Red Snapper are a British instrumental band founded in London in 1993 by Ali Friend (double bass), Richard Thair (drums), and David Ayers (guitar). The three core members are also joined by various guest musicians and vocalists on different records. According to music journalist, Jason Ankeny (Allmusic) "the British acid jazz trio were notable for their pioneering synthesis of acoustic instruments and electronic textures". Stylistically, Red Snapper's music contains elements of jazz, funk, jungle, trip-hop, hip-hop and breakbeat, as well as references to early psychedelic and progressive rock. The band released three EPs before signing to Warp Records for their debut album, Prince Blimey (1996).[1] The band were a somewhat unusual feature of Warp Records' 1990s roster: in contrast to the studio-oriented IDM the record label primarily dealt in, the band had a live and organic sound: a smoky mixture of dub, jazz and all tempos of breakbeat from trip hop to drum and bass. In 1997, Red Snapper (along with the Foo Fighters) supported The Prodigy on their Fat of the Land tour in the UK For their follow-up Making Bones they were joined by jungle MC Det, Byron Wallen the jazz trumpeter and singer Alison David. The latter was replaced by Karim Kendra by their third album, Our Aim Is to Satisfy (2000). In early 2002, Red Snapper announced its dissolution. Also in 2002 the compilation album It's All Good was released. It included a previously unreleased track, "Ultraviolet". The next year an album of remixes was released, Redone, which included tracks remixed by the Snapper themselves. Ayers and Felix Tod were credited as The Creation, Thair remixed "Ultraviolet", and the "Odd Man Out" (Odd Man remix) was done by Friend, Gavin Clark and Ted Barnes. The last track included vocals. Later the Flameboy Records (owned by Jake Williams, former RS keyboard player) released a 4-track vinyl called "RedOne", which included a previously unreleased Red Snapper track entitled "Drill" featuring MC Det. Red Snapper reformed in 2007 - this was posted on their MySpace page: "After 6 years apart concentrating on different projects, Red Snapper return. Ali has been working with Beth Orton and his new band Clayhill. David has been focusing on writing music for TV with his work featuring on the highly acclaimed BBC show 'The Tribe'. Rich has been working with Jakeone on their band Toob, with Rennie Pilgrem and the TCR Allstars and Bomb the Bass". They decided to rejoin before Christmas and after a jam session are back in the recording studio working on new material for their sixth album with saxophonist, Tom Challenger. Red Snapper also appeared at the Bloc Weekend in March 2008. The band released Pale Blue Dot (Lo Recordings) on 2 October 2008. They appeared on the Glade Stage at Glastonbury 2009. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

NINJATO - CHRONICLES OF THE 6 SAMURAI (OUT Since 08/11/12) http://ninjato.bandcamp.com/album/chronicles-of-the-6-samurai on itunes: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/chronicles-of-the-6-samurai-ep/id577473006 200 hand-numbered White Vinyls digital release Ninjato, formerly known as Störungstelle or Gesmoyer, is a Shaolin glitch master from the streets of Ghent (Belgium). He created the ninja character based on the sounds of Amon Tobin, Eskmo, Loops Haunt & Lorn: heavy sound design combined with organic leads, humongous drops & kamikaze driven melodies. Over the years Ninjato has shared the battle field with some of his musical heroes such as Shabazz palaces(AB), Loops Haunt, Slugabed, Doshy & more. Chronicles of the 6 samurai tells the story of a warrior on a quest through a psychedelic maze. On his path he comes across 6 foes whom he has to conquer with his laser blade. The album is available on white vinyl (limited to 200, hand numbered copies) & comes with a poster designed by Fbs ( digital download code). Ninjato - Chronicles of the 6 samurai [AOU011] Released 08 November 2012 Written & produced by Joren Hemeryck Mastered by Gert Beazar & Jonas Uytdenhouwen Artwork by Fbs Other Tracks Released: Shepherd - Winged Chariot (Ninjato Remix) https://soundcloud.com/ninjato/shepherd-winged-chariot Anders Wallden - Oandligheten (Ninjato Remax) on MAD HOP VOL.5 http://mad-hop.bandcamp.com/track/anders-wallden-oandligheten-ninjato-remax Note: Ninjato (https://www.facebook.com/NINJATOmusic) => never released tracks like "unseen plateau" or "the suicide beat", just to lett you know... it wasn't me.

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