''Xen Cuts'' is a

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released by

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on their tenth anniversary. The album was released in a four-piece vinyl recording (ZEN49), as two-disc CD (ZENCD049) and as a three-disc CD (ZENCD049X) versions, with the third disc "Xen Cuts Missed Flipped and Skipped" also released separately (ZENCD49C). The compilation consists mainly of B-sides and other tracks previously unreleased on CD.

Track listing

Disc one

# "The Xen To One Ratio" -

Steinski Double Dee and Steinski is a duo of hip hop producers, composed of Doug "Double Dee" DiFranco and Steven "Steinski" Stein. They achieved notoriety in the early 1980s for a series of underground hip-hop sample-based collages known as the "Less ...

– 1:03 # "Showtime" - Big Dada Sound – 4:45 # "2 Tha Left" (featuring Mass Influence) - Dynamic Syncopation – 3:21 # "QMS" - T-Love – 5:00 # "8pt Agenda" (featuring

Latyrx Latyrx ( ) is an American alternative hip-hop duo composed of Lateef and Lyrics Born. The duo originated from the Solesides collective at the University of California, Davis. History The founding members of SoleSides, including DJ Shadow and ...

) - The Herbaliser – 5:00 # "Ug" -

Mr. Scruff Andrew Carthy (born 10 February 1972), known professionally as Mr. Scruff, is an English record producer and DJ. He lives in Stretford, Greater Manchester and studied fine art at the Psalter Lane campus of Sheffield Hallam University. Before ...

– 4:33 # "Memories" (featuring Shorti) -

Neotropic The Neotropical realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms constituting Earth's land surface. Physically, it includes the tropical terrestrial ecoregions of the Americas and the entire South American temperate zone. Definition In biogeogra ...

– 3:12 # "Rhythm & Blues Angus Steakhouse" - Cabbageboy – 4:25 # "Saboteur" (

Roots Manuva Rodney Hylton Smith, better known by his stage name Roots Manuva (born 9 September 1972), is a British rapper and producer. Since his debut in 1994, he has produced numerous albums and singles on the label Big Dada, achieving commercial succ ...

version) -

Amon Tobin Amon Adonai Santos de Araújo Tobin (; born February 7, 1972) is a Brazilian electronic musician, composer and producer. He is noted for his unusual methodology in sound design and music production. He has released eight major studio albums unde ...

– 4:22 # "Your Revolution (version)" (featuring Sarah Jones) -

DJ Vadim Vadim Alexandrovich Peare (), known professionally as DJ Vadim, is a Russian-British DJ and record producer. Born in Saint Petersburg and raised in London, Peare is additionally a promoter, record collector, radio presenter, occasional painter ...

– 4:53 # "Nepalese Bliss" (

Jimpster Jimpster (a.k.a. Audiomontage, a.k.a. Franc Spangler, real name Jamie Odell) is a Great Britain, British deep house record producer, producer and disc jockey, DJ. Together with Tom Roberts, he founded the record label, labels Freerange Records and ...

mix) - The Irresistible Force – 5:17 # "Emperor's Main Course" -

Kid Koala Eric Yick Keung San (born December 5, 1974), better known by his stage name Kid Koala, is a Canadian scratch DJ, music producer, theatre producer, film composer, multimedia-performer and visual artist. His career began as a scratch DJ in 1994. K ...

– 4:04 # "Give It Up" -

Coldcut Coldcut are an English electronic music duo composed of Matt Black and Jonathan More. Credited as pioneers for pop sampling in the 1980s, Coldcut are also considered the first stars of UK electronic dance music due to their innovative style, ...

– 5:08 # "Hip Hop Barrio" - Up, Bustle and Out – 4:35 # "Blue Flames" - Quannum MC's – 5:05 # "Night Night Theme" - The Infesticons – 4:06 # "I Hear The Drummer" -

Luke Vibert Luke Vibert (born 26 January 1973) is a British electronic musician and producer, also known for his work under several aliases such as Plug and Wagon Christ. Raised in Cornwall, Vibert began releasing projects in the 1990s across varied genre ...

– 4:07 # "Ninjah (We Are Ninja)" (featuring

Frank Chickens Frank Chickens are a Japanese musical group based in London, who have performed songs mainly in English since 1982. They were nominated for the 1984 Edinburgh Comedy Award for their performance at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. In the same y ...

