(Breakbeat, Experimental, Dubstep, Trip-Hop) King Cannibal - The Way Of The Ninja (NinjaTune[ZENDNL162]) - 2010, MP3 (tracks), 320 kbps

This mix was constructed on planes, trains, hotel rooms and in the studio throughout the months May, June, July using vinyl, CDs, Wavs and a DAT in Ableton Live and Logic.
A suitably diverse number of locations, formats and tools for a diverse label like Ninja Tune. A label that spans two thirds of my life, from putting DJ Vadim records on my christmas list (Santa decided to go with Dr Octagon - Instrumentalyst instead) to being turned away from a sold-out show to celebrate the tenth Ninja birthday, i've truly grown up to the sounds of this label's catalogue.
Ninja's history being so entwined with my own only makes a project like this harder. An ignorant person may not feel guilty about leaving out something from Bogus Order's Zen Breaks whose record was used for the static sound of needle hitting vinyl that appears a few times in this mix or for leaving out Drome. That problem is then compounded by the next - everyone knows the classics - Timber, Witness, Dark Lady... they've been on countless mixes before, but they need to be in here.. perhaps.. perhaps.... perhaps the way out is to get creative with these, to put a new spin on them. Ninja has a rich tradition of getting creative behind the turntables, from Coldcut's groundbreaking ' 70 Minutes Of Madness' Journeys By DJ mix to the diverse Solid Steel series, so why not try and up the ante a little?
So three months and a little over 250 tracks later I arrive at 74 minutes of music mixed, blended, sliced, diced, torn up and finally rendered to audio. A lot of classics, personal favourites, some slept on and a few exclusive acapellas and instrumentals care of the Ninja family. Sure there are some classics left off - The Crow immediately springs to mind, but as it stands this is The Way Of The Ninja', not only a Ninja Tune retrospective but the sound of my last 20 years.

01. Clouddead - Apt A (1)
02. The Herbaliser - Tee and Beer Ft Jean Grae (accapella)
03. The Bug - Warning ft Flowdan
04. Funki Porcini - Michael's Little Friend
05. Prefuse 73 - Radio Attack Pt.2 - re-edit
06. Dj Vadim - My Radio (The Inaugeration)
07. The Herbaliser - Intro
08. Jaga Jazzist - The Thing Introduces
09. Kid Koala - Slew Test 2
10. Journeyman - Mama 6 Pt. 1
11. Dj Vadim - Building Tension In 2 Dimensions
12. Coldcut - I'm Wild About That Thing (The Lost Sex Tapes: Position 1)
13. The Herbaliser - Scratchy Noise
14. Dj Food - They Walk Music
15. Dj Food - A Bunch'a Keyboards
16. DJ Food - A Trick Of The Ear
17. Infinite Livez - Propa III feat Gandhi Warhol
18. King Cannibal - Dirt Ft Daddy Freddy (accapella)
19. Mr Scruff - Is He Ready?
20. Lotek Hi-Fi - Dazzla Interlude
21. DJ Vadim - In Control Vol. 3 (feat. DJ Plus One)

22. DJ Vadim - The Terrorist feat Motion Man (accapella)
23. Thunderheist - LBG (instrumental)
24. DJ Vadim - Who Me feat Demolition Man
25. Sixtoo - Bonus Beat
26. K-The-I??? - Just Listen feat Busdriver
27. Poirier - Wha-La-La-Leng feat Face-T (accapella)
28. Poirier - Jusqu'en Haut feat Omnikrom
29. Spank Rock - Primetime (Original Demo Version)
30. DJ Food - Mumble
31. Roots Manuva- Do Nah Bodda Me (Xrabit Remix)
32. Poirier - Wha-La-La-Leng feat Face-T (Uproot Andy Remix)
33. Dj Food - £3 Skank
34. DJ Food - Half Step
35. New Flesh For Old- 186000 Miles (Skitz Mix Instrumental)
36. Roots Manuva - 9 Dubs A Year
37. Super Numeri - Beaks
38. Roots Manuva - Again Again Again

