i keep saying it to people at work who work extra hard or spit some positive corporate propagada --- as an employee you are just a fucking number,,,and nobody gives two fucks about u
Still does. Kamasi washington, thundercat, louis cole, kadhja bonet, laurel, haitus kaiyote are all at the top of their game and signed to ninja tune.
It's a really different sound from "back in the day" and likely to be rejected by a lot of the people who grew up on like, bonobo and dj vadim. But the label plays the same role, favoring experimental & alternative groove-based musicians.
The "original" ninja tune artists were so influential that key elements of their sound just became part of the main stream of pop and hip hop today. The current crew is similarly disproportionately influential on other musicians, and I'm nearly certain it will play out the same way.
I didn't realize Kamasi Washington is on Ninja Tune!
They had a predilection for releasing zillions of compilation albums with heavily overlapping track lists, which kind of fatigued me on the label, but I'm still fond of the early releases of theirs that I bought.
Actually I think he's on flying lotus's label, which ninja tune distributes or something like that, which may be the case with some of these others too. The alt-electronic/jazz/hip-hop/fusion label situation right now is way beyond my ability to comprehend. But I still see the ninja tune logo on a lot of vinyl that I like.
