{"product_id":"zendnl204","title":"Lee Bannon - Alternate\/Endings","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"\/files\/images\/lee-bannon\/two\/IMG-5962-edit.jpg\" width=\"430\" height=\"286\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/ninjatune.net\/artist\/lee-bannon\"\u003eLee Bannon\u003c\/a\u003e's debut album, \u003cem\u003eAlternate\/Endings\u003c\/em\u003e, is a riotous act of imagination. The young, Sacramento raised and NYC resident producer is the sort of character almost overwhelmed by inspiration, finding his drive via film and field recordings as much as in music. This lends his own work a sense of excitement and urgency that's as thrilling as it is rare. \r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHaving produced white-hot NYC rapper \u003cstrong\u003eJoey Bada$$\u003c\/strong\u003e - a moment he describes as pivotal - \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/ninjatune.net\/artist\/lee-bannon\"\u003eBannon\u003c\/a\u003e has spent the last six months working on his debut LP. The experience was a new one on all levels. Previously he'd made his music very quickly, and fleshing out a body of work over a length of time was a grander endeavour. Those months paid off in spades, and \u003cem\u003eAlternate\/Endings\u003c\/em\u003e delivers on all the promise this young prodigy has shored up. \r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe first surprise is that \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/ninjatune.net\/artist\/lee-bannon\"\u003eBannon\u003c\/a\u003e has moved away from hip-hop, and into drum n' bass and jungle. Inspired by both his youth in Sacramento - where d'n'b was huge - and the backdrop of 2013's jungle renaissance, via albums by \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/ninjatune.net\/artist\/machinedrum\"\u003eMachinedrum\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/ninjatune.net\/artist\/congo-natty\"\u003eCongo Natty\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/ninjatune.net\/artist\/lee-bannon\"\u003eBannon\u003c\/a\u003e too, has reinvigorated the form. This is drum n' bass in its most contemporary permutation; a furnace-hot future-blast of immersive atmospherics, deep bass and funk-ridden drums. \r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBannon references the work of \u003cstrong\u003ePaul Thomas Anderson\u003c\/strong\u003e, and in particular \u003cem\u003eThere Will Be Blood\u003c\/em\u003e, as inspiration in the making of the album. It makes sense; the album is drenched in changing, but equally powerful, often menacing moods. \u003cem\u003eRequiem for a Dream\u003c\/em\u003e was another touchstone, which goes some way to framing Bannon's haunting, beautiful sense of melody. \r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLeftfield shaman Juan from \u003cstrong\u003eMars Volta\u003c\/strong\u003e played bass parts that ended up forming the basis for every song on the record, whilst friend and collaborator Black Atlass sings on \u003cstrong\u003e\"Phoebe Crates\"\u003c\/strong\u003e and plays Reznor-esque piano on lead single \"\u003cstrong\u003e216\u003c\/strong\u003e.\" The field recordings that \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/ninjatune.net\/artist\/lee-bannon\"\u003eBannon\u003c\/a\u003e makes compulsively are used throughout, adding texture and depth to the record as a whole. \r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAlternate\/Endings\u003c\/em\u003e is perhaps misleadingly titled. This is just the start. \r\n\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ninjatune","offers":[{"title":"2xLP","offer_id":44934240632991,"sku":"ZEN204","price":20.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":44934240665759,"sku":"ZENCD204","price":10.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0493\/8563\/5999\/products\/alternate-endings-main.jpg?v=1736246363","url":"https:\/\/merch.ninjatune.net\/products\/zendnl204","provider":"Ninja Tune","version":"1.0","type":"link"}