time as a dub). Hot Flush-signed Sepalcure take Tailor Made and unleash its inner rave monster, with a final result that sounds like a group of choir boys tripping in 'Beefa. Innovative and clever, but also soulful and with an easy feel for the funk, Daedelus is one of the wonders of modern electronic music. Smarten up.

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Daedelus - Bespoke - out on Ninja Tune

Monday 11 April 2011, 11:54

Daedelus Bespoke
Daedelus - Bespoke
(LP/CD/Download) Ninja Tune ZEN169/ZEN169CD/ZENDNL169, 2011-04-11

After a busy couple of years of touring, remixing and releasing singles and EPs with Brainfeeder, All City, Magical Properties (the Daedelus home-imprint), Alpha Pup, Warp and Stones Throw, Alfred Darlington aka Daedelus returns with his new full length album on Ninja Tune, Bespoke, a title summing up the unique and eccentric vision of a musical artist as obsessed with the clothing of the Victorian era as he is with the music of the future. Bespoke is defined as "a term employed to mean an item custom-made to measure." Darlington explains that "I not only intended it as a reflection of the LP itself, but also an outlook on life." It's Daedelus' way of stating that it's possible to grow and flourish as a musician without settling for the drab factory pre-sets of genre. The album features vocal talent "from all around this current music mess" (as Darlington puts it). Unsurprisingly, despite the excesses of a musical dandy, the switchback turns of a restless and inquiring mind, the sheer invention of the mad scientist, everything on Bespoke fits perfectly, the work of a master tailor, for whom craftsmanship and quality is every bit as important, but no more important, than standing out from the crowd.

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Daedelus - Tailor-Made - out on Ninja Tune

Monday 21 March 2011, 11:00

Daedelus Tailor-Made
Daedelus - Tailor-Made
(promo CD/Digital) Ninja Tune ZENCDS281P/ZENDNLS281, 2011-03-21
(12") Ninja Tune ZEN12281, 2011-04-04

After a busy couple of years of touring, remixing and releasing singles and EPs with Brainfeeder, All City, Magical Properties (the Daedelus home-imprint), Alpha Pup, Warp and Stones Throw, Alfred Darlington aka Daedelus returns with his new full length album on Ninja Tune, Bespoke. The first single from the album is, suitably, "Tailor-Made," both titles summing up the unique and eccentric vision of a musical artist as obsessed with the clothing of the Victorian era as he is with the music of the future. Tailor-Made is a delicious amalgam of wiggly keyboard lines, four-to-the-floor kicks, drum box flourishes and woozy, beautiful vox from Milosh. It builds and builds into a frenzied, ecstatic Daedelesque finale which will have you itching for the full album. Remix duties are taken care of by highly-rated fellow LA-er Jennifer Lee aka TOKiMONSTA. She gives it some of the LA Beat Scene lope while sneaking it a double-time shuffle all her own. The final single will feature a remix by Floating Points and some instrumental versions.

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Quantic And His Combo Bárbaro - Caliventura Remix EP - out on Tru Thoughts

Monday 14 March 2011, 13:04

Quantic and his Combo Barbaro Caliventura Remix EP
Quantic And His Combo Bárbaro - Caliventura Remix EP
(12" + Bonus Downloads) Tru Thoughts TRUEP231, 2011-03-14

The Caliventura EP, out on 14th March, sees Cut Chemist, J-Boogie, Jeremy Sole, Daedelus and DJ Day giving the remix treatment to a handful of tracks from Quantic and his Combo Bárbaro's immensely acclaimed Tradition In Transition' album. The EP also features an alternative, previously unreleased version of the album track, Albela. This essential EP comes in a full colour picture sleeve featuring a photograph taken in Colombia by the celebrated LA-based photographer B+, who has become a key contributor to the Quantic aesthetic in recent years, and whose critically acclaimed body of work includes the famous shot for DJ Shadow's 'Endtroducing'. Inside the beautiful sleeve, you'll also find an exclusive download card with all five vinyl tracks available on mp3, plus five bonus goodies.

