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The Ninja on this record
Elliott Skinner lands on Ninja Tune with a slow-burning 80 BPM cut that wears its alternative rock frame like a tailored shadow. Keyed in 9B, the harmonic palette sits in that smoky G minor pocket, and while the guitars might suggest a traditional live rig, the pacing and programming carry the late-night momentum of a label pedigree built on after-hours intelligence and sonic subversion.
At energy level seven, it never quite boils over; instead, it stalks the room with controlled, metropolitan menace. This is the sort of weapon you deploy when the floor needs tension without immediate release, bridging downtempo warm-up territory and the deeper, darker hours where raw, guitar-led textures meet the patient restraint of electronic sequencing.