Re: (idm) old skool ntone

From Jeff Waye
Sent Wed, Jun 17th 1998, 20:02

>On 15 Jun 98, Jon Logan wrote re: (idm) old skool ntone:
>
>> Back in the day, ntone (subsidiary of Ninja Tune) released some
>> good discs by Transcend, Drome, Hex, and Real Life, not to mention
>> Journeyman and Neotropic.  
>
>As you say, ntone = Ninja Tune = Coldcut / Hex who are still going 
>strong predominantly as Ninja Tune. 

you are correct. Hex are actually also a seperate entity outside of their 
work for Ninja. They've done loads of multimedia projects, visual 
instalations, etc... There is a very good chance they are doing a 
performance with David Byrne at the worlds fair in Lisbon this summer. 
Busy folks all around. 
>
>Drome = Bernd ("Burnt") Friedmann = Nonplace Urban Fields :::  the
>Drome I've got is on Kiff, he's also been associated with Freibank
>and seems to pop up on lots of projects;  Journeyman = Paul Frankland
>= Woob. Journeyman's National Hijinx came out on ntone last year and
>as Woob he's with em:t.   A new release by Neotropic is apparently
>on the cards (via Ninja Tune) and yes, I agree : more from Real Life
>would be brlliant.  Is 94's "Journey of the Carcharadon" (Wild
>Mutant Deity) the only thing they've done?
>
>Maybe the Nin-jahs (hi Jeff!) can shed some more light?

I'm just listening to the masters for the new Neotropic record right 
now...it's sweet. Release date is Sept.1 and the title is 'Mr Brubakers 
Strawberry Alarm Clock'. We've been talking to Bernd about doing a full 
length for us. Nothing totally confirmed yet, but the demos he sent were 
wicked. Whoever ends up releasing them, I would recommend picking it up. 
Actually, I think all his releases are awesome. Especially the ones that 
came out on Incoming a few years ago. Real Life...fucked if I know. Jon 
and Matt Coldcut were involved but it was way before my days as a Ninja 
and I'm really not sure where the other contributors are now.

Alright Then, Take Care

Ninja Jeff