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United Kingdom Coldcut, composed of Matt Black and Jonathan More, are pioneers in electronic music and multimedia, renowned for their innovative sampling, successful productions, and founding of the influential Ninja Tune label.
Coldcut are a UK duo who celebrate 30 years of electronic music making in 2017. They are interested in things like Art, Music, DJing, VJing, ...
UK-based independent music company Ninja Tune has teamed up with music technology startup Reactional Music in its push into the lucrative gaming market.
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Ahead of Our Time is the imprint for Coldcut x On-U Sound's Outside the Echo Chamber, the flavorful fruit of the Sherwood collaborations.
Coldcut's early partnerships with Greenpeace and continued involvement with the Independent Music Cup, XLP/Arts Emergency, MIND, Help...
Coldcut collaborated with the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) to create the psychedelic art documentary 'Wavejammer,' using sounds and visuals from the BAS archive (2004).
Coldcut received a grant to create 'Energy Union,' a project promoting intelligent energy and environmental awareness to European youth (2008-2010).
Coldcut celebrated the legacy of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop with a live DJ mix at London's Roundhouse, incorporating classic compositions and original gear samples (2008).
Ninja Tune, founded by Coldcut, held an exhibition at Black Dog Publishing's Black Dog Space in London to showcase artwork and design from the label's 20-year history (2010).
Coldcut collaborated with London-based arts and technology firm Seeper to release Ninja Jamm, a music-making app for Android and iOS (2013).
Ninja Jamm and Loopmasters launched 'Samplepacks,' containing genre-specific samples to enhance the music creation app (Summer 2015).
Matt Black, a computer programmer, and Jonathan More, an ex-art teacher, began as part-time DJs in London’s rare groove scene in 1986. More also hosted the ‘Meltdown Show’ on Kiss FM and worked at Reckless Records, where Black was a customer. Their collaboration led to the 1987 white label release “Say Kids What Time Is It?”, which ingeniously combined elements from “The Jungle Book” and James Brown’s “Funky Drummer.” This track is recognized as the UK’s first breaks record and the first entirely sample-based UK record, influencing later hits like MARRS’s “Pump Up the Volume.” Adopting the name Coldcut, they established the Ahead Of Our Time label, releasing “Beats + Pieces” in 1987, assembled using cassette and spliced tape edits, showcasing their eclectic sampling from Led Zeppelin to James Brown. Their innovative spirit extended to “Solid Steel,” a radio show that became a unifying force in experimental electronic music, celebrating 25 years in 2013.
Coldcut achieved mainstream recognition with their remix of Eric B. & Rakim’s “Paid in Full” in 1987, laying groundwork for hip-hop’s entry into the UK mainstream. This track reached No. 15 in the UK and featured a prominent Ofra Haza sample. In 1988, their house-influenced single “Doctorin’ the House” featuring Yazz reached the top ten. They also produced Yazz and the Plastic Population’s “The Only Way Is Up,” which became a UK No. 1 hit and the second biggest selling single of 1988. Later that year, they achieved another hit with “Stop This Crazy Thing” featuring Junior Reid. In 1989, “People Hold On” featuring Lisa Stansfield, launched her career. Their debut album, “What’s That Noise?”, released in April 1989, reached the UK Top 20 and was certified Silver, blending hip-hop aesthetics with proto-acid house grooves and featuring diverse guest artists like Queen Latifah and Mark E. Smith. They received the BPI “Producer of the Year Award” in 1990.
In 1990, Black and More founded Ninja Tune, an independent record label, to maintain creative control and release music under various aliases like Bogus Order and DJ Food, pioneering the trip hop genre. They continued to innovate in multimedia, forming Hex, a “multimedia pop group,” in 1988. Hex’s work included 3D modeling, punk video art, and algorithmic visuals, producing one of the first pop promos created entirely on microcomputers for Coldcut’s ‘Christmas Break’ in 1989. Their 1991 video game “Top Banana” and the 1992 “Global Chaos CDTV” were early examples of multimedia convergence, combining music, graphics, and video games. In 1997, Black co-created VJAMM, a real-time video manipulation software, used in Coldcut’s widely acclaimed live AV sets at major festivals and earning a place in the American Museum of the Moving Image’s permanent collection.
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