I just got at Toddla T about an interview we've been waiting on since before his first feature in Dazed and Confused (i.e. a LONG time). I got an early listen of this beast of a song and wanted to try to get his attention before he was doing like 20,000 magazine interviews because of this... and of course I don't think I emailed him lol. Who knows, maybe it'll still happen, but if it doesn't you'll understand why right after you hear this song... it's so Summer perfect that everyone will want a piece of him...
Here's some press: Toddla T comes absolutely busting out of the traps for his very first single for Ninja Tune/Girls Music. On a recent trip to Jamaica to collaborate with Major Lazer, Mr T found himself alone in the legendary Tuff Gong Studios in Kingston. Who should wonder in but the one-and-only Wayne Marshall who asked Toddla to play him some rhythms. As soon as he heard the beat which would become “Sky Surfing” he told the Sheffield whizz kid to hit RECORD.
The result is the hyperactive club smasher “Sky Surfing,” which runs through a million styles from dancehall to jump up hip hop to cheesy rave and makes them all sound as fresh, as squelchy and as downright fun as they ever have. Marshall himself sounds utterly revitalised by this genre-crusher, chatting and singing with equal ease and thoroughly enjoying this “JA-UK connect.” A blast of good time energy summed up in its title, “Sky Surfing” is set to go stratospheric.
Expect to see remixes from Benga, Ross Orton + DJ Q when the single comes out 9th August 2010 on Ninja Tune... this is obviously a must have for Summer parties! Let me know what you think in the comment section!
AS Big Dada & Ninja Tune are a British institution anything they have to offer is good to post. We've gotten some Wiley up in the past (probably my fav next to Roots Manuva, who is still going strong in WIDR rotation), we loev em, and we're happy to bring you a newer artist on the roster (again) Shuttle...
Last time I brought you "Rotten Guts" featuring Cadence Weapon... this time I bring it to you... WITHOUT!
Man, Ninja Tune/Big Dada have been killing it lately!
That Wiley and Hot Chip track... The Qemists track with Wiley and all those crazy baller remixes they let us post... a Roots Manuva album we've still got in rotation at the station... because of their status as a legendary British label, from here on out I'm gonna post their American artists as well. Welcome to the family Ninjas :)
After all these more than blog worthy tracks now they take one of the best artists on their roster, Cadence Weapon, and pair him with one of their newer signings Shuttle creating pure rhythmic mayhem!
As you remember our previous posting about Cadence Weapon was about me briefing the curious Klaxons about him (whilst making a fool of myself saying I loved their DJing they didn't do the night before lol) only to find him performing "Magick" with them an hour later! Big Dada linked to good old Arcadia as a record of that moment in history which was a really proud moment for me. Cadence Weapon is one of the coolest hip hop artists in recent memory, and while he's not British (rather Canadian), I'm happy any time we can find a way to bring him up... Ninja Tune has given me a way to do just that by offering up this joint venture with Shuttle!
Who is Shuttle? He's do doubt someone you'll be very well acquainted with soon. Here's some press... Welcome to the brave new world of Shuttle. You may have come across his remix work as Etan (for instance for Daedelus, The Death Set and The Little Ones), but nothing can quite prepare you for where he's ended up.
Epic, retro-futuristic, with a calm centre offset by rib-loosening bass squelches, "Tunnel" is a fantastic calling card for this young producer, originally from Southern Maryland who, after stints in DC and Baltimore, made his musical home in Boston.
"Rotten Guts" shows, though, that there's even more going on here than you might have thought. Teaming up with Cadence Weapon, Shuttle produces a stuttering, punk-r&b beat over which Cadence drops lines.
This track is part of his first EP "Tunnel" out on Ninja Tune on 16/03/09
So remember, the day before St Patty's, go cop that shit (then the day after St Patty's remember my birthday hehe)! Here's what you've been waiting for...
Seriously, this sounds like production by Kanye West on a Crystal Castles binge with slight hints of Bmore flavour, and despite saying "no more bangers" at the beginning this track is pure dancefloor perfection. Honestly, I can't believe this track is going for free! If you dug it you can also get his mixtape over at Myspace. Or here!
I got this a while ago and FORGOT that I could post it for you! Sorry about that! But at least I got it up before the release date right? The Qemists have found a perfect collaborator in Wiley...
