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DJ Food, a team of geniuses, I can`t believe I`m the first person to review this album on this slot, grooves fly like yoyo`s, scratching- feels good... DJ Food , now on Ninja Tunes, is one of a growing number of djs` leading the dance/jazz evoloution. ( I hope i`ve spelt that right ) Inventive eclectic djaying, Low key and up beat, tunes that make you want to smile and hug the person next to you. And live... it`s impossible not to just get up and dance. Also well worth listening to is an album called Cold Krush Cuts, which features a sixty minute cd, Cold Cut vs. Dj Food, playing a ninja tunes back catalogue and one of Dj Krush, it`s got everything an album should have and more. It`s so good it seems criminal to restrict it`s definition to acid jazz, it`s just great music. Alternatively browse through the ninja tunes catalogue yourself and pick just about any cd you like `cos it`s all top quality stuff. Go out and buy it, then tell your friends! =:)

Yeah this is a classic disc from back in the day. Used to be that there was an avalanche of quality trip hop / house / downbeat jazz music infecting the record store. Those were some of the good old days. DJ Food was pretty consistently of high quality with atmospheric beats, cinematic touches you could really get into, depending on your state of mind. Definitely some DJ Shadow influence here, but Shadow's sound trickled into a lot of music back then, not always with as gratifying results as this. I've listened to this disc probably hundreds of times in hundreds of settings and it never fails to make me nod my head. If looking for a slice of the old school from a time when electronic music was eclectic and fun to listen to, this would be a great place to start.

This is some of the best to emerge from the Ninja stable - highly recommend this one. If you've enjoyed DJ Food prior, you'll love this. Get it now while it's still in stock. If you're unfamiliar here's a few words to help you gain an impression - jazzy (but in a warm way), cinematic (ditto), musical (i know. "musical music? wtf?"), dreamy, listenable (ie it's foreground music, not background), thoughtful. (That sounds way earnest, which is a pity because it's simply enjoyable - not just for the head-nodders, y'know?) Taking contemporary music trends of the hip-hop, trip-hop flavours, it's circa mid-late nineties stuff I think, but has aged well, and has been on medium rotation for me since I was introduced five years ago. I've since bought everything with DJ Food on the label, and there are many gems in the Food canon. Enjoy.

Kia ora. To be brief, this album is a must for jaded ears. There's a good variety of 'acid jazz' cuts that keeps one's interest up throughout the album. Ninja Tunes' albums are always good, but this is the bees knees. Say no more.