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 Xen Cuts
Description: Genre: Compilation / Artist: Various Artists / Box set / Audio CD released 2000-01-01 at Ninja Tune / Disc #1 ... more  Xen Cuts ... Tracklisting1 Showtime - Big Dada Sound 2 2 The Left - Dynamic Syncopation 3 8pt Agenda - The Herbaliser 4 No Mind - Happy Campers 5 Rhythm & Blues Angus Steakhouse - Cabbageboy 6 Memories - Neotropic 7 Saboteur - Amon Tobin (Roots Manuva version) 8 Ug - Mr Scruff 9 Your Revolution - DJ Vadim (version) 10 Emperors Main Course - Kid Koala 11 Give It Up - Coldcut 12 Hip Hop Barrio - Up, Bustle & Out 13 I Hear The Drummer - Luke Vibert 14 Ninjah (We Are Ninja) - Fink feat. Frank Chickens Disc #2 Tracklisting 1 The 10th Victim - Clifford Gilberto 2 Soul Pride - Cinematic Orchestra & PC 3 Los Locos Cubanos - Up, Bustle & Out (Snowboy mix) 4 Down & To The Left - Amon Tobin 5 My Life In These Bottles - Loka 6 Original Sin - Chris Bowden 7 Restless - Clifford Gilberto 8 Build A Church with Your Fear - Animals On Wheels 9 Ageing Young Rebel - DJ Food feat. Ken Nordine (remix) 10 Quicksilver Loom - Flanger 11 Big Sea - Funki Porcini 12 Big Amoeba Sound - Max & Harvey 13 Arcane - Arc 14 Big Amoeba Sound - Max & Harvey Disc #3 Tracklisting 1 Bad Sex - Chris Morris Newest Review: ... are the wonderful 'trumpet-scratching' by Kid Koala on "Drunk Trumpet", the housey "Peace Pt.1" ... more ... by DJ Food and the intentionally shocking "Bad Sex" by Amon Tobin feat. dark comedian Chris Morris. The beauty of "Xen Cuts" is that it is a showpiece of what Ninjatune has to offer (and there are far more tracks than have been mentioned in this opinion). Ninjatune has previously put out two other compilation albums - "Flexistentialism" and "Funkungfusion" - both of which are well worth having but I believe that "Xen Cuts" is the best for starting out on. Being so v...more |
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Xen Cuts: Now and Xen (728 words)
by dhawkins - written on 10/02/01 (Very useful, 68 readings)
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"Xen Cuts" is a diverse compilation, released near the end of 2000 to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Ninjatune record label. For those of us who are unaware, a brief history...(I will try to speak plain English) Ninjatune is generically a dance label, founded in 1990 as the brainchild of the turntablist/sampling duo Jonathon Moore and Matt Black a.k.a. Coldcut. From its incarnation it has been boldly battering at the barriers of UK dance music with its blend of sampled jazz breaks and live instrumentation. By 2000, this ethos had allowed Ninjatune to become the umbrella for a wide variety of artists including not only Coldcut themselves but also ...
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