{"product_id":"tclr008","title":"Kutmah - Our Mannequin","description":"\u003cp\u003eUnderground electronic talisman \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/ninjatune.net\/artist\/kutmah\"\u003eKutmah\u003c\/a\u003e doesn’t often release new music. That’s an approach that runs counter to the paradigm; unedited, under considered, unfinished songs being constantly flung up onto blogs and Soundclouds - and that alone makes him stand out. More so though, the quality of his music does. Remember that first, visceral thrill you felt at hearing music made electronically? The sort of thing that came out Germany in the late ‘70s and early ‘80s, the weird, hypnotic, gripping meld of soul and machine? That’s the sort of shock of the new you hear in \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/ninjatune.net\/artist\/kutmah\"\u003eKutmah\u003c\/a\u003e.\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eOur Mannequin\u003c\/em\u003e conjures up the spirit of early electronic music in more ways than one. His funk-ridden drums and bass, synths that drench over the ear like waves, and filtered, robotic vocals hark back to German synth-wave and post-punk. The difference is the in the tempo, which clearly demarcates \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/ninjatune.net\/artist\/kutmah\"\u003eKutmah's\u003c\/a\u003e roots in the LA-via-London, leftfield beat scene.\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe first clubs \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/ninjatune.net\/artist\/kutmah\"\u003eKutmah\u003c\/a\u003e went to were goth industrial nights, where he heard \u003cem\u003e\"weird shit that you can dance to.\"\u003c\/em\u003e That clearly shows on this latest EP. It’s easy to forget the funk you could hear in early industrial music; can still hear in the long-living pioneers like Richard H Kirk. \"\u003cem\u003eNo one was chatting, they were just dancing\"\u003c\/em\u003e \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/ninjatune.net\/artist\/kutmah\"\u003eKutmah\u003c\/a\u003e says of clubs such as \u003cstrong\u003eKontrol Factory\u003c\/strong\u003e in Hollywood. If he loved the music, he was less keen on the scene.\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis early musical axis ran between Suicide and NWA, influences that go some way to representing the originality you hear in his music. It was after he was deported back to the UK from LA that he \u003cem\u003e\"locked himself in a room and made this dark record.\"\u003c\/em\u003e He brought the EPs collaborators into the shadows with him. \u003cem\u003e\"Zackey Force Funk usually make’s thug dance music,\"\u003c\/em\u003e \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/ninjatune.net\/artist\/kutmah\"\u003eKutmah\u003c\/a\u003e says, \u003cem\u003e\"and Seven Davis JR will never do a record like this again.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe EP \u003cem\u003e\"represents the third member of a relationship,\"\u003c\/em\u003e he says, cryptically. One thing is for certain, this is music of rare quality, and it entrances the ear from a first listen. \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/ninjatune.net\/artist\/kutmah\"\u003eKutmah\u003c\/a\u003e’s inspiration may have been darkness, but that locked room was vibrantly fruitful.\r\n\r\n\u003cimg src=\"\/files\/images\/kutmah\/two\/Kutmah-Product-shot.jpg\" width=\"430\" height=\"268\"\u003e\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ninjatune","offers":[{"title":"12\"","offer_id":44934210060447,"sku":"TCLR008","price":10.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0493\/8563\/5999\/products\/our-mannequin-main.jpg?v=1736246586","url":"https:\/\/merch.ninjatune.net\/products\/tclr008","provider":"Ninja Tune","version":"1.0","type":"link"}