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Ninja Tune

Toddla T

Watch Me Dance Agitated

“DJ Pipes and Ross Orton are two of my biggest musical inspirations/heroes. This is a secret dream come true" - Toddla T

When Toddla T was asked if he fancied Ninja Tune commissioning producers for a remix album of Watch Me Dance he had a much better idea. He asked two legends of the Sheffield underground music scene – Ross Orton and DJ Pipes to agitate, smash and rebuild his album in the manner of the scene that shaped his sound.

Toddla met Pipes when he was a wide eyed teenager working in a skate shop in Sheffield. Pipes a rough-handed bass hooligan was resident at Scuba and the infamous Kabal parties whilst masquerading as one third of the Desperate Soundsystem with Pulp’s – Cocker and Mackey. Orton and Pipes bonded with the young Master T over a shared love of Dancehall and subterranean bleeps.

Together the pair have taken Toddla’s record and agitated it with the essence of Sheffield bass culture – running from a dub reggae take on “Fly” through a bleep-tastic version of “Take It Back” and taking in everything in between – a true Steel City re-work of the original album that goes much further and has way more coherence than a series of unrelated remixes.

Tracklist

• 1. Fly (Agitated by Ross Orton & Pipes)
  2. Streets Get Warmer (Agitated by Ross Orton & Pipes)
  3. Watch Me Dub (Agitated by Ross Orton & Pipes)
  4. Take It Back (Agitated by Ross Orton & Pipes)
  5. Lose Control (Agitated by Ross Orton & Pipes)
  6. Body Good (Agitated by Ross Orton & Pipes)
  7. Cherry Pickling (Agitated by Ross Orton & Pipes)
  8. Badder Man Runs (Agitated by Ross Orton & Pipes)
  9. I'm Agitated (Agitated by Ross Orton & Pipes)
  10. Faardaa (Agitated by Ross Orton & Pipes)
  11. Heavy Girl (Agitated by Ross Orton & Pipes)