text:
This article contains wording that promotes the subject in a subjective manner without imparting real information. Please remove or replace such wording and instead of making proclamations about a subject's importance, use facts and attribution to demonstrate that importance. (February 2014) (Learn how and when to remove this template message)
This article contains content that is written like an advertisement. Please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links, and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view. (June 2018) (Learn how and when to remove this template message)
Find sources: "Ninja Tune" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (June 2018) (Learn how and when to remove this template message)
Jonathan More
Distributor(s)
[PIAS]
Redeye Distribution
www.ninjatune.net
Ninja Tune is an English independent record label[1] based in London. It has a satellite office in Los Angeles. It was founded by Matt Black and Jonathan More, better known as Coldcut[2] and managed by Peter Quicke and others.
Inspired by a visit to Japan, Black and More primarily created Ninja Tune in 1990 as a means to escape the creative control of major labels,[3] and to act as a vehicle to release music of a more underground nature,[4][full citation needed] free from the restraints that were put on them via their brief stints with Arista and Big Life.[5] The label has been called "visionary"[6] and "reliably excellent".[7] It has signed a diverse range of artists,[8] and has created its own publishing company, Just Isn't Music,[9] and finds innovative uses of software.[10]
The label's first releases—the first five volumes of DJ Food's Jazz Brakes—were produced by Coldcut in the early 1990s, and celebrated by the music press and beat aficionados.[11] They were composed of instrumental sample-based cuts that led the duo to help pioneer new instrumental hip hop beats genres (alongside the Mo'Wax label and Ninja Tune artists such as Funki Porcini, The Herbaliser and DJ Vadim)[12] and, to this day, are recognized as being indispensable tools for DJs.[11]
The label has since released music of myriad artists (including The Cinematic Orchestra, Amon Tobin, Bonobo, Kelis, BICEP, The Bug, Machinedrum, Lee Bannon, Wiley) and distributes other record labels – including Big Dada, Brainfeeder (Flying Lotus' label)[13] and Technicolour Records.
1.1 1990–99
1.3 2010–present
3 Solid Steel
4 Big Dada
5 Brainfeeder
6 Werkdiscs
7 Ntone
8 Current artists and alumni
8.1 Ninja Tune: Current
8.2 Ninja Tune: Alumni
8.3 Big Dada: Current
8.4 Big Dada: Alumni
1990–99[edit]
Following a Coldcut tour in Japan with Norman Cook, a.k.a. Fatboy Slim, then of Beats International, the label lifted its moniker and aesthetic from the Japanese TV shows of the 1950s and 1960s based on the Ninja.[14] With their first releases in the early 1990s, Ninja Tune went on to, according to Pitchfork, "usher in trip-hop/instrumental hip hop".[15]
After Coldcut's success with their first label, their titled Ahead of Our Time,[16] contractual issues prevented them to release anything under their own name. Ninja Tune's inaugural release was Coldcut's (under the name Bogus Order) house break collection Zen Brakes Vol. 1 in 1990. The label got a bigger name for itself when Coldcut, as DJ Food, released their funky hip hop jazz-breaks album, Jazz Brakes Vol. 1, which, according to Record Collector, "blew up" in the DJ circuit.[17] DJ Food's Jazz Brakes series were intended as musical "food" or, in other words, source material for DJs and producers who worked with breaks and beats.
In 1992, Peter Quicke stepped aboard as label manager, as did Patrick Carpenter, a.k.a. PC, who joined Coldcut as sound engineer. PC would become a crucial member of Ninja Tune, and from Jazz Brakes Vol. 4 onwards, an integral part of the DJ Food production team.
Steinski, a big inspiration behind Coldcut's initial forays into music, released his first Ninja Tune EP as Steinski and Mass Media in the same year. The single, in the words of Pitchfork, "builds on a catchy loop of the Jackson 5's 'It's Great to Be Here' and creates one of the few anti-Gulf War protest songs of the era, transforming [ U.S. President George H. W. ] Bush's speech into a pop hook ('Regrettably, we now believe/ That only force will make him leave') and interspersing quotes from Jello Biafra ('don't hate the media, become the media!') and Mario Savio's famous 1964 address to the Berkeley Free Speech Movement".[18]
Between 1994 and 1997 Ninja explored and defined the instrumental hip hop beats sound further (often known as trip hop). Its pioneering[19] influence on the genre became more prevalent with the label's first compilation, Funkjazztical Tricknology, in 1995. The genre originated in England as a successor to acid house, taking in acid jazz and funk, and using hip hop style breakbeats rather than the mechanical '4 on the floor' drum rhythm of house. Ninja artists especially looked beyond the normal sampling sources of old funk records into jazz, epitomised by Ninja act The Cinematic Orchestra.
Coldcut's contribution to Britain's flourishing scene was solidified by their Solid Steel show on London's Kiss FM,[20] on airwaves since 1988. The ongoing success of Solid Steel, and its subsequent syndication across the globe, broadcast the Ninja brand across the airwaves. The late night Saturday show cut all manner of beats, samples and loops into a chaotic musical blend.[21] The show's 'everything but the kitchen sink' approach continued through Coldcut's "utterly brilliant"[22] Journeys by DJ series of mix compilations in 1995. The title 70 Minutes of Madness was a nod to Coldcut's earlier Eric B & Rakim remix, and included sounds from Depth Charge, DJ Food, Plastikman, Mantronix, Harold Budd and the Doctor Who theme.
In 1994, Matt Black's close friend Mixmaster Morris introduced Matt to Openmind - a DJ & design collective in Camberwell - at the Telepathic Fish chill-out club they were running. Openmind included Kevin Foakes a.k.a. Strictly Kev of DJ Food. After submitting a re-styled company logo he was employed by Ninja Tune in the capacity of overall design consultant. Matt Black also invited Foakes to Ninja's recording studio, where he eventually joined the many hands at work on DJ Food's 1995 album, Recipe for Disaster (which also included Patrick Carpenter a.k.a. PC, Isaac Elliston, Paul Rabiger and Paul Brooks). The album was called a "whirlwind of beats put through the blender"[23] and proved a good cross-selection of the group's various styles.[24][full citation needed]
In 1995, The Herbaliser, one of the more purely hip-hop oriented acts on Ninja Tune's roster at that point[25] released their debut album Remedies. Remedies brought both the group and the label much attention.[25]
Also in 1995, an album launch party for DJ Food's Recipe for Disaster was the beginning what would become a regular club night, Stealth. Stealth was named Club of the Year by NME in 1996, with guests including Kruder & Dorfmeister, Squarepusher, Ashley Beedle, James Lavelle, Kid Koala and the label roster. Around the same time, Ninja Tune began organizing its first package tours across the UK and Europe.
With their two 1994 albums, Paradise Blown and Electric Lazyland, 9 Lazy 9 helped spawn the funky, subterranean sound for which Ninja Tune would earn its early acclaim, combining hip hop and funk breakbeats with jazz-influenced sound.[26] Their success inspired one half of the Italian-based duo, James Braddell, to return to the UK and begin his own solo project. As Funki Porcini, Braddell released Hed Phone Sex in 1995, which ran through a gamut of genres, from dub to drum and bass.[27] Braddell continued to explore sonic territories on 1996's Let's See What Carmen Can Do EP and the Love, Pussycats and Car Wrecks album from the same year.
DJ Vadim, a Russian born turntablist from London, who'd already released EPs on his own Jazz Fudge label, further expanded the vocabulary of instrumental hip hop with his 1996 album U.S.S.R. Repertoire, bringing "locked grooves and ultra-vivid, up-close sample-textures".[28] U.S.S.R. Reconstruction followed in 1998, a remix album filled with hip hop that The Wire claimed "turns the air into molasses".[22] With U.S.S.R. Reconstruction, Vadim selected a baker's dozen of likeminded producers, including Reflection, Clatterbox. DJ Krush, Silent Poets and Kid Koala, creating an album that flows without a hitch through the darkest hip hop and beat exploration.[29][full citation needed]
Throughout the 1990s, Matt Black began exploring his own interests in burgeoning computer and audio/visual technologies, to experiment with the VJ software and hardware that was already changing the Coldcut DJ performances. His Hex collective - also featuring artist Robert Pepperell and programmer Miles Visman - produced video games and multimedia CD-Roms in the early 1990s, along with subsequent projects that further affirmed Ninja Tune's alliance with A/V disciples. Teaming up with Hexstatic member Stuart Warren-Hill (who also signed to the Ntone label for several audio visual albums), Coldcut's "Timber" video - an AV collage piece using analogous techniques to audio sample collage - was put on heavy rotation on MTV,[30] and won awards for its innovative use of repetitive video clips synced to the music,[24] including being shortlisted at the Edinburgh Television and Film Festival in their top five music videos of the year in 1998.[31]
In 1995, Matt Black created Pipe, Ninja's first website. The label's current website ninjatune.net[32] was developed by the following year.
Also in 1996, Ninja Tune expanded across the ocean, opening its Montreal office to manage distribution across North America. That same year, Ninja Tune cemented its place with the double-disc Flexistentialism, a rare compilation[33] that featured the label's growing roster, including DJ Food, Funki Porcini, The Herbaliser, Luke Vibert, Kruder & Dorfmeister and DJ Vadim, among others. With Flexistentialism, Ninja was described as devising "a term that perfectly expresses the antitheses between chaos and order"[33]
Amon Tobin, meanwhile, was building groundbreaking drum and bass from 1950s big band drum battles. His 1997 Ninja Tune debut, Bricolage, contains influences from drum and bass, hip hop, blues, jazz and samba, all digitally processed to create a sense of the bricolage suggested by the title.[34] The album proved a strong seller, especially in America, where Pitchfork awarded the album a perfect 10.0.[35][full citation needed] The following year's immensely complex album, Permutation, saw Tobin creating electronic experimentation that retools d'n'b's basic structures to a practically surreal extent.[36]
In 1997 Stealth finished at the Blue Note (in Hoxton), and Ninja Tune's sister label Big Dada was launched. Coldcut's fourth album Let Us Play! was released in September 1997, making its way to the Top 40, reaching No. 33 in the UK Charts. Let Us Play! paid homage to the greats that inspired them.[10] Their first album to be released on Ninja Tune, it featured guest appearances by Grandmaster Flash, Steinski, Jello Biafra, Jimpster, The Herbaliser, Talvin Singh, Daniel Pemberton and Selena Saliva. Coldcut's cut 'n' paste method on the album was compared to that of Dadaism and William S. Burroughs.[20] Hex collaborated with Coldcut to produce the multimedia CD-Rom for the album. Hex later evolved the software into the engine that was used on the Let Us Play! world tour.
In 1999, Let Us Replay! was released, a double-disc remix album where Coldcut's classic tunes were remixed by Cornelius (the opener of the album, which was heralded as a highlight of the album),[37] Irresistible Force, Shut Up and Dance, Carl Craig and J Swinscoe.[38] Spin Magazine stated that Let Us Replay! pieces together "short sharp shocks that put the mental in 'experimental' and still bring the breaks till the breakadawn".[39] It also includes a few live tracks from the duo's innovative world tour.[40][full citation needed] The CD-Rom of the album, which also contained a free demo disc of the VJamm software,[41] was one of the earliest audiovisual CD- Roms on the market,[42] and Muzik claimed deserved to "have them canonized...it's like buying an entire mini studio for under $15".[43]
In March 1999, Big Dada introduced Rodney Smith, a.k.a. Roots Manuva. Brand New Second Hand was, in the words of AllMusic, "a bright moment for British rap, the debut album from Roots Manuva introduced a hip hop chameleon boasting dark productions and a distinct style, plus much more to say than most rappers".[44] He soon became heralded for his unique delivery, which Pitchfork claimed one of the "addictive, compelling, and, above all, heartfelt".[45]
Having worked as an intern in the Ninja Tune office in the mid 1990s, Jason Swinscoe became an instrumental part of the team, and by 1998 he released his first 12" as The Cinematic Orchestra, Diabolus, shortly followed by the full length Motion. The surprise hit[46] album landed somewhere between jazz and electronica[47] and gathered samples from unlikely sources. That same year, Swinscoe began performing live with an expanded line-up, featuring Federico Ughi on drums, Alex James on piano and DJ Food's Patrick Carpenter on turntables.
Mr. Scruff's Keep It Unreal was released in the summer of 1999.[47] Filled with bubbly breakbeats, slick horn sizzles and bristling house beats,[48] the album opened with BBC Radio 1 DJ Mary Ann Hobbes asking, "Are you ready Mr. Scruff?"
At some point in 1999, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission decided that DJ Vadim and Sarah Jones' pro-women empowerment record Your Revolution was "indecent" for radio.[49] The decision ended up in court in 2002, where arguments were advanced for freedom of speech, freedom of expression and to argue the double standards of the ban and fine.
In 2000, Ninja Tune celebrated its first decade of music with Xen Cuts, a three CD, 6 x LP box set that provided a collection of their artists.[50] The mostly downtempo affair[51] featured the likes of Latyrx (Lyrics Born and Lateef), The Herbaliser, Kid Koala and Luke Vibert, Clifford Gilberto, Amon Tobin and Funki Porcini.
Also in 2000, Kid Koala released Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, "a playfully arranged montage of quirky sound bites, rhythmic scratching and fluid hip hop beats".[52] Relying as heavily upon comedy albums and sound effects records as jazz and funk vinyl for sample material, the release, which was called brilliant and humorous[53] received much critical success. Kid Koala cut two further highly acclaimed albums for Ninja, 2003's Some of My Best Friends Are DJs and 2006's Your Mom's Favorite DJ.
In 2001, Roots Manuva delivered his second album, Run Come Save Me, which was deemed one of the albums of the year by The Independent, and "not just a landmark UK hip hop album, but a landmark hip hop album period" by Mojo. The album charted at number 33 in the UK Charts.[54] "Witness (1 Hope)", the first single off the album, charted at #45, and was declared by AllMusic as being "the best British rap single since Tricky's 'Aftermath'".[55] Run Come Save Me won a nomination for the 2002 Mercury Music Award, and was called by The Times "Too maverick, too brilliantly original a talent to be tethered by mere genre or geography."missing ref
Also in 2001 Cornwall's Luke Vibert joined Ninja Tune. Growing up amongst contemporaries Aphex Twin and Tom Middleton/Global Communication, Vibert had made a name for himself in experimental electronica, though his name has always been hard to pin down: he operates under several different aliases. With the moniker Wagon Christ, Vibert released Musipal on Ninja, which NME called "an intriguing procession of cheeky collages".[56]
Mr. Scruff's second album on Ninja Tune, Trouser Jazz, was released on 9 September 2002. It charted at 29 on the UK Chart.
In 2003, Simon Green, a.k.a. Bonobo, released his first proper Ninja album, Dial 'M' for Monkey, a subliminally seductive collection of atmospheric instrumentals.[57] A live version of Bonobo soon took to the road, which seeped into the production of 2006's Days to Come, an album that blurs the line between a programmed and live sound[58] and created "a daydream vibe embedded within its moodiness".[59]
Blurring lines further, Coldcut collaborated with American video mashup artist TV Sheriff in 2004 to produce their cut-up entitled Revolution USA. The tactical-media project (coordinated with Canadian art duo NomIg) followed on from the UK version and extended the premise "into an open access participatory project".[60] Through the multimedia political art project, over 12 gigabytes of footage from the last 40 years of US politics were made accessible to download, allowing participants to create a cut-up over a Coldcut beat.[61] Coldcut also collaborated with TV Sheriff and NomIg to produce two audiovisual pieces "World of Evil" (2004) and "Revolution '08" (2008), both composed of footage from the United States presidential elections of respective years. The music used was composed by Coldcut, with "Revolution '08" featuring a remix by The Qemists.