39. Roots Manuva - Witness (1 Hope)
40. Ghislain Poirier - Get Crazy feat Mr. Slaughter
41. Roots Manuva - Witness Dub
42. Mr Scruff - Hold On
43. DJ Food - Sexy Bits (Jazz Brakes Volume 5)
44. Mr Scruff - Test The Sound
45. DJ Food - The Food Song
46. London Funk Allstars - Give It To Me Raw
47. London Funk Allstars - Broadcasting Live From Planet Blapps!
48. Up, Bustle & Out - Coffee At Senor Roody's

49. Wagon Christ - Get Your Head Down
50. TY - So You Want More feat Roots Manuva (refix)
51. Coldcut - More Beats & Pieces (Daddy Rips It Up)
52. DJ Food - Dark Lady
53. Coldcut - More Beats & Pieces (Beans & Pizzas Strictly Kid Teeba Jam)
54. London Funk Allstars - Flesh Eating Disco Zombies Versus the Bionic Hookers From Mars
55. Amon Tobin - Verbal (Prefuse 73 Dipped Escalade Mix)
56. Dj Food - Scratch Yer Hed

57. Amon Tobin - Sordid
58. The Herbaliser - Wall Crawling Bits
59. Ryuichi Sakamoto - Anger (Rare Force 2 Meg Mix)
60. The Herbaliser - Wall Crawling Giant Insect Breaks
61. The Herbaliser - Wall Crawling Giant Insect Breaks (Instrumental)
62. The Herbaliser - Gadget Funk
63. DJ Food - Mr Quicke Cuts The Cheese
64. The Herbaliser - Wall Crawling Giant Insect Breaks (Bonus Beats)
65. Bogus Order - Return Of Brother Zen
66. DJ Food - All Covered In Darkness (Instrumental)

67. Thunderheist - Sweet 16 (Eli Escarbar Remix)
68. Thunderheist - Sweet 16
69. Spank Rock - Backyard Betty (accapella)
70. The Qemists - Hurts Less feat Jenna G (My Digital Enemy Remix)
71. Bogus Order - Zen Bones
72. Zero dB - A Pomba Girou feat Heidi Vogel
73. Zero dB - A Pomba Girou (Dave Da Gato Remix)
74. Coldcut - Walk A Mile In My Shoes feat Robert Owens (Tiga Remix)
75. Hexstatic - Bass Invader (Kris Menace Remix)
76. Wagon Christ - Cris Chana

77. Pest - Pat Pong (Solid Groove Mix)
78. Hexstatic - Bust
79. Spank Rock - Top Billin' From Far Left
80. DJ Food - Your Mother
81. Spank Rock - Bump (Switch Remix)
82. Coldcut & Hexstatic - Timber
83. Spank Rock - Rick Rubin (accapella)
84. Hexstatic - Toys Are Us
85. Coldcut - True Skool feat Roots Manuva (Switch Remix)
86. Zero dB - A Pomba Girou feat Heidi Vogel
87. Mr Scruff - Cat & Mouse

88. Zero dB - Bongos, Beats & Basslines (Dibaba Remix)
89. Wagon Christ - The Funnies
90. Diplo - It's All Part Of A Bigger Plan
91. Bonobo - 1009
92. Hexstatic - L-Virata
93. Dj Food - Eyes Cream

94. Dj Food - Nocturne
95. Neotropic - Sideshow Man
96. Dj Food - Break
97. Dj Food -The Ageing Young Rebel feat Ken Nordine (accapella)
98. Coldcut - Walk A Mile In My Shoes feat Robert Owens (instrumental)
99. Coldcut - Walk A Mile In My Shoes feat Robert Owens
100. Coldcut & Hexstatic - Timber
101. Journeyman - Estarlay
102. Chocolate Weasel - The Nonsensical Ramblings Of A Lunatic Mind?
103. The Cinematic Orchestra - All That You Give feat Fontella Bass
104. DJ Food - Moody Roadie
105. East Flatbush Project - Tried By 12 (Squarepusher Remix)
106. Bonobo - D Song
107. Coldcut - Noah's Toilet
108. DJ Vadim - Melodies In Vertical Theory
109. The Herbaliser - Mr Chombee Has The Flaw
110. Jaga Jazzist - Lithuania
111. Coldcut - Give It Up
112. Hexstatic - Vector
113. Mr Scruff - Wail

