Concert information

Review

Andreya Triana, Fink et Bonobo got together for a unique performance to celebrate the 20 years anniversary of their favorite record label: Ninja Tune.

On this occasion, the 3 artists played exclusive versions of Andreya Triana's album Lost Where I Belong (note: Bonobo produced the recording and Fink co-authored 2 tracks with her).

The Centre Pompidou played its part by setting a classy and subdued setting that magnified Andreya's fabulous voice, Simon's grooves and Fink's ever-so-delicate and precise musicianship.

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Artist

Fink

Fin Greenall (aka Fink) began his recording career as a producer and DJ on legendary British label Ninja Tune, whose N-Tone sub-label released his Fresh Produce LP back in 1999, which remains an underground trip-hop classic. He honed his skills as a world-class Ninja DJ, remixer, and songwriter by working with the likes of John Legend, Elbow, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Martin Taylor, Robert Belfour, Amy Winehouse and actor Michael Pitt, while realising his strengths as a lyricist, guitarist, and vocalist. In 2006 Fink was reincarnated as Ninja Tune s first ever singer-songwriter, releasing the critically-acclaimed Biscuits for Breakfast LP and supporting Zero 7 on their UK tour in-between his own sold-out headline and festival performances across Europe and North America.

Fink s follow-up, Distance and Time, was released in October 2007, and is the first artist album produced by Andy Barlow (Lamb). The first single, This is the Thing, was famously used as the backing track to a major television advertising campaign in 2008, bringing Fink s distinctive sound and writing style to a much wider audience than ever before. Immersed in a very personal labour of love, this Bristol-bred artist is forging an exceptional career with insistent, heartfelt songs, bruised basslines, and an achingly soulful voice. Fink and his band continue to tour internationally whenever they are not in the studio writing.

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Andreya Triana

Andreya likes to sing, laugh, dance about, dream, strum her guitar and write songs using preferably good quality stationary...

Her debut album is dropping on the 23rd of August 2010 on Ninja Tune records, its produced by superproducer supremo extraordinaire Bonobo with a couple of song writes courtesy of the singer / songwriter with the crazy skills and talents Fink. More details on its release to be announced...

For all information please email:
INFO@ANDREYATRIANA.COM

For all european and worldwide bookings please contact:
James Wright @ Elastic Artists Booking Agency
JAMES@ELASTICARTISTS.NET

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Bonobo

Bonobo, the stage name of Simon Green (born 30 March 1976), is a British musician, producer and DJ.

Green has recorded and performed solo DJ sets under the name Barakas, and together with Robert Luis from Tru Thoughts as Nairobi and Barakas

Bonobo's first release was in October 1999 with the song "Terrapin" on the Tru Thoughts compilation When Shapes Join Together. He released his debut album Animal Magic on Tru Thoughts in 2000. With this album, completely self-produced and mainly self-instrumented, he became one of the "new downtempo pioneers" and his chilled, beat-driven music captivated press as well as many major labels.

In 2001, Bonobo was signed to Ninja Tune and in 2003, after one album of remixes on Tru Thoughts in 2002, he released Dial 'M' For Monkey. In 2005, Bonobo contributed to the Solid Steel series, with his Bonobo Presents Solid Steel: "It Came From The Sea", the release date was scheduled for October 10, 2005, but was released a week early, the mix features several exclusive tracks as well as remixes and re-edits.

His third album, entitled "Days to Come", was released on October 2, 2006, the first single from the album was "Nightlite", featuring vocals by Bajka. Following the success of "Days to Come" his tracks have appeared in a number of media-related items. Days To Come was voted Best Album of 2006 by Gilles Peterson's listeners.

The song "The Keeper" was released in September 2009 as the lead single from his fourth album "Black Sands", released in March 2010

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Label

Ninja Tune

The label was founded in 1990. In 1994 Matt Black's close friend Mixmaster Morris introduced Matt to Openmind - a DJ & design collective in Camberwell - at the Telepathic Fish chill-out club they were running. Openmind included Kevin Foakes aka Strictly Kev of DJ Food. After submitting a re-styled company logo he was employed by Ninja Tune in the capacity of overall design consultant.[1]
Pre-dating Ninja Tune is the radio show Solid Steel, which Coldcut set up in 1988. What initially began as a radio show on then pirate Kiss FM went on to become a weekly podcast and also the name of live nightclub events showcasing the talents of a number of Ninja Tune artists. Solid Steel is also the name of a series of DJ mix CDs from the label.
In 2010, Ninja Tune are celebrating 20 years of releasing music. A book entitled Ninja Tune: 20 Years of Beats and Pieces was released on 12 August 2010, and an exhibition was held at Black Dog Publishing's Black Dog Space in London showcasing artwork, design and photography from the label's 20 year history. A compilation album is due for release on 20 September. It will be released in two formats - a regular version consisting of two 2-disc volumes, and a limited edition (of 3,500 copies), which will contain 6 CDs, 6 7" vinyl singles, a hardback copy of the book, a poster and additional gifts. Ninja Tune has recently been featured in Rip It Up Magazine where Matt Black discusses their phenomenal success over these past 20 years.

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Venue

Centre Pompidou

Centre Georges Pompidou (French pronunciation: [sɑ̃tʁ ʒɔʁʒ pɔ̃pidu]; also known as the Pompidou Centre in English) is a complex in the Beaubourg area of the 4th arrondissement of Paris, near Les Halles, rue Montorgueil and the Marais. It was designed in the style of high-tech architecture.

It houses the Bibliothèque publique d'information, a vast public library, the Musée National d'Art Moderne which is the largest museum for modern art in Europe, and IRCAM, a centre for music and acoustic research. Because of its location, the Centre is known locally as Beaubourg. It is named after Georges Pompidou, the President of France from 1969 to 1974 who decided its creation, and was officially opened on 31 January 1977 by then-French President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing. The Centre Pompidou has had over 150 million visitors since 1977.

The Centre was designed by the Italian architect Renzo Piano, the British architect couple Richard Rogers and Su Rogers, Gianfranco Franchini, the British structural engineer Edmund Happold (who would later found Buro Happold), and Irish structural engineer Peter Rice.

Downstairs, find a simple, clean and efficient concert hall home to some extravagant and unique projects.

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Promoter

Ping Pong

Founded early 1998 by Frédéric Elalouf to highten the french public's awareness of quality music, Ping Pong has represented the biggest and baddest indie labels such as Ninja Tune, Big Dada, BBE, Counter Records, Ekler'o'Shock, Kartel, Lizart King...

A few of Ninja Tune's artists (and sub-labels):
Roots Manuva, Mr Scruff, Diplo, Daedelus, Bonobo, The Heavy, Amon Tobin, Dj Vadim, The Cinematic Orchestra, Pop Levi, Fink, Coldcut, The Herbaliser, Ghislain Poirier, K-The-I??? Spank rock...

But also Santogold, John & Jehn, The Pierces, Data, Danger, Leonard De Leonard, Munk, Son of Dave, Golden Bug...

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Styles

• Downtempo
• Folk
• Folk
• Folk Rock
• Acoustic

Sounds like

Andreya Triana, Cinematic Orchestra, Fink, Speech Debelle