The Black Dog is a legendary British electronic music group that was founded in 1989 and are considered pioneers of techno's "home-listening" aesthetic in the early 1990s. They released the albums "Bytes" and "Spanners" on Warp Records in the 90's, to critical acclaim.
After Handley and Turner left the band to focus on their spin-off project Plaid, Downie continued recording under The Black Dog, collaborating with various artists and eventually teaming up with Richard and Martin Dust. This collaboration continues to this day, producing diverse releases, spanning genres and defying expectations. The Black Dog remain one of the most influential electronic music groups of all time.
Review: Sheffield veterans The Black Dog tap some of their favourite producers to remix tracks from their recent album. Ambivalent, who rose to fame during the minimal house boom, turns in a tough techno version of "Commodification", its tribal drums and growling bassline underpinning wild squeals and squeaks. By contrast, GoldFFinch's take on "Hollow Stories, Hollow Head" is a woozy affair, held together by a pulsing bass and lush strings. The Black Dog themselves also get in on the action, turning "Neither-Neither" into a tough stepper with a searing bass and ticking percussion, while the War & Peace version of "Books" is a balmy ambient affair.
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