Favorite Independent Record Labels #10 - Ninja Tune

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The seeds of this latest series were sewn last night in a post by @TRBRocks420 , who triggered an idea. Pretty much everyone has favorite bands and songs. Well, some of us even have favorite record labels. I'm one of them. Hence, my Favorite Independent Record Labels countdown. We'll begin with #10, Ninja Tune. Known as electronic act Coldcut, Matt Black and Jonathan More formed Ninja Tune in London in 1990. Like most independent labels run by musicians, Ninja Tune was founded to get away from the stifling creative control of the major labels, and as a way to release music that might not otherwise see the light of day. Among other things, Ninja Tune owns it's own publishing company, Just Isn't Music, and acts as distributor for sister labels Big Dada, Brainfeeder, Werkdiscs, and Girls Music. Specializing in electronic, dance, hip hop, and experimental music, Ninja Tune's roster, has, over the years, included quite a few acts of which I am quite fond, including 9 Lazy 9, Funki Porcini, The Cinematic Orchestra, Skalpel, and Wagon Christ. Granted, I haven't heard every single album released by Ninja Tune, but I've heard a lot of them. Everything I've heard has been good. As it should be! (Info verified by Wikipedia)