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Formed in London in 1990 by Matt Black and Jonathan More, the duo known as Coldcut, Ninja Tune has established itself as one of the world’s leading independent record labels, etching its story into the pages of ground-breaking British music. Now a bonafide global music institution, synonymous with diverse, uncompromising releases and equally visionary artists—from breaking to GRAMMY-winning acts—committed to pushing the boundaries of music.
The label has celebrated a number of significant events in recent years including multiple notable GRAMMY nominations for Bonobo (who now has five to his name), Jayda G, PVA and via Brainfeeder—with who Ninja Tune have a longstanding partnership to release, promote and distribute their incredible and ever-expanding catalogue worldwide—Hiatus Kaiyote, and Thundercat (who took home the GRAMMY for ‘Best Progressive R&B Album’ for his 2020 album ‘It Is What It Is’). The label has also released Top 5 UK charting albums from Bicep (who were also BRIT nominated), Bonobo and Black Country, New Road (whose debut album was also Mercury nominated), relaunched it’s Big Dada imprint as a label run by Ninja Tune’s Black, POC & Minority Ethnic staff, and entered into a new partnership with ODESZA’s Foreign Family Collective (FFC) to release, promote, and distribute their expansive catalogue worldwide. Ninja Tune has also made a commitment to becoming carbon neutral by the end of 2021 and carbon negative beyond that
In the 30-plus years since formation, Ninja Tune has become a home for forward-thinking music and artists who are at the forefront of their fields, with celebrated releases from the likes of: Bonobo, The Cinematic Orchestra, Roots Manuva, Kelis, Jayda G, Young Fathers, Bicep, Floating Points, Black Country New Road, Little Dragon, Sampa The Great, Run The Jewels, Diplo, Helena Hauff, Actress, Coldcut, Peggy Gou, Julianna Barwick, Jordan Rakei, Maribou State, ODESZA, Tycho, Leon Vynehall, India Jordan, The Bug, Marie Davidson, TSHA, ??? Park Hye Jin & via Brainfeeder, Thundercat, Kamasi Washington, Hiatus Kaiyote, Georgia Anne Muldrow, Ross From Friends and many more.
Still 100% independent, the label has consistently defied expectations for both critical and commercial acclaim—manifesting itself with recognition as ‘Independent Label of the Year’ at the 2018 Association of Independent Music (AIM) awards, ‘Label of the Year’ at the 2016 edition of Gilles Peterson’s Worldwide Awards and most recently a nomination for ‘Label of the Year’ at the 2021 Libera awards. Chart positions include nearly 20 Top-40 records in the official UK Albums Chart including a #2 record with Bicep’s ‘Isles’, #4 for Black Country, New Road’s ‘For the first time’ and a #5 spot for Bonobo’s GRAMMY nominated ‘Migration’, with ODESZA’s ‘A Moment Apart’ (also GRAMMY nominated) reaching #3 in the US Billboard Album Charts. Other impressive results include Mercury Prize wins for Young Fathers album “Dead” (2014) and Speech Debelle’s “Speech Therapy” (2009) and three BRIT nominations for Bicep and Roots Manuva.
Having risen to prominence with the release of their 1987 remix of Eric B and Rakim’s, ‘Paid In Full’—bringing their underground sound to the mainstream—Coldcut founded Ninja Tune in 1990 as an independent outlet for their own productions and like-minded left-field artists. The label's early releases were all produced by Coldcut, and primarily consisted of instrumental sample-based cuts, spawning a number of celebrated albums including the first five volumes of DJ Food's “Jazz Brakes”. The critical acclaim that followed saw the duo become noted pioneers of the instrumental hip hop scene that coalesced the following years. Launched around the same time, the seminal Ninja Tune club night Stealth—named Club of the Year by NME in 1996—ran regular events with guests that included Squarepusher, James Lavelle and many artists from the label roster.
Ninja Tune have also established or worked with a number of additional groundbreaking labels over the years, including Big Dada. The label was originally founded in 1997 as one of the UK’s prominent early hip-hop labels, and helped launch the careers of homegrown legends Roots Manuva, Kae Tempest and Young Fathers, as well as thrusting US behemoths such as Diplo and Run The Jewels into the wider global consciousness. In 2021 Big Dada relaunched as a label run by Black, POC & Minority Ethnic Ninja Tune staff members for Black, POC & Minority Ethnic artists, championing new artists across the musical spectrum whilst continuing to tip its hat to the foundations that built its legacy.
