{"title":"salute","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"tclrdnl054","title":"salute - Shield","description":"\u003cp\u003e‘Shield’, salute highly anticipated new EP is out 5th May, via Technicolour.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Austrian producer has created a dynamic back catalogue, moving through RnB, dubstep, dance, hip-hop, even jazz and gospel. The release of the ‘CONDITION’ trilogy saw salute move closer towards chopped up electronics and garage-style samples.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTheir most recent singles ‘Sternhimmel’ and ‘Joy’ provided a slice of euphoric dance music, garnering acclaim from Mixmag, DJ Mag, Notion, BBC Radio 1 and more. Recently they’ve built an impressive catalogue of live sets, including Boiler Room Melbourne (where they debuted ‘Wait For It’), Lost Village, Secret Garden Party, The Warehouse Project, Parklife, fabric and Field Day, as well as their first tour across the US and Australia. Named as one of the DJs who defined 2022 by Mixmag, salute also remixed the likes of DJ Seinfeld and Kaytranada.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey kicked off 2023 after a sold-out show at Village Underground with new single ‘Wait For It’, the first release to mark new signing to label Ninja Tune’s imprint Technicolour. Clara Amfo of BBC Radio 1 made it the Hottest Record, and the track has already amassed over 18K Shazams.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnnounced as BBC Radio 1’s Future Artist of the Month, ‘Peach’ is a highly anticipated cut featuring Sammy Virji teased during their iconic Melbourne Boiler Room, which triggered an outpouring of fans asking for the track’s release, with a tiktok clip of the teaser reaching 2M views on Tiktok. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ninjatune","offers":[{"title":"12\"","offer_id":44934137118879,"sku":"TCLR054","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0493\/8563\/5999\/products\/shield-main.jpg?v=1736247133"},{"product_id":"zendnl305","title":"salute - TRUE MAGIC","description":"\u003cp\u003eVienna by way of Manchester artist, salute, announces their forthcoming album TRUE MAGIC due July 12th on Ninja Tune. The announcement is accompanied by their new single and visualiser “saving flowers,” a stunning collaboration with multi-hyphenated artist Rina Sawayama. salute’s forthcoming album also features Disclosure, Empress Of, Karma Kid, Sam Gellaitry, piri, Léa Sen, LEILAH and Nakamura Minami. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs salute’s second offering of 2024, “saving flowers” is a sonic manifestation of an endless summer function. The single sets the tone for their upcoming project while also providing listeners with the perfect musical backdrop for a night full of promise. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTRUE MAGIC sees salute embrace a more collaborative approach, renting a house in the countryside to work on the album with their peers. “I took a pop approach to the record,” says salute. “I went in quite blindly just with some loops and ideas but there’s much more of a focus on songwriting and collaboration on this album. In dance music there always seems to be this focus on doing everything yourself but I wanted to get a team around me to develop the ideas I had. One thing I’m really proud of is how organic the work with the collaborators is. I’ve managed to get such a breadth of amazing people on the record.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTaking aesthetic and auditory inspiration from old Japanese car adverts, which salute spent hours trawling through YouTube archives to find, they developed a concept for the album of driving an old JDM (Japanese Domestic Market) car in a race called TRUE MAGIC. “Watching old TV recordings my parents made on VHS led me to comfort watch old ad compilations on Youtube” they commented, “then eventually old car ads, and finally I stumbled upon old japanese car ads through a rabbit hole.” This highly visual concept helped propel the sonics of the album forward and give the album a sense of driving momentum. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ninja Tune","offers":[{"title":"2xLP (Signed White Label)","offer_id":45366231793823,"sku":"ZEN305W","price":37.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"2xLP (Picture Disc)","offer_id":45366231761055,"sku":"ZEN305PD","price":44.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"2xLP","offer_id":45366231728287,"sku":"ZEN305","price":31.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Cassette","offer_id":45366231859359,"sku":"ZENCAS305","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":45366231826591,"sku":"ZENCD305","price":13.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0493\/8563\/5999\/files\/true-magic-2.jpg?v=1736246326"}],"url":"https:\/\/merch.ninjatune.net\/collections\/salute-1.oembed","provider":"Ninja Tune","version":"1.0","type":"link"}