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super numeri
[ Pop Levi, Snap Ant, Karl Webb (from Loka) & friends ]
Official sites : supernumeri.com | poplevi.com | snapant.com | Loka
Wednesday14March - 2007

Snap Ant - In Dark Three's... (Super Numeri/Psychedelic mix to download!)

Snap Ant Mix
Snap Ant - In Dark Three's...
(MP3 podcast on www.parisdjs.com) Snap Ant, 2007-03-11

Info :
Ever heard of Snap Ant?
He plays bass and kalimba with Ninja Tune's UK psychedelic masters Super Numeri, with Pop Levi and Karl Webb from Loka (check their discography). If you haven't heard them yet it's still high time!
Snap Ant also released a very cool sample-free psychedelic pop album, "This Is Jut!" on Invicta Hi-Fi Records in October 2005 (read my review).
He remixed Ladytron and Coldcut.
He started a pop band called Maude, with Lynsey Packman and Linus Jackson (download their free online EP).
With Super Numeri he released in september 2005 a mind-blowing mix, "The Enochian Way", a crazy mash-up of various psychedelic stuff from all ages, one of the best compilations of 2005 (check the tracklist).
When he contacted us with this new 28mn psychedelic mashed-up mix, we were delighted, enthousiastic, jumping around, kinda like kids with a new toy: basically, we're proud to introduce the amazing world of Snap Ant to you today.
Enjoy.
Djouls /ParisDJs.com
More info :
Full discography, links & reviews available here on Ninja Obsession

Tracklisting :
01. Stevie Wonder - Earth's Creation
(from 'Journey through the Secret Life of Plants' 2xLP, 1979 / Motown)
02. The White Noise - The Black Mass: An Electric Storm In Hell
(from 'An Electric Storm' LP, 1968 / Island)
03. Shirley Ellis - The Clapping Song
(from 'The Clapping Song' 7 inch, 1965 / Congress)
04. Throbbing Gristle - Dead Souls
(from 'Mission Of Dead Souls' LP, 1981 / Fetish Records)
05. Kurt Weill - Alabama Song
(from 'O Moon of Alabama: Historische Aufnahmen 1928-1944' compilation, 1994 / Capriccio)
06. Jah Wobble - Tales From Outer Space
(from 'Betrayal' LP, 1980 / Virgin)
07. Linda Perhacs - Parallelograms
(from 'Parallelograms' LP, 1970 / Kapp)
08. Karlheinz Stockhausen - 53'20"
(from 'Mantra' CD, 1990 / New Albion)
09. Joe Meek - ?
(from 'I Hear A New World' LP, 1960 / Triumph)
10. Bo Hansson - The Horns Of Rohan & The Battle Of The Pelenoor Fields
(from 'Music Inspired by The Lord of The Rings' LP, 1972 / Charisma)
11. Brian Hodgson - Propaganda Sleep Machine
(from 'Doctor Who at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop - Volume 1: The Early Years 1963-1969' CD, 2000 / BBC)
12. Cabaret Voltaire - Eastern Mantra
(from 'Three Mantras' LP, 1980 / Rough Trade)
13. J.J. Cale - The Old Man and Me
(from 'Okie' LP, 1974 / Mercury)
14. Astrud Gilberto - Without Him
(from 'This Is Astrud Gilberto' LP, 1964 / Verve)
15. Graham Bond - Meditation Aumgu
(from 'Holy Magick' LP, 1970 / Vertigo)
16. Maurice Ravel - Ma Mère l'Oye, 1. Prélude
(from 'Ravel: Orchestral Works' LP, ???? / Deutsche Grammophon)
17. The Slits - Typical Girls (Brink Style Dub)
(from 'Wild Dub - from Punk Meets Dread Rocker' compilation, 2003 / Select Cuts)
18. Wa Muluendu - Masanka Sankayi Kandai Allstars
(from 'Congotronics 2: Buzz 'n' Rumble from the Urb 'n' Jungle' compilation, 2006 / Crammed)
19. Carlos Gardel - La Cumparsita
(from 'Cien Años' 2xLP, 1990 / EMI-Odeon)
20. Charles Mingus - Freedom
(from 'Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus' LP, 1963 / Impulse)
21. Michel Thomas - Learn Spanish
// info and scan coming soon //
22. Los Indios Tabajaras - Maria Cariua
(from 'Maria Elena' LP, 1958 / RCA)
23. Lee Scratch Perry & The Upsetters - Curly Dub
(from 'Super Ape' LP, 1976 / Island)
24. Raymond Scott - Sleepy Time
(from 'Soothing Sounds for Baby' 3-LP set, 1963)
25. Chris Bowden - Telescopic Three
(from 'Time Capsule' 2xLP, 1996 / Soul Jazz)
26. Miles Davis - Rated X
(from 'Panthalassa' 2xLP, 1998 / Columbia)
27. Soft Machine - Out-Bloody-Rageous
(from 'Third' 2xLP, 1970 / Columbia)
28. Snap Ant - Archer Ray
(from CDR, unreleased)
29. Brian Eno - In Dark Trees
(from 'Another Green World' LP, 1975 / E.G. Records)

