Ninjas (Re: (idm) v/vm)

From Che
Sent Wed, Sep 16th 1998, 20:34

At 05:13 AM 9/15/98 -0400, Arthur B. Purvis wrote:

>ObIDM: The first disc of Funkungfusion was surprisingly great; much better
>than the first disc of Flexistentialism, at least (which wasn't bad at
>all). I'm not usually a big fan of the Ninja style, but this was pretty
>different - dark, fat bass and beats, real catchy, bunch of very different
>takes on essentially the same style (electrofunk or whatever).  Nice.
>Haven't listened to disc 2 yet...

I found Tone Tales From Tomorrow Too to be surprisingly good.  It's a mix
CD by Coldcut on their NTone label, somewhere between ColdCrushCuts & JDJ
in quality.  It takes a few tracks to get going, but then, it kicks!
Tracks by Coldcut, Neotropic, Journeyman, Drom, MLO, Hex, STC, and others.
If you can find a copy, buy it.

I found early Ninja comps (and the Shadow rehashes) had a certain
"sameness" about them (my theory - too many DJ Food tracks), but they've
definitely added more breadth (& depth) to their label since then.

Che



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