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"'Fire in My Hands' is McCleery's return single, a collaboration with electronic producer Royce Wood Junior. It's a stunning evolution in McCleery's sound; a rapid fire, skittering drum beat and blues piano driving a fathoms-deep vocal. It's musing delivery belies the developing sense of resolve, and the song leaves the listener's mood curiously but profoundly improved. The package is completed with 'Painted Blue,' a timeless soul number with a swaying, elemental melody and a harmonized chorus that would have the most celebrated soul diva turning green."
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"The young duo from Wolverhampton have won hearts, minds and feet with four EPs, stunning remixes for Machinedrum and Bibio, and exuberant live shows. It's easy to see why they inspire such enthusiasm; they understand the cutting edge without feeling afraid to let themselves go, and their music is all the better for it. Letherette explores mood confidently, taking in introspective, melancholic moments as well as upbeat drive, and lending their debut extraordinary depth."
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ZEN 12346EP
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"D&T is as exuberant as it is stylish, infectious synth stabs and cut up vocals giving way to to full blown guitar shredding, all the better for its sheer daring. The remix package comes correct with the mighty Clark taking the funk a tad more industrial, via an Italo-disco synth diversion. Austria's foremost innovator Dorian Concept adds a touch of class with rave-inspired keys and a euphoric, frenetic build. Men of the moment The Invisible add trademark melancholy and sheer, shimmering beauty."
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Double LP version with download code.
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Double LP version. "When Toddla T was asked if he fancied the label commissioning producers for a remix album of 'Watch Me Dance' he had a much better idea. He asked two legends of the Sheffield underground music scene -- Ross Orton and DJ Pipes to agitate, smash and rebuild his album in the manner of the scene that shaped his sound. Toddla met Pipes when he was a wide eyed teenager working in a skate shop in Sheffield. Pipes a rough-handed bass hooligan was resident at Scuba and the infamous Kabal parties whilst masquerading as one third of the Desperate Soundsystem with Pulp's -- Cocker and Mackey. Orton and Pipes bonded with the young Master T over a shared love of Dancehall and subterranean bleeps. A renowned designer as well as DJ -- and instrumental in the Sheffield underground music scene for well over a decade -- Toddla has described Pipes as his number one inspiration. Orton, meanwhile, in between working on the Toddla T records, was a member of Fat Truckers, the drummer for Jarvis Cocker and, as the Cavemen (with Steve Mackey of Pulp) wrote and produced MIA's 'Galang.'"
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ZEN 7184EP
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"May 2012 saw the release of Blockhead's fith LP Interludes After Midnight. In the two years since the critically lauded The Music Scene, Blockhead nee Tony Simon has traveled the globe and emerged with a collection of eclectic songs that twist, turn, and grind their way into the listener's psyche. This 7" includes two unreleased tracks: 'Carbon Dated' and 'Second Wind,' which although not included on the initial album, are still no less immersive, with a sound that will keep you listening -- this is classic Blockhead."
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Double LP version. 180 gram vinyl with download code.
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ZEN 12328EP
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"Designed squarely for the dance floor, the two tracks catch hold of you and never let go. 'Hardcourage' starts off ostensibly four to the floor before working in enough subtle rhythmic drive to satisfy the most ardent polyrhythmagist. Dub influences abutted with jazz swing and rave insistence, FaltyDL makes the hard work of getting you moving look easy. 'Our House Stab' continues at a similar tempo and with a melancholy feel which resolves into such a jackalicious groove that shape-making is all but guaranteed."
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"In the first instance he had built the lyrics around the image of a bird trying to fly in a contained space. A driving beat, warm bass, and a vocal and melody of such subtlety that the result is at once achingly sad and strangely uplifting. Gently swinging electronic drums and subtle ambient touches, all of which draw the focus back to the quality of the songwriting."
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LP version with mp3 download.
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Gatefold double LP version with download code. "Dave Okumu, Tom Herbert (bass & synthesizer) and Leo Taylor (drums) have been working together as The Invisible since 2006, though their musical collaborations stretch back much further and take in a huge variety of projects. When not working on The Invisible, they are involved in everything from co-writing and producing Jessie Ware's album (Okumu), playing as a member of British post-jazz legends Polar Bear (Herbert) or drumming on much of Adele's world-crushing second album 21 (Taylor)."
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Vinyl version with download code; double LP with a bonus 12" on green vinyl. "Greg Feldwick is 23-years-old and from Bath. He makes noises as Slugabed. His first releases were on Stuff, Ramp and then Planet Mu but now he is signed to the mothership, Ninja Tune. His music is suffused with a unique mix of humour, next level production, dancefloor smarts and melancholic emotion. Time Team is his debut album and we think it's a belter. Asked to explain Time Team, Feldwick responds that 'it's to do with deep feelings about mostly inexpressible things.' It is indeed an album full of feeling and warmth and humor, a remarkable feat for a record composed mainly on synthesizers and drum machines."
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ZEN 12298EP
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"Drew Lustman aka FaltyDL releases his debut EP with Ninja Tune and it's an absolute cracker. Over its four tracks he shows the range and grasp of rhythm, atmosphere and melody which have made him one of the most exciting producers in electronic music right now."