Links :
Complete artworks : www.paridjs.com
XML Podcast link : podcast.xml
Direct MP3 download : Snap_Ant-In_Dark_Threes.mp3

Credits :
Artwork, selection and mix by Snap Ant (myspace.com/snapant)
Review by Djouls (TIMEC)
Audio mastering by Grant Phabao (grantphabao.com)
Friday24March - 2006

Loka - Fire Shepherds

loka fire shepherds
best of 2006Loka - Fire Shepherds
(LP/CD) Ninja Tune ZEN89/ZENCD89, 2006-03-24

LP Tracklisting:
01. Safe Self Tester
02. Meet Dad
03. Airfling
04. Freda Mae
05. Beginningless
06. Tabernacle part 1
07. Tabernacle part 2

CD Tracklisting:
01. Safe Self Tester
02. Meet Dad
03. Airfling
04. Freda Mae
05. Beginningless
06. Tabernacle part 1
07. Tabernacle part 2
08. Safe Self Tester (Quicktime video, dir: Sebastian James)
09. Beginningless (Quicktime video, dir: Glenn Marshall)

Monday09January - 2006

Coldcut - Man In A Garage

Man In A Garage
Coldcut - Man In A Garage
(7"/12"/CDS) Ninja Tune ZEN12176, 2006-01-09

Tracklisting 7" :
A1. Man In A Garage (album version)
B1. Man In A Garage (Snap Ant Version)

Tracklisting 12" :
A1. Man In A Garage (Nick Franglen [Lemon Jelly] Remix)
B1. Man In A Garage (Bonobo Remix)
B2. Man In A Garage (Daedelus' Hydraulic Remix)

Tracklisting CDS :
01. Man In A Garage (Album Version)
02. Man In A Garage (Snap Ant Version)
03. Man In A Garage (Bonobo Remix)
04. Man In A Garage (Daedelus' Hydraulic Remix)
05. Man In A Garage (Nick Franglen [Lemon Jelly] Remix)

Monday28November - 2005

Super Numeri - The Welcome Table

Super Numeri The Welcome Table
best of 2005Super Numeri - The Welcome Table
(2xLP/CD) Ninja Tune ZEN97/ZENCD97, 2005-11-28

Info :
Super Numeri est un collectif de Liverpool dirigé par 3 membres fondateurs: Pop Levi, Snap Ant & Karl Webb (ce dernier formant chez Ninja Tune le duo Loka avec Mark Kyriacou). Pop Levi joue des claviers (piano électrique, farfisa), du vibraphone, de la sitar, de la clarinette et des percussions. Karl Webb (Loka) joue de la guitare, du sax soprano, de la viole et du clavier (Digitone). Snap Ant joue de la basse et de la kalimba. Ajoutez-y une farandole d'amis musiciens qui apportent guitare, batteries, percussions, harpe celtique, violons, viole et contrebasse et vous obtenez un groupe de 13 personnes complètement dingue. Dingue? Oui dingue, frappé, habité, taré, incroyable... en d'autres termes psychédélique! Leurs influences vont en effet de Can à Miles Davis, en passant par Pink Floyd, Tortoise, le Fleetwood Mac de Peter Green ou bien Soft Machine (première époque), et ça s'entend! Prenez le track d'ouverture, par exemple, presque 25 minutes de transe psyché-rock explosive: voilà de la jam instrumentale, du mélange de rock psyché, de free jazz, de post-rock, de folk de l'école de Canterbury (psyché-folk anglais 60's et 70's), comme on en fait plus en Europe depuis une trentaine d'années! Certains objecteront qu'aux États-Unis on peut trouver depuis quelques années un groupe exactement dans le même esprit musical: j'ai nommé Mushroom (à San Francisco), bien sûr, encore plus inconnus que Super Numeri en nos terres ignares. Le parallèle avec la formation américaine est pourtant tellement évident... Daevid Allen avec son University Of Errors ou John Medeski avec Medeski, Martin & Wood (sur scène!) poursuivent eux aussi le même genre de paysages ultra-trippés mais le lien est beaucoup moins immédiat. En tous cas, vous l'aurez compris: on peut considérer la musique de Super Numeri aujourd'hui comme unique. Essentielle, oui, aux amateurs de jazz et de rock très psyché en premier lieu. Les fans de prog-rock pourront passer leur chemin, il ne s'agit pas ici de faire preuve de dextérité extra-terrestre mais surtout d'ouvrir la porte à l'auditeur vers un ailleurs tout en fluides et en gaz, de lui faire vivre une expérience au-delà de son corps, de l'emmener loin... loin... très loin. Pour résumer l'histoire, disons simplement que la consommation de champis, de champipis, de champignons ne pourrait pas profiter d'une meilleure illustration sonore que celle proposée par cet album, ce CD rempli à ras-bord (78 minutes et quelques), cet Olympe de la musique psychédélique du vingt-et-unième siècle. - Djouls

