I’m usually a fan of Ninja Tune – Fink, Mr. Scruff and the Cinematic Orchestra are particular favourites – so I was interested by their new signing Emika:

Emika describes herself as “making pop, but with a hard edge, playing different sounds and intensities against each other. I try to stay on the fence, leaving from for the listener to create a sense of what its about. It’s all about tension for me.”

‘Drop the Other’ is her first single for the label, a breathy piece of minimal pop that recalls the spacious epics of the xx and the goth electro of The Knife in equal measures. Here [http://mp3.factmagazine.co.uk/Emika%20-%20Drop%20The%20Other%20%28Scuba%27s%20Vulpine%20Remix%29.mp3] she’s remixed by Paul ‘Scuba’ Rose, a dubstep original who runs the Hot Flush label out of Berlin, and recently released his most realized work to date in the Aesuanic EP.

(Via the Fact Blog and Radio 1!)