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CMU Approved
Approved: Emika (CMU Tips For 2010)
By Andy Malt | Published on Monday 11 January 2010
Causing much excitement in the CMU office at the end of last year was Ninja Tune’s latest signing Emika. The title track of her debut EP, ‘Drop The Other’, sounds like a squeaky clean R&B song that’s been taken out on a heavy night and then left alone in a strange town to find its way home at 4am. In the rain. It’s catchy and definitely has pop in its heart, but it also sounds damaged and subdued. Glitchy piano flicks in and out of frame, drums skitter along underneath and Emika’s soft, effortless-sounding vocals drift quietly over the top of it all.
It’s not out til later this month, but Ninja Tune are already giving away a Scuba remix of ‘Drop The Other’, which holds the essence of the original but gives it a bit more kick, right now. To download it, click the link below.