Alongside this, Ninja Tune’s Counter Records imprint has masterminded commercial success with artists such as ODESZA, The Heavy, San Holo, Kasbo, Maribou State and more. Seriously shaping the sound of emerging music scenes the world over, impressive Counter Records milestones include breaking 1 million sales of The Heavy’s celebrated single ‘How You Like Me Now’ and 500,000 sales of ‘Say My Name’ by ODESZA.
Ninja Tune’s Technicolour imprint has also made waves in recent years, working with prominent underground figureheads like Octo Octa, DJ BORING, VTSS, Minimal Violence, Umfang, Elkka and Sofia Kourtesis to name a few.
The label also began working with Flying Lotus legendary Brainfeeder in 2010, with releases that include the GRAMMY award-winning Thundercat, Kamasi Washington, Hiatus Kaiyote, Ross From Friends, Georgia Anne Muldrow, Jaga Jazzist and more.
More recently, Ninja Tune announced an exciting new partnership with ODESZA’s Foreign Family Collective (FFC). The deal, which came after many years of close collaboration between the two independent labels, sees Ninja Tune releasing, promoting, and distributing FFC’s expansive catalogue worldwide, while FFC will work alongside Ninja Tune to expand the FFC mission of supporting musicians and artists alike. ?
By nature, the label is continually looking for new and innovative ways to develop its artists' visions, having grown from the brainchild of the two-man Coldcut team to a living, breathing organisation boasting 70+ employees based across the world including a North American headquarters in LA. It has encouraged interactive technology, embraced the audio-visual world, created its own publishing company, Just Isn’t Music, and made innovative use of software with the creation of Ninja Jamm and the Zen Delay—the first-ever hardware effects unit produced in collaboration with an electronic music label.
Ninja Tune also devotes time and resources to working on non-profit initiatives to support the community around them and also to develop a dialogue with their audiences on relevant social issues. From Coldcut’s early partnerships with Greenpeace and others to the label’s involvement with the Independent Music Cup, XLP/Arts Emergency, MIND, Help Refugees, and ongoing donations to organisations like Fair Fight and Extinction Rebellion this has been in Ninja’s DNA since inception. The label recently announced that they are committed to becoming carbon neutral by the end of 2021 and carbon negative beyond that.
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ILIKEU - (2:41) 123 BPM
ZOOM (feat Tinashe) - (3:45) 129 BPM Hot
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Indie/Alternative
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Close To You (edit) - (1:53) 144 BPM
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And Groove (edit) - (3:25) 135 BPM
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Uplifting Trance
ZOOM
ZOOM - (3:45) 172 BPM Hot
CAPONE - (3:19) 68 BPM
VIOLET (feat KUCKA) - (2:26) 142 BPM
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04 Mar 24
Drum & Bass / Jungle
DREAMER (Remixes)
Sky River (Haider Uppal remix) - (5:30) 128 BPM
Dreamer (feat Zak Khan - Slowspin remix) - (2:59) 142 BPM
This World Couldn't See Us (SIDD remix) - (5:28) 130 BPM
Sunflower (Sijya remix) - (3:33) 89 BPM Hot
Zone 1 To 6000 (Frank Wiedemann remix) - (6:13) 130 BPM
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28 Feb 24
Indie/Alternative
Mahal
Mahal - (3:21) 100 BPM Hot
Mahal (edit) - (2:16) 100 BPM
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20 Feb 24
Indie/Alternative
Make Me
Make Me - (3:44) 132 BPM Hot
Make Me (edit) - (1:44) 132 BPM
I Just Want To Love You - (3:50) 134 BPM
Passionfruit (feat John Carroll Kirby) - (9:22) 124 BPM
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14 Feb 24
Deep House
System
System - (3:52) 69 BPM
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14 Feb 24
Funky/Club House
Real Hot N Naughty
Real Hot N Naughty - (3:34) 134 BPM Hot
And Groove (edit) - (3:25) 135 BPM
Always Been (edit) - (3:28) 134 BPM
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07 Feb 24
Euro Dance/Pop Dance
Passionfruit
Passionfruit - (9:22) 124 BPM Hot
I Just Want To Love You - (3:50) 134 BPM
Burnt Orange (edit) - (4:31) 122 BPM
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Deep House
Somebody (Trance Wax Remix)
Somebody (Trance Wax remix) - (2:51) 130 BPM
