Stateless (ninja Tune)

LINKS:

http://www.statelessonline.com

http://www.myspace.com/statelessonline

Stateless return with the first single from their forthcoming album 'Matilda' (their first for Ninja Tune). Working with producer Damian Taylor (Bjork, The Prodigy), Stateless have taken a more electronic line for the new album and it shows on opener Ariel.

While the quality of songwriting remains intact and Chris James's voice has never sounded better, Ariel finds him laying out the melody over West African guitar lines, crunching snare snaps and thunderous kicks, dubstep sub-bass splatters and glitchtronic interference. It's an utterly compelling combination, classic songwriting rendered completely new.

The feel of a new direction is reinforced by a fantastic remix. Rustie gives the original an even more glistening electronic feel and a certain aqua-crunk magnificence.

With Matilda released recently in February, Ariel shows a group willing to push at the boundaries and reap the rewards of their bravery. Fasten your seatbelts.

SELECTED PRESS

"Simply brilliant" - Blowback Magazine *

"Already one of the albums of the year" - DJ Magazine **

"A Visionary Debut" - Mojo **

"Nothing Short of a Triumph" - Clash Magazine

"An Instant Classic" - Solesides

"Defines a new level of possibility in brilliant, durable and genuinely popular music." - Whisperinandhollerin.com 10/10

"The Best album of the year full stop" - thebeatsurrender.co.uk *

"Evocative. Lingering. Tender. Anxious" - inthenews.co.uk 9/10

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