Bleep's Top 50 Tracks of Ninja Tune (2010) / electronic

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1 East Flatbush Project - Tried by 12 (Squarepusher mix) from Zen RMX: Remix Retrospective
o An underground East Coast hip-hop anthem transformed into an instantly classic Ninja Tune banger by the talents of Squarepusher.

2 Coldcut - More Beats & Pieces from ZEN CD a retrospective
o One of Coldcut's finest moments - an array of samples, chops and cuts displaying the sound that their label was built on.

3 Kruder & Dorfmeister - Shakatakadoodub from Ninja Cuts: Flexistentialism
o Deep baselines and heavily blunted percussion from the Austrian duo that mastered this sound from the offset.

4 Mr Scruff - Get A Move On! from Keep It Unreal
o Moondog sampling dancefloor hit - GUARANTEED to get you, your mother and your family pet dancing...

5 Saul Williams - Twice The First Time from Black Whole Styles
o Scored by lonely violins and human beatbox, this is powerful world play from the spoken word master - Saul Williams.

6 Ammoncontact - Omniverses 1 from New Birth
o A lush string soaked outing from LA-based duo, Carlos Nino and Fabian Ammon Alston - a hidden gem within the Ninja vaults.

7 Dwight Tible and the Life Force Radio - Equipoise from Equipoise
o Music from the outer region. SA-RA'S beat here is ridden by the baritone vocals of jazz vocalist - Dwight Trible.

8 Luke Vibert - Get Your Head Down from ZEN CD - a retrospective
o Luke Vibert shows of the hip-hop side to his multi-faceted sonic output, even to the extent of the Wu-Tang sampling hook that guides this jazz-tinged number.

9 Kid Koala - Drunk Trumpet from Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
o Vinyl manipulation here expertly played by the turntablist - Kid Koala, dextrously (re)playing the trumpet through a serious of rubs, cuts and scratch techniques on wax.

10 DJ Vadim - The Terrorist from 'On The Wheels of Steel'
o Pre-dubstep wobble-terror set to around 90 bpm and featuring the raps of Motion Man from the Russian Percussionist himself - DJ Vadim.

11 King Geedorah - Fazers from Take Me To Your Leader
o MF Doom with yet another alias - this time as King Geedorah: the space monster sharing his perspective on humans and our planet. Some of the best raps you'll ever hear.

12 Roots Manuva - Motion 5000 from Brand New Second Hand
o The most beautiful track from Roots Manuva's debut album. Beautiful string arrangements and picture-painting lyricism told with that unique South London swagger.

13 GHISLAIN POIRIER - Blazin (Modeselektor Remix) from No Ground Under
o Berlin based duo Modeselektor re-construct a dancehall-pop song into a heads down hard-hitting dancefloor burner.

14 Zero db - Te Quiero (Peter Kruder Deep Dub) from Heavyweight Vinyl
o One half of Kruder and Dorfmeister lays down the sub-low frequencies to create this funky little re-working.

15 Amon Tobin - Chomp Samba from Bricolage
o Terrifying, fierce, intricate and relentless drum programming from the Brazilian native.

16 Cinematic Orchestra - All That You Give (Feat. Fontella Bass) from All That You Give
o With help from the vocalist Fontella Bass, this beautiful smokey-roomed jazz-bar backroom track sounds like it could easily have been made 60 years ago.

17 Wagon Christ - Saddic Gladdic from Sorry I Make You Lush
o Luke Vibert's up to his sugar-coated tricks again - wobbly electro-funk acid kitsch, tight 'n' tidy drum programming, brightly psychedelic and lush.

18 DJ Food - The Crow from Kaleidoscope
o A dark and melancholic downbeat excursion into the region created when low pitch contrabass meets skipping percussion hits. Beautiful sorrow.

19 Bonobo - Eyesdown (Floating Points Remix) from Eyesdown
o An absolutely incredible jazz-fused synth workout from the never-disappointing Floating Points.

20 Mr Scruff - Ug from Get A Move On
o Stomach rumbling low end frequencies and playful synths ride throughout in this nead-nodder from the tea-connoisseur himself

21 Andreya Triyana - A Town Called Obsolete (Mount Kimbie Remix) from A Town Called Obsolete
o Dutiful, beautiful revision from duo of the moment Mount Kimbie, who turn the original's flex into a two-stepping, gentle, graceful joy.

22 Flanger - Music To Begin With from Templates
o Syncopated drums and a stuttering jazz-ensemble form and de-construct in this hypnotic exercising of music production technique.

23 Daedelus - Welcome Home (Prefuse73 Danse Macabre Mix) from Exquisite Corpse
o Daedelus gets the glitch-hop re-working from the ubiquitous and brilliant Prefuse 73.

24 Hexstatic - Deadly Media from Rewind
o More chopped up cut-and-paste laying some social commentary on the... err... Deadly Media.

25 Amon Tobin - Precursor from Supermodified
o Combining the hauntingly, dauntingly, flauntingly beautiful with the harshest, huffiest, stripped and screaming beats around - darkside psychedelia for twisted knickers and teflon dons.

