{"product_id":"toddla-t-watch-me-dance","title":"Toddla T - Watch Me Dance","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 2007 Toddla T (aka Tom Bell) was working in a shoe shop in his \nhometown of Sheffield, then just 19 and living at home with his parents,\n he DJ'd at weekends and was producing beats and tracks with his friend\n Scott as Small Arms Fiya. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eNow it's 2011 Toddla T is about to release his second artist album on \nthe legendary Ninja Tune label, has a regular slot on BBC Radio 1 and \nhas produced tracks for some of the UK urban scenes biggest stars (hands\n up Tinchy, Jammer, Bashy, Roots Manuva and Ms Dynamite). \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHe DJs around the globe, has a slew of remixes under his belt, (Hot \nChip, Gyptian, Gorillaz, Major Lazer for starters) is a star of his own \nToddla TV channel online and has worked in studios from Kingston Jamaica\n to Kingston upon Hull. Not to mention the recent launch of his Girls \nMusic Label which, after only a handful of releases has already featured\n productions by British dance music heroes Sticky, Seiji and Roska. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMuch of this impressive career trajectory can be attributed to Toddla’s \nphenomenal talent, drive and ambition. He has good taste and keen eyes \nand ears in all elements of British youth culture. However, the man \nhimself modestly explains that it has just as much to do with the sea \nchange which has taken place in British Pop music in the last few years. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHis debut album \u003cem\u003eSkanky Skanky\u003c\/em\u003e was released in January 2009, this was \nfollowed by a Fabric live mix album and a lot of requests for his \nproduction skills with everyone from Major Lazer to Grandmaster Flash \ngetting in touch. As Toddla reflects on the last couple of \"pretty crazy\n years\", the current UK scene and embarks what promises to be a very \nbusy and successful 2011, he explains: \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"When I was first signed (to 1965 Records) every kid wanted to be in a \nband. The Arctic Monkeys, The Libertines and all that were really \npopular, me and my mates who were into Notorious B.I.G and dancehall \nwere really in the minority. Nowadays kids want to be Skream and Benga, \nor Tinchy or N-Dubz and because of that all their points of musical \nreference have changed\" \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAs a backdrop to Dizzee, Tinie, Tinchy et al storming the charts, the \nexplosion of dubstep and subsequent re-evaluation of bass-driven, UK \nclub music has seen a major shift in what people aged 15 - 25 are raving\n to. Where Soulwax and SMD and their like were ruling the clubs 2002 - \n2006 nowadays seasoned campaigners like Shy FX and David Rodigan are \nchampioned by kids who weren't born when they were first spinning \nrecords. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHis second album \u003cem\u003eWatch Me Dance\u003c\/em\u003e is a bold step forward for Toddla T. \nFans of \u003cem\u003eSkanky Skanky\u003c\/em\u003e will find plenty that will please them but for \nthe countless thousands of clubbers who know Toddla T the DJ but haven't\n heard his productions this second album may come as a surprise. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"I've been busiest in the last two years as a DJ, so of course this \nalbum has a big dose of the sounds and production techniques that I'm \nout there representing in the clubs every weekend, but if you're looking\n for tops-off jungle or 4x4 bassline tearouts you won't find them here. \nThis is definitely still a record for clubbers, but it's the one they'll\n listen to at home with their mates or every day on the way to work.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eWatch Me Dance\u003c\/em\u003e Toddla has created a dubwise, street-soul \nmasterpiece. In a typically precocious reference to records that were \nmade when he was 4 and 10 years old respectively Toddla sums it up. \"A \nbit of the Soul from \u003cem\u003eSoul II Soul Club Classics\u003c\/em\u003e and a bit of the \nleft-field from \u003cem\u003eLeftism\u003c\/em\u003e, I've been listening to those now and again, \nthey took in a whole load of club music and made an album that summed \nsomething up and were great to listen to at the same time.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn ensuring \u003cem\u003eWatch Me Dance\u003c\/em\u003e was everything Toddla envisaged it could be\n he’s carefully selected an impressive line up of friends, peers and \nmusical icons to guest vocal, co-produce, remix, co-write with him on \nthe album. Names including previous collaborator Roots Manuva, fellow \nDJ, producer and remixer Skream, Ms Dynamite, Ross Orton, Wayne \nMarshall, Donaeo, Roisin Murphy and of course Shola Ama. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ninja Tune","offers":[{"title":"2xLP","offer_id":62902940106911,"sku":"ZEN172","price":19.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD + DVD","offer_id":62902940139679,"sku":"ZENCD172","price":10.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0493\/8563\/5999\/files\/watch-me-dance-2-main.jpg?v=1793811784","url":"https:\/\/merch.ninjatune.net\/products\/toddla-t-watch-me-dance","provider":"Ninja Tune","version":"1.0","type":"link"}