Somebody - (3:55) 152 BPM Hot
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ZENDNLS666W
04 Jan 24
Euro Dance/Pop Dance
DJ Friendly (Chloe Robinson + DJ ADHD Remix)
DJ Friendly (Chloe Robinson + DJ ADHD remix) - (5:11) 137 BPM Hot
DJ Friendly - (4:40) 69 BPM
Thirsty - (5:11) 132 BPM
I Just Want To Love You - (3:50) 134 BPM
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12 Dec 23
Footwork/Juke
Small Sanctuary (nimino Remix)
Small Sanctuary (Nimino remix) - (4:12) 128 BPM Hot
Small Sanctuary (edit) - (2:17) 120 BPM
Time To Run - (4:13) 115 BPM
Small Sanctuary - (3:38) 120 BPM
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11 Dec 23
Deep House
Always Get Through To You
Always Get Through To You - (3:23) 120 BPM
How It Feels - (2:18) 124 BPM
Sonder - (3:01) 128 BPM
Always Get Through To You - (4:06) 117 BPM Hot
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07 Dec 23
Funky/Club House
Un/limited Love
Lust - (2:08) 137 BPM
Skin - (2:38) 140 BPM Hot
Elixir - (3:55) 58 BPM
Star - (3:23) 86 BPM
George Riley & Hudson Mohawke - "S E X" - (3:01) 148 BPM
Satisfy You - (3:27) 81 BPM
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ZENDNLS 647
10 Nov 23
Indie/Alternative
Small Sanctuary
Small Sanctuary - (3:38) 60 BPM Hot
Time To Run - (4:13) 115 BPM
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ZENDNLS661W
07 Nov 23
Indie/Alternative
LXXXVIII
Push Power ( A 1 ) - (4:09) 60 BPM Hot
Hit That Spdiff ( B 8 ) - (7:46) 60 BPM
Azd Rain ( G 1 ) - (4:43) 59 BPM
Memory Haze ( C 1 ) - (3:57) 60 BPM
Game Over ( E 1 ) - (3:15) 82 BPM
Typewriter World ( C 8 ) - (4:32) 68 BPM
Its Me ( G 8 ) - (5:17) 98 BPM
Chill ( H 2 ) - (1:11) 90 BPM
Green Blue Amnesia Magic Haze ( D 7 ) - (6:25) 57 BPM
Oway ( F 7 ) - (5:03) 60 BPM
M2 ( F 8 ) - (3:03) 106 BPM
Azifiziks ( D 8 ) - (5:08) 77 BPM
Pluto ( A 2 ) - (2:43) 59 BPM
Review: Actress delivers his ninth album, LXXXVIII, and new long playing work inspired by game theory at large. Still with that classic, lo-fi, harsh and warm Actress sound, Darren Cunningham's aesthetic remains equally ungraspable at the same time. As if some kind of subversive throw back to his legendary Splazsh album, minimal piano tropes punctuate the album to visceral effect. Venturing to looped, computer funk styles in in tracks like "Its me ( g 8 )" too, there's something undeniably sincere to all 13 numbers on offer here. Taking in house beats, experimental hip hop instrumentals and avant garde classical - this album's a keeper.
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03 Nov 23
Experimental/Electronic
Blue Lights (Major League DJz Remix)
Blue Lights (Major League DJz remix) - (8:25) 114 BPM
Meant To Be (Todd Edwards Remix) (edit) - (2:45) 128 BPM Hot
Scars (Kerri Chandler edit) - (6:58) 125 BPM
When She Dance (David Ariza Club edit) - (5:36) 122 BPM
Blue Lights - (3:41) 120 BPM
Played by: Hard Ton
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01 Nov 23
Funky/Club House
DJ Friendly
Babe - (4:37) 134 BPM
Thirsty - (5:11) 132 BPM
DJ Friendly - (4:40) 69 BPM Hot
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27 Oct 23
Funky/Club House
4#TRAX
CAPONE - (3:19) 136 BPM Hot
VIOLET (feat KUCKA) - (2:26) 142 BPM
BTHE1 (feat LIZ) - (3:44) 116 BPM
DEJAVU (feat Rei Brown) - (3:11) 134 BPM
Played by: Mr Brainz, Dan Speed
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27 Oct 23
UK Garage
Madres
Madres - (3:56) 124 BPM
Si Te Portas Bonito - (5:01) 122 BPM Hot
Vajkoczy - (4:10) 124 BPM
How Music Makes You Feel Better - (4:43) 130 BPM
Habla Con Ella - (3:24) 125 BPM
Funkhaus - (5:52) 125 BPM
Moving Houses - (4:54) 118 BPM
Estacion Esperanza (feat Manu Chao) - (5:16) 122 BPM
Cecilia - (4:39) 125 BPM
El Carmen - (5:24) 125 BPM
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27 Oct 23
Deep House
Satisfy You
Satisfy You - (3:27) 81 BPM
Elixir - (3:55) 58 BPM
George Riley & Hudson Mohawke - "S E X" - (3:01) 74 BPM Hot
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ZENDNLS665W
26 Oct 23
Pop
Bolted
Munitions - (3:44) 57 BPM
Butterfly Effect - (3:31) 111 BPM
Rubble - (3:56) 61 BPM
Night Sculpture - (3:26) 100 BPM
Caged - (4:32) 81 BPM
Tar - (1:32) 80 BPM
The Low - (3:38) 79 BPM
Chain Link - (3:43) 75 BPM
Hjope - (3:10) 85 BPM
End - (4:13) 57 BPM
Line Gone Cold - (5:59) 59 BPM
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ZENDNL 297
20 Oct 23
Experimental/Electronic
When Will We Land?