114. Emika - Drop The Other (Scuba's Vulpine remix)
115. Funki Porcini - Nothing To Do
116. Shuttle - Tunnel
117. Dj Food - Sexy Bits (Jazz Brakes Volume 5)
118. Neotropic - Sunflower Girl
119. Fink - See It All (Emika remix)
120. Amon Tobin - Kitchen Sink (Boxcutter remix)
121. The Bug - Ganja feat Flowdan
122. Daedelus - Touchstone feat Paperboy & Taz Arnold (accapella)
123. Fink - Sort Of Revolution (Sideshow dub)
124. Clouddead - Physics Of A Unicycle
125. Yppah - Playing With Fireworks
126. Emika - Double Edge

127. Daedelus - Make It So (XXXChange Remix)
128. Bonobo - Animals
129. The Bug - Ganja feat Flowdan
130. The Qemists - Dem Na Like Me feat Wiley (Subscape Dub)
131. King Cannibal - The Grind & Crawl
132. Daedelus - I Took Two
133. Ghislain Poirier - Blazin feat Face T (Modeselektor Remix)
134. Wiley - Gansters
135. Shuttle - Tunnel (High Rankin Remix)
136. Coldcut - Atomic Moog (Cornelius Remix)
137. The Bug - Poison Dart feat Warrior Queen
138. Coldcut - Just For The Kick
139. Fink - Sort Of Revolution (Sideshow dub)
140. DJ Food - Akaire

141. The Bug - Skeng feat Killa.P & Flowdan (Kode 9 Remix)
142. Amon Tobin - Kitchen Sink (Boxcutter remix)
143. The Bug - Fuckaz feat Spaceape
144. Amon Tobin - Big Furry Head
145. Amon Tobin - Foley Room
146. Amon Tobin - Kitchen Sink
147. Cougar - Rhinelander
148. Emika - Double Edge
149. Homellife - Buffalos

150. Hex - No
151. Two Fingers - What You Know feat. Sway (Emalkay instrumental)
152. Jammer - 10 Man Roll feat Boy Better Know
153. Rhys Chatham & Martin Wheeler - Neon
154. Two Fingers - High Life (Instrumental)
155. Hexstatic - Wonka (Dj Kentaro Remix)
156. WIley - Bow E3
157. Two Fingers - High Life feat Sway
158. Real Life - Sublime
159. WIley - Bow E3 (Instrumental)
160. Jammer - Better Than (Lorn Remix)
161. Mr Scruff - Whiplash
162. Juice Aleem - Tings Get Heat Up
163. Ghislain Poirier - Diaspora
164. Bonobo - Nightlife (Zero dB Reconstruction)
165. Neotropic - Sunflower Girl
166. Wiley - My Mistakes (Accapella)
167. Neotropic - Money For Old Rope
168. King Cannibal - Flower Of Flesh And Blood

169. Kid Koala - Slew Test 2
170. Pop Levi - Police Sign
171. Dj Shadow - Bring Madlib Up
172. Cougar - Thundersnow
173. Poirier - Get Crazy feat Mr Slaughter
174. Dj Food -The Ageing Young Rebel feat Ken Nordine
175. Dj Food - The Beat, The Beat, The Beat*
176. Dj Food- Moody Rudy
177. Hexstatic - Solid Steel Rock School (Accapella)
178. Poirier -Immigrant Visa feat MC Zulu
179. The Heavy - Oh No ! Not You Again !!
180. Pop Levi - Police Sign