Every remix on this is sweet... the King Cannibal remix is a good representation of the type of sound that experimentation in dubstep can provide... the A1 Bassline Remix is pure party starting bassline glory... and really there is nothing on here that is less than super dope.
I was so taken back by how sweet all these tracks were (was when I was at my boy Sam's house listening to it on crazy sweet speakers) that I thought "There is no way these were tracks to post because it's all so good that they're gonna want moneyyyyyyy!"... well I just checked my email again and luckily for you I was wrong lol... I hope you enjoy this as much as I do!
"Dem Na Like Me" out 26/01/09, Album "Join The Q" out 02/02/09 - both on Ninja Tune
Check out their Myspace! And please go out and buy the original track if you liked this to thank Ninja Tune/Big Dada for giving these tracks away free! Be back in a few!
Every once and a while there is a British institution whose work stands out SO much that they deserve almost total devotion based on quality... (for example Fabric London)...
Another example of that is Ninja Tune & Big Dada which is undoubtedly one of the most important labels with regard to British hip-hop. Granted... it hasn't always been just hip-hop... sometimes dubstep, electronica, instrumentals, rock, whatever... but it really has mostly been grade 'A' quality. I mean, look at some of the Ninja Tune releases this year!
Ninja Tuna- Mr. Scruff 10/08
London Zoo- The Bug 06/08
Love To Make Music To- Daedelus 06/08
'Enter The Newground' Live DVD- DJ Kentaro 05/08
Live At The Royal Albert Hall- The Cinematic Orchestra 03/08
Ninja Cuts - 1000 Mask Mix- DJ Food 03/08
You Don't Know - Ninja Cuts- Various Artists 02/08
No Ground Under- Ghislain Poirier 02/08
Heavyweight Gringos- Zero dB 02/08
Did you notice that all is fucking fire? that Ninja Cuts comp was off the fucking hook... I'm excited as shit about that Mr Scruff (been a fan since he played a record store in Bristol back in 1999)... I mean just since the beginning of the year they've been killing it!
And lets not forget Big Dada! You heard that Cadence Weapon "House Music"? I was just listening to it on the new FreQ Nasty Fabriclive and it's on there and WHOOOOO WEEEEEEE. And there's that new Roots Manuva that's just garnering more and more and more critical acclaim... in fact as I type this I wonder why I haven't written about it... hmmm... anyway...
Here's a brief bio for Ninja Tune (and Big Dada)...
Ninja Tune is a London-based independent record label started in 1991 by DJs Matt Black and Jonathan More, better known as Coldcut, with a strong leaning towards electronic, abstract hip hop, instrumental hip hop, nu jazz, drum and bass, and chillout music. The label has developed a number of DJs, producers, and live acts. Ninja Tune's sister imprints, NTone (now defunct) and Big Dada, specialise in experimental electronic music and hip-hop, respectively. The label has a satellite office in Montreal, Quebec, owned and managed by Jeff Waye. In 2006, a new imprint, Counter Records, was set up to release the debut album of Pop Levi (of Super Numeri), with artists to follow in a rock music vein. The first release on the imprint was Pop Levi's single "Blue Honey" in September 2006, which was followed by Pop Levi's first LP The Return To Form Black Magick Party in February 2007. Artists · 9 Lazy 9 · Airborn Audio.
I got some tracks here that have come from Big Dada and they are balleriffic. I'm so excited to be posting one that's awesome gritty hip-hop... and another that's... well... you'll have to hear it yourself :)
This is from a Dalston based producer and two Texan MCs. It's really really really good... this remix version is hot as fuck and makes me wonder what the original is like... XRABIT + DMG$- Killin Em (Xrabit Remix) YSI
And this is some whole 'nother shit. I don't even know what to call it. But I highly recommend it. Bust this out at your New Years Eve party lol... Infinite Livez v. Stade - "1999" YSI
I just wanted to add... some of you may remember me making a buffoon of myself with Klaxons at P4K festival last year... and during that exchange they were asking about Cadence Weapon. I told them they had to hear "Sharks" and that he was brilliant. An hour and a half later he's rapping onstage during "Magick" during the wall of guitar noise spitting at a hundred words a minute and I was in total awe. Shortly thereafter trying to find a record of said event, I instead found my blog linked to the Big Dada Blog...
Speaking of Cadence Weapon here's a bassline remix from Palms Out Sounds!
Anyway, I'm glad to bring these gems to you guys and hopefully there's more where this came from. Keep it locked!
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