luke vibert Bleeps Top 50 Tracks of Ninja Tune

[Captain Hideous]

I just picked this up off of Bleep. Its pretty great.

EDIT: Heres the bleep link: http://bleep.com/index.php?page=dynamic&module=ninja50

 

 

I'm pasting the following from http://globalnoises.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=403941

 

Artist: Various Artists

Title: Bleep's Top 50 Tracks Of Ninja Tune

Label: Ninja Tune

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Date: 2010

Source: Digital Release

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Quality: 320 Kbps

 

Tracklist / Comments

Er, I didn't know where to put this. I hope that it's ok here.

 

Bleeps Top 50 Tracks Of Ninja Tune

 

Tracklist, from BLEEP.COM:

 

1 East Flatbush Project - Tried by 12 (Squarepusher mix) from Zen RMX: Remix Retrospective

o An underground East Coast hip-hop anthem transformed into an instantly classic Ninja Tune banger by the talents of Squarepusher.

 

2 Coldcut - More Beats & Pieces from ZEN CD a retrospective

o One of Coldcut's finest moments - an array of samples, chops and cuts displaying the sound that their label was built on.

 

3 Kruder & Dorfmeister - Shakatakadoodub from Ninja Cuts: Flexistentialism

o Deep baselines and heavily blunted percussion from the Austrian duo that mastered this sound from the offset.

 

4 Mr Scruff - Get A Move On! from Keep It Unreal

o Moondog sampling dancefloor hit - GUARANTEED to get you, your mother and your family pet dancing...

 

5 Saul Williams - Twice The First Time from Black Whole Styles

o Scored by lonely violins and human beatbox, this is powerful world play from the spoken word master - Saul Williams.

 

6 Ammoncontact - Omniverses 1 from New Birth

o A lush string soaked outing from LA-based duo, Carlos Nino and Fabian Ammon Alston - a hidden gem within the Ninja vaults.

 

7 Dwight Tible and the Life Force Radio - Equipoise from Equipoise

o Music from the outer region. SA-RA'S beat here is ridden by the baritone vocals of jazz vocalist - Dwight Trible.

 

8 Luke Vibert - Get Your Head Down from ZEN CD - a retrospective

o Luke Vibert shows of the hip-hop side to his multi-faceted sonic output, even to the extent of the Wu-Tang sampling hook that guides this jazz-tinged number.

 

9 Kid Koala - Drunk Trumpet from Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

o Vinyl manipulation here expertly played by the turntablist - Kid Koala, dextrously (re)playing the trumpet through a serious of rubs, cuts and scratch techniques on wax.

 

10 DJ Vadim - The Terrorist from 'On The Wheels of Steel'

o Pre-dubstep wobble-terror set to around 90 bpm and featuring the raps of Motion Man from the Russian Percussionist himself - DJ Vadim.

 

11 King Geedorah - Fazers from Take Me To Your Leader

o MF Doom with yet another alias - this time as King Geedorah: the space monster sharing his perspective on humans and our planet. Some of the best raps you'll ever hear.

 

12 Roots Manuva - Motion 5000 from Brand New Second Hand

o The most beautiful track from Roots Manuva's debut album. Beautiful string arrangements and picture-painting lyricism told with that unique South London swagger.

 

13 GHISLAIN POIRIER - Blazin (Modeselektor Remix) from No Ground Under

o Berlin based duo Modeselektor re-construct a dancehall-pop song into a heads down hard-hitting dancefloor burner.

 

14 Zero db - Te Quiero (Peter Kruder Deep Dub) from Heavyweight Vinyl

o One half of Kruder and Dorfmeister lays down the sub-low frequencies to create this funky little re-working.

 

15 Amon Tobin - Chomp Samba from Bricolage

o Terrifying, fierce, intricate and relentless drum programming from the Brazilian native.

 

16 Cinematic Orchestra - All That You Give (Feat. Fontella Bass) from All That You Give

o With help from the vocalist Fontella Bass, this beautiful smokey-roomed jazz-bar backroom track sounds like it could easily have been made 60 years ago.