Super Numeri is a collective from Liverpool directed by 3 founder members: Pop Levi, Snap Ant & Karl Webb (who forms at Tune Ninja the duet Loka with Mark Kyriacou). Pop Levi plays keyboards (electric piano, farfisa), vibraphone, sitar, clarinet and percussions. Karl Webb (Loka) plays guitar, soprano saxophone, viola and keys (Digitone). Snap Ant plays bass and kalimba. Add there a parade of musician friends who bring guitar, drums, percussions, celtic harp, violins, viola and cello and you get a band of 13 nutcases. Nutcases? Yes nutcases, people who'd been hit on the head, inhabited, crazy, incredible... in other words psychedelic! Their influences go indeed from Can to Miles Davis, while passing by Pink Floyd, Tortoise, Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac or Soft Machine (first period), and you can hear it! Take the opening track, for example, almost 25 minutes of psyched-up explosive trance-rock: that's what I call an instrumental jam, a mixture of psychedelic rock, free jazz, post-rock, Canterbury folk, like it hasn't been done in Europe for about thirty years! Some will object that in the United States for a few years already you could find a band in the exact same musical spirit: Mushroom (in San Francisco), of course, who are even more unknowns than Super Numeri on our uncivilized grounds. The parallel with the American formation is yet so obvious... Daevid Allen with its University Of Errors or John Medeski with Medeski, Martin & Wood (on stage!) are on the same scale of over-tripped-out landscapes but the link is much less immediate. Anyway, you'll have understood by yourselves: you can consider music of Super Numeri today as unique. Essential, yes, to jazz and very-psychedelic-rock lovers in the first place. Fans of prog-rock can look somewhere else, it's not a question of extra-terrestrial dexterity here, but especially to open the listener's doors of perception towards an elsewhere all in fluids and gas, to make him live an out-of-body experience, to take him far... far... very far away. In short, let's simply say that the consumption of mush, mushrr, mushrooms could not benefit from a better sound illustration than the one proposed by this album, this CD filled up to the limit (78 minutes and some), this Olympus of psychedelic music of the 20th century. - Djouls

2xLP Tracklisting:
A1. The First League Of Angels (24:32)
B1. The Buzzard & The Lamb (10:40)
B2. The Chart (6:26)
C1. The Sea Wolves (10:58)
C2. The Welcome Table (7:08)
D1. The Spies Of St. Ives (11:09)
D2. The Babies (7:20)

CD Tracklisting:
1. The First League Of Angels (24:32)
2. The Buzzard & The Lamb (10:40)
3. The Chart (6:26)
4. The Sea Wolves (10:58)
5. The Welcome Table (7:08)
6. The Spies Of St. Ives (11:09)
7. The Babies (7:20)

Monday17October - 2005

Pop Levi - Blue Honey

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Pop Levi - Blue Honey
(7") Invicta Hi-Fi LIQ033, 2005-10-17

Pop Levi plays electric piano, farfisa, vibraphone, sitar, clarinet & percussion in Super Numeri.

Tracklisting :
A1. Blue Honey
B1. Mournin' Light

Monday10October - 2005

Snap Ant - iThis Is Jut!

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Snap Ant - iThis Is Jut!
(CD) Invicta Hi-Fi LIQ030, 2005-10-10

Review :
Oh my what a strange album. It took me quite a while to get into, maybe because of the first misleading tracks...
Opener "!Jut!" is a melodic dirty analogue thingie, quite a cool introduction to a lo-fi home-produced electro-pop psychedelic album. Then come "Shock Control" and "Function Room", leaning towards current glam-electro-pop hype.
You pass that false-leading introduction, you'll get transported into a marvelous world of wonder, filled with Brazilified-Beatles psychedelia ("Larva Ball"), Beta Band-ish trippy pop ("Berewind"), Super Numeri-esque ethereality ("She Makes All Sense", "Better One In The Hand Than Two In The Bush"), Cornelius-like dreamy electronics ("Savour Piece", "You Make Me Basic"), out-there post-punk by Muppets ("Grumpy Nymph"), with layers and layers of LSD-friendly little sounds ("Inner Red Daze") and Ween-ified alien pop ("Truning Ugly").
Whoa that's one hell of a ride into the mind of Super Numeri's and Ladytron's bass player. Are you ready for this?
Djouls

Note : Snap Ant plays electric bass guitar & kalimba in Super Numeri.

Tracklisting :
01. iJut!
02. Shock Control
03. Function Room
04. Larva Stall
05. Berewind
06. She Makes All Sense
07. Saviour Piece
08. Better One In The Hand Than Two In The Bush
09. You Make Me Basic
10. Grumpy Nymph
11. Inner Red Daze
12. Turning Ugly

Links :
snapant.com
myspace.com/snapant
invictahifi.co.uk/snapant.htm

Monday26September - 2005

Snap Ant - Grumpy Nymph

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Snap Ant - Grumpy Nymph
(7") Invicta Hi-Fi LIQ028, 2005-09-26

Snap Ant plays electric bass guitar & kalimba in Super Numeri.