) - Fink – 5:15

Disc two

# "The Joy Of X (Spotters Delight)" - Flexus Intro (Strictly Kev of DJ Food) – 1:44 # "The 10th Victim" - The Clifford Gilberto Rhythm Combination – 4:18 # "Soul Pride" - Neptune (PC and Jason Swinscoe of

The Cinematic Orchestra The Cinematic Orchestra is a British nu jazz and downtempo music group created in 1999 by Jason Swinscoe and later involving his music collaborator Dominic Smith. The group is signed to independent record label Ninja Tune. The Cinematic Orches ...

) – 6:36 # "Los Locos Cubanos ( Snowboy's Batarumbaconga mix)" - Up, Bustle and Out – 4:23 # "Down & To The Left" -

– 5:21 # "My Life's In These Bottles" -

Loka Loka () is a concept in Hinduism and other Indian religions, that may be translated as a planet, the universe, a plane, or a realm of existence. In some philosophies, it may also be interpreted as a mental state that one can experience. A prima ...

– 5:28 # "Original Sins" - Chris Bowden – 7:36 # "Restless" - The Clifford Gilberto Rhythm Combination – 5:32 # "Build A Church With Your Fear" - Animals on Wheels – 6:39 # "The Ageing Young Rebel (Gentle Cruelty)" (featuring

Ken Nordine Ken Nordine (April 13, 1920 – February 16, 2019) was an American voice-over and recording artist, best known for his series of Word Jazz, word jazz albums. His deep, resonant voice has also been featured in many advertising, commercial advertis ...

) - DJ Food – 8:28 # "Quicksilver Loom" -

Flanger Flanging is an audio effect produced by mixing two identical signals together, one signal delayed by a small and (usually) gradually changing period, usually smaller than 20 milliseconds. This produces a swept comb filter effect: peaks and ...

– 8:20 # "Big Sea (edit)" - Funki Porcini – 4:34 # "Arcane" - Arc – 4:21 # "Big Amoeba Sound" - Max & Harvey – 4:00

Disc Three (Xen Cuts Missed Flipped and Skipped)

# "Twice The First Time" -

Saul Williams Saul Stacey Williams (born February 29, 1972) is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, musician, poet, writer, and actor. He is known for his blend of poetry and alternative hip hop, and for his lead roles in the 1998 independent film ''Slam ( ...

– 4:32 # "More Beats & Pieces" (

John McEntire John McEntire (born April 9, 1970) is an American recording engineer, producer, drummer, and multi-instrumentalist, based in Chicago, Illinois. He is a member of both Tortoise and the Sea and Cake. Early life McEntire was born on April 9, 1970 ...

Tortoise Tortoises ( ) are reptiles of the family Testudinidae of the order Testudines (Latin for "tortoise"). Like other turtles, tortoises have a shell to protect from predation and other threats. The shell in tortoises is generally hard, and like o ...

mix) -

– 6:03 # "Dubble (Organ Swell)" - Funki Porcini – 6:55 # "No Mind" - Happy Campers – 5:02 # "Peace Pt. 1" - DJ Food – 4:52 # "Happy Band" -

– 5:06 # "Drunk Trumpet" (Live At The Metro,

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) -

– 3:55 # "Non Lateral Hypothesis" -

– 5:26 # "Ninja Tune (Enter The Augmenter)" ( The Process mix) - Hexstatic – 4:08 # "Movements" (Live At Inside Tracks) -

– 4:25 # "Tried By 12" (

Squarepusher Thomas Russell Jenkinson (born 17 January 1975), known professionally as Squarepusher, is an English electronic musician, record producer, bassist, multi-instrumentalist and DJ. His music spans several genres including drum and bass, IDM, a ...

remix) -

East Flatbush Project Spencer George Bellamy (born October 30, 1969), better known as East Flatbush Project (also known as Spencer 4 Hire), is an American hip hop record producer from Brooklyn, New York City, New York. He has released six singles to date, the most famo ...

– 2:56 # "Feel'n You & Me" - Sukia vs. DJ Food – 6:20 # "Channel 1 Suite" (

Four Tet Kieran Miles David Hebden (born September 1977), known as Four Tet, is an English electronic musician. He came to prominence as a member of the post-rock band Fridge before establishing himself as a solo artist with charting and critically acc ...

remix) -

– 7:36 # "Bad Sex" (featuring Chris Morris) -

– 5:45 # "Bruce Lee MC (edit)" - Quincy – 4:38

Reception

'' Select'' gave the album a four out of five rating, stating that "Though so big it occasionally get airless, if you persevere it soon becomes clear how this is one of the highest quality labels in the land."

References

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