小简介
英国前卫二人电音组合Coldcut 由Jonathan More和Matt Black 组成。Coldcut自设的伦敦独立音乐厂牌Ninja Tune 成立于1990年。在Coldcut 的带领下，Ninja Tune以搞怪、偏锋、多元、高技术含量的风格著称，成就了另类的江湖地位。旗下忍者包括各色乐手、多媒体艺术家、派对搞手、科学怪人、玩票政治家，更是近十几年来 Trip-Hop、Big Beats、 Ambient、Cut&Paste和 Live Audiovisual文化等潮流的主要推手。Ninja Tune 还拥有子厂牌Counter Records 、Big Dada 以及美加分部。07年，Coldcut 全球巡演主打Journeys By VJ。第一站已于12 月4日在泰国曼谷打响。
DJs Jonathan More and Matt Black, aka Coldcut, rose to acclaim in the mid-80s through production and remix work for a number of modern rock, hip-hop, and dance outfits, including Yaz, Lisa Stansfield, Junior Reid, Blondie, Eric B. & Rakim, and Queen Latifah. While that connection has pegged them as a product of the U.K. acid house and rave scenes, the pairs larger commitment has been to urban breakbeat styles such as hip-hop, ambient dub, and jungle; the three of which have constituted the bulk of their recorded output since their first mid-80s white-label EP, Hey Kids, What Time Is It? Comprising project titles like Hedfunk, Hex, DJ Food, and Coldcut, More and Black have assembled an empire of U.K. breakbeat and experimental hip-hop through their Ninja Tune/Ntone labels and been a unifying force in underground experimental electronic music through their eclectic radio show, Solid Steel, and club and tour dates.
More and Black got their start, not surprisingly, as radio DJs, working at the pirate station Network 21 during the first half of the 80s, and latching onto the snowballing club scene mid- to late-decade. Their claim to early fame, Hey Kids, What Time Is It?, was modeled on the cutnscratch turntable aesthetic of underground deck heroes like Grandmaster Flash and Double D & Steinski. Widely regarded as the U.K.s first breaks record and an influential force in bringing identity to Londons nascent club culture, the record — released as a U.S. import billed to DJ Coldcut to avoid sample litigation — opened as many doors for More and Black as it did for DJs, bringing scads of production and remix work their way. The attention (and sales royalties) also allowed them to launch their Ninja Tune and Ntone labels, which together have been home to some of the most acclaimed and influential artists of Londons post-rave underground scene, including DJ Food, Drome, Journeyman, 9 Lazy 9, Up, Bustle & Out, and the Herbaliser.
Although Coldcut was their earliest nom de plume, following a befuddled contract with Arista, the name remained in legal channels for the following few years. The intervening period found the pair no less active, releasing a flood of material under different names and continuing to work with young groups. The Coldcut name returned to More and Black in 1995, and the pair celebrated with a mix CD as part of the Journeys by DJ series dubbed 70 Minutes of Madness. The release was credited with bringing to wider attention the sort of freestyle mixing the pair were always known for through their radio show on KISS FM, Solid Steel, and their steady club dates, a style that has since taken off through clubs like Blech and the Heavenly Sunday Social. In 1997, Coldcut finally released another full-length, Let Us Play! Two years later, the pair followed up with the remix album Let Us Replay! Numerous mix CDs appeared before they returned in 2006 with the new album Sound Mirrors, a slick album that recalled their debut.