Roots Manuva climbed back into the limelight at the beginning of 2005, with his deft[62] album Awfully Deep. His third album, which reached number 24 in the UK Charts,[63] was celebrated by critics for his growth as an artist, with NME calling it "a set of immense maturity that never rubs your nose in its thematic complexity, compositional innovation and thunderous thump-beats".[64]
The Cinematic Orchestra scored a new soundtrack, Man with a Movie Camera (The Cinematic Orchestra album), for a screening of the visionary 1929 Russian silent feature, Man with a Movie Camera, for the 2000 Portuguese Film Festival Fantasporto. The following year it was performed at the opening gala of Portugal's year as European Capital of Culture in Porto in front of 3000 people. The material written for this film score laid the groundwork for what would be The Cinematic Orchestra's second full-length, Every Day, released in May 2002, and one of Ninja's best-selling albums. Roots Manuva featured on the track "All Things to All Men", which later soundtracked the final scenes of 2006 movie Kidulthood. The Cinematic Orchestra's albums grew increasingly ambitious over the years,[65] with 2007's Ma Fleur album marking a move away from beats, and embracing folk influences. The album was based on the work of photographer Maya Hayuk (who commissioned 11 pictures based on three short stories recounting the journey from birth to death), and conceived by Swinscoe as the premise for the score of an imaginary film.[66] Album track "To Build a Home" became one of Ninja's top tracks of all time (with its fan video clocking up nearly 9 million plays), and track "TBAH" features vocals from Patrick Watson, which became the band's most successful song.
Following Jason Swinscoe's vocal appreciation of Jaga Jazzist's 2001 album A Livingroom Hush, the Norwegian jazz band signed to Ninja Tune to re-release A Livingroom Hush in 2002, followed by The Stix later that year, and their fourth album What We Must in 2005.
Coldcut returned with the single "Everything Is Under Control" at the end of 2005, featuring Jon Spencer (of Jon Spencer Blues Explosion) and Mike Ladd. It was followed in 2006 by their fifth studio album Sound Mirrors, which was quoted as being "one of the most vital and imaginative records Jon More and Matt Black have ever made",[67] and saw the duo "continue, impressively, to find new ways to present political statements through a gamut of pristine electronics and breakbeats".[68] The fascinating array of guest vocalists[67] included Soweto Kinch, Annette Peacock, Amiri Baraka, and Saul Williams.
Ninja hooked up with L.A. filmmaker and photographer B+, who had filmed Keepintime: Talking Drums Whispering Vinyl, a short movie documenting a meeting between jazz/funk drummers Paul Humphrey and James Gadson, and a bunch of turntablists who now scratched and sampled their breakbeats, including DJ Shadow, Cut Chemist and the Beat Junkies. This project snowballed into a live concert featuring the drum duo jamming along with the turntablists - and included extra guests Madlib and DJ Numark. In 2005, Ninja released Keep in Time: A Live Recording, a CD/DVD package that included remixes from King Britt, Oh No, J Rocc and AmmonContact.
Back in London, having previously scored a place with his college band E.V.A. on the 1996 Ninja 12" One Track Mind, Fin Greenall subsequently signed to the label as a solo artist, under the name Fink. First releasing Fresh Produce - an atmospheric set of downtempo instrumental hip hop tracks - on sister label Ntone in 2000, it was 2006's Biscuits for Breakfast album that set Fink officially on Ninja Tune. And it set him far apart from the rest of the label, going his own way to become a full-blown, guitar picking singer-songwriter.[44] Two subsequent full lengths - 2007's Distance and Time and 2009's Sort of Revolution (which featured song-writing collaborations with John Legend) have seen Fink further develop this new sound.
On the topic of sound, noise manipulator Amon Tobin came back around at the beginning of 2007 with Foley Room, his sixth studio album, and a long player that was called his "darkest work yet".[69] Tobin was inspired by the work of foley artists: a foley room is where the sound effects are recorded for films; foley artists use their imagination and ingenuity to make the right noise for the situation they are presented with. Amon and a team of assistants headed out into the streets with high sensitivity microphones and recorded found sounds from tigers roaring to cats eating rats, from wasps to falling chickpeas, kitchen utensils to motorbikes to water dripping from a tap. Added to this were the sounds of The Kronos Quartet, Stefan Schneider (of To Rococo Rot) and Sarah Pagé, Tobin travelling from foley rooms in Montreal to San Francisco to Seattle and back as he collected them (the CD release is accompanied by a short DVD, Foley Room: Found Footage, documenting the recording process).
Kevin Martin began developing his own sound further as The Bug, after other projects as GOD, Techno Animal, Ice and Curse of the Golden Vampire. The Bug's second album in 2003, Pressure, demonstrated a fully formed aesthetic - stark spaces, gleefully subsonic bass[70] - holding collaborations with vocalists such as Toastie Taylor, Wayne Lonesome and Daddy Freddy. 2008's London Zoo, meanwhile, was The Bug's third album - and first for Ninja Tune. Recorded over three years with its maker living in his studio, without a kitchen or shower, the album included collaborations with Warrior Queen, Tippa Irie, Burial, Kode9 collaborator Spaceape, and even singer-toaster Ricky Ranking showing up on three tracks.[71] The multivocal, spoken-sung, collaborative album has enjoyed recent cult success,[72] appearing in many outlets' Best of 2008 lists.
The year 2008 launched Ninja Tune's You Don't Know, their sixth official label sampler, and, like its predecessors, contained high quality picks from their major releases, with select remixes and a few rarities. While 2007's Well Deep multimedia package shed light on Big Dada, Ninja Cuts drew a healthy cross-section from all three Ninja associated labels.[73]
2008 also marked Daedelus' first official Ninja album, Love to Make Music To, after his previous albums Exquisite Corpse and Denies the Day's Demise had been licensed by Ninja Tune. The album showcased the L.A. artist's diverse nature and his skills as a multi-instrumentalist[74] as well as his engrossing stylistic shifts.[75] Additionally that year (a year after their 2007 Stompbox 12"), The Qemists released their debut album, Join the Q. Known to construct some of the most energetic breakbeats of the late 2000s,[29] the vinyl version of the album comes as four super-heavy platters, weighing nearly a kilogram.
In 2008, an international group of party organisers, activists and artists - including Coldcut - received a grant from the Intelligent Energy Department of the European Union, to create a project that promoted intelligent energy and environmental awareness to the youth of Europe. The result was Energy Union, a piece of VJ cinema, political campaign, music tour, party, art exhibition and social media hub. Energy Union toured 12 EU countries throughout 2009 and 2010, completing 24 events in total. Coldcut created the Energy Union show for the tour, a one-hour Audio/Visual montage on the theme of Intelligent Energy. In presenting new ideas for climate, environmental and energy communication strategies, the Energy Union tour was well received, and reached a widespread audience in cities across the UK, Germany, Belgium, The Netherlands, Croatia, Slovenia, Austria, Hungary, Bulgaria, Spain and the Czech Republic.missing reference
Speech Debelle's debut album, 2009's Speech Therapy, finally scored Big Dada a Mercury Prize, after prior nominations for Roots Manuva's Run Come Save Me and Ty's Upwards. With the album, NME called her: "one to seriously watch".[76]
2010–present[edit]
In 2010, Ninja Tune celebrated 20 years of releasing music. A book entitled Ninja Tune: 20 Years of Beats and Pieces was released on 12 August 2010, and an exhibition was held at Black Dog Publishing's Black Dog Space in London showcasing artwork, design and photography from the label's 20-year history. A "stunning futurespective"[77] compilation album was released on 20 September in two formats - a regular version consisting of two 2-disc volumes, and a limited edition (of 3,500 copies), containing six CDs, six 7" vinyl singles, a hardback copy of the book, a poster and additional items.[78] It featured new music from Amon Tobin (also as Two Fingers), Roots Manuva, The Cinematic Orchestra, Kid Koala, Mr Scruff, The Bug, King Geedorah, Zomby, Bonobo, Toddla T, Daedelus, Dorian Concept, Floating Points, Wagon Christ, cLOUDDEAD and many others. It also included new remixes from Switch, Autechre, Benga, Cut Chemist, Modeselektor, Roots Manuva, Diplo, Gold Panda, Mark Pritchard, Rustie, Prefuse 73, 808 State, Joe Goddard, King Jammy, The Orb, Micachu, Gaslamp Killer, Kronos Quartet, Mala, El-P (and El-B) and many more. In The Independent's "Album of the Week" review, the compilation was deemed "a glorious celebration of Ninja Tune's audio splendour".[79]
As part of the 20th anniversary, Ninja Tune produced 20 different events around the world. Ninja Tune sold out Royal Albert Hall in London, with The Cinematic Orchestra, Amon Tobin and Dorian Concept all presenting a one-off orchestral performance with the London Metropolitan Orchestra arranged by composer Ilan Eshkeri. For a separate London event, Ninja also placed a legendary rave in 3 rooms in a car park behind the Tate Modern with all of their artists in one place for first time (artists included Coldcut, Mr Scruff, Roots Manuva, Toddla T, The Bug, Daedelus, Kid Koala, Bonobo, Dj Food + DK, Mark Pritchard, DJ Kentaro, Dorian Concept, XXXchange (Spank Rock), DELS, Floating Points, Jammer, Dark Sky and Offshore). For the Ninja XX gig in New York, the label's venue (Santos Party House) was shut down unexpectedly, moving the event at the last minute to the Bowery (CITATION: Brooklyn Vegan, 28 October 2010).[80]
In October 2011, Ninja Tune's massive "Ninja Tune XX" campaign won "Innovative Marketing Campaign of the Year" at the 2011 AIM Awards.[81]
It was around this time that Ninja Tune began expanding its roster in an interesting new direction, co-signing underground labels with whom they felt artistically aligned. In February 2010, LA-based producer Flying Lotus, a.k.a. Steven Ellison, announced his Brainfeeder imprint had struck up a partnership for Ninja Tune to handle manufacturing, marketing and distribution for Brainfeeder everywhere outside the US.[82] In April 2010, Sheffield-born producer and DJ Toddla T (who'd originally arrived at Ninja having produced parts of Roots Manuva's 2008 album, Slime & Reason, which reached number 22 in the UK Charts[83]) also signed his Girls Music record label to Ninja Tune for distribution, manufacturing and marketing,[84] in addition to signing a three-album deal. In June 2012, Ninja announced a partnership with underground artist Actress and his Werkdiscs imprint, home to Zomby's Where Were U in 92?, Actress's Hazyville, and various records by Lukid and Lone.[85]
Also in 2010, Bonobo's own Black Sands album marked his fourth full-length. It pushed Bonobo's sound "much more steeped in beat-making, creating deluxe, post-dance soundscapes",[86] and achieved worldwide commercial success. In February 2012, Ninja followed up with a remix album, Black Sands Remixed, which featured re-imaginings from producers such as Lapalux, Mark Pritchard, Machinedrum and FaltyDL.
A couple months before, in November 2011, New York producer FaltyDL had made his debut on the Ninja roster with his Atlantis EP, a "smoother and shufflier"[87] ride than most of his earlier work. His work for Ninja was deemed "calm and focused, a trend that continued on his third album",[88] Hardcourage, released in January 2012. The album was "sure-footed and big-hearted, accessible and yet cerebral".[89]
Jaga Jazzist returned in 2010 with their strongest release to date, One-Armed Bandit, which featured new members within Jaga Jazzist's ranks and included "tropical polyrhythms, modernist patterns, and even techno-inspired synth sequences".[90]
Another release that pushed Ninja to new sonic territories came from London-based artist Floating Points at the end of 2010 with 'Post Suite / Almost In Profile'. The Floating Points Ensemble is an instrumental ensemble headed by himself on Fender Rhodes and Sequential Circuits Pro One and Prophet keyboards.[91] The double A-side 10" vinyl single featured two tracks by the full Ensemble, recorded and mixed at Abbey Road Studios for the Ninja Tune XX twentieth anniversary celebration.
In 2010, a sound designer[92] from Berlin (by way of Bristol), Emika, brought a new sound to the label, with her melodic, R&B tinged bass-heavy 'Double Edge.' Her self-titled debut was later released in 2011, bridging the "minimalist menace of Bristol dubstep to breathy accessible vocals and classical piano".[93] On her 2013 follow-up, 'DVA,' Emika beefed up her songwriting, focusing on political and personal themes.[92]
In March 2011, another exploratory bass cadet - Dorian Concept - released his first Ninja EP, Her Tears Taste Like Pears. It proved to be a "solid example of the kind of genius Concept, himself something of a child piano prodigy, is capable of".[94]
The following May saw the release of a much-awaited album from Amon Tobin, ISAM, which set a new benchmark for live electronic music.[95] Tobin decided to step away from previous DJ centric performances, and instead provided a large-scale live audio/visual experience to select cities around the world. Developed alongside V Squared Labs, Leviathan, Vello Virkhaus & Matt Daly, Alex Lazarus, Vitamotus Design Studio, and Stefano Novelli, the show featured a 25' x 14' x 8' multi-dimensional/ shape shifting 3D art installation surrounding Tobin and enveloping him and the audience in a 3D experience. Tobin conceptualized the show as a projection mapped "visual score" to the music from ISAM. The show completed a sold-out 15-show run through US and Canada, in addition to five sold out UK/EU shows. In 2012, ISAM Live returned with a larger tour, starting at Coachella and traveling to Sydney Opera House, London's Brixton Academy, New York's Hammerstein Ballroom, Greek Theatre (Los Angeles), Sonar (Barcelona), as well as full European and US tours throughout summer and fall. In May 2012, Ninja Tune released an Amon Tobin box set (7 × CD, 2 × DVD, 6 × Vinyl, 10").
At the beginning of 2012, Speech Debelle returned to Big Dada, after much critical speculation about leaving the label. She returned from her Mercury Prize win to release another critically acclaimed album, 'Freedom Of Speech,' with - according to Scottish magazine The Skinny - "a verve and vigour that more than justify the early hype".[96] The "refreshingly outspoken"[97] album went on to "trounce all expectations"[98] and was awarded CD of the week by Evening Standard.[98]
In 2009, Ninja's longest-serving artist, DJ Food a.k.a. Strictly Kev, released the 2009 EP 'One Man's Weird Is Another Man's World,' and its 2010 follow up 'The Shape Of Things That Hum' made up two-thirds of a forthcoming album. In January 2012, 'The Search Engine' was released as the first DJ Food album in 11 years. As an album release event, DJ Food created his most ambitious live gig to date:[99] a bespoke AV live show for London's only public planetarium, in conjunction with astronomers from The Royal Observatory Greenwich, using art from The Search Engine, images from Kev's own visual archive, plus a wealth of material provided by the astronomers themselves. Kev adapted his content to fit Montreal's Satosphere in July.
In mid 2012, The Bug announced that after "London Zoo," he set out a new genre and sub-label with Ninja Tune: Acid Ragga. Releasing a set of 7"'s,[100] in June the first Bug track - "Can't Take This No More" - unleashed featuring the legendary Daddy Freddy, while on the flip "Rise Up" featured Inga Copeland of Hype Williams. The "Ganja Baby" 7-inch released shortly afterwards, featuring Daddy Freddy, followed by the 2 x 10" Filthy EP featuring rapper Danny Brown and long time collaborator Flowdan.
