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Black Dog Productions - Bytes, Spanners (reissue/remaster/repress, Warp)

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I also have an OG Spanners vinyl, but somehow never got around to getting Bytes on wax. I know the bronze vinyl pressing of Bytes is most probably the worst of the AI series coloured vinyls (I have Incunabula on silver vinyl, and it's awful), but never go the black vinyl either. Now, as I wrote before, Surfing On Sine Waves is the only AI release that hasn't had a vinyl repress... here's hoping.

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42 minutes ago, dcom said:

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I also have an OG Spanners vinyl, but somehow never got around to getting Bytes on wax. I know the bronze vinyl pressing of Bytes is most probably the worst of the AI series coloured vinyls (I have Incunabula on silver vinyl, and it's awful), but never go the black vinyl either. Now, as I wrote before, Surfing On Sine Waves is the only AI release that hasn't had a vinyl repress... here's hoping.

Sine Waves has gotta be coming soon-ish

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How are the remasters hitting you all?  I've just done some spot checking, and can hear subtle but positive/interesting differences.  So I'm a thumbs up (also not an audiologist).  It's a great excuse to really dig into these albums anyway.  I'm hearing more difference in Bytes versus Spanners.

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On 8/6/2023 at 9:25 PM, atypic said:

How are the remasters hitting you all?

Mastering aside, it still blows me away how good these albums are, and I'm sort of envious towards people who get to experience them for the first time. Tracks like Psil-Cosyin are mind-meltingly great, pre-split Black Dog material is just superb, post-split I've been much more into Plaid than Black Dog. I also think that my penchant for electronic music with polymeters and syncopation originates from BDP/Plaid.

 

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Both utterly fantastic records. Using the basic building blocks of Detroit Techno: drum machines, squelchy bass, soft pads etc - but instead of industrial sci fi cityscapes, they instead conjure to mind some kind of pre-historic elysian vista. They do this with more of an emphasis on tribal drumming,  byzantine meandering melodies over Greek/Middle Eastern inflected chord sequences and of course the track titles/artwork. When I listen to Bytes I almost feel like I am standing on that mountain on the cover art and taking in deep breaths of fresh air.

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On 8/20/2023 at 9:48 PM, LooseLink said:

Spanners was an awesome album, but these guys are too prolific I am super jealous sigh....

That's more of a "were" right?  1993-1995 was an insanely high quality productive time for that trio.

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8 hours ago, atypic said:

That's more of a "were" right?  1993-1995 was an insanely high quality productive time for that trio.

Ken Downie wise, nope:

Discography[edit]

Albums[edit]

Ken Downie with Ed Handley and Andy Turner:

Ken Downie solo:

Ken Downie with Steve Ash and Ross Knight:

Ken Downie with Martin Dust and Richard Dust:
 

EPs[edit]

Ken Downie with Ed Handley and Andy Turner:
  • 1989 Virtual
  • 1989 Age of Slack
  • 1990 Techno Playtime
  • 1991 Parallel
  • 1992 Vir²l
  • 1992 Vanttool
  • 1999 Peel Session (recorded 1995)

Ken Downie solo:

Ken Downie with Martin Dust and Richard Dust:

  • 2005 Bite Thee Back
  • 2005 Trojan Horus
  • 2005 Remote Viewing
  • 2005 The Remixes
  • 2006 Riphead
  • 2007 Floods
  • 2008 Set to Receive
  • 2008 Detroit vs. Sheffield
  • 2009 Vexing
  • 2009 We Are Sheffield
  • 2009 The Vexing Remixes
  • 2010 Thee Lounge
  • 2010 Subject to Delays
  • 2011 Liber Kult (Book 1 ov 3)
  • 2011 Liber Temple (Book 2 ov 3)
  • 2011 Liber Nox (Book 3 ov 3)
  • 2011 Liber Chaos (Book ov Aiwass)
  • 2013 The Return ov Bleep
  • 2013 Darkhaus Vol. 01
  • 2013 Darkhaus Vol. 02
  • 2013 The Return Ov Bleep
  • 2014 Werk+Play
  • 2014 Exhibit 1 & 2
  • 2018 Shards Ov Light
  • 2020 Allegory 1 (Red)
  • 2020 Allegory 2 (Green)
  • 2020 Allegory 3 (Blue)
  • 2020 Further Fragments
  • 2021 Dubs: Volume 1
  • 2021 Dubs: Volume 2
  • 2021 Dubs: Volume 3
  • 2022 Brutal Minimalism
  • 2022 Concrete Reasoning
  • 2022 Fighting Modernism

Compilations and live albums[edit]

Ken Downie with Ed Handley and Andy Turner:

Ken Downie with Steve Ash and Ross Knight:

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