{"product_id":"bddnl269","title":"Roots Manuva - Bleeds","description":"\u003cp\u003eNot only one of Britain’s greatest musical artists, but one of the greatest lyricists full stop, \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/ninjatune.net\/artist\/roots-manuva#.Vd2V-J1Viko\"\u003eRoots Manuva\u003c\/a\u003e is back with a dazzling new album, \u003cem\u003eBleeds\u003c\/em\u003e. Past collaborations with everyone from Gorillaz to the Maccabees to Leftfield to \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/ninjatune.net\/artist\/coldcut\"\u003eColdcut\u003c\/a\u003e to the \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/ninjatune.net\/artist\/the-cinematic-orchestra\"\u003eCinematic Orchestra\u003c\/a\u003e, Rodney Smith’s influence can be heard right across the musical landscape. Now, with his sixth studio album, he has made his most concise and focussed record to date, his most emotionally affecting and powerful release since his breakthrough, \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/ninjatune.net\/release\/roots-manuva\/run-come-save-me\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eRun Come Save Me\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/a\u003e\r\n \r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing upon production assistance from young British producer, Fred, together with musical heavyweights \u003cstrong\u003eFour Tet\u003c\/strong\u003e,  \u003cstrong\u003eAdrian Sherwood\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eSwitch’s\u003c\/strong\u003e new production team, With You, the title of the record is, in the man’s own words, an \u003cem\u003e“egocentric jest of daring to do things in the tradition of Jesus: I’m ready to bleed for the artform.”\u003c\/em\u003e It is, of course, also a reference to the way in which genres, in the sonic world of \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/ninjatune.net\/artist\/roots-manuva#.Vd2V-J1Viko\"\u003eRoots Manuva\u003c\/a\u003e, have a tendency to bleed into one another, so that hip hop, reggae, techno, funk, neo-classical, all blend together to create \u003cem\u003e“liquid soul, the blood, the bleeds that paint infinite sacred wonders in our dreams and unfold in our day-to-day.”\r\n\r\n\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne of the true pioneers and originals of British music, any album from \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/ninjatune.net\/artist\/roots-manuva#.Vd2V-J1Viko\"\u003eRoots Manuva\u003c\/a\u003e is an event. When it’s as good as \u003cem\u003eBleeds\u003c\/em\u003e it’s one of the musical events of the year. Both genre-defying and deeply rooted in what he describes as \u003cem\u003e“the culture of Bass and Verb,”\u003c\/em\u003e the record innovates and consolidates in equal measure. Rodney Smith describes himself as \u003cem\u003e“a British Black musical Mark Rothko” \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eBleeds\u003c\/em\u003e is another masterpiece from this abstract wordsmith.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eThe mighty \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/ninjatune.net\/artist\/roots-manuva#.Vd2V-J1Viko\"\u003eRoots Manuva\u003c\/a\u003e’s sixth studio album was lauded as a stunning return to form. But then, every one of his albums has been, because he’s one of Great Britain’s very greatest. A man who makes hip-hop at its deepest, rawest and most thrillingly original.\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBleeds\u003c\/em\u003e, which featured production from intergenerational studio geniuses Switch, Adrian Sherwood and Rodney Smith himself, is now being re-packaged in a splendiferous deluxe edition, with 10 brand new and exclusive tracks and remixes, including \u003cstrong\u003e\"On A High\"\u003c\/strong\u003e , dreamixes from Kode 9, Pinch, Champion and rLr (XL’s Richard Russell) and studio off-cut gold. \r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe album’s art has been lovingly designed by Leif Podhajsky, the zeitgeist-adjusting visual artist behind covers for Grimes, Bonobo and Foals amongst others. It is a thing to behold, and an even better thing to buy and take home.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ninjatune","offers":[{"title":"Ltd Edition Indie Exclusive Coloured LP","offer_id":44934131581087,"sku":"BD269C","price":23.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"LP","offer_id":44934131613855,"sku":"BD269","price":23.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"CD","offer_id":44934131646623,"sku":"BDCD269","price":10.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0493\/8563\/5999\/products\/bleeds-main.jpg?v=1736247225","url":"https:\/\/merch.ninjatune.net\/products\/bddnl269","provider":"Ninja Tune","version":"1.0","type":"link"}