In August 2012, London-based band The Invisible dropped their second album, the "cerebral yet instantly accessible"[101] 'Rispah,' on Ninja Tune, having been recorded in Brighton - with producer Richard File.[102] The trio's self-titled debut album (produced by Matthew Herbert) in 2009 was nominated for the Mercury Prize[103] and selected as critics choice for iTunes album of the year.[104] The band's tongue-in-cheek definition of their style of music is 'Experimental Genre-Spanning Spacepop'.
Ever the pioneer, Big Dada's "king of Grime"[105][full citation needed] Wiley was awarded a Genre Spotlight Award for the AIM Independent Music Awards in 2012[106] for his album Evolve or Be Extinct. FACT Magazine claimed the award made up "for what many perceive to be a Mercury snub for the LP".[107]
In 2012, Ninja Tune also struck a deal with game developer United Front Games and their publisher Square Enix for their game Sleeping Dogs. Ninja Tune was featured as a in-game radio channel available to the player during gameplay, one of the ten total. The station featured a select group of works by the real life Ninja Tune record and their then artist lineup, including works by Bonobo, Lorn, Emika, Stateless, Two Fingers, and Cinematic Orchestra among others, for a total of 18 tracks.
Ninja Tune scored well at Gilles Peterson's Worldwide Awards 2013, with Brainfeeder winning "Label of the Year" - and Ninja Tune scoring 2nd - with the public vote. Invisible's Rispah also won album of the year.[108]
In typical pioneering fashion, in February 2013, Ninja Tune spearheaded the launch of Beat Delete - a new service for out of press vinyl. The demise of Sony DADC warehouse in Edmonton (destroyed during the London riots in the summer of 2011), left many independent labels ravaged. Ninja Tune launched a website Beat Delete as a pledge scheme enabling fans to partially fund the release of rare collectibles.[109]
In April 2013, Coldcut released Ninja Jamm, an iOS music remix app, in collaboration with London-based arts and technology firm Seeper. Geared toward both casual listeners and more experienced DJs and music producers, the freemium app allows users to download and remix "Tunepacks" that feature original tracks and mixes by Coldcut, as well as other Ninja artists,[110] creating something new altogether.[111] With the "intuitive yet deep" app,[112] users can turn instruments on and off, swap between clips, add glitches and effects, trigger and pitch-bend stabs and one-off samples, and change the tempo of the track instantly. Users can additionally record as they mix and instantly upload to SoundCloud or save the mixes locally.[113] Tunepack releases for Ninja Jamm are increasingly synchronised with Ninja Tune releases on conventional formats. To date over 20 tunepacks have been released, including Amon Tobin, Bonobo, Coldcut, DJ Food, Martyn, Emika, Machinedrum, Raffertie, Irresistible Force, Falty DL.[114][115]
In March 2013, Bonobo unleashed his highly anticipated follow-up to Black Sands, the triumphant and revelatory[116] The North Borders. Hailed as being sumptuous and accomplished,[117] the album featured Erykah Badu, Motion Audio artist Grey Reverend, British singer Szjerdene and Swedish singer-songwriter Cornelia. Visual artist Cyriak's video for Bonobo's "Cirrus" was a cascading visual mantra[118] that hit over 1 million views. The album charted at number 29 on the UK Album Charts.[119] The following November, Bonobo released his contribution to the Late Night Tales series with a 21-track selection, which Bonobo described as ranging "from neo-classical to more abstract electronic pieces to spiritual jazz." Bonobo's popularity in the live spectrum continues to grow, having sold out a Roundhouse Ninja Tune festival in 2013 and Sydney Opera House. He has a live performance scheduled at Alexandra Palace in November 2014.
Another popular Ninja Tune artist, Travis Stewart, a.k.a. NYC/Berlin artist Machinedrum signed up with the label in 2013, first releasing Eyesdontlie that July, a single which XLR8R donned "quite possibly deeper and more ambitious than anything we've heard from Stewart to date".[120] After releasing a second 12" ("Gunshotta Ave") the following month, Machinedrum released his full LP Vapor City at the end of September 2013. A visceral[121] album about an imaginary metropolis,[122] Vapor City received much acclaim from critics and DJs alike, even landing three live performances on the Boiler Room (New York, Berlin and London). Machinedrum claimed it was his biggest and boldest project to date.[123]
In January 2014, Big Dada released a deluxe European edition of Killer Mike and El-P's Run the Jewels album, featuring new artwork, a new colour vinyl LP + 12" release plus deluxe CD and download editions.
Ninja Tune also released Actress' fourth album, Ghettoville in January 2014.[124] The exquisite[125]
In April 2014, new Ninja Tune signing Kelis released a raw soul record entirely produced by TV on the Radio's Dave Sitek. Kelis says of the signing: "I'm really happy to be partnering with Ninja Tune on my new record. This is the album I've wanted to make for a long time."
In May 2014, "UK festival favorite"[126] Mr Scruff released his fifth LP on Ninja Tune, entitled Friendly Bacteria. Meanwhile, The Bug is continuing his series of "Acid Ragga" singles throughout 2014, leading up to his next full length later in the year, Angels & Devils. Names that The Bug has worked with on the project (in addition to Inga Copeland and Daddy Freddy) include Death Grips, Gonjasufi, Grouper, JK Flesh (Godflesh/Jesu), The Spaceape, Flowdan, Warrior Queen and Earth's Dylan Carlson.
On 2 November 2014, Young Fathers' "Dead" entered the official top 100 UK album chart for the first time, four days after their Mercury success, debuting at 35.
On 30 October 2015, Big Dada's Roots Manuva released his 9th studio album entitled Bleeds (Roots Manuva album), receiving positive reviews in most publications, currently holding an 80% score on Metacritic.[127]
Kamasi Washington debut solo recording, The Epic, was released in May 2015 via Flying Lotus' Brainfeeder to critical acclaim.[128] It appeared on numerous 'Best of 2015' lists, including publications such as NPR Music, The Guardian, Pitchfork, Vice's Noisey, MOJO, Uncut, Rolling Stone and many more.[129]
Bonobo released his sixth album, Migration, in January 2017.[130] It was announced on 3 November 2016 with the release of the single "Kerala" and an official video.[131] The official video for the single is directed by Bison (Jon Hopkins/London Grammar/Rosie Lowe), featuring lead Gemma Arterton (Quantum of Solace/Inside No. 9).[130] The album artwork was designed by Neil Krug (Boards of Canada/Lana Del Rey).[132] The album features Nick Murphy, Rhye, Innov Gnawa and Hundred Waters.[133][130] The album and the track "Bambro Koyo Ganda" were nominated for the 60th Annual Grammy Awards for Best Dance Recording and Best Dance/Electronic Album.[134] The album peaked higher in the UK chart (number 5) and in the US (number 59). In 2018, Bonobo's "Migration" album also won Album of the Year at the 2017 Electronic Music Awards and Bonobo was also nominated for Live Act of the Year.[135] Around the release of the album, Bonobo performed sold-out shows at venues such as Brixton Academy and Alexandra Palace.[136]
On 19 May 2017, Ninja Tune Founders Coldcut and Adrian Sherwood released their collaborative debut album Outside The Echo Chamber via Ninja imprint Ahead of our Time. Collaborators that featured on the album included Lee "Scratch" Perry, Roots Manuva, Junior Reid, Ce'Cile, Sugar Hill Gang alumni Skip McDonald and Doug Wimbish on Guitar and Bass respectively and production from Toddla T.[137]
After signing to Ninja Tune in 2017, Belfast based duo Bicep released their long-awaited debut album Bicep, which reached the Top 20 of the UK Album Charts[138] and received positive reviews on its release, with support from publications such as Pitchfork, The Guardian, Resident Advisor and a cover feature on Mixmag. They went on to play a sold-out show at London's Roundhouse.[139]
A Moment Apart, ODESZA's third studio album was released on 8 September 2017 on Ninja Tune imprint Counter Records.[140] It reached #3 on the Billboard 200, while topping the Top Electronic/Dance Albums Chart.[141][142] It was nominated for Best Dance/Electronic Album, with "Line of Sight" also nominated for Best Dance Recording, at the 60th Annual Grammy Awards in 2018. The duo were also nominated for Producer of the Year at the 2017 Electronic Music Awards.
Young Fathers' third studio album, Cocoa Sugar, was announced with the single "In My View" on 17 January 2018. The album was released to critical acclaim on 9 March 2018.[143] The album entered the UK Albums Chart at number 28, making it the band's highest-charting album.[144] Due to their support of Palestinians through the BDS movement, the band was dropped from the 2018 Ruhrtriennale line-up.[145]
Berlin based South Korean Dj and Producer Peggy Gou released her EP Once in March 2018, with lead single "It Makes You Forget (Itgehane)", on which she sings in Korean, receiving widespread radio play on stations like BBC Radio 1, BBC 6 Music and more. This earned Peggy a place on publication Dazed's top 100 artists of the year.[146]
Following the release of the 'Audio Track 5' EP and live performances at the Strelka Institute (Moscow), Barbican Centre and the Tate Modern, electronic producer and musician Darren Cunningham AKA Actress and the London Contemporary Orchestra released a full album of their collaboration on 25 May 2018 entitled 'LAGEOS'.[147] Originally performed at the Barbican in February 2016, the project was curated by Boiler Room and London Contemporary Orchestra with support from Arts Council England and Ninja Tune.[148]
In December 2017, Ninja artist Helena Hauff became the first ever female DJ to be named BBC Radio 1's Essential Mix of the year.[149] She was also rated number 1 in Crack Magazine's "50 Most Exciting DJs Right Now" 2017.[150] On 3 August 2018 the Hamburg-based Techno producer and DJ released her album "Qualm". The album currently holds an 82% rating on Metacritic[151] indicating "Universal acclaim", with five star write ups in publications such as The Guardian.[152]
Design[edit]
As the imprint grew, Ninja grew into an 'anti-corporate' brand, supporting the work of visual artists, filmmakers, and mavericks of all media, running its own club nights and helping disseminate the work of its artists across the globe. From its very beginnings, Ninja Tune sought a strong visual identity, thanks to Michael Bartalos (whose original logo was a monochrome woodcut of a hooded ninja brandishing his long sword) and Mark Porter, Matt Black's friend from Oxford, Ninja's first art director who defined the logo and overall aesthetic (in addition to creating Ninja's striking yellow and black in-house record bags), and subsequently became Art Director at The Guardian. It was the arrival of Kevin Foakes as in-house designer in 1994 that developed the logo to its current international recognition, and became largely responsible for some of the label's most iconic artwork. Working as Openmind, Foakes has designed many of Ninja's album sleeves, including memorable covers for Amon Tobin, Coldcut and Funki Porcini's 2002 album Fast Asleep. He's also commissioned acclaimed outside talent for a number of key projects.
Foakes' Ninja logo has found its way in diverse remix forms onto DJ bags (the "Wax Sack"), cigarette lighters, T-shirts, turntable slip-mats, iPod skins (bearing the slogan "Remember vinyl?"), sunglasses by Japanese company Less Than Human and the label's own brand of cigarette rolling papers ("Ninja Skins"). French urban vinyl specialists Rolito also marketed a Foakes-designed toy Ninja, who came armed with a 3" CD of Ninja Tunes.
Ewan Robertson (a.k.a. Offshore) and Oscar Bauer, were integral co-designers for Ninja Tune or Big Dada, responsible for iconic covers such as the Wiley 'black playground' image for Playtime Is Over, the Roots Manuva slime-head for Slime & Reason and Bonobo's Black Sands triptych.
Some Ninja Tune artists, meanwhile, design their own sleeves, such as Mr Scruff, whose cartoon illustrations are emblazoned across much of his catalogue and merchandise. Another prodigious cartoonist who designs his own sleeves is Kid Koala, whose Nufonia Must Fall graphic novel was published in 2003 by ECW Press in association with Ninja Tune, and whose 2000 debut album, Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, and its 2003 follow-up Some of My Best Friends Are DJs came accompanied by Koala-illustrated comic books.
Other unique promotional Ninja Tune items include Coldcut's Top Trump-inspired Control Cards, Amon Tobin ear-plugs, Kid Koala-illustrated playing cards, Mr Scruff-designed jigsaw puzzles, Scruff-branded tins of tuna-in-brine (to promote his 2008 LP Ninja Tuna, which was available pre-loaded on a tuna-shaped USB stick), The Heavy and TTC-branded condoms, and plastic travelcard wallets emblazoned with artwork from Big Dada's Well Deep compilation and Roots Manuva's Slime & Reason album.
As part of Ninja Tune's 20th Anniversary in 2010, 3500 Ninja Tune XX box sets were released, all housed in limited edition hi-spec packaging designed and conceived by Ninja artwork legend Openmind. In May 2013, golden ticket holders for Bonobo's Camden Roundhouse gig in London were given a limited edition 12" for Bonobo's "Cirrus", which came in gatefold plastic cover with "zoetrope" viewer stand and art print, with picture disc art by Cyriak. In January 2014, Werkdiscs boss Actress released a boxset for a collection of photos presented by Hard Format, which included Ghettoville as vinyl and CD, as well as—for the first time on vinyl—a 2 LP white vinyl edition of Hazyville and CD. The boxset also contained a 40-page artbook, all carefully encased in a black "elephant-skinned" outer box.
Bonobo has collaborated with art director Leif Podhajsky and photographer Pelle Crépin to create covers for some of his albums. The cover of his 2010 album Black Sands was designed by design studio Oscar & Ewan and features an image taken by Crépin. The three cover photographs form a triptych around Derwentwater in the Lake District. They were taken at each point on the map with each view capturing the place of the next photograph and the last photograph capturing the place of the first.[153] The abstract cover for Bonobo's 2013 follow-up album The North Borders was created by Leif Podhajsky using a polaroid image of a wave.[154] Podhajsky also provides the artwork for Bonobo's Flashlight EP in 2014, its cover art is a gold lava effect forming the inside sleeve glimpsed through tiny holes in a dark grey die-cut cover for the vinyl product.[155] Leif Podhajsky again collaborated with Ninja Tune on the artwork for Kelis' 2014 album Food.[156]
For the release of Bonobo's sixth album Migration in January 2017, the album artwork was designed by Neil Krug.[132] The physical artwork included photography of the Mojave Desert, with Krug capturing footage using a drone. This drone footage would come to form the video for Break Apart feat. Rhye.[157] He drove to the desert in the middle of the night to photograph the area just before sunrise, avoiding the sun's intense heat. The shots were then superimposed with various effects such as flames.[154] The LP was accompanied by a special edition booklet containing meditations on themes from the album, the deluxe version housed in a gold-embossed PVC sleeve.[158]
In 2017, Belfast based duo Bicep released their debut album Bicep, with artwork created by design team Royal Studio in partnership with AnaTypes Type, Xesta Studio and Lyft Studio. Photographs of textures were digitally transformed, modulated, colored, gridded and regridded over and over again in hundreds of different formations. These arrangements of textures in different colorways were then sent to Bicep, who would select their highlights from each.[159]
The artwork for Young Fathers' 2018 album Cocoa Sugar was created by photographer Noni Julia & creative director Tom Hingston.[160]
Solid Steel[edit]
Pre-dating Ninja Tune is the legendary[161] and world-famous[162] radio show Solid Steel, which Coldcut set up in 1988 and joined at a later date by DJ Food and DK. What initially began as a radio show on then-pirate Kiss FM went on to become a weekly 2 hour mix show broadcast online and syndicated to numerous radio stations around the world, with highlights available as a podcast on iTunes. Solid Steel is also the name of a series of DJ mix CDs from the label and various club nights showcasing the talents of the Solid Steel DJ's and a number of Ninja Tune artists.
