11.14.09 NINJASONIK!

Reverend Mcfly, Telli Gramz, & DJ Teenwolf
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14th
@ SOUNDLAB

Ninjasonik first met in 2003 in the Bronx and have since regularly collaborated, throwing dance parties throughout the New York area. In 2007, they began to record original songs and put out a mixtape entitled “Ninjasonik: The Mix #1” which featured demos of their early recordings mixed together with a handful of eclectic guest artist spots and drops. In August of 2007, they performed their first show as a duo and since then have played alongside and recorded with a long list of amazing artists, such as Japanther, Spank Rock, Dan Deacon, The Cool Kids, Matt & Kim, Ponytail, Fiasco, the Homosexuals, Vivian Girls, Best Fwends, and many more. In summer 2008 they released their first EP on Chief Records, “The Tight Pants EP”, based around the seminal “Tight Pants” song and video, which spurned the online fascination with Ninjasonik that accounted for a section of the band’s initial success. This attention and the already storied energy of their live dancefloor/punk rock dervishes and comedy roast performances earned them a Spankrock hand-selected spot on the Rock The Bells tour opening for acts like Afrika Bambataa, DJ Blaqstarr, Murs, and B.O.B. With the latest addition of Telli “Bathroom Sex” Federline joining McFly on the mic with his inimitable flow, Ninjafuckinsonik are putting footsteps in your ear. Teenwolf’s primitive dancefloor productions provide the charm that anchors it all, with a minimalism, touch of celebration, and hauntedness that mixed with a little taste of Baltimore Club typifies an emergent Brooklyn warehouse sound.

Ninjasonik walks a fine line between rap/dance music and all out punk rock. It is not unusual to find them performing alongside punk bands and their shows usually turn into a sweaty mess of kids surfing each other over the unique clash of sounds and Ninjasonik’s irresistible take on Positive Mental Attitude. They regularly cover acts like Bad Brains and Minor Threat and have also remixed acts like The Death Set and Team Robespierre, forming staples of the band’s live sets and reflecting in kind. Ninjasonik are tha future, coming from a place of pure adulation for what they get to do and the good peoples they get to do it with. Rhythms and synths so filthy they make songs about pregnancy, AIDS, and tight pants seem like odes to the dancefloor and the company of friends. You already know! With tha K not tha C.