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 to access audio and video on collective you need real player.Mysterious ambient, with no hamsters. With 1992’s superb album, Bytes, The Black Dog (Ken Downie, Ed Handley and Andy Turner) created a veritable electronic monster, something truly “seminal”. Then after a while Ed and Andy fled to form the very lovely Plaid, so Ken skulked around solo in the kennel making wonky concept albums that belied his true merit. Good news then that he’s hooked up with Dust Science’s Martin and Richard, and is back making elegant, mysterious acid-electro-ambient, free of all that irritating “sounds of hamsters chewing sweet wrappers” nonsense which The Dogs’ many imitators rely on. Downie’s enduring Middle Eastern/Egyptian bent is also evident on Trojan Horus, while the whole is a multi-textured pleasure. The Black Dog – Silenced, released 03 October 05 on Dust Science.
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comment by echo_unit
Nov 7, 2007
This is late in the day, but for anyone passing thru - The Black Dog without Ed & Andy, isn't The Black Dog.
comment by SpacemanT
Dec 1, 2005
Thank you.....praise at last....I knew my school never really appreciated me.
comment by Ice Cold Astro
Nov 18, 2005
Pure Bloglish! Well done.Ladies and gentleman we have our first entry for the (not yet agreed) Review & Win Bloglish Review of the Week. http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/collective/F98406?thread=...
comment by SpacemanT
Nov 18, 2005
When Black Dog split it was obvious that plaid returned to a duo. They' had already put out a future predicting breakz n' electro LP ( Mbuki Mvuki ) prior to The Black Dog forming.Plaid did there thing on WARP to various acclaims while Ken quietly put out the hit n miss of "music for adverts and short films" and the plain weird "" Unsavoury Products""Silenced " sees Ken grab the dying flame when Techno meant a lightness of touch. Beautiful arching string chords of obvious simplicity and uncomplicated beatz. If you've grown tired of the electronica cul de sac of marbles falling down the stairs in a metal bin, this is for you.
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