The show, which celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2013,[163] showcases a varied blend of left field tunes, the broadest beats and forward-thinking selections.[164] Being a freestyle eclectic mix,[164] the weekly two-hour show was described by The Quietus as being "the past mashed with the present plus a dash of the future".[165]
In addition to Solid Steel, Ninja Tune has conducted regular podcast interviews with their roster under the name The Ninja Tune Podcast.[166]
Big Dada[edit]
Hip hop label Big Dada was set up by journalist and writer Will Ashon in 1997. Big Dada was created with a similarly open-minded remit to sister label Ninja Tune, traversing the boundaries between hip hop, grime and ragga.[1] Born out of a frustration over acts going unappreciated elsewhere, Big Dada swiftly cemented itself as a force in its own right.[167] The name came up in reference to Ashon's love of Kool Keith, who he'd described in print as the "Mac Dada", as a combination of mac daddy and Dadaism.[168]
Big Dada began releasing 12"'s in the summer of 1997, the first couple of which were produced by Luke Vibert. The label's debut release, Misanthropic, featured Alpha Prhyme, a.k.a. Juice Aleem, soon to become a member of crew New Flesh for Old, who would release their own Electronic Bombardment on Big Dada that September. Since then, Big Dada has become home of some of the most maverick, forward-thinking and innovative artists in hip hop and beyond, including essential[169] British hip hop artist Roots Manuva (Mercury Prize nominee), Mercury Prize winner Speech Debelle, UK hip hop artist TY (whose 2003 Upwards album was also Mercury nominated) and grime pioneer Wiley. Roots Manuva's album releases have been integral to the label, including Brand New Second Hand, Run Come Save Me, Awfully Deep, Slime & Reason and 4everevolution. Other notable artists include Diplo, cLOUDDEAD, Juice Aleem, DELS, Young Fathers (Mercury Prize Winner 2014) and Spank Rock, with a roster that's as prolific as it is varied. In the words of The Guardian, "heaven help the music hack who tries to pigeonhole Big Dada's output".[168]
Brainfeeder[edit]
Brainfeeder is an independent record label based in Los Angeles, California, founded by Warp Records recording artist Flying Lotus in 2008, focusing on electronic music and instrumental hip hop amongst other styles of music.[170]
Werkdiscs[edit]
Werkdiscs (formerly spelt as Werk Discs)[171] is a British independent record label based in London. Originally a club night started by Darren J. Cunningham a.k.a. Actress,[172] Ben Casey and Gavin Weale in the early 2000s,[11] Werkdiscs released their first record in the summer of 2004.
Ntone[edit]
In 1994, Ninja Tune's first sister imprint was Ntone, a label that initially specialised in avant-garde music and in more electronically inclined ambience.[173] Artists on the roster included Animals on Wheels, Cabbageboy, Hexstatic and Neotropic. Ntone was, in the words of Peter Quicke, "for ambient and techno and other stuff that didn't quite fit Ninja Tune, but which we really liked, and didn't want to restrict ourselves from releasing." A collision of spacey dub and chilled ambient house,[174] the first release was AntiStatic (TONE 1) by Hex released in February 1994, and last one Sunflower Girl (NTONE 45) by Neotropic in 2001.
Current artists and alumni[edit]
Ninja Tune: Current[edit]
Actress (Werkdiscs / Ninja Tune)[175]
Beat Spacek[176]
The Bug
DJ Food
Dorian Concept
Forest Swords
Illum Sphere[177]
Lee Bannon[178]
Lou Rhodes
Marie Davidson
Mr. Scruff
Nabihah Iqbal
Romare[179]
Roses Gabor (Girls Music)[180]
Seven Davis Jr.
Ninja Tune: Alumni[edit]
Airborne Audio
Animals on Wheels
Cabbageboy
Chris Bowden
Clifford Gilberto
Deco Child
DJ Kentaro
DJ Vadim
The Dragons
Dwight Trible
Dynamic Syncopation
Homelife
Igor Boxx
The Irresistible Force
Jupiter Jam
Jono McCleery[181]
The Long Lost
Raffertie
One Self
The Poets of Rhythm
The Qemists
Quannum
Rainstick Orchestra
Saul Williams
Sixtoo
The Slew
Super Numeri
Submotion Orchestra
Toddla T
Treva Whateva
Up, Bustle and Out
Wagon Christ
Yppah
Zero dB
Big Dada: Current[edit]
Baishe Kings
Cell Broco
Roots Manuva
Tre Mission
Big Dada: Alumni[edit]
Antipop Consortium
Bang On![182]
Dobie[183]
Elan Tamara[184]
Infesticons
Kail
The Majesticons
New Flesh
NMS / Bigg Jus
Paris Suit Yourself
Spank Rock
Speech Debelle
Thavius Beck
Thunderheist
XRABIT +DMG$
List of record labels
List of electronic music record labels
List of independent UK record labels
^ a b iDJ. February 2008.
^ "Ninja Tune Biography - The IMO Records Blog". IMO Records. 1 November 2011. Retrieved 3 March 2013.
^ Billboard. 7 September 1996.
^ Drum N Bass: The Rough Guide.
^ Beatport. 5 October 2010.
^ Metro. 24 August 2010.
^ Time Out. 28 September 2010.
^ Jockey Slut. September 1997.
^ "Just Isn't Music". Justisntmusic.com. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
^ a b Music Week. 9 August 1997.
^ a b Drum N Bass: The Rough Guide. 1999.
^ "After 200bpm, your heart blows up". The Guardian. 18 January 2006.
^ The Independent. 29 November 2012.
^ Record Collector. No.255. November 2000. Missing or empty |title= (help)
^ PITCHFORK. 28 September 2010.
^ "Ahead Of Our Time - CDs and Vinyl". Discogs.com. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
^ Record Collector. No. 255. November 2000. Missing or empty |title= (help)
^ Pitchfork. 30 May 2008.
^ Spin. September 2007.
^ a b Drum 'n' Bass: The Rough Guide. 1999.
^ iDJ. June 2004.
^ a b The Wire. May 1996.
^ CMJ New Music Monthly. May 1996.
^ a b All Music Guide to Hip-hop: The Definitive Guide to Rap & Hip-hop.
^ a b All Music Guide to Electronica: The Definitive Guide to Electronic Music. 1991.
^ The Virgin Encyclopedia of Nineties Music. 2000.
^ The Wire. No. 143-148. 1966. Missing or empty |title= (help)
^ Energy Flash: A Journey Through Rave Music and Dance Culture. 1988.
^ a b All Music Guide.
^ The Independent. 15 January 1999. Missing or empty |title= (help)
^ The Guardian. February 1999. Missing or empty |title= (help)
^ "Ninja Tune Homepage". Ninjatune.net. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
^ a b Integrated Performance Management: A Guide to Strategy Implementation. 2004.
^ The Digital Musician. 2012.
^ Rate Your Music.
^ CMJ New Music Monthly. August 1998.
^ NME. January 1999.
^ Update. 22–28 February 1999.
^ SPIN. April 1999.
^ All Music Guide to Electronica.
^ Pitchfork. 26 January 1999.
^ Artbyte, Volume 3, Issues 5-6
^ Muzik. September 1997.
^ a b All Music.
^ Pitchfork. 23 March 1999.
^ CMJ New Music Report. 10 June 2002.
^ People for the American Way. January 2001.
^ Hybrid Magazine. 28 January 2000.
^ Pitchfork. 3 October 2000.
^ Billboard. 27 November 1999.
^ Minority Report: An Alternative History of English-language Minority Report: An Alternative History of English-language Arts in Quebec. 2011.
^ Billboard Newspaper. 27 October 2001. Missing or empty |title= (help)
^ Bush, John. All Music.
^ NME. 3 April 2001.
^ Pop Matters. 31 July 2003.
^ Prefix Mag. 5 March 2008.
^ XLR8R. 1 January 2007.
^ Digital Media & Democracy: Tactics in Hard Times. 2010.
^ Portwax. 2004.
^ CITATION: The Guardian. 27 January 2005. Missing or empty |title= (help)
^ "Roots Manuva - Awfully Deep". Acharts.us. Retrieved 27 May 2014.
^ NME. 29 January 2005.
^ Signal to Noise. Issues 44-47. 2007. Missing or empty |title= (help)
^ a b Mojo. 2006.
^ Future Music. 2007.
^ AV Club. 2007.
^ The Wire. 293-298. 2008. Missing or empty |title= (help)
^ Pitchfork. 30 July 2008.
^ A Companion to Poetic Genre. 2011.
^ Pop Matters. 3 April 2008.
^ "BBC". 2008.
^ Spin. 14 July 2008.
^ NME. 27 May 2009.
^ Independent on Sunday. 19 September 2010.
^ Beatport. 19 August 2010.
^ The Independent. 18 September 2010.
^ Brooklyn Vegan. 28 October 2010.
^ Virtual Festivals. 10 November 2011.
^ CMU. 10 February 2010.
^ "Roots Manuva - Slime & Reason". Acharts.us. Retrieved 27 May 2014.
^ CMU. 20 April 2010.
^ FACT Magazine,. 26 June 2012.
^ Mojo. May 2010.
^ Resident Advisor. 11 November 2011.
^ Resident Advisor. 22 January 2012.
^ Resident Advisor. 16 February 2011.
^ a b Resident Advisor. 10 June 2013.
^ Pitchfork. 8 December 2011.
^ Sonic Router. 28 March 2011.
^ The Times. 2011. Missing or empty |title= (help)
^ The Skinny. 25 January 2012.
^ The Guardian. 12 February 2012. Missing or empty |title= (help)
^ a b Evening Standard. 10 February 2012. Missing or empty |title= (help)
^ Metro. 13 January 2012.
^ Pitchfork. April 2012.
^ Clash. 11 June 2012.
^ "Ninja Tune announce Rispah album". Bangonpr.com. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
^ "Mercury Prize 2009". BBC.
^ "The Invisible hailed by iTunes as Album of the Year". Accidentalrecords.tumblr.com. Archived from the original on 29 June 2015. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
^ Mobo.
^ Music Week. 29 October 2012.
^ FACT Mag. 30 October 2012.
^ Gilles Peterson Worldwide. 20 January 2013.
^ Clash. 18 February 2013.
^ The Verge. 11 April 2013.
^ Digital DJ Tips. 29 April 2013.
^ Billboard. 14 May 2013.
^ Create Digital Music. 11 April 2013.
^ "Shuttle / Artists / Ninja Tune". Ninjatune.net. 16 June 2011. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
^ "Starkey / Artists / Ninja Tune". Ninjatune.net. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
^ Clash. 26 March 2013.
^ Resident Advisor. 10 April 2013.
^ Creators Project. 28 January 2013.
^ "Global Trend News". Globaltrendnews.com. Retrieved 27 May 2014.
^ XLR8R. 31 July 2013.
^ Pitchfork Magazine, 1 October 2013
^ Resident Advisor. 11 October 2013.
^ Mixmag. 18 December 2013.
^ Q Magazine. 28 January 2014.
^ Spin. 24 January 2014.
^ Bleeds by Roots Manuva at Metacritic. Retrieved 8 January 2017..
^ Colter Walls, Seth (8 May 2015). "Kamasi Washington: The Epic". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
^ "Kamasi Washington: The Epic". Album of The Year: Music Reviews, Ratings, Charts, News. 8 May 2015. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
^ a b c "Bonobo Announces New Album "Migration", Shares Video for New Song "Kerala"". Pitchfork. Retrieved 9 December 2016.
^ Bonobo Official (3 November 2016). "Bonobo : Kerala". Retrieved 9 December 2016 – via YouTube.
^ a b "Bonobo announces new album "Migration", shares first single "Kerala"". factmag.com. Retrieved 9 December 2016.
^ "Bonobo Announces New Album 'Migration', Shares New Single 'Kerala' & 2017 Tour Dates". ninjatune.net. Retrieved 9 December 2016.
^ "2018 GRAMMY Awards: Complete Winners List". The Recording Academy. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
^ "Album of the Year - Bonobo, Rufus du Sol, Eric Prydz & More Win 2017 Electronic Music Awards". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
^ David Taylor (28 February 2017). "Bonobo at O2 Academy Brixton, London, gig review: Surely one of the shows of the year". The Independent. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
^ Anton Spice (9 March 2017). "Coldcut and On-U Sound to release new album Outside The Echo Chamber as 8×7" box set". The Vinyl Factory. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
^ "Bicep | Biography & History | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
^ Ed Potton (1 May 2018). "Pop review: Bicep at the Roundhouse, NW1". The Times. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
^ https://twitter.com/odesza/status/874300852198154242
^ "ODESZA A Moment Apart Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
^ "Odesza Debuts at No. 1 on Top Dance/Electronic Albums". Billboard. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
^ Daly, Rhian (17 January 2017). "Young Fathers announce new album 'Cocoa Sugar' and share new single 'In My View'". NME. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
^ UK Music Charts.
^ https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/01/arts/music/bds-germany-young-fathers.html
^ Cliff, Aimee (17 March 2018). "Peggy Gou". Dazed. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
^ Kalia, Ammar (27 May 2018). "Actress x London Contemporary Orchestra: Lageos review". The Guardian. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
^ McTernan, Conor (12 February 2016). "Actress and the London Contemporary Orchestra in London". Resident Advisor. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
^ "First Female Ever Named Winner Of Essential Mix of the Year [Listen]". Youredm.com. 23 December 2017. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
^ Ravens, Chal (3 August 2017). "Helena Hauff". CRACK. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
^ Qualm by Helena Hauff at Metacritic. Retrieved 22 August 2018..
^ Martin, Lauren (3 August 2018). "Helena Hauff: Qualm review – zeitgeist DJ bends techno to her will". The Guardian. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
^ oscarandewan.se http://www.oscarandewan.se/Bonobo-Black-Sands. Retrieved 9 December 2016. Missing or empty |title= (help)
^ a b creativereview.co.uk https://www.creativereview.co.uk/making-bonobos-migration-artwork/?nocache=true&adfesuccess=1. Retrieved 7 December 2018. Missing or empty |title= (help)
^ itsnicethat.com https://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/leif-podhajsky-updates. Retrieved 7 December 2018. Missing or empty |title= (help)
^ itsnicethat.com https://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/leif-podhajsky-kelis. Retrieved 7 December 2018. Missing or empty |title= (help)
^ "Bonobo 'Break Apart feat. Rhye' Official Video". vimeo.com. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
^ "A closer look at the deluxe vinyl edition of Bonobo's Migration". thevinylfactory.com. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
^ eyeondesign.aiga.org https://eyeondesign.aiga.org/label-focus-ninja-tune-where-design-sound-av-wizardry-remix-consciousness/. Retrieved 7 December 2018. Missing or empty |title= (help)
^ neoprisme.com http://neoprisme.com/young-fathers-julia-noni-tom-hingston-cocoa-sugar/. Retrieved 7 December 2018. Missing or empty |title= (help)
^ The Wire. Issues 143-148. 1996. Missing or empty |title= (help)
^ Future Music. Issues 170-173. 2006. Missing or empty |title= (help)
^ FACT Magazine. 6 December 2013.
^ a b Time Out. 6 November 2008.
^ The Quietus. 29 November 2013.
^ "The Ninja Tune Podcast". NinjaTune.net. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
^ Drowned In Sound. 19 October 2007.
^ a b The Guardian. 8 June 2009. Missing or empty |title= (help)
^ Vibe. September 2002.
^ Pescovitz, David. "Brainfeeder's "beat music" scene". Boingboing.net. Retrieved 1 July 2011.
^ "Werkdiscs announce partnership with Ninja Tune - Juno Plus". Junodownload.com. Retrieved 27 November 2012.
^ Labels We Love: Werk Discs. XLR8R. 31 August 2009.
^ DJ Mag. 1994.
^ All Music Guide. 1995.
^ "Ninja Tune - Artists". Ninjatune.net. Retrieved 15 July 2011.
^ "Beat Spacek / Artists / Ninja Tune". Ninjatune.net. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
^ "Illum Sphere / Artists / Ninja Tune". Ninjatune.net. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
^ "Lee Bannon / Artists / Ninja Tune". Ninjatune.net. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
^ "Romare". Ninja Tune. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
^ "Stars / Roses Gabor / Releases / Ninja Tune". Ninjatune.net. 17 December 2012. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
^ "Jono McCleery / Artists / Ninja Tune". Ninjatune.net. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
^ "Bang On! / Artists / Ninja Tune". Ninjatune.net. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
^ "Dobie / Artists / Ninja Tune". Ninjatune.net. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
^ "Elan Tamara / Artists / Ninja Tune". Ninjatune.net. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
Ninja Tune – official site
Ninja Tune discography at Discogs
Ping Pong – promotion agency of Ninja Tune in France
Ninja Tune feature in Rip It Up Magazine
Ninja Tune discography & review at Djouls.com (Fr)
Ninja Tune reviews by the BBC
Labels / imprints
Brainfeeder
Werkdiscs
Technicolour
Darren Knott
Solid Steel Radio
Solid Steel
Solid Steel Albums
Listen & Learn (2003)
Herbal Blend (2003)
Solid Steel Presents Amon Tobin: Recorded Live (2004)
Keep It Solid Steel Volume 1 (2004)
On the Wheels of Solid Steel (2005)
It Came from the Sea (2005)
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ninja_Tune&oldid=905931752"
British independent record labels
Electronic dance music record labels
Drum and bass record labels
Electronic music record labels
Experimental music record labels
Hip hop record labels
British hip hop record labels
Articles with peacock terms from February 2014
All articles with peacock terms
Articles with a promotional tone from June 2018
All articles with a promotional tone
Articles needing additional references from June 2018
Articles with multiple maintenance issues
Articles with incomplete citations from November 2018


