Up, Bustle And Out - Search & Destroy

how have i never heard this stuff before? cuban reggae beats from bristol? i dig it. and they have, like, a dozen records to listen to on Youtube. i got the record below - where they work with a cuban flautist - in at the store and i played it online and now i am a fan. there is always something old that is new for me. thank you, world. there is probably a ton of cultural appropriation or something with this group? i have no idea. british people have always been making latin hip-hop bhangra house singles for as long as i can remember. they just don't give a damn. anyway, a lot of this stuff holds up. (some of the trip hop vocal stuff on the old albums....well, it was the era...what ya gonna do? but even those aren't terrible.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-H1dlb5LCw

is digging old downtempo trip hop a sign of encroaching senility....??? its soothing to me...

this track reminds me of my favorite Sand album on Soul Jazz Records. remember that one? Still Born Alive. i love that album.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tspq2b0D_L8

just in case you don't remember it. i am there for you.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcblH3i4ggI

jesus am i going to start listening to acid jazz...

as long as the beats are dope and loud i'm good.

they are like the muslimgauze of trip hop. i don't know why they didn't have an album called *Around The World with Up, Bustle And Out*.

Give them time. If they're still around.

Maybe you think thievery corporation is a bit too smooth lounge sleazy, but they've got a very solid DJ Kicks mix CD which is possibly the only time I've heard up bustle & out. Their track was really good, one of the standouts! The whole mix is very up and bustly.

One Colour Just Reflects another is classic era Ninja Tune and a personal favorite. Really great blend of sounds and warm production touches.

This is a decent compilation from that era - "Ninja Cuts - Funkjazztical Tricknology"

https://www.discogs.com/master/26276-Various-Ninja-Cuts-Funkjazztical-Tricknology

Oh man thanks for this, just what my Saturday needed. Underrated group for sure. Feel like Ninja Tune did a better job of marketing Ninja Tune than the individual artists in all but one or two cases.