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Ninja Tune XX - The Twelve Inches

Saturday 27 November 2010, 13:40 1

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Ninja Tune XX - 20 Years Of Beats 'n' Pieces - The twelve inches

Those who bought the incredible Ninja Tune XX boxset and registered their promo code on the Ninja Tune XX site were sent two exclusive Ninja Tune 12 inches. Four more 12 inches have just been released. Here's the lowdown on which tracks are exclusive to those vinyls and which are taken from the boxset CDs...

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Ninja Tune 20 Years of Psychedelic Hip Hop Funk and Jazz

Ninja Tune - 20 Years of Psychedelic Hip Hop, Funk & Jazz - Selected by Djouls

Saturday 28 August 2010, 12:44 3

Grant Phabao & Djouls - Ninja Tune - 20 Years of Psychedelic Hip Hop, Funk & Jazz (MP3 Podcast on www.ParisDJs.com) 2010-08-28 We're still celebrating 20 years of musical activism from the english label Ninja Tune! The huge boxset is now coming out very soon... Parties in Paris and London are starting to get sold-out quite fast, and french magazine Trax has released a special (Ninja Tune 20 Ans...), in which I've written 3 articles. The first one is about 20 of the rarest pieces of wax released by the label. The second is a selection of 20 astonishing or stunning remixes, you might...

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Ninja Tune 20 Years of Remixes and Re-interpretation

Ninja Tune - 20 Years of Remixes and Re-interpretations - Selected by Djouls

Sunday 15 August 2010, 23:56 4

Grant Phabao & Djouls - Ninja Tune - 20 Years of Remixes & Re-interpretations (MP3 Podcast on www.ParisDJs.com) 2010-08-10 Lots of stuff are happening for the celebration of the last 20 years of musical activism from the english label Ninja Tune. A huge boxset is on its way for september, with LOTS of new music. There are parties coming up everywhere, and french magazine Trax has just released a special (Ninja Tune 20 Ans...), for which I've been asked to write 3 articles. The first one is about 20 of the rarest pieces of wax released by the label. The second is a selection of 20...

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Daedelus - Righteous Fists of Harmony EP

Monday 22 March 2010, 23:18 1

Daedelus Righteous Fists of Harmony
Daedelus - Righteous Fists of Harmony EP
(12"/Digital) Brainfeeder, 2010-03-22

In this release for Flying Lotus' up-and-coming label Brainfeeder, Daedelus presents a soundtrack-of-sorts to the Boxer Rebellion. What, you ask, could make such ancient history an inspiration for modern electronics? Well, Daedelus has found a strange relevance to our modern malady in these epic events of long ago...
(Daedelus will be releasing his next Ninja Tune album entitled 'Bespoke' in late 2010 or 2011.)

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Ape School - Remixes

Monday 28 December 2009, 15:17

Ape School Remixes
Ape School - Remixes
(Download) Counter Records COUNTDNL031, 2009-12-07

Since last witnessing our favourite professor take a facelong plunge down a slope of breasty moguls, in technicolour animalation, Ape School's Michael Johnson has enlisted star pupils for their interpretations of the subject matter at hand. Gold stars go out to the baker's half-dozen of this session's gifted class for their songful remixes of Ape School originals from the self-titled debut.

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Various - Dublab: Echo Expansion

Sunday 23 August 2009, 17:18

Dublab Echo Expansion
Various - Dublab: Echo Expansion
(CD/LP) Porter Records PRCD4033, 2009-08-17

In September 2007 dublab launched the Echo Expansion tour. For two weeks the tour traveled through Europe sharing future roots music with excited ears. To commemorate this experience an extremely limited edition twelve inch featuring new songs from eight of the artists on tour was released; including tracks by Flying Lotus, Dntel and Blank Blue. This vinyl only release sold out in a flash, so after returning home it was decided to continue expanding. Eight new tunes have been added from artists who embarked on the Echo Expansion tour or supported it from the home front and now Porter Records is releasing the compilation on limited edition CD and LP. Put this album on and experience a vibrant music collective expanding through echoes.

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