 

17 Wagon Christ - Saddic Gladdic from Sorry I Make You Lush

o Luke Vibert's up to his sugar-coated tricks again - wobbly electro-funk acid kitsch, tight 'n' tidy drum programming, brightly psychedelic and lush.

 

18 DJ Food - The Crow from Kaleidoscope

o A dark and melancholic downbeat excursion into the region created when low pitch contrabass meets skipping percussion hits. Beautiful sorrow.

 

19 Bonobo - Eyesdown (Floating Points Remix) from Eyesdown

o An absolutely incredible jazz-fused synth workout from the never-disappointing Floating Points.

 

20 Mr Scruff - Ug from Get A Move On

o Stomach rumbling low end frequencies and playful synths ride throughout in this nead-nodder from the tea-connoisseur himself

 

21 Andreya Triyana - A Town Called Obsolete (Mount Kimbie Remix) from A Town Called Obsolete

o Dutiful, beautiful revision from duo of the moment Mount Kimbie, who turn the original's flex into a two-stepping, gentle, graceful joy.

 

22 Flanger - Music To Begin With from Templates

o Syncopated drums and a stuttering jazz-ensemble form and de-construct in this hypnotic exercising of music production technique.

 

23 Daedelus - Welcome Home (Prefuse73 Danse Macabre Mix) from Exquisite Corpse

o Daedelus gets the glitch-hop re-working from the ubiquitous and brilliant Prefuse 73.

 

24 Hexstatic - Deadly Media from Rewind

o More chopped up cut-and-paste laying some social commentary on the... err... Deadly Media.

 

25 Amon Tobin - Precursor from Supermodified

o Combining the hauntingly, dauntingly, flauntingly beautiful with the harshest, huffiest, stripped and screaming beats around - darkside psychedelia for twisted knickers and teflon dons.

 

26 DJ Food - The Ageing Young Rebel (feat. Ken Nordine) from Kaleidoscope

o Ken Nordine's haunting voice beautifully prospers over this shuffling jazz piece. Now that's what we call a collaboration.

 

27 The Bug - Poison Dart from London Zoo

o Massive production sweeps across the lowest bass frequencies, through to some wonderful reverb-soaked mid-range sonics topped with the portentous vocals of Warrior Queen.

 

28 Bonobo - Kiara from Black Sands

o The standout track from Bonobo's latest offering. Vocal stabs, rich strings and a neck-snapping beat.

 

29 Jaga Jazzist - Animal Chin from On The Wheels of Steel

o Multiple changes, switches, layers and textures of sounds from the 10-piece Norwegian math-jazz-electronics outfit.

 

30 Daedelus - Hrs:Mins:Secs from Hours Minutes Seconds

o Doom-impending time-based terror-electronica from the usually lighter Daedelus. Brilliant.

 

31 Spank Rock - Put That Pussy On Me (Diplo Tonite Remix) from Decent Work For Decent Pay

o An electro beat, a guitar lick sample, and some crude lyrics. Simply fun.

 

32 Amon Tobin - Kitchen Sink (Clark Remix) from Kitchen Sink

o Mesmerising bells-and-beat re-working from the criminally under-rated Christopher Clark.

 

33 DJ Food - Scratch Yer Hed (Squarepusher Mix) from Refried Food

o Another drill-and-bass funked-out outing from the man with nimble picking and slapping fingers.

 

34 Anti-Pop Consortium - Volcano (Four Tet Instrumental) from Volcano

o Anti Pop Consortium triggered their comeback in 09' with this grainy, hyper-melodic refix from Four Tet.

 

35 Antibalas - Talkatif from Talkatif

o The spirit of Afrobeat reincarnated as a hard-hitting collective of musicians in New York City.

 

36 The Bug - Jah War (featuring Flowdan) (Loefah Remix) from Jah War

o Another genius Kevin Martin moment in the Ninja Catalogue, The Bug is on fire here; licked by Flowdan and remixed into half-step fury by steppa king Loefah.

