9 Samurai
Track eleven of Memories of the Future, listed as Nine Samurai on the sleeve.
Kode9 & The Spaceape, from Memories of the Future (2006)
The album credits Kode9 for the music and The Spaceape for the words and vocals. It is track eleven at 3:40 on Wikipedia's list, called "9 Samurai" by Resident Advisor; a separate 1:54 track, "Nine", sits fourth. Complex, in an October 2014 tribute to The Spaceape, said it borrows heavily from proper dub, that its horn loop is just so damn memorable, that Gordon lays a hypnotic chant atop an already dizzying tune, and that it was ahead of its time. Trench Trench Trench notes the album winks at Kurosawa-style film scores and 16-bit game sounds, without discussing this track.
We found no statement from either of them about the song, no recording date or studio, no chart, video, sample or setlist information, and cannot say which edition our upload comes from.
Sources
- Memories of the Future, Wikipedia
- Five tracks: the Spaceape edition, Complex (2014-10)
- How Memories of the Future expanded dubstep's imagination, Trench Trench Trench