When Will We Land? - (3:33) 95 BPM
Deadbeat Gospel (feat Somedeadbeat) - (4:14) 133 BPM
Sonder - (3:01) 128 BPM
How It Feels - (2:18) 124 BPM
Sunsleeper - (3:42) 124 BPM Hot
Woman - (3:52) 107 BPM
I Won't Let You Down (feat Falle Nioke/Blackboxx) - (4:17) 110 BPM
Always Get Through To You - (4:06) 117 BPM
Tell Me What You Need (feat Just Lil) - (3:29) 60 BPM
Dance Of The Crab - (3:29) 122 BPM
Define Dancing - (5:26) 119 BPM
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ZENDNL 291
20 Oct 23
Indie/Alternative
Birth4000
Birth4000 (extended) - (7:35) 126 BPM
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ZENDNL303BDJ
17 Oct 23
Techno
Always Get Through To You
Always Get Through To You (edit) - (3:00) 118 BPM
Deadbeat Gospel (feat Somedeadbeat) - (4:14) 133 BPM
How It Feels - (2:18) 124 BPM
Sunsleeper - (3:42) 124 BPM Hot
Woman - (3:52) 107 BPM
Dance Of The Crab (edit) - (2:24) 122 BPM
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ZENDNL291YW
16 Oct 23
Funky/Club House
Night Sculpture
Night Sculpture - (3:26) 100 BPM Hot
Butterfly Effect - (3:31) 111 BPM
The Low - (3:38) 158 BPM
Munitions - (3:44) 115 BPM
Caged - (4:32) 81 BPM
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ZENDNL297NW
16 Oct 23
Indie/Alternative
S E X
S E X - (3:01) 148 BPM Hot
George Riley - "Elixir" - (3:55) 58 BPM
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ZENDNLS647XW
12 Oct 23
Breakbeat
Its Me ( G 8 ) / Oway ( F 7 )
Its Me ( G 8 ) - (5:17) 98 BPM Hot
Oway ( F 7 ) - (5:03) 120 BPM
Push Power ( A 1 ) - (4:09) 120 BPM
Game Over ( E 1 ) - (3:15) 82 BPM
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ZENDNL295WW
12 Oct 23
Deep House
One Last Call
One Last Call (extended) - (6:20) 124 BPM
One Last Call (dub) - (5:47) 124 BPM Hot
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ZENDNL302AD
11 Oct 23
Deep House
Meant To Be (Todd Edwards Remix)
Meant To Be (Todd Edwards Remix) (edit) - (2:45) 128 BPM Hot
Scars (Kerri Chandler edit) - (6:58) 125 BPM
When She Dance (David Ariza Club edit) - (5:36) 122 BPM
Scars - (2:58) 125 BPM
Meant To Be - (3:44) 118 BPM
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ZENDNLS653MW
10 Oct 23
UK Garage
TNB
TNB (Day version) - (3:58) 132 BPM
TNB (Night version) - (7:07) 138 BPM Hot
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ZENDNLS 660
10 Oct 23
Deep House
Now U Do (Carlita Remix)
Now U Do (Carlita Remix) (edit) - (3:33) 127 BPM
Now U Do (Carlita Remix) - (5:19) 127 BPM Hot
Now U Do (edit) - (2:38) 137 BPM
Now U Do - (3:28) 137 BPM
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ZENDNLS642CW
09 Oct 23
Deep House
Babe
Babe - (4:37) 134 BPM
DJ Friendly - (4:40) 69 BPM Hot
I Just Want To Love You - (3:50) 134 BPM
Burnt Orange - (5:36) 122 BPM
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ZENDNLS657BW
05 Oct 23
Funky/Club House
Munitions
Munitions - (3:44) 115 BPM
Butterfly Effect - (3:31) 111 BPM
The Low - (3:38) 157 BPM
Caged - (4:32) 81 BPM
Munitions (Reprise edit) - (1:35) 115 BPM
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ZENDNLS663W
03 Oct 23
Indie/Alternative
Deadbeat Gospel
Deadbeat Gospel (feat Somedeadbeat) - (4:14) 133 BPM Hot
How It Feels - (2:18) 124 BPM
Sunsleeper - (3:42) 124 BPM
Woman - (3:52) 107 BPM
