''Xen Cuts'' is a

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released by

Ninja Tune Ninja Tune is an English independent record label based in London. It has a satellite office in Los Angeles. It was founded by Matt Black and Jonathan More (better known as Coldcut) and managed by Peter Quicke and others. Inspired by a visit ...

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on their tenth anniversary. The album was released in a four-piece vinyl recording (ZEN49), as two-disc CD (ZENCD049) and as a three-disc CD (ZENCD049X) versions, with the third disc "Xen Cuts Missed Flipped and Skipped" also released separately (ZENCD49C). The compilation consists mainly of B-sides and other tracks previously unreleased on CD.

Disc one

# "The Xen To One Ratio" -

Steinski Double Dee and Steinski is a duo of hip hop producers, composed of Doug "Double Dee" DiFranco and Steven "Steinski" Stein. They achieved notoriety in the early 1980s for a series of underground hip-hop sample-based collages known as the "Less ...

– 1:03 # "Showtime" - Big Dada Sound – 4:45 # "2 Tha Left" (featuring Mass Influence) - Dynamic Syncopation – 3:21 # "QMS" - T Love – 5:00 # "8pt Agenda" (featuring

Latyrx Latyrx is an American alternative hip hop duo consisting of Lateef the Truthspeaker and Lyrics Born. The roots of their partnership lay in the formation of the Solesides collective at the University of California, Davis. History The crew's char ...

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The Herbaliser The Herbaliser is an English jazz hip hop group formed by Jake Wherry and Ollie Teeba in London, England during the early 1990s. Although currently releasing on their own label and having previously been signed to !K7 Records, they were one o ...

– 5:00 # "Ug" -

Mr. Scruff Andrew Carthy (born 10 February 1972), better known by his stage name Mr. Scruff, is an English record producer and DJ. He lives in Stretford, Greater Manchester and studied fine art at the Psalter Lane campus of Sheffield Hallam University. ...

– 4:33 # "Memories" (featuring Shorti) -

Neotropic The Neotropical realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms constituting Earth's land surface. Physically, it includes the tropical terrestrial ecoregions of the Americas and the entire South American temperate zone. Definition In bioge ...

– 3:12 # "Rhythm & Blues Angus Steakhouse" - Cabbageboy – 4:25 # "Saboteur" (

Roots Manuva Rodney Hylton Smith, better known by his stage name Roots Manuva (born 9 September 1972), is a British rapper and producer. Since his debut in 1994, he has produced numerous albums and singles on the label Big Dada, achieving commercial succes ...

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Amon Tobin Amon Adonai Santos de Araújo Tobin (born February 7, 1972), known as Amon Tobin (), is a Brazilian electronic musician, composer and producer. He is noted for his unusual methodology in sound design and music production. He has released eight ...

– 4:22 # "Your Revolution (version)" (featuring Sarah Jones) -

DJ Vadim Vadim Alexandrovich Peare (russian: Вадим Александрович Пир, Vadim Aleksandrovich Pir ...

– 4:53 # "Nepalese Bliss" (

Jimpster Jimpster (a.k.a. Audiomontage, a.k.a. Franc Spangler, real name Jamie Odell) is a British deep house producer and DJ. Together with Tom Roberts, he founded the labels Freerange Records and Delusions of Grandeur. While producing his own tracks ...

mix) - The Irresistible Force – 5:17 # "Emperor's Main Course" -

Kid Koala Eric San (born December 5, 1974), aka Kid Koala, is a Canadian scratch DJ, music producer, theatre producer, film composer, multimedia-performer and visual artist. His career began as a scratch DJ in 1994. Kid Koala works with genres as eclectic ...

– 4:04 # "Give It Up" -

Coldcut Coldcut are an English electronic music duo composed of Matt Black and Jonathan More. Credited as pioneers for pop sampling in the 1980s, Coldcut are also considered the first stars of UK electronic dance music due to their innovative style, ...

– 5:08 # "Hip Hop Barrio" -

Up, Bustle and Out Up, Bustle and Out are musicians and recording artists - Rupert Mould (also known as Señor Rudi) from Bristol, Senor Cuffy (Spanish Guitarist), Dave Cridge (Beat Keeper and tour/soundsystem dj) Eugenia Knight (percussion and Vocals) UK. They ha ...

– 4:35 # "Blue Flames" - Quannum MC's – 5:05 # "Night Night Theme" -

The Infesticons Mike Ladd is an American hip hop musician from Boston, Massachusetts. He is based in Paris, France. ''The Guardian'' described him as "the king of the hip-hop concept." Early life Mike Ladd was born in Boston, Massachusetts. As a child, he live ...

– 4:06 # "I Hear The Drummer" -

Luke Vibert Luke Vibert (born 26 January 1973) is a British electronic musician and producer, also known for his work under several aliases such as Plug and Wagon Christ. Raised in Cornwall, Vibert began releasing projects in the 1990s across varied genre ...

– 4:07 # "Ninjah (We Are Ninja)" (featuring

Frank Chickens Frank Chickens are a Japanese musical group based in London, who have performed songs mainly in English from 1982. They were nominated for the 1984 Edinburgh Comedy Award for their performance at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. In the same year ...

) - Fink – 5:15

Disc two

# "The Joy Of X (Spotters Delight)" -

Flexus Intro (English: Travelcard; formerly named Flexus) is an electronic ticket system that was introduced on all public transport in Greater Oslo, in 2009 using Thales technology. The system may eventually replace all paper tickets on trips with Ruter ...