text:
layout: page
title: Madison Boone's 68th Birthday
date: 2016-05-24
author: Lisa Flynn
tags: weekly links, java
status: published
summary: Quisque tincidunt pulvinar consectetur. Phasellus placerat eget tellus.
banner: images/banner/meeting-01.jpg
booking:
  startDate: 01/20/2019
  endDate: 01/25/2019
  ctyhocn: ORFGLHX
  groupCode: MB6B
published: true
---
Nulla facilisis, justo sed eleifend molestie, sem magna mollis orci, ac scelerisque ante nisl quis lorem. Phasellus consectetur gravida est eget laoreet. Aliquam vel mollis metus. Duis sapien purus, viverra ac justo sed, tincidunt sagittis lorem. Quisque dignissim malesuada sapien, ut viverra dui imperdiet at. Proin libero sapien, pulvinar id scelerisque nec, fermentum ut ante. Vivamus ornare viverra blandit.

* Sed pulvinar arcu non nisl lacinia, sed laoreet dolor porttitor
* Vivamus ut odio feugiat, vulputate sapien ut, volutpat eros
* Fusce ac sem in mi hendrerit porta.

Fusce accumsan elit at tincidunt tempus. Interdum et malesuada fames ac ante ipsum primis in faucibus. Donec augue orci, blandit et leo a, sollicitudin posuere orci. Suspendisse efficitur odio ut dui semper rutrum. Praesent quis odio vulputate orci feugiat iaculis efficitur nec ipsum. Maecenas eu nisl condimentum, rhoncus augue non, interdum arcu. Maecenas iaculis quis tortor id rhoncus. Duis vehicula metus a aliquam fringilla. Pellentesque luctus ac ex at elementum. Phasellus at consectetur nisi. Vestibulum sit amet arcu et nulla pulvinar pharetra eget id nisi. Proin varius nunc nunc, a viverra nunc suscipit non.