Tracklisting :
A1. Grumpy Nymph
B1. The Cavaliers
Thursday15September - 2005

Super Numeri - The Enochian Way


Super Numeri - The Enochian Way
(Mixed CD) Counter Records (Japan), 2005-09-15

Tracklisting :
01. Sonny - Sharrock Black Woman
02. Silver Apples - Lovefingers
03. Yoko Ono - Greenfield Morning I Pushed An Empty Baby Carriage All Over The City
04. Brigitte Bardot - Contact
05. Little Richard - God Is Real
06. Pop Levi - Skip Ghetto
07. Fairport Convention - Autopsy
08. Joe Byrd & The Field Hippies - Moonsong
09. The Velvet Underground - Lady Godiva's Operation
10. The Beach Boys - Cool Cool Water
11. Snap Ant - Gunsticker
12. The Flamingos - I Only Have Eyes For You
13. Biltone - Humming Bird
14. Bruce Haak - Word Game
15. Loka - Meet Dad
16. The Shocking Blue - Love Buzz
17. Tonto's Expanding Head Band - Riversong
18. Esa Shields - Frolicsome On Last Road
19. Super Numeri - The Red Lady/Lunar Mansions
20. John Lee Hooker - Moanin' The Blues

[Pop Levi, Snap Ant & Loka are all members of the Super Numeri collective]

Monday12September - 2005

Blockhead - Expiration Date

Blockhead Expiration Date
Blockhead - Expiration Date
(Download Only Single) Ninja Tune ZENDL113, 2005-09-12

Tracklisting :
1. Expiration Date
2. Good Block Bad Block
3. Sunday Seance (Loka Remix)

Wednesday22December - 2004

Pop Levi - Rude Kind Of Love / Snap Ant - Give Up The Juice / on Rallye Cloak 01

Rallye Cloak 01
Pop Levi - Rude Kind Of Love
Snap Ant - Give Up The Juice
on Various - Rallye cloak 01
(CD) Rallye Records RYECD007, 2004-12-22

Pop Levi plays electric piano, farfisa, vibraphone, sitar, clarinet & percussion in Super Numeri.
Snap Ant plays electric bass guitar & kalimba in Super Numeri.

Tracklisting :
01. E*Rock - Living, Breathing, etc.
02. Normal Position - Ashtray
03. Wren - Drive Down Lines
04. Languis - Nothing I Will Do
05. Airiel - Stratosphere
06. Neeve - Stop Laughing
07. Signer - I Was Dressed As The Ant
08. Akt Apart - Lazy
09. Arne Zank - El Rey Gravitas
10. Pop Levi - Rude Kind Of Love
11. Snap Ant - Give Up The Juice
12. Au Revoir Simone - Through the Backyards
13. Textile Ranch - Vince Clarke Holidaye Parke
14. Pandatone - Wondering (feat. Midori Hamada)
15. Black Moth Super Rainbow - I Think It Is Beautiful That You Are 256 Colors Too
16. I Monster - Heaven
Monday13December - 2004

Pop Levi - Reindeer In My Heart

Pop Levi Reindeer In My Heart
Pop Levi - Reindeer In My Heart
(7") Invicta Hi-Fi LIQ027, 2004-12-13

Pop Levi plays electric piano, farfisa, vibraphone, sitar, clarinet & percussion in Super Numeri.

Tracklisting :
A1. Reindeer In My Heart
B1. Hayley Square (Instrumental)

Monday22November - 2004

Snap Ant - You Make Me Basic

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Snap Ant - You Make Me Basic
(7") Invicta Hi-Fi LIQ024, 2004-11-22

Snap Ant plays electric bass guitar & kalimba in Super Numeri.

Tracklisting :
A1. You Make Me Basic (2:41)
B1. Turning Ugly (3:01)
Monday18October - 2004

Blockhead - Sunday Séance / Jet Son

Blockhead Sunday Seance
Blockhead - Sunday Séance / Jet Son
(12") Ninja Tune ZEN12159, 2004-10-18

Tracklisting :
A1. Blockhead - Sunday Séance (Album Version) (5:27)
A2. Blockhead - Sunday Séance (Loka Remix) (6:06)
B1. Blockhead - Jet Son feat. Aesop Rock & Camu Tao (Vocal Version) (4:06)
B2. Blockhead - Jet Son (Aesop Instrumental) (4:06)

Tuesday20July - 2004

Playgirl (Snap Ant Remix) / on Ladytron - 604

Ladytron 604
Playgirl (Snap Ant Remix)
on Ladytron - 604
(CD) Emperor Norton/Rykodisc ENR7037-2, 2004-07-20

Snap Ant plays electric bass guitar & kalimba in Super Numeri.

Tracklisting :
01. Mu-Tron
02. Discotraxx
03. Another Breakfast With You
04. Cska Sofia
05. Way That I Found You
06. Paco!
07. Commodore Rock
00. Zmeyka
09. Playgirl
10. I'm With the Pilots
11. This Is Our Sound
12. He Took Her to a Movie
13. Laughing Cavalier
14. Ladybird
15. Jet Age
16. Skools Out...
17. USA vs. White Noise [Live]
18. He Took Her to a Movie [Live]
19. Commodore Rock [Live]
20. Playgirl (Snap Ant Remix)
Tuesday20July - 2004

Ladytron - Evil (Pop Levi Mix) / on Ladytron - Light & Magic

Ladytron Light & Magic
Ladytron - Evil (Pop Levi Mix)
on Ladytron - Light & Magic
(CD) Emperor Norton EMR7058-2, 2004-07-20

Pop Levi plays electric piano, farfisa, vibraphone, sitar, clarinet & percussion in Super Numeri.

