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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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K-The-I??? - Finger Painting

Monday 17 November 2008, 09:15

k the I Finger Painting
K-The-I??? - Finger Painting
(Download/promo CD) Big Dada BDDNL132, 2008-11-17

US MC Kiki Ceac ("k-the-i???" to his many admirers) returns with a single release from his critically acclaimed album, Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow. Finger Painting demonstrates everything that's best about the record – a short, sharp shock of a tune produced by Thavius Beck (perhaps best known for his work with Saul Williams), this is punchy, epic d&b-influenced concept-psychedelia, Ceac threading his complex, clever, emotive lyrics over and through a variety of subjects, the whole packed into less than three minutes. To complete the package Thavius Beck has made an exclusive remix, a kind of rave anthem for the credit crunch generation, all pummeling keyboard lines and unbridled aggression.

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K-The-I??? - Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow

Monday 20 October 2008, 06:49 1

K-the-I Yesterday Today and Tomorrow
K-The-I??? - Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow
(album) Big Dada BD127, 2008-10-20

Remember when hip hop was exciting and cutting-edge, funny and moving and original? I know, seems like a long time ago. But don't despair – on Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow, k-the-i??? recaptures that spirit and re-tools it for the future. In order to make this record k-the-i??? relocated from his home in Cambridge, Mass, to LA. With production for the whole record supplied by Thavius Beck (Lab Waste, Saul Williams), k-the-i??? focused on a set of lyrics that run from love songs to New World Order conspiracies and everything in between: "In my life I've seen everything/ A dream, poverty/ No reason to remain the Next Thing/ And if there's anything new to bring to the table/ I've made sure it isn't illusive and it can remain stable/ Were you able to finally figure it out?/ I doubt you even know what I'm talking about." It's also an album enlivened by guest appearances from some of the most important names in underground hip hop, High Priest, Busdriver, Mestizo, Nocando, Subtitle, Vyle and Thavius Beck himself.

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