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"Starkey continues Ninja Tune's fine run of EP's with Open The Pod Bay Doors. The kind of transcendental, melodic and immaculately produced music that will see Starkey fit in nicely within the labels roster. The EP is a good example of Starkey's (aka PJ Geissinger from Philadelphia) multifaceted and genre-crossing talents as a producer that have been gaining much acclaim ever since his 2005 debut. Starkey's original grime and bass leaning productions can be heard throughout (his own Seclusiasis label is at forefront of Street Bass in the USA), especially on 'Rayguns' and 'Blood Roses' but it's his compositional talents and more delicate blemishes seaping into his beats which are really starting to make Starkey stand out. Lead track 'Open The Pod Bay Doors' is an epic statement of intent that builds in the most beguiling of ways, at once melodic, futuristic and tough."
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2LP version with full-color innersleeves and a download code. "In Watch Me Dance Toddla T has created a dubwise, street-soul masterpiece, and to ensure it was everything Toddla envisaged it could be he's carefully selected an impressive lineup of friends, peers and musical icons to guest vocal, co-produce, remix, co-write with him on the album. Names including previous collaborator Roots Manuva, fellow DJ, producer and remixer Skream, Ms Dynamite, Ross Orton, Wayne Marshall, Timberlee, Roisin Murphy and Shola Ama."
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"It seems that Karl Webb (member of the sprawling Super Numeri, hear 'The Welcome Table' for more details) and Mark Kyriacou haven't been wasting their time at their Merseyside studio, they have instead been busy creating a music which at times sounds like Miles Davis jamming with Carl Craig and the Kronos Quartet. Only a lot more fun. Fire Shepherds is an album outside of time, immune to trend.You could argue that like Cinematic Orchestra the duo share an interest in the movie soundtrack as something to set our own lives to.You'd be on safe ground stating that like Jaga, Loka are concerned with the point where rhythms cease to be generic and just become propulsion. But neither of these references can fully do justice to Loka's love for cascades of emotive strings and the jazz/rock experiments of the late sixties and early seventies."
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"Manchester dweller. Tour, radio mate of Mr Scruff(together they produce & broadcast the 'Hot Pot Radio Show'), and generally kindred spirit of aforementioned Scruff both musically and attitude-wise. Has dropped singles for Tru Thoughts, and has compiled the legendary Mystic Brew comps for Grand Central."
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"Baku Tsunoda (25) and Naomichi Tanaka (28) have been working together as the Rainstick Orchestra for the last four years. What they create together, using guitars, piano, bass & sequencers, is a delicate 'systems music' that gives a nod to the minimalism of Cage and Reich as well as echoing forms such as techno and jazz. Unsurprisingly, they both subscribe to the idea that music is 'borderless'."
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"Ladies and gentlemen, aliens, robots and giant mechanical babies, we would like to introduce the third album by the incredible Fingathing. The Big Red Nebula Band is a blistering album of powerful breaks, glitchy funk, electronics,cuts and melody. The grooves grip tighter than a black hole, the drums smack the cheeks like an asteroid rain-storm, and the bass rumbles and hums like an imploding star."
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"Although there is no specific musical plan for the series (you can't pigeonhole Scruff), the first CD is a rock solid foundation for the others to build on and covers in its 74 fantastic minutes, bouncy reggae, classic hip hop, deep soul, rare funk, dancefloor jazz, heavy beats and leftfield electronic nuggets. You get tracks from Big Youth, Just Ice, Ultramagnetic M.C's, Showbiz & AG, Lords Of The Underground, Tipper, Prefuse 73, Soul to Soul, Pharoah Sanders, The Arsonists, and loads more. 31 tracks in all mashed in there."
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"Once or twice a year we compile samplers together so we have something to give out at conferences, shows, retail, pimp ourselves with, etc... Insider back scratching/trade tools basically. These are used to hip people to our new/upcoming shit in one easy glance. But then we see our fans paying $40 or some other stupid price for these on E-Bay a few months later and we feel bad. So for the first time ever the Zentertainment sampler will be available to the public. Gaze at it's glory. We'll be putting out all sorts of releases in 2004 from our big guys, but this here is a rundown of our soon to be huge new breed of Ninja's & Big Dada's." Features: Skalpel, Hexstatic, Diplo, Blockhead, Lotek HIFI, cLOUDDEAD, Jaga Jazzist, Wagon Christ, Infinite Livez, Sixtoo.
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"Hotter than one of those display cabinet things they put the fish that's just come out of the fryer in at the chippy, Mr Scruff has underlined his undoubted status as Britain's finest open minded DJ. The album Keep It Unreal -- released to universal acclaim in July '99 -- cemented his status as maverick with the crankiest tunes on the the playground. Even Madonna name checked Mr Scruff, claiming Keep It Unreal had been a regular spin on her hometown Hi- Fi. Big up yerself, Madge. You've heard the first single lifted from this record 'Shrimp'- an inspired fusion of Mizell Brothers cool and Roger Troutman's squelchy funk. The forthcomingO delivers on the promise of that single. Featuring collaborations with highly touted homegrown rap talent Braintax on 'Vibrate', Homelife's octave defying Seaming To singing on another genre-defying carve up and I see we've not run out of great titles if 'Come on Grandad' is anything to go by..."
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