Tracklisting :
01. True Mathematics (2:22)
02. Seventeen (4:37)
03. Flicking Your Switch (3:26)
04. Fire (2:49)
05. Turn It On (4:46)
06. Blue Jeans (4:13)
07. Cracked LCD (2:32)
08. Black Plastics (4:17)
09. Evil (5:34)
10. Startup Chime (3:30)
11. Nuhorizons (4:03)
12. Cease2xist (4:37)
13. Re:Agents (4:53)
14. Light & Magic (3:35)
15. The Reason Why (4:15)
16. Seventeen (Soulwax Mix) (4:26)
17. Cracked LCD (Live In Sofia) (2:55)
18. Light & Magic (Live In Sofia) (3:23)
19. Evil (Pop Levi Mix) (3:13)
Monday17May - 2004

Pop Levi - Rude Kinda Love

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Pop Levi - Rude Kinda Love
(7"/promo CDS) Invicta Hi-Fi LIQ023, 2004-05-17

Pop Levi plays electric piano, farfisa, vibraphone, sitar, clarinet & percussion in Super Numeri.

Tracklisting :
A1. Rude Kinda Love
B1. Clearly Dearly

Monday16February - 2004

Loka - Beginningless

Loka Beginningless
Loka - Beginningless
(12"/CDS) Ninja Tune ZEN12132, 2003-09-08

Info :
En attendant le premier album prévu à l'origine pour début 2004, un track du duo Loka est d'abord apparu sur la compilation "Xen Cuts" ("My Life's In These Bottles"), puis un maxi 3 titres est sorti cet été (2003), avec en ouverture un "Beginninless" naviguant dans un univers downtempo jazz très cinématographique, catégorie Ennio-dramatique, qui prouve une fois de plus que Ninja Tune est LE label de jazz du vingt-et-unième siècle. La suite du single appuie encore plus cet argument avec un "Airfling" entre blaxploitation et improvisation jazz de la fin des années 60, et en face B un "Safe Self Tester" qui démarre façon trip hop classique, avec ses peintures de violons, avant de s'envoler dans un psychédélisme Coltranien. Pour ceux qui auront raté ce merveilleux EP, rassurez-vous, on retrouvera ces 3 titres sur l'album à paraître aux dernières nouvelles en Avril 2006...

Tracklisting :
01 Beginningless | Download mp3
02 Airfling
03 Safe Self Tester

Credits :
All tracks composed, performed & produced by M. Kyriacou & K. Webb.
Additional musicians : E. Ellams (drums), P. Gregory (trumpet), T. Pike (acoustic bass), J. Quickley (violins), G. Green (cello).
Vinyl cut at Abbey Road.
Monday20October - 2003

Snap Ant - Execute the Ping

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Snap Ant - Execute the Ping
(10") Invicta Hi-Fi LIQ021, 2003-10-20

Snap Ant plays electric bass guitar & kalimba in Super Numeri.

Tracklisting :
A1. Saviour Piece
A2. Execute the Ping
B1. Give up the Juice
Tuesday07October - 2003

Snap Ant - Saviour Piece / Pop Levi - Twins / on Ladytron - Softcore Jukebox

Ladytron Softcore Jukebox
Snap Ant - Saviour Piece
Pop Levi - Twins
on Ladytron - Softcore Jukebox
(CD) Emperor Norton EMN7071-2, 2003-10-07

Snap Ant plays electric bass guitar & kalimba in Super Numeri.
Pop Levi plays electric piano, farfisa, vibraphone, sitar, clarinet & percussion in Super Numeri.

Tracklisting :
01. My Bloody Valentine - Soon
02. The Fall - Hit The North part 1
03. Cristina - What's A Girl To Do
04. Dondolo - Peng
05. Wire - The 15th
06. Ladytron - Blue Jeans 2.0
07. Snap Ant - Saviour Piece
08. New Fast Automatic Daffodils - Big
09. !!! - Feel Good Of The Fall
10. Fat Truckers - Teenage Daughter
11. Fanny Pack - Hey Mami (Sharaz mix)
12. Seelenluft - Manila (Headman remix)
13. The Source featuring Candi Staton - You Got The Love
14. Codec & Flexor - Crazy Girls
15. Ladytron - Oops Oh My
16. Shocking Blue - Send Me A Postcard
17. Pop Levi - Twins
18. Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazlewood - Some Velvet Morning
Monday01September - 2003

Super Numeri - The Coastal Bird Scene


Super Numeri - The Coastal Bird Scene
(12") Ninja Tune ZEN12141, 2003-09-01

Info :
Dans la foulée de l'album "Great Avaries", album le plus psychédélique de tout le catalogue Ninja Tune, à consommer avec délectation et langueur en descente de champignons à la campagne, Super Numeri enfoncent le clou avec le maxi "The Coastal Bird Scene" (parts 1 & 2, vinyle uniquement). Point de breakbeats ou de drum'n'bass intelligente ici, faites place aux harpes, flutiaux divers et balais délicats d'un printemps pastoral, et laissez-vous porter par ce doux free jazz sans contraintes.

