DJ Andy Smith - Portishead & Massive Attack "Sampled" Mix (12/03/2011)

Shouts to GRANDGOOD for the heads up, by way of Andy Smith: "As part of the 'Sampled night' at Bar Music Hall in London on 3/12/11 (a night of original samples next to tracks that sampled them) I decided to do a short set of Portishead samples and tracks and then decided to do the same with early Massive Attack (& Wild Bunch) samples and tunes as well. It carries on into 80's Hip Hop samples and tracks after this that I might put up one day. It was 9.00 clock in the evening (somebody from the bar even told me to turn it down at one point as people were eating - That's appreciation for you!!!)"

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Andy Smith Portishead & Massive Attack Sampled night - 3.12.11 by Dj Andy Smith on Mixcloud

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[video] IamOMNI ft. Tiki Lewis "Black and Gold"

Intriguing shit. IamOMNI's album is produced in its entirety by Tricky. Whoa.

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[video] Bang, You're Dead "Alive"

Dope live performance. Shouts to Quickie Mart.

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Solid Steel (12/31/2010)

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[video] Tricky "Ghetto Stars"

First track from Tricky in a WHILE that gives me that feeling that his first couple of albums had. Not production-wise, but with the back and forth on the vocals. Kind of fly to see Tricky in his hood, too.

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Solid Steel (11/05/2010)

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Mr. Scruff LIVE At Ninja Tune XX Party (10/02/2010)

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DJ Kentaro - Ninja Tune XX Box Trailer Mix

Kentaro calls this a mini mix, but at 30+ minutes, it's a great teaser for Ninja Tune's Ninja Tune XX box set. 20 fucking years, starting out as an abstract Hip-Hop/breaks label for some talented UK DJs to a truly forward-thinking, all-encompassing beast, Ninja Tune might be the Duck Down of the Trip-Hop/Future Beats scene. Or it might be mightier. Get a good taste of the XX project in this nice and tidy mixture.

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Coldcut - 6 Mix (9/26/2010)

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[video] Anika "Yang Yang"

Produced by Portishead's Geoff Barrow.

Bonus Beats Anika "Yang Yang"

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Coldcut Journeys By DJ: 70 Minutes Of Madness

To help celebrate turning 20, Ninja Tune not only released Ninja Tune XX, but today Coldcut gave away their seminal Journeys By DJ mix, which at the time (read: the mid 90s) blew away anything you could consider a "mixtape". It did exactly what it said on the tin - it was a MAD journey of a DJ excursion, crossing genres and opening a lot of minds. This version of the mix is taken from the 2002 re-issue...

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Solid Steel (9/17/2010)

Ninja Tune turns 20 years old this year, and I feel like I need to represent. back when I was really trying to figure out what the fuck I was into, musically, Ninja Tune had this ill combination - DIY culture mixed with Jazz samples thrown against Hip-Hop/DJ culture with a proper amount of abstract nuttiness thrown in for good measure. Cats like The Herbaliser, Coldcut, DJ Food, The Cinematic Orchestra, Luke Vibert, Mr. Scruff and plenty more had releases and albums that were the soundtrack(s) to my high school years. For this special edition of Solid Steel, DK mixes up a grip of Ninja's finest, and we get a special interview with Coldcut themselves!

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DJ Shadow "Def Surrounds Us" Single

Back in July, Zane Lowe got the premiere of this new DJ Shadow tune, "Def Surrounds Us", and in going over my RSS feeds, I saw that Passion of the Weiss let us know that Shadow is giving away "Def Surrounds Us" and "I've Been Trying" for FREE for 24 hours, via his Bandcamp page. Check out the text they gave on this release: "The first new music to emerge from Shadow's as-yet-untitled 2011 album. "Def Surrounds Us" is an electro/dubstep/dnb-inspired epic that manages to deliver more than the sum of its influences; "I've Been Trying" is an intricately-crafted, soulful jam that goes down like molasses. Both are beasts, and both are classic Shadow. Free download for 24 hours". Get on this NOW!

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[video] Portishead "The Truly Spectacular"

Apparently this short came with the box set of Third; shouts to PDS.

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Ninja Tune XX - September 20, 2010

On the 20th September 2010, it will be 20 years since Coldcut founded Ninja Tune. To celebrate, we'll be releasing a deluxe, limited edition box set of new and exclusive material by our favourite artists. Until then, we'll be giving away rare material, mixes, merch and brand new videos …

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The Herbliaser Herbal Tonic Cover+Tracklist

One of my favorite groups, The Herbaliser, have been doing their brand of Hip-Hop/Funk/Jazz/Film score-inspired tracks for a while, and I've been on the journey. Fifteen years. Ninja Tune took notice and have sorted out this Best Of disc, featuring 15 tracks of fury, including DJ Food's "Mrs. Chombee Takes The Plunge" remix, their Jean Grae featured tracks, "Starlight" with Roots Manuva (a personal favorite), "The Missing Suitcase", the MF DOOM-featured "It Ain't Nuttin'"and a previously-unreleased track, "March Of The Death Things". This drops on June 14th in the UK, and June 29th in North America. Hit the jump for the tracklist.

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Funki Porcini On Album Mini-Mix

Funki Porcini 'On' Album Mini-Mix by Ninja Tune

On is out on May 3rd in the UK (June 1st in the US); download "This Ain't The Way To Live" via Ninja Tune.

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Breakage Annie Mac Mashup Minimix (4/09/2010)

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Tracklist:

Frankie Knuckles and Jamie Principle - Your Love
Soft Cell - Tainted Love
Breakage Feat Erin - Justified
Portishead - Only You
Breakage Feat Donaeo - Speechless
Breakage Feat Roots Manuva - Run Em Out
Ansel Collins - Stalag 17
Scotty - Clean Race
Wots My Code - Dubplate [Total Science Remix]
Shy Fx Feat Uk Apache - Original Nuttah
Renegade - Terrorist
Skream - Burnin Up
Doctor P - Sweep Shop
SonicC - Stickin
Daft Punk - Around The World
Fake Blood - Mars [Jack Beats Remix]
The White Stripes - Seven Nation Army
Breakage Feat Newham Generals - Hard
Benga - Baltimore Clap
Major Lazer - Pon De Floor
Breakage - Hardcore Music
The Notorious B.I.G. - Warning
Breakage & SP:MC - Digiboy Radio
Craig Mack - Flava In Ya Ear
Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass - Spanish Flea

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Solid Steel (4/09/2010)

Solid Steel Radio Show 9/4/2010 Part 1 + 2 - DK by Ninja Tune

Solid Steel Radio Show 9/4/2010 Part 3 + 4 - DK & Si Biddle by Ninja Tune

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Solid Steel (4/02/2010)

Solid Steel Radio Show 2/4/2010 Part 1 + 2 - Clubb Rock by Ninja Tune
Solid Steel Radio Show 2/4/2010 Part 3 + 4 - Strictly Kev by Ninja Tune

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