181. Poirier - Karnival
182. TTC - Girlfriend
183. The Death Set - Impossible (Positive Outlook Etan Remix)
184. Ghislain Poirier - Get Crazy feat Mr Slaughter (accapella)
185. Bonobo - Nightlife (Zero dB Reconstruction)
186. Amon Tobin - Like Regular Chickens (Dillinja Mix)
187. King Cannibal - The Untitled
188. Super Numeri - Beaks
189. Ghislain Poirier - Get Crazy feat Mr Slaughter
190. Funki Porcini - King Ashabanapal (Dillinja Mix)
191. Neotropic - 15 Levels Of Magnification (Arcon 2 Remix)
192. Saul Williams - Elohim (1972) Part 2 (Instrumental)
193. Coldcut - More Beats And Pieces (Meet The Weasels Mix By T Power)
194. Coldcut - - Re:volution (Instrumental)
195. Sixtoo Horse Drawn Carriage
196. Neotropic - 15 Levels Of Magnification (Arcon 2 Remix)

197. Happy Campers - No Mind (The Zen Experience)
198. Coldcut - More Beats And Pieces (Meet The Weasels Mix By T Power)
199. Mr Scruff - Snack
200. Quincy - Bruce Lee MC
201. Dj Food - Fungle Junk
202. 2 Player - Extreme Possibilities (Wagon Christ mix)
203. Funki Porcini - King Ashabanapal (Dillinja Mix)
204. DJ Kentaro - Trust (Le Jad Remix)
205. Sixtoo - Boxcutter Emporium (Part 1)
206. Two Fingers - Bad Girl feat Sway & Ce'cile - (King Cannibal Remix)
207. Amon Tobin - Reanimator
208. Amon Tobin - Creatures (Hidden Agenda Defocussed Mix)
209. The Qemists - Drop Audio feat MC I.D.

210. The Herballiser - Herbal Blend (Ingredients)
211. Amon Tobin - Reanimator**
212. Amon Tobin - The Nasty
213. Amon Tobin - Wire & Snakes
214. Cujo - Traffic
215. DJ Food - Fungle Junk (Lemon D Jazz Excursion Remix)
216. 2 Player - Sometimes (2 Player Vs The Herbaliser)
217. Roots Manuva - Juggle Tings Proper
218. Bus Driver - Just Listen feat Busdriver
219. London Funk Allstars - Never Can Get Enough
220. Coldcut & Hexstatic - Timber (LPC's Civilisation Mix)
221. King Cannibal - Aragami Style
222. Clifford Gilberto - Restless
223. Neotropic - Train To Katoomba
224. The Cinematic Orchestra - Time & Space (Live At The Royal Albert Hall)
225. The Herballiser - Herbal Blend (Ingredients)
226. Dj Food - Break

227. The Qemists - Stompbox (Spor Remix)
228. 2 Player - Extreme Possibilities (Wagon Christ mix)
229. Anti Pop Consortium - End Game
230. Fink - Green
231. Coldcut - More Beats And Pieces (Meet The Weasels Mix By T Power)
232. The Qemists - Soundface feat Beardyman
233. The Qemists - Got 1 Life feat MC Navigator
234. Spank Rock - Bump (Switch Remix)
235. DJ Kentaro - Taesgore Highway High (Hexstatic Remix)
236. Two Fingers - That Girl feat Sway (Spor Remix)
237. The Qemists - Hurt Less feat Jenna G (Extended Edit)
238. Hexstatic - Ninja Bits
239. DJ Kentaro - Trust (The Qemists Remix)
240. DJ Food - Fungle Junk (Lemon D Jazz Excursion Remix)
241. DJ Food - Dark Blood (MLO Nu Blud 2 Mix)
242. The Cinematic Orchestra - Familiar Ground
243. Neotropic - La Centinela
244. DJ Food - Sexy Bits (Jazz Brakes Volume 4)

245. Drome - Alice Effekt
246. DJ Food - The Day Has Ended
247. Fink - We Are Ninja
248. DJ Food - We're Just Getting Started
249. Oneself - Be Your Own (accapella)
250. The Infesticons - Outro
251. 9 Lazy 9 - Golden Oldie
252. Cougar - Heavy Into Jeff
253. Kruder & Dorfmeister - Shakatakadoodub

254. Spokes - Torn Up In Praise
255. Hex - Thred
256. DJ Food - Sexy Bits (Jazz Brakes Volume 5)