Tracklisting :
A1. The Coastal Bird Scene Part 1 | Download mp3
B1. The Coastal Bird Scene Part 2
B2. The Coastal Bird Scene Part 3

12" Artwork:
Wednesday05February - 2003

Super Numeri - Live At Jazz Cafe, 5th Feb 2003

Super Numeri Live At Jazz Cafe 5th Feb 2003
Super Numeri - Live At Jazz Cafe, 5th Feb 2003
(promo CD) Ninja Tune, 2003-02-05

Info :
Deux jours après la sortie de l'album "Great Aviaries", Super Numeri viennent à Londres le présenter avec un live au Jazz Cafe, comme le veut l'usage dans le petit monde de la musique. Mais au-delà du banal concert/showcase de promo, ils tapent très très fort avec un concert encore plus incroyable pour les neurones que le disque sorti juste avant, et pourtant la barre avait été placée assez haut! Chez Ninja Tune aussi on a du mal à s'en remettre, et il est finalement décidé d'envoyer à quelques amis et journalistes un CD promo pour qu'une trace de l'enregistrement du show circule. Quelle ne fut pas ma joie de recevoir par la poste depuis la Grande Bretagne un petit CD exclusif envoyé par les Ninjas, de faire partie des heureux élus... Mais cette joie ne fut rien comparée au bonheur que j'ai pu ensuite éprouver en découvrant cette merveille de psychédélisme improvisé, qui mérite largement sa place dans toute discographie de Super Numeri! In-dis-pen-sable!! Pour ceux qui ne l'ont pas eu, une version mp3 circule allègrement sur le p2p... Allez, et bonne chasse! - Djouls

Tracklisting :
no tracklisting - sorry

PromoCD Artwork:
Monday03February - 2003

Super Numeri - Great Aviaries

Super Numeri Great Avaries
Super Numeri - Great Aviaries
(LP/CD) Ninja Tune ZEN73/ZENCD73, 2003-02-03

Info :
Encore un groupe inclassable, hors catégorie pour l'écurie Ninja? Oui, et on ne s'en lasse pas. Nous avions "rangé" les Super Numeri dans une case "rock, expérimental et classique" à l'écoute du Mp3 proposé précédemment, "The Electric Horse Garden", nous les retrouvons "ambient dub et psyché 70's"... L'album "Great aviaries" est disponible (et il tourne en boucle chez nous): Listen to the new sound! - Djouls

CD Tracklisting:
01. The Electric Horse Garden | Download mp3
02. When The Sundials
03. Beaks
04. Otter's Pool
05. Leisure Lakes
06. The Ember Love
07. Classic British Ponds
08. Flaurent Carmin | Download mp3

LP Tracklisting:
A1. The Electric Horse Garden
A2. When The Sundials
A3. Beaks
A4. Otter's Pool
B1. Leisure Lakes
B2. The Ember Love
B3. Classic British Ponds
B4. Flaurent Carmin

LP Artwork:
Wednesday03July - 2002

Super Numeri - Electric Horse Garden

Super Numeri Electric Horse Garden
Super Numeri - Electric Horse Garden
(7") Ninja Tune ZEN7117, 2002-07-03

Info :
Une nouvelle signature Ninja Tune, avec un album prévu pour le début 2003. Super Numeri est appremment un groupe à formation variable, à la fois rock, expérimental et classique (comme dans "musique classique"). Mais il ne peut y avoir de meilleure présentation d'un petit morceau de musique? Un 45 tours est discrètement sorti, et comprend le track proposé ici, "Electric Horse Garden", tout en calme et délicatesse. Comme Warp avec Prefuse 73, Savath + Savalas, Boards Of Canada, etc, Ninja Tune partent en 2003 explorer de nouvelles frontières musicales. Miam...

Tracklisting :
A1. Electric Horse Garden | Download mp3
B1. Electric Horse Garden (continued)

7" Artwork:

PromoCD Artwork:
Monday13November - 2000

Playgirl (Snap Ant Version) / on Ladytron - Mu-tron EP

Ladytron Mu-tron EP
Ladytron - Mu-tron EP
(12"/CDS) Invicta Hi-Fi LIQ011, 2000-11-13

Snap Ant plays electric bass guitar & kalimba in Super Numeri.

Tracklisting 12" :
A1. USA vs White Noise
A2. Playgirl (Snap Ant Version)
B1. Another Breakfast With you
B2. Paco!

