Bonobo – The North Borders (2LP)

Ninja Tune is an English independent record label based in London with a satellite office in Los Angeles. It was founded by Matt Black and Jonathan More (better known as Coldcut) and managed by Peter Quicke and others. The label's first releases — the first five volumes of DJ Food's Jazz Brakes — were produced by Coldcut in the early 1990s. They were composed of instrumental sample-based cuts that led the duo to help pioneer new instrumental hip hop beats genres (alongside the Mo'Wax label and Ninja Tune artists such as Funki Porcini, The Herbaliser, and DJ Vadim) and, to this day, are recognized as being indispensable tools for DJs. The label has since released music from many artists (including The Cinematic Orchestra, Amon Tobin, Bonobo, Kelis, BICEP, The Bug, Machinedrum, and Lee Bannon) and distributes for other record labels – including Big Dada, Brainfeeder (Flying Lotus' label) and Technicolour Records.