Fink - Perfect Darkness / Berlin Sunrise
(promo CD/Digital Single) Ninja Tune ZENDNLS303, 2011-10-03

As his highly anticipated autumn tour draws near, enigmatic folk-rocker Fink announces the release of double A-side Perfect Darkness/Berlin Sunrise. Produced by Billy Bush the smoldering atmospheric passion and melancholy of Perfect Darkness is beautifully matched with the uplifting and seductive Berlin Sunrise. Both songs have already become firm live favourites, and feature on Fink's recently released and critically acclaimed album Perfect Darkness. Hotly tipped vocalist and Ninja Tune label-mate Andreya Triana has recorded a stunning version of Perfect Darkness. Having previously worked with Fink on her 2010 album, Lost Where I Belong, the highly talented South London singer-songwriter lends a beautiful smoky soul to the bewitching Fink album opener, transforming it into an ethereal, dreamy lights-down anthem. Perfect Darkness has also been remixed by the upcoming, widely acclaimed producer Lapalux who has reworked the track into a five minute blaze of gloriously glitchy electronica reminiscent of Flying Lotus and James Blake. Legendary MyMy producer and Berlin-based DJ Lee Jones has been on remix duties for track Berlin Sunrise, lending a laid back, deep house groove and an understated euphoria to the intoxicating original vocal line.

Fink - Perfect Darkness
(LP/CD/Download) Ninja Tune ZEN170/ZENCD170/ZENDNL170, 2011-06-13

Perfect Darkness is a smouldering, pulsating, and purposeful book of songs. From its emotion-rousing, self-titled opener, to the darkly cinematic Fear Is Like Fire, and the uplifting nostalgia of album closer Berlin Sunrise, the Perfect Darkness LP bristles with tense passion and hypnotic charm. It is in two words, bewitching and addictive. Following three critically-acclaimed albums, this new LP marks the next chapter of an incredible musical journey for the Bristol-born artist. The first and pre-eminent singer-songwriter signed to legendary British label Ninja Tune - after making the transition from world-class club DJ and electronic producer - Fink is also an in-demand collaborator having written for the likes of John Legend, Ximena Sarinana, Amy Winehouse and Professor Green. He has also graced some of the world's most prestigious stages, and with bandmates Guy Whittaker on bass and Tim Thornton on drums, has toured the globe several times over. Up until now Fink has remained in the shadows, working quietly and diligently in the background, but judging by this new record he is set to emerge into the bright lights of long-deserved mass recognition. Perfect Darkness is released June 13th on Ninja Tune.

Fink - Yesterday Was Hard On All Of Us
(Download) Ninja Tune ZENDNLS283, 2011-06-13

Recorded in The Steakhouse studio in LA and produced by Billy Bush, Yesterday Was Hard on All of Us bristles with raw emotion and tense passion underpinned by Fink's distincitve rolling guitar melody and distinctive vocals. Written after a trip to the Spanish city of Toledo, Yesterday Was Hard On All Of Us is a track about difficult crossroads - from a seismic row with a girlfriend, to going through hard times with friends on different paths; a song that anyone and everybody can relate to. Fink's new album Perfect Darkness is released on June 13th on Ninja Tune.

Andreya Triana - Far Closer
(Download) Ninja Tune ZENDNLS264, 2011-02-07

Andreya Triana returns with one of the standout tracks from her critically acclaimed debut album, Lost Where I Belong. Far Closer combines Triana's beautiful, slowburn vocal and intelligent lyrics with one of Bonobo's key productions. Coming on like a more melancholy, reined in take on the Motown blueprint, this is a tune with an uplifitng, memorable chorus and no shortage of that rare commodity - genuine soul. Co-written with Fink, running away from love has never been made to sound more attractive. With remixes from Mr Scruff, Tokimonsta and a live version of the tune, recorded with Fink and Bonobo playing guitar and bass respectively.

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...

