Tomorrow, DK and I do the first of the official Ninja Tune XX gigs in Paris, there’s an exhibition opening tonight with cover art and all sorts of material picked from the archives. I’m looking forward to seeing photos but couldn’t be there myself as we’re gearing up with our live set for the anniversary shows. The 4 deck set with be audio/visual with a heavy bias towards Ninja’s greatest moments from the last two decades.
Also just out in France is music magazine Trax which generously devotes a WHOLE ISSUE to the birthday celebrations and includes a free sampler CD too. Yours truly was interviewed about the artwork side of things and chose my favourite Ninja-related release (the suitably-titled ‘La Prochaine Fois’ seeing as this subject of this post is France). Also there are several of Nigel Peake’s drawings published including his study of the Ninja HQ and a mini version of the family tree poster available with the new box set.
Parisians are massive Ninja supporters and have put in loads of work to make this happen
Parisians have everything they want, this is unfair…
Well I bought one yesterday in the Relay in Garde Du Nord
I’m afraid it is already out of stock… I was out of town in August, and now I cant find it.
Not sure, maybe Borders or specialist shops? Probably easier online to order, I just got back from France and it’s in all the shops now. The CD is a sampler of current Ninja and Big Dada artists: Bonobo, Amon, Grasscut, Andtrya Triana, Jaga Jazzist, Blockhead, DELS, Jammer, Thavius Beck, Infesticons
where could you buy this in the uk?
and whats on the CD?