Name: No Ground Under *
Brand: Ninja Tune USA
SKU: 564460
Price: 29.97 AUD
Availability: InStock

No Ground Under *

By Ghislain Poirier

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Format

Vinyl (1 Disc); Stereo

Release Date

29 January 2008

Album: No Ground Under *
#	Song Title	Time
1)	Courto
2)	Blazin' - (featuring Face-T)
3)	Hit & Red - (featuring Omnikrom)
4)	No More Blood
5)	Go Ballistic - (featuring Face-T)
6)	One Hand Can't Clap - (featuring Zulu)
7)	City Walking
8)	Ladies & Gentleman - (featuring Abdominal)
9)	It's Not a War War - (featuring Ambitieux/DJ Netik)
10)	Exile
11)	Dem Nah Like Me - (featuring Abdelhak Rahal)
12)	Diaspora - (featuring Mr. Lee G.)
13)	Mangnen I'Boule

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EAN

0625978113813

Writer

Ghislain Poirier

Country

USA

Studio/Live

Studio

Guest Artist

Face-T; Omnikrom; Zulu; Abdominal; Ambitieux; DJ Netik; Abdelhak Rahal; Mr. Lee G.

Label

Ninja Tune USA

Performer Notes

Montreal beat-maker Ghislain Poirier has long been enticing club-goers worldwide to shake "le gros" with his squelching, bass-heavy dance tracks. Though he started his own label, Rebondir, in 2006 (which issued the fantastic Rebondir EP), he also signed to the respected avant electronica outfit Ninjatune not too long after. On No Ground Under, his first release with Ninjatune, he allows his influences to really show through, which means even more ragga and hip-hop than before. Unfortunately, this isn't always for the best. Omnikrom show up on one track, "Jusqu'en Haut," and though the MCs' voices are just as crazed and expressive as ever, Poirier lays down a soul sample-esque beat and a basic drum line that's, honestly, pretty boring, even by simpler rap standards. And while West Indian singers Face-T and Mr. Lee G are both able in their own rights, lyrically and thematically they get a little too repetitive. Poirier is most exciting when he's just writing his own beats, when he doesn't have to consider how his guests will fit over them (an exception to this is the excellent "Exils," featuring the violinist Abdelhak Rahal, which manages to sound supremely organic and industrial at the same time and is one of the best things on the album), and so tracks like the ominous "It's a War War War" and nearly indie electronic "Diaspora" stand out, the interplay between the bass and treble, the different distorted keyboards, coming through more clearly when not obfuscated by the vocals. That's not to say that there aren't some non-instrumentals that really bounce; "Ladies & Gentleman," featuring Ambitieux and DJ Netik, is fast and heavily percussive, while "Go Ballistic," with vocals from Panamanian MC Zulu, is provocative and very, very club-worthy. But in comparison to Poirier's other work, No Ground Under doesn't quite have the same consistently exuberant energy that makes it so fantastically unique and danceable. ~ Marisa Brown

Professional Reviews

Uncut - 4 stars out of 5 -- "NO GROUND UNDER offers his strongest recorded work yet, the producer spraying coarse-grained rhythmic shrapnel and razor-slashed samples at an array of vocalists..."

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