Personally my favorite Ninja Tune LPs are those by 9 Lazy 9 and Up, Bustle &
Out. The 9 Lazy 9 album "Paradise Blown" is exellent, big phat beats and
chunky jazz samples, ranging from lazy chillout to more up tempo grooves, and
all in all unlike anything else I've heard, except maybe some of the stuff on
New Breed Records from the USA. The Up, Bustle & Out LP "The Breeze was
Mellow" is also cool, and for me the best thing about them is they obviously
spend ages programming the beats. Indeed some of the tracks on the LP are
almost entirely made up of building and changing drum patterns along with
some fairly sparse jazz/latin/weirdsh*t samples on top. Also check their
two newest 12" releases "The revolutionary woman of the windmill" and
another which has an equally strange title but I can remember what its
called, both of these are also excellent. I think they also have a new
album coming out very soon. For more info visit their website called
_Pipe_ at
http://www.southern.com
"In the beginning was Jack and Jack had a groove..."
John's Tack
:)