New Ninja Tune Signing – Emika
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.