Dance Of The Crab (edit) - (2:24) 122 BPM
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ZENDNL291GW
27 Sep 23
Deep House
How Music Makes You Feel Better
How Music Makes You Feel Better - (4:43) 130 BPM
How Music Makes You Feel Better (edit) - (3:21) 131 BPM
Si Te Portas Bonito - (5:01) 122 BPM Hot
Vajkoczy (edit) - (2:52) 124 BPM
By Your Side - (6:07) 122 BPM
Madres - (3:56) 124 BPM
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ZENDNL292HW
27 Sep 23
Deep House
VIOLET
VIOLET - (2:26) 142 BPM
Kane Train (feat Freddie Gibbs) - (2:16) 147 BPM Hot
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ZENDNLS658AW
26 Sep 23
Dirty Dubstep/Trap/Grime
Softscars
X W X - (2:25) 139 BPM
Sulky Baby - (4:38) 80 BPM
Softscars - (3:26) 94 BPM
4ui12 - (2:43) 115 BPM
Ghosts - (3:40) 70 BPM
Dazies - (4:24) 97 BPM
Fish In The Pool - (2:31) 75 BPM
Software Update - (3:36) 132 BPM
Inferno - (3:14) 60 BPM
Bloodbunny - (2:42) 110 BPM
Cyber Meat - (3:06) 80 BPM
Aphex Twin Flame - (3:38) 82 BPM
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ZENDNL 294
22 Sep 23
Indie/Alternative
Slipping Into Color
Layers - (3:50) 65 BPM Hot
Nowhere Else To Go - (3:10) 145 BPM
Rebels - (3:52) 125 BPM
Slumber - (3:45) 155 BPM
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ZENDNLS 662
20 Sep 23
Indie/Alternative
Softscars
Softscars - (3:26) 94 BPM
Inferno (edit) - (2:19) 60 BPM
Dazies - (4:24) 97 BPM
Ghosts - (3:40) 70 BPM
Sulky Baby - (4:38) 80 BPM
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ZENDNL294FW
14 Sep 23
Indie/Alternative
Somebody
Somebody - (3:55) 76 BPM
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ZENDNLS 650
14 Sep 23
Pop
Game Over ( E 1 )
Game Over ( E 1 ) - (3:15) 82 BPM
Push Power ( A 1 ) - (4:09) 60 BPM
Fire And Light - (1:15) 66 BPM Hot
Walking Flames (feat Sampha) - (4:10) 57 BPM
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ZENDNL295GW
12 Sep 23
Experimental/Electronic
Scars (Kerri Chandler Edit)
Scars (Kerri Chandler edit) - (6:58) 125 BPM Hot
Scars - (2:58) 125 BPM
When She Dance (David Ariza Club edit) - (5:36) 122 BPM
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ZENDNLS653CW
07 Sep 23
Funky/Club House
The Low
The Low - (3:38) 158 BPM
Caged - (4:32) 81 BPM
The Low (Reprise edit) - (1:36) 157 BPM
Butterfly Effect - (3:31) 111 BPM
Tar - (3:31) 160 BPM
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ZENDNLS654W
05 Sep 23
Indie/Alternative
Elixir
Elixir - (3:55) 116 BPM
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ZENDNLS647E
04 Sep 23
Deep House
How It Feels
How It Feels (Slightly extended mix) - (3:09) 124 BPM Hot
How It Feels - (2:18) 124 BPM
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ZENDNL291HX
01 Sep 23
Funky/Club House
Inferno
Inferno - (3:14) 60 BPM
Inferno (edit) - (2:19) 60 BPM
Dazies - (4:24) 97 BPM
Sulky Baby - (4:38) 80 BPM
Ghosts - (3:40) 70 BPM
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ZENDNLS659W
31 Aug 23
Indie/Alternative
DJ Friendly
DJ Friendly - (4:40) 69 BPM Hot
DJ Friendly (edit) - (1:47) 69 BPM
I Just Want To Love You - (3:50) 134 BPM
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ZENDNLS657DW
31 Aug 23
Funky/Club House
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