Andreya Triana - Lost Where I Belong
(CD/Download) Ninja Tune ZENCD155/ZENDNL155, 2010-08-23
(LP) Ninja Tune ZEN155, 2010-09-06

While the title of Andreya Triana's debut album suggests that she doesn't know where she's going or where she's come from, few things could be further from the truth. Whether working with Flying Lotus, Theo Parrish, Mr Scruff or Bonobo, Triana has been herself and only herself. Her refusal to conform has meant that her path to this release hasn't been as smooth as she might have liked, taking in shifts as a sushi waitress, stuffing envelopes and working in a hearing aid shop. But she has continued on her musical journey, a journey which Lost Where I Belong came to chronicle. Of the title of the record she says "it's about still feeling lost even though you know what path you should be taking in life. It's also a song about keeping the faith despite it all!" Triana's faith was rewarded when she met Simon Green aka Bonobo, who not only featured her on his Black Sands album but asked if he could produce her own record...

Andreya Triana - A Town Called Obsolete
(Download) Ninja Tune ZENDNLS266, 2010-07-26

Andreya Triana returns with the last single before the release of her debut album, Lost Where I Belong. A Town Called Obsolete is an obliquely upbeat and heartfelt plea for patience and faith in the face of indifference. Triana's voice is perfect for this mixture of longing and hope, smokey, beautiful and tonally perfect. Bonobo, meanwhile, hooks up dusty break-drumming, thrumming electric bass and a horn part that peaks at just the right times. It's another example of the understated brilliance and emotional weight that the pair have packed into Triana's debut.

Andreya Triana - Lost Where I Belong (incl. Flying Lotus Remix)
(Download) Ninja Tune ZENDNLS254, 2010-02-08

Welcome, please, Andreya Triana. The singer whose past credits include work with Mr Scruff, Flying Lotus, Theo Parrish and Bonobo releases the first single from her forthcoming debut album, Lost Where I Belong. "Lost Where I Belong", like the rest of the album which will follow, is produced by Simon Green aka Bonobo, this track being co-written with Fink. The album came about before Bonobo and Triana worked on a track for his lastest album and ended up touring the US together. A beautiful, subtle slice of jazz and folk-inflected soul, Lost Where I Belong is, Andreya explains, a microcosm of what her album is all about. "The underlying theme of the song is even though we can strongly and clearly know what our purpose is in life we can still get a bit lost along the way and struggle sometimes". Bonobo builds subtle live strings, brass and effortless-but-understated drum work around the gorgeousness of Triana's voice and lush harmonies. The remix comes from sometime associate and collaborator Flying Lotus who takes the original vocal out into the (LA) galaxy - all space fizzes and filtered drums - before Andreya roots it right back down again with an acoustic version which shows just how affecting her voice is, with Fink and Bonobo both lending a hand on guitar and double bass. No diva-histrionics here - just an attempt to let the melody and lyrics do the talking.

Fink - Sort Of Versions (acoustic EP)
(Download) Ninja Tune ZENDNLS251, 2009-10-19

A digital-only acoustic EP called Sort of Versions, featuring his famed cover of REM's The Apologist performed earlier this year at NYC's Carnegie Hall.

Fink - See It All
(Download) Ninja Tune ZENDNLS250, 2009-10-12

Fink returns with the second single from his 3rd album of his Ninja Tune Records trilogy, Sort of Revolution. See It All, one of the album's signature tracks, is blessed with falling piano lines, pulsing electric bass, and a driving rhythm which combines relentless propulsion with sublime subtlety. Q&A finds Fink in a deeply soulful and moody a cappella, building a tune from his own vocal parts - layers of harmony buzzing through your ears, as warm and rich as it is clever and hypnotic. Both of these tracks were recently recorded live on Fink's latest Gilles Peterson Maida Vale session for BBC Radio 1, while the LP version of See It All has just been confirmed as the opening track on the season premiere on the longstanding and now infamous TV show CSI:NY.