Its album number three for Dutchman-in-America Martijn Deykers, once again plotting the trajectory of an artist who has neatly encapsulated a particular corner of the electronic music zeitgeist since the second wave of dubstep lured him away from drum & bass production. Great Lengths was undoubtedly one of the first great albums of the wider dubstep community outside South London, blossoming just at the point when influences beyond garage and grime started to modify the DNA of the music, and likewise on the decks Martyn certainly represented one of those DJs that first started bridging the gap towards critical house and techno from bassier music forms.
Brendan Arnott speaks with Martyn about the change in approach for his new album The Air Between Words, working with Inga Copeland and his recent return to school.
A long awaited fourth album from Kevin Martin’s project will arrive via Ninja Tune and features collaborations with copeland, Flowdan, Gonjasufi, Death Grips and more.
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The New York producer will release his fourth album on Ninja Tune in August.
The DC-based producer will release his third album on Ninja Tune in June.
After 2011’s Room(s) cemented his shift away from the hip-hop tempo beat trickery of old, Travis Stewart’s Machinedrum project has enjoyed renewed creative vigour and engagement with the more readily active parts of the electronic music landscape. Launching the JETS project with Jimmy Edgar has been the most recent manifestation of that, whilst elsewhere singles have popped up on LuckyMe and Astrophonica amongst others. Now, following the likes of Falty DL, Stewart makes the move from Planet Mu to Ninja Tune to deliver his latest album, continuing the thread of narrative from where Room(s) left off.
When asked how to describe their sound in a recent interview, Andy Harber & Richard Roberts could only admit that their productions “sound… very Letherette.” It’s a statement that’s both fitting and inadequate: The Wolverhampton-grown duo who cut their teeth releasing woozy spliced up edits on Alex Nut’s Ho Tep label are not lacking for inspirations– listening to Letherette brings a flood of associations to mind, from Discovery-era Daft Punk, Madlib and the more intergalactically minded members of the Stones Throw crew, Bibio, Dilla, Dam Funk, Donna Summer, as well as a bevy of darker UK dance influences.
Mystery Midlands outfit Letherette will release their self-titled debut album via Ninja Tune in April.
Further details on Hardcourage, FaltyDL’s forthcoming album for Ninja Tune have surfaced along with a video for lead single “Straight & Arrow”.
Four Tet, Gold Panda and Mike Q have been called on to remix the new single from FaltyDL, which will precede the release of the producer’s third album, due out next year via Ninja Tune.
There’s always an air of uncertainty that hovers around a fresh Falty DL release before you set it off and submit your ears to it. Drew Lustman has adopted a chameleonic trajectory since first emerging just five years ago in the midst of a dubstep scene he didn’t really fit in with. More than anything his output has always seemed indebted to the free spirit of beats (as in that wholly insufficient catch-all term for the likes of Flying Lotus and Prefuse 73), as hip hop-mannered sampling collides with contemporary club dynamics across all kinds of tempos. There’s no denying that the UK hardcore heritage comes to bear in many places too, and now this latest offering for his more recent home of Ninja Tune makes some sizable nods to the past.
Our selection of the best artwork from June’s releases features more of those records you need two copies of: one for the turntable and one to hang on the wall.
This just in: Werkdiscs and Ninja Tune have just announced details of a partnership – and you can get a free Actress track to celebrate.
US beat alchemist FaltyDL, aka Drew Lustman, will return to Ninja Tune with a two track EP entitled Hardcourage.
London trio The Invisible have signed to the evergreen Ninja Tune imprint and will grace the world with a second album, entitled Rispah, in June.
Ninja Tune artist Daedelus will be playing at London’s Village Underground on April 13, and we have a pair of tickets to give away to one lucky reader.
Ninja Tune have announced the forthcoming release of Time Team, the debut album from Bath-based producer Slugabed.