In Depth by Rory Gibb
After taking a look at the last twenty years of London’s hugely influential Ninja Tune imprint, chatting to founding duo Coldcut about the way the label’s mode of operation has shifted over the years and how they’ve managed to stay alive and kicking where so many similar collectives have fallen by the wayside. This second half looks towards the future of the label, as it cements a host of new connections that further break down limiting stylistic notions of genre and aesthetic.»
In Depth by Rory Gibb
London’s Ninja Tune imprint has recently celebrated its twentieth birthday, and has done so with a ludicrously packed boxset they’ve dubbed a ‘futurespective’: instead of focusing on what’s come before, they’ve elected to draw together a veritable who’s who of current dance music trends. Close relatives of the dubstep/post-dubstep explosion feature heavily – from Ninja stalwarts like The Bug to newly signed tracks from the likes of Zomby, Dorian Concept, Mala and Dark Sky – alongside earlier label classics twisted into bizarre shapes by a host of newer names. As well as offering a pretty comprehensive overview of what’s currently going on around the peripheral zones of UK dance music, it functions as a snub to those who tend to pigeonhole the label as just putting out slightly kitsch, stoned breaks and hip-hop variants. »
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