(Strictly Kev of

DJ Food DJ Food is an electronic music project currently headed by Kevin Foakes (also known as "Strictly Kev"). Originally conceived by the members of Coldcut on the Ninja Tune independent record label, the project started in 1990 on the premise of pro ...

) – 1:44 # "The 10th Victim" - The Clifford Gilberto Rhythm Combination – 4:18 # "Soul Pride" - Neptune (PC and Jason Swinscoe of

The Cinematic Orchestra The Cinematic Orchestra is a British nu jazz and downtempo music group created in 1999 by Jason Swinscoe. The group is signed to independent record label Ninja Tune. The Cinematic Orchestra have produced four studio albums, ''Motion'' (1999) ...

) – 6:36 # "Los Locos Cubanos (

Snowboy Snowboy (a.k.a. Mark Cotgrove) is an English percussionist, bandleader, DJ and journalist.Up, Bustle and Out Up, Bustle and Out are musicians and recording artists - Rupert Mould (also known as Señor Rudi) from Bristol, Senor Cuffy (Spanish Guitarist), Dave Cridge (Beat Keeper and tour/soundsystem dj) Eugenia Knight (percussion and Vocals) UK. They ha ...

– 4:23 # "Down & To The Left" -

– 5:21 # "My Life's In These Bottles" -

Loka Loka () is a concept in Hinduism and other Indian religions, that may be translated as a planet, the universe, a plane, or a realm of existence. In some philosophies, it may also be interpreted as a mental state that one can experience. A prima ...

– 5:28 # "Original Sins" - Chris Bowden – 7:36 # "Restless" - The Clifford Gilberto Rhythm Combination – 5:32 # "Build A Church With Your Fear" -

Animals on Wheels Animals on Wheels is the stage name of Andrew Coleman, an electronic musician based in Cambridge. Coleman collaborated with Adam Butler (a.k.a. Vert) to form Bovinyl, an independent record label, and released his first EP, ''Baits Bite'', in ...

– 6:39 # "The Ageing Young Rebel (Gentle Cruelty)" (featuring

Ken Nordine Ken Nordine (April 13, 1920 – February 16, 2019) was an American voice-over and recording artist, best known for his series of word jazz albums. His deep, resonant voice has also been featured in many commercial advertisements and movie traile ...

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– 8:28 # "Quicksilver Loom" -

Flanger Flanging is an audio signal processing, audio effect produced by mixing two identical audio signal, signals together, one signal delayed by a small and (usually) gradually changing period, usually smaller than 20 milliseconds. This produces a s ...

– 8:20 # "Big Sea (edit)" -

Funki Porcini James Braddell is an English musician and film maker, who uses the stage name of Funki Porcini. "Funki Porcini" is a twist on "Funghi Porcini", the Italian name of the mushroom Boletus edulis, commonly known as "penny bun". He spent ten years ...

– 4:34 # "Arcane" - Arc – 4:21 # "Big Amoeba Sound" - Max & Harvey – 4:00

Disc Three (Xen Cuts Missed Flipped and Skipped)

# "Twice The First Time" -

Saul Williams Saul Stacey Williams (born February 29, 1972) is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, musician, poet, writer, and actor. He is known for his blend of poetry and alternative hip hop, and for his lead roles in the 1998 independent film ''Slam'' ...

– 4:32 # "More Beats & Pieces" (

John McEntire John McEntire (born April 9, 1970 in Portland, Oregon) is an American recording engineer, producer, drummer and multi-instrumentalist, based in Chicago, Illinois. He is a member of both Tortoise and the Sea and Cake. McEntire started playing dr ...

Tortoise Tortoises () are reptiles of the family Testudinidae of the order Testudines (Latin: ''tortoise''). Like other turtles, tortoises have a turtle shell, shell to protect from predation and other threats. The shell in tortoises is generally hard, ...

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– 6:03 # "Dubble (Organ Swell)" -

– 6:55 # "No Mind" - Happy Campers – 5:02 # "Peace Pt. 1" -

– 4:52 # "Happy Band" -

– 5:06 # "Drunk Trumpet" (Live At The Metro,

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– 3:55 # "Non Lateral Hypothesis" -

DJ Vadim Vadim Alexandrovich Peare (russian: Вадим Александрович Пир, Vadim Aleksandrovich Pir ...

– 5:26 # "Ninja Tune (Enter The Augmenter)" ( The Process mix) -

Hexstatic Hexstatic are an English electronic music duo, consisting of Stuart Warren Hill and Robin Brunson, that specializes in creating "quirky audio visual electro." Formed in 1997 after Hill and Brunson met while producing visuals at the Channel 5 ...

– 4:08 # "Movements" (Live At Inside Tracks) -

– 4:25 # "Tried By 12" (

Squarepusher Tom Jenkinson (born 17 January 1975), known professionally as Squarepusher, is an English electronic musician, record producer, bassist, multi-instrumentalist and DJ. His music spans several genres including drum and bass, IDM, acid house, ...

remix) - East Flatbush Project – 2:56 # "Feel'n You & Me" - Sukia vs.

– 6:20 # "Channel 1 Suite" (

Four Tet Kieran Hebden (born September 1977), known as Four Tet, is an English electronic musician. He came to prominence as a member of the post-rock band Fridge before establishing himself as a solo artist with charting UK albums such as '' Rounds'' ( ...

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– 7:36 # "Bad Sex" (featuring Chris Morris) -

– 5:45 # "Bruce Lee MC (edit)" - Quincy – 4:38

Reception

'' Select'' gave the album a four out of five rating, stating that "Though so big it occasionally get airless, if you persevere it soon becomes clear how this is one of the highest quality labels in the land."

References

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