26 DJ Food - The Ageing Young Rebel (feat. Ken Nordine) from Kaleidoscope
o Ken Nordine's haunting voice beautifully prospers over this shuffling jazz piece. Now that's what we call a collaboration.

27 The Bug - Poison Dart from London Zoo
o Massive production sweeps across the lowest bass frequencies, through to some wonderful reverb-soaked mid-range sonics topped with the portentous vocals of Warrior Queen.

28 Bonobo - Kiara from Black Sands
o The standout track from Bonobo's latest offering. Vocal stabs, rich strings and a neck-snapping beat.

29 Jaga Jazzist - Animal Chin from On The Wheels of Steel
o Multiple changes, switches, layers and textures of sounds from the 10-piece Norwegian math-jazz-electronics outfit.

30 Daedelus - Hrs:Mins:Secs from Hours Minutes Seconds
o Doom-impending time-based terror-electronica from the usually lighter Daedelus. Brilliant.

31 Spank Rock - Put That Pussy On Me (Diplo Tonite Remix) from Decent Work For Decent Pay
o An electro beat, a guitar lick sample, and some crude lyrics. Simply fun.

32 Amon Tobin - Kitchen Sink (Clark Remix) from Kitchen Sink
o Mesmerising bells-and-beat re-working from the criminally under-rated Christopher Clark.

33 DJ Food - Scratch Yer Hed (Squarepusher Mix) from Refried Food
o Another drill-and-bass funked-out outing from the man with nimble picking and slapping fingers.

34 Anti-Pop Consortium - Volcano (Four Tet Instrumental) from Volcano
o Anti Pop Consortium triggered their comeback in 09' with this grainy, hyper-melodic refix from Four Tet.

35 Antibalas - Talkatif from Talkatif
o The spirit of Afrobeat reincarnated as a hard-hitting collective of musicians in New York City.

36 The Bug - Jah War (featuring Flowdan) (Loefah Remix) from Jah War
o Another genius Kevin Martin moment in the Ninja Catalogue, The Bug is on fire here; licked by Flowdan and remixed into half-step fury by steppa king Loefah.

37 Funki Porcini - Long Road from ZEN CD: a retrospective
o Sublime moment of dense Cinephonia from revered film maker, musician Funki Porcini with a sensuous cut of stoned jazz fried, trip-hop.

38 Grasscut - Muppet (Nathan Fake Remix) from Muppet
o Mr Fake coaxes euphoric layers of sound out from under the surface, packing in soaring builds and lush synth melodies, giving a whole new angle to the original.

39 New Flesh - Stick And Move (Radio Vocal) (Feat. Blackitude) from Stick And Move
o Big cut from UK hip-hop crew New Flesh featuring Blackitude. Self proclaimed 'dancehall afro-punk', like Roots Manuva gone 2-step.

40 Up, Bustle & Out - Emerald Alley (Indian Morning Theme) from Compared to What / Emerald Alley
o Bristolian three-piece Up, Bustle, Out recruited legendary soul diva Fontella Bass for this superfly joint of Ninja badness.

41 Fink - Sort Of Revolution (Sideshow Dub) from Sort of Revolution
o Brighton based avant-folk man Fink gets fully loaded with sub bass heat on this King Tubby-haunt of a dub version from his track 'Sort of Revolution'.

42 Pop Levi - Blue Honey from Blue Honey
o The record sees Levi pay tribute to the sun drenched sounds of west coast America, and Zeppelin-heavy guitar riffs.

43 Coldcut - Timber from ZEN CD: a retrospective
o Sawing timber, car engines, vocal chants - audio-visual cut-and-paste in its advent. Another nostalgic number from Ninja Tune's head honchos.

44 DJ Food - Freedom (Fila Brazillia Mix) from Refried Food
o Hull based production team Fila Brazilia turned out this exquisite downtempo edit for DJ Food's 'Freedom' way back in 1996.

45 Dwight Trible & The Life Force Trio - Antiquity from Love Is The Answer
o Hip-hop's super-human producer J Dilla sees a beat released on Ninja Tune. Enough said.

46 Wiley - Gangsters from Playtime Is Over
o Utterly infectious, hook-infected breakout tune courtesy of pioneering UK MC Wiley, plucked from his massive Big Dada LP.

47 Fog - Pneumonia (Coldcut Mix) from Zen RMX: Remix Retrospective
o Coldcut tackle freak-folk/hip-hop band Fog's 'Pneumonia' and turn it inside out into a kaleidoscope of turntable cut, scratch and nagging melody licks.

48 The Long Lost - Woebegone (Flying Lotus' Like Woe) from Woebegone
o Alfred Darlington and his lady Wife Laura set up The Long Lost in 2009, this a delicious pick from their debut set, refixed by none other than Flying Lotus.

49 Roots Manuva - Clockwork from Brand New Second Hand
o On a record packed with highlights, here's another from Rodney Smith; a hot smoked nugget of nimble flow, low-end-theory and narcotic electronics.

50 The Infesticons - Hero Theme from Gun Hill Road
o Mike Ladd's alter-ego, hip-hop posse The Infesticons set the scene for the Gun Hill Road LP with this swaggering stomp in wordplay and bounce.

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