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


(formerly the Radisson SAS Hotel) This architecturally striking accommodation boasts 250 comfortable Glasgow hotel rooms and suites furnished with high-quality amenities such as heated bathroom floors and mirrors. Rooms at this hotel feature three enticing design styles: Modern, City Club and Gallery, and all rooms come equipped with such amenities as bathrobe and slippers, mini bar, iPod docking stations and free high-speed internet access.
The Hilton Glasgow Grosvenor's West End location provides the perfect base for exploring one of Europe's most exciting cities. Just 2 minutes' walk from Glasgow attractions like the Botanic Gardens and Kibble Palace, the hotel is ideal for business and leisure. Dine in Bo'Vine, our steak restaurant specialising in seasonal, locally sourced ingredients and fine wines. Or visit bobar, where you'll find an extensive selection of beers, wines and spirits. The lunchtime and early evening food menus are perfect for casual dining.


Keepin' Fresh Stainless Bento - EcoBaby Gear, Inc.
SAFE FOR YOUR CHILD - The original Innobaby Stainless Steel Container is made of the highest quality, food grade 304 stainless steel (18/10 stainless) in South Korea. This product is nontoxic, BPA free, phthalate free, PVC free and lead free.
LEAK-PROOF DESIGN - Our airtight, leakproof lids seal in the freshness to keep food fresher for longer. The easy to use lid is a breeze to snap on and off, even for young children and toddlers.
HELPS KEEP FOOD FRESH - The double wall design means food stays warm or cold longer than traditional snack containers or sandwich bags (2 times longer!) The removable plastic outer layer also doubles as a protective shell, to keep little hands safe from extreme temperatures.
ECO FRIENDLY STAINLESS STEEL - Our rectangular snack boxes make a great alternative to classic sandwich bags because they are washable and reusable, eliminating excess waste. Ideal for zero waste school lunches.
EASY TO CLEAN – All parts can be separated for easy washing. Top rack dishwasher safe, however, due to the nature of different materials used in this product, hand washing is recommended to extend use. When freezing, fill container 2/3 of the way, since foods will expand once frozen.


