Alex Niggemann / Rio Padice
Samurai Blades EP - Vinyl Sampler

Listening notes

Released in 2010 on Tsuba Records, the Samurai Blades EP - Vinyl Sampler is a collaborative release between Alex Niggemann and Rio Padice, issued under catalog number Tsuba047-6. The release presents two tracks across its two sides: "Trippin'" on the A-side and "Uptown Street" on the B-side.

Tsuba Records, the London-based label behind the release, positioned the record within the deep house, electronic, and house genres that defined much of the label's output during that period. The vinyl sampler format suggests this release functioned as a preview or promotional companion to a broader EP, a format occasionally used by labels to spotlight selected tracks from a larger collection.

Alex Niggemann is a German artist who has released music across a range of electronic labels, while Rio Padice has similarly appeared within European electronic music circles. Their pairing here under the Tsuba banner places the record within a specific moment in the label's catalog, catalogued sequentially among the label's releases as the forty-seventh entry in its numbering system.

No track durations are documented for either side of this release. As a vinyl sampler rather than a complete EP, the record carries a somewhat functional identity within the catalog — serving a specific purpose in how the broader Samurai Blades material was distributed or promoted.

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