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last week i stumbled upon emika, which has two major ninja tune releases. her music is really deep and intelligently produced. with her vocals added to the package it almost gets a commercial touch, but in a really good way. check her out and feel the vibe!

“I make pop, but with a hard edge, playing different sounds and intensities against each other,” Emika explains. “I try to stay on the fence, leaving room for the listener to create a sense of what its about. It’s all about tension for me.” Tension, indeed. Her music evokes comparison to the visionary likes of the XX, Fever Ray, The Knife, Burial and Circlesquare – artists that stand outside of genre, maintaining an uncanny timelessness of their own. As such, the words and sonics captured on “Drop The Other” prove both utterly catchy but experimental, erotic yet never overtly sexual, clearly confessional but shrouded in mystery.It’s a sound and vision that parallels Emika’s roundabout entrée into becoming a performing artist, a musical journey spiraling from suburban London and inner-city Bristol to cutting-edge Berlin.

Emika has called in some fantastic remixes. Scuba aka Paul Rose was a London dubstep pioneer, but in 2007 he too relocated to Berlin. His “Vulpine Remix” gets foxy with the original, importing vinyl static, ticking clocks and reversed cymbals, disembodying the vocals and making something deep and driving all at once. GeRM, meanwhile, takes the track “Double Edge” and spin it out into euphoric, glitchy electro-house that has already found its way on to Ministry of Sound playlists. Emika is also working collaboratively with visual artist Mox, developing designs and video inspired by her music.

get more infos right here:
http://www.ninjatune.net/ninja/artist.php?id=169
http://www.facebook.com/emikamusic
http://www.myspace.com/emikamyspace