San Jose - Tech giants Apple, Google, Intel and Adobe will face a class action lawsuit brought by over 64,000 employees who claim Steve Jobs and other executives conspired to hold down wages and stifle career advancement.
A ruling by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on January 14 cleared the way for the suit to proceed, the San Jose Mercury News reports. The trial is scheduled for May 2014.
Damages could total $9 billion.
The employees, whose job titles range from software developers to programmers and digital artists, claim that a cadre of executives, led by Steve Jobs and Google boss Eric Schmidt, agreed to keep wages "artificially low" by "eliminating the competition for skilled labor."
Pixar President Edward Catmull said a free market for top employees "messes up the pay structure," according to court documents.
The plaintiffs charge the conspiracy began in 2006 when Jobs, then CEO of Pixar, approached Lucasfilm. The two companies agreed not to recruit each others' employees, to report if an employee of one company applied for a job with the other and to refuse to create "bidding wars" if an employee was offered a higher salary by the other company.
Pixar put the terms of the agreement in writing and sent them to Lucasfilm. Both companies gave copies of the agreement to their recruiters.
Employees of Pixar and Lucasfilm were never told about the agreement.
According to court documents, between 2005 and 2009 Jobs came to identical agreements with Adobe and Google. After Jobs sold Pixar to Disney in 2006, Apple and Pixar reached a similar agreement.
In 2007, Jobs approached Edward T. Colligan, then CEO of Palm Inc.
"Your proposal that we agree that neither company will hire the other's employees, regardless of the individual's desires, is not only wrong, it is likely illegal," Colligan told Jobs.
Plaintiffs' attorneys charge the agreements violated the Sherman Act, the Cartwright Act, and the California Business and Professions Code.
"Cold calling" lies at the heart of the alleged conspiracy, say the plaintiffs.
In cold calling, recruiters from one company will contact the employee of another company and try to lure them away with a better package of pay and benefits. Cold calling is popular because tech companies perceive currently employed workers as more qualified and harder-working than job applicants.
Companies allegedly involved in the conspiracy created "Do Not Call" lists of each other's employees. Employees on the Do Not Call list don't realize the value of their skill set on the open market and are denied opportunities to improve their earnings, the plaintiffs contend.
David Balto is an antitrust attorney who helped the Federal Trade Commission investigate Microsoft in the 1990's. Lawsuits that hinge on hiring practices are difficult to win, he told Yahoo News.
"I don't think anybody at these companies is losing a nanosecond of sleep because of this lawsuit," he said.
SFGate reports the Justice Department (DOJ) sued the same companies in 2011. The DOJ won a settlement requiring the defendants not to engage in similar practices in the future, although no defendant admitted wrongdoing.
The DOJ settlement did not include damages, which opened the door for the current class action suit.
"We look forward to seeking justice for the class at trial," Kelly Dermody, counsel for the plaintiffs, told San Jose Mercury News.


text:
Geografia
 Alphen – capoluogo nella provincia del Brabante Settentrionale nei Paesi Bassi
 Alphen aan den Rijn – municipalità nella provincia dell'Olanda Meridionale
 Alphen-Chaam – municipalità dei Paesi Bassi nella provincia del Brabante Settentrionale
 Alphen en Riel – municipalità soppressa dei Paesi Bassi

Persone
 Corinne Alphen – attrice statunitense

Pagine correlate
 Van Alphen

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaWikipedia


text:
Best Christmas Movies of All TIme
5 Shows & Movies | by Rotten Tomatoes
Two talented song-and-dance men team up after the war to become one of the hottest acts in show business.
The Bishop's Wife
An Episcopal Bishop, Henry Brougham, has been working for months on the plans for an elaborate new cathedral which he hopes will be paid for primarily by a wealthy, stubborn widow. He is losing sight of his family and of why he became a churchman in the first place. Enter Dudley, an angel sent to help him. Dudley does help everyone he meets, but not necessarily in the way they would have preferred. With the exception of Henry, everyone loves him, but Henry begins to believe that Dudley is there to replace him, both at work and in his family's affections, as Christmas approaches.
A miserable conman and his partner pose as Santa and his Little Helper to rob department stores on Christmas Eve. But they run into problems when the conman befriends a troubled kid, and the security boss discovers the plot.
Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his youth, his current cruelties, and the dire fate that awaits him if he does not change his ways. Scrooge is faced with his own story of growing bitterness and meanness, and must decide what his own future will hold: death or redemption.

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaCommonCrawl


If your child is staying overnight or longer at a hospital, it may be a stressful experience for them and you. Hospitalization involves a disruption of routine, separation from loved ones and an invasion of perceived privacy. As a parent, you may be unsure how to talk to them about their stay or what to say to prepare them. You may be concerned with how much information is too much or too little.
Fortunately, this is a subject of study for many medical and mental health providers that care for children specifically.
Telling your child what to expect in a specific and age-appropriate manner can help reduce their anxiety and stress. Correcting misconceptions can aid in a positive hospital experience by increasing confidence in themselves and the process. That can result in better sleep and less general distress.
To do this, encourage them to ask questions. Determine what their preconceptions are. The goal is to discover how curious your child is and what they need to know to remain calm. Have a discussion and request they repeat information back to you. If it's negative, help them find a more positive or balanced view. Be sure to maintain a calm tone throughout the conversation. With younger children, reading books to them about going to the hospital can be helpful.
When talking about their stay, explain what they will experience directly. What will they see, feel, smell and hear at different points of their hospitalization? You can take them to the hospital and talk to them about what you see. This familiarization aids them the child knowing what to expect and makes them feel better prepared.
Remaining truthful throughout your explanation will help avoid a rose-tinted perspective that may be damaged during the stay. Early experiences tend to shape future perspectives and a realistic view is less likely to develop a phobia. Try not to state what "will" happen, but what "may" happen. Create realistic expectations and maintain your calm and non-threatening tone throughout.
With realistic expectations and a positive outlook, your child stands to have a far less stressful experience in the hospital. Remind them a caretaker or you will see them as often as possible. If they're very young or you'd like to go the extra mile, give them a reminder of home such as a picture or stuffed animal to help them feel comfortable.


Many large fabrication houses rely on us as their R&D Department and Special Effects House.
Studio Service Group has focused on specialized fabrication, and we have honed our Skills to provide creative solutions for problematic designs. Primarily serving the Motion Picture, Amusement, Museum, Signage and Trade Show industries, we provide our clients with a wealth of experience and expertise.
Copyright © Studio Service Group LLC. All rights reserved.


Plan a lovely picnic for you and your favorite person. This wicker and leather picnic basket lets you plan a deluxe meal for two with all of the furnishings. It's got two small plates with Mickey and Minnie imagery and verbiage, two wine glasses, two cloth napkins, two silverware sets, and a corkscrew.
Disney Mickey Mouse & Minnie Mouse Picnic Basket is rated 4.8 out of 5 by 6.
Rated 4 out of 5 by nazneen from True Mickey fan Loved how nice this was! Great quality! Much better than I expected. A must have for a true Mickey & Minnie fan!
Rated 5 out of 5 by Eevee from Very cute, but dishes a bit small. The setup is adorable, all arrived with no breaks even though the plates got loose and were rolling around. The silverware and napkins are great, the plates and glasses are on the smaller side. The glasses are on the port size rather than wine, and the plates are more like salad size. It's not too bad, it just means if you have bigger appetites you'll have to refill more often. Basket is a bit tricky to close and open, the plates need to be lifted by hand gently over the lip of the basket to close it, and my buckles don't really fit right, one is very hard to close. But in all with the quirks, it's very cute and high quality. It's a bit awkward as it's a very "couples" theme and I purchased it to take my elderly father on picnics, but it gets the job done.
Rated 5 out of 5 by panda from Looks great! I got it for my friend and I can't wait for her to see it.


Chapter 3 of the State of Retirement report tracks the typical financial circumstances for retirees, before and at retirement age and the concerns and pressures they face.
Ahead of the deadline for responses to the Work and Pensions Select Committee  inquiry into how pension freedoms are working, new research from LV= explores how retirees are coping after the pension reforms.
The pension freedoms back in 2015 meant that people have more flexibility and choice when it comes to their retirement. However, three years on since these changes were announced, research  found only one in five UK adults would confidently say they're familiar with the new rules.
Despite some people not being fully confident when it comes to planning for their retirement since the pension freedoms, other retirees attitudes are changing, specifically when it comes to how their spending their retirement.
While 55% of retirees surveyed are making the most of time with family, 60% of people said that stopping working has opened up new opportunities, for example to pursue their hobbies and nearly one in five are using their retirement to learn new skills. Also, as the first chapter explores, holidays are high on the agenda for a lot of retirees and many expect their retirement income to cover these trips away.
Looking towards the future, the trend of retirees using their retirement time to explore new opportunities and experiences may continue, with more than two in five thinking their retirement will be exciting.
Also, the younger people surveyed voiced more travelling dreams, with a quarter of 18-24 year olds seeing themselves heading to New Zealand after they've retired. However, although the 45-54 year old group like the idea of holidays in retirement, 33% said this doesn't feature in their vision of retirement. This could be because they are closer to retirement, so feel the pressure of their finances needed to last.
While the pension freedoms have changed the attitudes of retirees, it's also changed the way people transition between work and retirement. Of those surveyed who are not retired, 20% do not plan on retiring at all, and 46% are happy to keep working past the traditional retirement age.
In addition to this, although the figures suggest people don't mind working into their retirement, it seems many people feel they need to work in retirement in order for their income to stretch. The survey found 66% of 35-44 year olds believe their pension pot to be about £50,000 or less, and this group also estimated they would need a monthly income of £1,454 to live comfortably in retirement, this would mean their £50,000 would last just under three years before it would all be gone. This reveals that money and lack of awareness over how much people have in their pension pot is a factor in stopping people from achieving their retirement goals.
While it's positive that people are opting for a different kind of retirement, with more flexibility and opportunity, it means that it's more important than ever for people to understand their options and seek financial advice so they can best prepare to make the most of this new chapter.
Take a look at our case study of how Colin planned for his retirement.
It's no fun being retired if you can't work and you haven't got any money and you've got no likelihood of building on that.
You've got to do it now!
My name is Colin Brennan.
I retired in June 1997.
The option was there just to retire I had a reasonable pension from the bank but you know I was only 56, I still thought that I had something to offer.
After a while the lure of fishing and golf came too strong and I decided at the age of 60 that I would give up all of that and enjoy myself instead.
Unless you start thinking as a young person in your 20s and 30s about retirement.
It'll come as an awful shock if at 50 you find that your employer wants somebody different.
So yeah you've got to start doing it quite early, 45 is too late!
I reckon I was about 12 months or so what I started thinking about it taking advice, networking, talking to outside consultants.
Mentoring getting mentoring because I didn't know what retirement meant. I didn't know what to expect when eventually the comfort blanket of my employer was pulled away.
I'd never had a financial adviser to talk to me about money.
I didn't know what it was, I didn't understand the process but I was happy to go and talk to him and I was quite shocked about what I could or couldn't do with a relatively small sum of money.
But he was good, he was helpful and I stayed in touch with him for about 10 years after I retired.
You need a good financial adviser to talk to you about your pension pot, where it is best managed, what you can do with it to get the best returns, whether you are going to take an endowment or a drawdown.
I was fortunate like a lot of people of my generation we had a final salary scheme, so that protects your income.
Did I plan for it? No! Was I lucky? Yeah!
A lot of people of my generation are the same and we know it, we really do, we understand how lucky we've been.
I don't think I would want to go back to work now, I think it's moved on an awful lot I think it must be quite difficult at an older age to try and go back to work.
I don't even know how I'd go about it now.
I'd have to say like a lot of people I talk to who are retired, they all keep saying I don't know how I found the time to go to work because there is so much to do.
While Chapter 2 of State of Retirement talks about the fact that many people are losing money by sticking with the same pension provider, this report reveals that 19% of people didn't feel confident enough that they could make the decision to switch.
Until shopping around for annuities and pensions becomes the norm for people at retirement, they are less likely to get a good deal and improve their income.
One of the best ways to maximise retirement income and ensure you can live how you want once you stop working is to speak to a professional financial adviser.
Professional retirement financial advisers will search the market for the best deal and advice on the best product, or products to suit a client. While this seems like the best way to give people the confidence that they have enough money for the financial future, the numbers of those taking advice are still low.
Only 25% of those who have already retired have taken financial advice to help them with their financial decision and 78% of over 55s have no plans to see a financial adviser.
However, people who have retired and did spend time with an adviser found this helpful, with 75% saying that it helped them get more from their money.
While LV='s report finds the trend of viewing retirement more positively is set to continue, with future generations similarly optimistic – there is still work to be done in terms of addressing those people who don't realise the importance of engaging with their pensions at an earlier point so they have time to take control of their retirement future.
LV='s handy pension calculator allows people to check whether they're on track for retirement and how much their pension is likely to be worth as an income at retirement.