Tracklisting CDS :
01. Another Breakfast With You
02. Paco!
03. USA Vs. White Noise
04. Playgirl (Snap Ant Version)
Monday18September - 2000

Various - Xen Cuts

xen cuts
Various - Xen Cuts
(2xCD/3xCD/4xLP/6xLP) Ninja Tune ZEN49/ZEN49BX/ZENCD49/ZENCD49BX, 2000-09-18

Info :
Kid Koala - Drunk Trumpet (live at the Metro, Chicago) :
La version live du fabuleux "Drunk Trumpet" déjà présent sur le premier album de Kid Koala, "Carpal Tunnel Syndrome". Disponible uniquement sur la version 3xCD ou 6xLP de la compilation "Xen Cuts" sortie pour fêter les 10 années de zenitude distillées par Ninja Tune. Si vous appréciez Ninja Tune il vous faut ce disque, vite, avant qu'on ne le trouve plus du tout. il ne doit plus trop en rester en bacs alors ne ratez pas les occases. Pourquoi? Parce que seules les version 3xCD ou 6xLP contiennent le(s) "Missed, Flipped & Skipped" disque(s) bonus, et son lot de titres rares et inédits. Et en premier lieu, cet extrait live du Kid, qui nous donne envie de retourner illico-presto de suite fouiller les serveurs peer-to-peer pour d'autres titres live, en attendant le prochain concert du jeune prodige.
Note : 5/5 (Djouls)

3xCD Tracklisting:
CD1-01. Steinski - The Xen To One Ratio (1:03)
CD1-02. Big Dada Sound - Showtime (4:45)
CD1-03. Dynamic Syncopation feat. Mass Influence - 2 Tha Left (3:21)
CD1-04. T Love - QMS (5:00)
CD1-05. The Herbaliser feat. Latyrx - 8pt Agenda (5:00)
CD1-06. Mr Scruff - Ug (4:33)
CD1-07. Neotropic feat. Shorti - Memories (3:12)
CD1-08. Cabbageboy - Rhythm & Blues Angus Steakhouse (4:25)
CD1-09. Amon Tobin - Saboteur (Roots Manuva Version) (4:22)
CD1-10. DJ Vadim feat. Sarah Jones - Your Revolution (Version) (4:53)
CD1-11. Irresistible Force, The - Nepalese Bliss (Jimpster Mix) (5:17)
CD1-12. Kid Koala - Emperor's Main Course (4:04)
CD1-13. Coldcut - Give It Up (5:08)
CD1-14. Up, Bustle & Out - Hip Hop Barrio (4:35)
CD1-15. Quannum MC's - Blue Flames (5:05)
CD1-16. The Infesticons - Night Night Theme (4:06)
CD1-17. Luke Vibert - I Hear The Drummer (4:07)
CD1-18. Fink feat. Frank Chickens - Ninjah (We Are Ninja) (5:15)
CD2-01. Flexus Intro - The Joy Of X (Spotters Delight) (1:44)
CD2-02. The Clifford Gilberto Rhythm Combination - The 10th Victim (4:18)
CD2-03. Neptune - Soul Pride (6:36)
CD2-04. Up, Bustle & Out - Los Locos Cubanos (Snowboy's Batarumbaconga Mix) (4:23)
CD2-05. Amon Tobin - Down & To The Left (5:21)
CD2-06. Loka - My Life's In These Bottles (5:28)
CD2-07. Chris Bowden - Original Sins (7:36)
CD2-08. Clifford Gilberto Rhythm Combination, The - Restless (5:32)
CD2-09. Animals On Wheels - Build A Church With Your Fear (6:39)
CD2-10. DJ Food feat. Ken Nordine - The Ageing Young Rebel (Gentle Cruelty) (8:28)
CD2-11. Flanger - Quicksilver Loom (8:20)
CD2-12. Funki Porcini - Big Sea (Edit) (4:34)
CD2-13. Arc - Arcane (4:21)
CD2-14. Max & Harvey - Big Amoeba Sound (4:00)
CD3-01. Saul Williams - Twice The First Time (4:32)
CD3-02. Coldcut - More Beats & Pieces (John McEntire Tortoise Mix) (6:03)
CD3-03. Funki Porcini - Dubble (Organ Swell) (6:55)
CD3-04. Happy Campers - No Mind (5:02)
CD3-05. DJ Food - Peace Pt. 1 (4:52)
CD3-06. Mr Scruff - Happy Band (5:06)
CD3-07. Kid Koala - Drunk Trumpet (Live At The Metro, Chicago) (3:55)
CD3-08. DJ Vadim - Non Lateral Hypothesis (5:26)
CD3-09. Hexstatic - Ninja Tune (Enter The Augmenter) (The Process Mix) (4:08)
CD3-10. Roots Manuva - Movements (Live At Inside Tracks) (4:25)
CD3-11. East Flatbush Project - Tried By 12 (Squarepusher Remix) (2:56)
CD3-12. Sukia vs. DJ Food - Feel'n You & Me (6:20)
CD3-13. The Cinematic Orchestra - Channel 1 Suite (Four Tet Remix) (7:36)
CD3-14. Amon Tobin feat. Chris Morris - Bad Sex (5:45)
CD3-15. Quincy - Bruce Lee MC (Edit) (4:38)

Thursday18November - 1999

Snap Ant - The Queen Of No. 18 / on Various - Interior Horizons

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Snap Ant - The Queen Of No. 18
on Various - Interior Horizons
(CD) Interchill Records ICHILLCD006, 1999
(CD) Instinct INS518-2, Hand numbered edition of 2000 copies, 2000-05-09
(CD) Liquid Sound Design BFLCD40, 2000-07-30

Snap Ant plays electric bass guitar & kalimba in Super Numeri.