 

37 Funki Porcini - Long Road from ZEN CD: a retrospective

o Sublime moment of dense Cinephonia from revered film maker, musician Funki Porcini with a sensuous cut of stoned jazz fried, trip-hop.

 

38 Grasscut - Muppet (Nathan Fake Remix) from Muppet

o Mr Fake coaxes euphoric layers of sound out from under the surface, packing in soaring builds and lush synth melodies, giving a whole new angle to the original.

 

39 New Flesh - Stick And Move (Radio Vocal) (Feat. Blackitude) from Stick And Move

o Big cut from UK hip-hop crew New Flesh featuring Blackitude. Self proclaimed 'dancehall afro-punk', like Roots Manuva gone 2-step.

 

40 Up, Bustle & Out - Emerald Alley (Indian Morning Theme) from Compared to What / Emerald Alley

o Bristolian three-piece Up, Bustle, Out recruited legendary soul diva Fontella Bass for this superfly joint of Ninja badness.

 

41 Fink - Sort Of Revolution (Sideshow Dub) from Sort of Revolution

o Brighton based avant-folk man Fink gets fully loaded with sub bass heat on this King Tubby-haunt of a dub version from his track 'Sort of Revolution'.

 

42 Pop Levi - Blue Honey from Blue Honey

o The record sees Levi pay tribute to the sun drenched sounds of west coast America, and Zeppelin-heavy guitar riffs.

 

43 Coldcut - Timber from ZEN CD: a retrospective

o Sawing timber, car engines, vocal chants - audio-visual cut-and-paste in its advent. Another nostalgic number from Ninja Tune's head honchos.

 

44 DJ Food - Freedom (Fila Brazillia Mix) from Refried Food

o Hull based production team Fila Brazilia turned out this exquisite downtempo edit for DJ Food's 'Freedom' way back in 1996.

 

45 Dwight Trible & The Life Force Trio - Antiquity from Love Is The Answer

o Hip-hop's super-human producer J Dilla sees a beat released on Ninja Tune. Enough said.

 

46 Wiley - Gangsters from Playtime Is Over

o Utterly infectious, hook-infected breakout tune courtesy of pioneering UK MC Wiley, plucked from his massive Big Dada LP.

 

47 Fog - Pneumonia (Coldcut Mix) from Zen RMX: Remix Retrospective

o Coldcut tackle freak-folk/hip-hop band Fog's 'Pneumonia' and turn it inside out into a kaleidoscope of turntable cut, scratch and nagging melody licks.

 

48 The Long Lost - Woebegone (Flying Lotus' Like Woe) from Woebegone

o Alfred Darlington and his lady Wife Laura set up The Long Lost in 2009, this a delicious pick from their debut set, refixed by none other than Flying Lotus.

 

49 Roots Manuva - Clockwork from Brand New Second Hand

o On a record packed with highlights, here's another from Rodney Smith; a hot smoked nugget of nimble flow, low-end-theory and narcotic electronics.

 

50 The Infesticons - Hero Theme from Gun Hill Road

o Mike Ladd's alter-ego, hip-hop posse The Infesticons set the scene for the Gun Hill Road LP with this swaggering stomp in wordplay and bounce.

 

This might be good if you are new to the label, inveterate and still haven't explored the vastness of the label, or filling out your NT discography.

[Guest tht tne]

this compilation did catch my eye as i don't have a lot of ninja tune... enjoyed zentv dvd though during my trippings

[eh Speedy]

 

1 East Flatbush Project - Tried by 12 (Squarepusher mix) from Zen RMX: Remix Retrospective

o An underground East Coast hip-hop anthem transformed into an instantly classic Ninja Tune banger by the talents of Squarepusher.

 

 

damn right that's #1.

[Capsaicin]

this looks like a good collection

[Drix]

The tracks I know in this tracklist are good, but there's a lot here I don't know.. not been following NT in a long time, but will try this!