Help The Oley Foundation Of Albany NY. Helping Tube Fed Patients In The Capital Region. Please Donate To The Oley Foundation and Start Helping Tube Fed Patients Today.
Dykean07i hasn't added any friends yet.


You may get angry when your expectations are not met. Failed expectations may include: being disrespected, treated unfairly, ignored, lied to, and manipulated. Knowing your anger triggers is an important step in being able to manage your anger appropriately. Do you know what triggers your anger?
More next week about how to manage anger.
maybe talk to a close friend about options and choices.
I invite you to post things that help you to be more peaceful in stressful situations so we can all benefit.
Once a week I will give you a simple tip to be more peaceful in a stressful world.
When you are stressed (stuck in traffic and being late, waiting in a long line, etc.) just slow down your breath. Breathe in for 3 seconds (count one thousand one, one thousand two, one thousand three) and breathe out for 4 seconds counting again. Tell yourself that you cannot control the situation but you can calm your body. Do this for as long as you feel comfortable but at least for a few minutes. Do the breathing as often during the day as you like to calm the body and mind.
Please let me know how this worked for you. I also invite you to post things that help you to be more peaceful so that all of us can benefit.


CoMotion is a global platform where the most innovative transportation and technology companies, as well as civic and business leaders from across the mobility ecosystem explore, collaborate, and interact to share ideas and make deals.
We organize proprietary world-class events, partnering with leading companies such as Google, Cisco, Uber, Lyft, Bird, Verizon, Toyota, and Ford, and with cities at the forefront on the Mobility Revolution like Los Angeles, Dubai, Miami and Paris.
We advise, consult and partner with both established as well as early stage, "breakthrough" mobility businesses, civic leaders, and municipalities on five continents.
We create, aggregate and publish mobility sector news, content, and information.


text:
Last edited by Nalkis
Tuesday, May 5, 2020 | History
5 edition of Ordinary Jack found in the catalog.
Ordinary Jack
by Helen Cresswell
Published 1977 by Faber in London .
Statement (by) Helen Cresswell ; illustrated by Jill Bennett.
Series Bagthorpe saga
Pagination 3-191p. :
The Paperback of the Ordinary Jack by Helen Cresswell at Barnes & Noble. FREE Shipping on $35 or more! Books, Toys, Games and much more. Jack is determined to prove he is far from ordinary. He succeeds - but not in the way he had planned. This is one of a series centred around the Bagthorpe family and their various : Find Everything Christian for Less at Bibles, books, DVDs, kids1 & homeschool items, gifts, music and more at low prices, with unbeatable service.5/5(2).
The book that results is full of madcap misadventures that feature a lot of shouting but very few life-altering injuries. That said, I do not seem to be the target market for this book. It may be that I encountered it a half-century too late Ordinary Jack is available here (Amazon), here (), and here (Chapters-Indigo). Ordinary Jack is a novel by Helen Cresswell, the first book in the Bagthorpe Saga.. Plot summary. Depressed at being an 'ordinary' child in a talented family, and by the failure to beat his younger sister at swimming, Jack Bagthorpe enlists the help of his Uncle Parker in hatching a scheme to become equal.
Uggie's memoir offers readers the true rags-to-riches tale of one ordinary Jack Russell Terrier who made it big in Hollywood. For the first time, Uggie tells his story of rising from humble beginnings as an abandoned shelter dog to being adopted by esteemed trainer Omar Von ed on: Novem Wonder Summary. Wonder is a novel by R.J. Palacio about August Pullman, a ten-year-old boy who suffers from severe birth defects, as he navigates school life.. August begins attending school.
King Street, Cheapside
A Little Giant Book
Best nightmare on earth
Neela, colours of tradition
Approaching Sociology
Encyclopedia of sewing
Midday supervision
Correspondence respecting the ruby mines of Upper Burmah
descriptive catalogue of the Urdu manuscripts in the Government Museum, Alwar
Preliminary Report on Acton Area Bagot and Shefford Counties.
Maine potato futures, June-December 1963
The white ships
Marking the boundary line between the Territory of Alaska and the Dominion of Canada. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a copy of a communication from the Secretary of State, submitting an estimate of appropriation for marking the boundary line between the Territory of Alaska and the Dominion of Canada.
summers view.
Miniature vignettes
Stem-quality changes on young, mixed, upland hardwoods after crop-tree release
Educational Pamphlets 44: Miscellaneous].
Ordinary Jack by Helen Cresswell Download PDF EPUB FB2
'Ordinary Jack' is a fun story ment to be read on a lazy summer day. Young Jack feels out of place among his talanted and excentric family.
An understanding Uncle takes jack under his wing to pull off a series of fun pranks that bring out the hilarity and disfunction in the family dynamic. I found the family to be reminicent of 'The Royal Tenembaums'/5. "Ordinary Jack" is one of the best children's books I've ever had the pleasure of reading.
A brilliant book for any kid with a sense of humor and a yen for the bizarre.5/5(11). "Ordinary Jack" is one of the best children's books I've ever had the pleasure of reading.
A brilliant book for any kid with a sense of humor and a yen for the bizarre. Read more5/5(11). The Bagthorpe Saga: Ordinary Jack (Collins Modern Classics) and millions of other books are available for Amazon Kindle.
Learn more. Share. Buy New. $ Qty: Qty: 1. $ + $ shipping Only 2 left in stock - order soon. /5(6). Books and Authors Top Teaching Blog Teacher's Tool Kit Student Activities The Teacher Store Book Clubs Book Fairs Scholastic Education Classroom Magazines Ordinary Jack.
By Helen Cresswell. Grades. Tired of being the only unexceptional member of the talented Bagthorpe family, eleven-year-old Jack decides to distinguish himself as a self. The beguiling first in a trilogy about the Bagthorpes--who must be: the eccentric British family, with a handful of multi-talented children, a deaf grandfather, a perpetually exasperated father, an ungrammatical housekeeper, a gorgeous Danish au pair, a pyromaniacal four-year-old cousin, a bird-brained mutt, and Jack, a seemingly talentless eleven-year-old out of place in a family where ali the others have several.
Title: John: Living Beyond the Ordinary By: Jack Hayford Format: Paperback Number of Pages: Vendor: Thomas Nelson Publication Date: Dimensions: X X (inches) Weight: 5 ounces ISBN: ISBN Series: Spirit Filled Life Study Guide Stock No: WW/5(2).
This is the "Glory of the Ordinary". (96 pages) — GREAT NEWS!!. THIS (TWO BOOK COMBINATION) IS NOW AVAILABLE format FOR $.
This is an unbelievably helpful book for SOUL WINNERS, with over 80 questions answered in regards to the task of winning souls for Christ. Detailed plot synopsis reviews of Ordinary Jack - Bagthorpe Saga 1 Jack is the second-youngest member of the Bagthorpe family - and the only Bagthorpe who isn't an eccentric and a self-proclaimed genius.
As the sole ordinary member of the family, he feels left out and rather looked-down-upon. Jack's got a family like that. They're all egg-heads with super-size brains and 'strings to their bow', whereas Jack feels pretty ordinary inside.
They're alright as far as families go. Ordinary Jack is aimed at the 9+ market. Yes it's a children's book. It's full of guileless humour and strong characterisation.
Ordinary Jack is a member of the Bagthorpe family all of whom are very high achieving talented and utterly boastful. Adults reading this book will recognize characters they've met in real life while children will read about them and find themselves wishing they belonged to families just this crazy.
There's more than a little "Cheaper By the Dozen" in this book, except that each character you meet in "Ordinary Jack" comes with their own very particular personality.5/5(4). The Paperback of the John: Living Beyond the Ordinary by Jack W.
Hayford at Barnes & Noble. FREE Shipping on $35 or more. Due to COVID, orders may be : Nelson, Thomas, Inc. The NOOK Book (eBook) of the The Bagthorpe Saga: Ordinary Jack (Collins Modern Classics) by Helen Cresswell at Barnes & Noble.
FREE Shipping on $35 or Brand: HarperCollins UK. There probably should have been a rule about people like Helen Cresswell. In the golden days of children's literature, she was responsible for some of its most memorable titles: Lizzie Dripping, A Gift from Winklesea, and the Bagthorpe saga, of which Ordinary Jack is the first title.
She was a strong, if mostly unacknowledged, influence on children's television, making beloved adaptations. Ordinary Jack.
[Helen Cresswell] -- Eleven-year-old Jack, the only "ordinary" member of the talented and eccentric Bagthorpe family, concocts a scheme to distinguish himself as a modern-day prophet.
Your Web browser is not enabled for JavaScript. Some features of WorldCat will not be available. The Bagthorpe Saga: Ordinary Jack (Collins Modern Classics) by Helen Cresswell We'd love you to buy this book, and hope you find this page convenient in locating a place of purchase.
Ordinary Jack. [Helen Cresswell] -- Eleven-year-old Jack, the only "ordinary" member of the talented and eccentric Bagthorpe family, concocts a scheme, with the help of his uncle, to distinguish himself as a modern-day prophet.
Your Web browser is not enabled for JavaScript. Some features of. Ordinary Jack is the first of the series, and I think the weakest because of it. Cresswell's wonderfully witty and dry sense of humor, the whole point to the Bagthorpe Saga, is already quite present, but the overall plot always leaves me vaguely unsatisfied.
Ordinary Jack Item Preview remove-circle Internet Archive Contributor Internet Archive Language English. Originally published: London: Faber, Access-restricted-item Internet Archive Books.
Scanned in China. Uploaded by Tracey Gutierres on June Pages:. 'Newjack' is a commendable book and achievement, as the author, Ten Conover, spent a year working in Sing Sing prison as a correction officer and meticulously recorded his experience.
He exposes the hypocrisy of correction officer training which stresses strict adherence to rules versus the real life mishmash of daily rule following on the job.4/5.Jack's fed up of living in the shadow of his brilliant siblings. He and his trusty dog Zero are completely ordinary while the rest of them are annoyingly gifted.
So when Uncle Parker comes up with a plan to make Jack stand out, he's more than a little excited.ISBN: OCLC Number: Notes: Originally published: London: Faber, Description:[1] pages: illustrations ; 18 cm.
cateringwhidbey.com - Ordinary Jack book © 2020