Tracklisting :
01. Makyo - Skin As Soft As Moonlight (9:37)
02. Hydraulic - Vindaloo (5:33)
03. Freeworm - Dirtbath (5:04)
04. Solea Amphibia - Samph (5:10)
05. Drift - Arc-En-Ciel (8:28)
06. Omnimotion - Elastic Crystals In Motion (8:18)
07. Legion Of Green Men - Beyond The Borderless (9:16)
08. Snap Ant - The Queen Of No. 18 (5:49)
09. Black Star Liner - Inverse (3:40)
10. Arkin Allen & Jetone - Dunya (6:06)
11. Lumo - Seven Minutes Of Sun (6:59)
Monday16February - 1998

Various - Ninja Cuts Vol. 3 - Funkungfusion

ninja cuts vol 3 funkungfusion
Various - Ninja Cuts Vol. 3 - Funkungfusion
(3xLP/2xCD) Ninja Tune ZEN33/ZENCD33, 1998-02-16

Info :
Encore une compilation! En fait, chaque compilation marque un tournant chez Ninja Tune. Depuis toujours, c'est un moyen sûr de faire connaître toutes les productions du label anglais, sans besoin d'aller vendre à 10.000 personnes 10.000 artistes. Ici, le concept est simple et efficace, faire connaitre grâce aux noms déja connus (Coldcut, The Herbaliser, Funki Porcini...) des talents plus jeunes comme Kid Koala ou Ryuichi Sakamoto. Ce coup-ci, on découvre surtout une structure qui a grossit grâce à l'arrivée de deux sous-labels de Ninja Tune: Ntone et Big Dada records. Fondés sur le même principe que Ninja Tune, ces deux labels se développent au sein même d'une structure qui a déjà maintes fois fait ses preuves. Une bon moyen de se faire une idée de la suite des évènements chez les Ninjas: toujours aussi mix, toujours aussi bon.
Note compil de ninja : 5/5 (Tiff)

Concernant le track "Carpal Tunnel Syndrome" crédité à Kid Koala & Money Mark sur cette compilation: le livret du CD indique "Taken from the forthcoming album Carpal Tunnel Syndrome", et bien c'est faux. Ce track homonyme du premier album du Kid n'est pas présent sur le dit album. Un inédit travesti, donc.
Ayant tourné avec le sieur Money Mark en 1998, Kid Koala n'a aucun problème pour improviser avec les claviers psychedelico-vintage et lo-fi de celui-ci, à coup de beat-juggling et de samples de machine à écrire bien old school, mais rien de renversant non plus ici...
Note old school unreleased track : 3/5 (Djouls)

Tracklisting 2xCD :
CD1-01. Chocolate Weasel - Music For Body Lockers
CD1-02. Amon Tobin - Sordid
CD1-03. Amon Tobin - Melody Infringement
CD1-04. Kid Koala & Money Mark - Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
CD1-05. The Herbaliser - lt's Just For You
CD1-06. Ryuichi Sakamoto - Anger (Rare Force 2 Meg Mix by Robin Brunson)
CD1-07. Coldcut - More Beats & Pieces (Live in Köln)
CD1-08. Luke Vibert - Slipped Disc
CD1-09. Silent Poets - Get Ready
CD1-10. Roots Manuva - Clockwork
CD1-11. DJ Vadim - Theme From Conquest of the Irrational (Remix by The Prunes)
CD1-12. Up, Bustle & Out - Emerald Alley (Indian Morning Theme)
CD1-13. Dynamic Syncopation - No Qualms
CD1-14. Fink - Independent Introduction
CD1-15. Cabbageboy - Humerous Counterpoint
CD1-15. Funki Porcini - River of Smack
CD2-01. Mr. Scruff - Fish
CD2-02. The Clifford Gilberto Rhythm Combination - Flagstaff's Abstract (Linus' Theme)
CD2-03. Neotropic - Vacetious Blooms
CD2-04. J Swinscoe - Goatee Part I
CD2-05. Funki Porcini - Surge
CD2-06. Animals On Wheels - Soluble Ducks
CD2-07. DJ Food - The Crow
CD2-08. Omnium - Extua Textua
CD2-09. Wild Palms - Kickin' Back
CD2-10. Override - Pac 3
CD2-11. The Irresistible Force - The Lie-In King
CD2-12. Journeyman - Spy
CD2-13. The Clifford Gilberto Rhythm Combination - I Wish I Was A Motown Star
CD2-14. Burnt Friedman & The Nu Dub Players - Worldwide Watchdog Peepshow
CD2-15. The Herbaliser - Mrs. Chombee Takes The Plunge (DJ Food Re-Bake)

Saturday30August - 1997

Omnium EP

Omnium EPOmnium EP
Omnium EP
(12") Ntone NTONE26, 1997-08-30

Omnium = Snap Ant + Steve Kitch
Snap Ant later on plays electric bass guitar & kalimba in Super Numeri.

Tracklisting :
A1. Gravity Is A Lie
A2. Slipping (Off The Face Of The Earth)
B1. Dream In Trainer Footwear
B2. Extua Textua