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practices of government and the passivity of the general public. "We’ve helplessly watched with mounting horror, while the government trashed the country, signed away its sovereignty to Brussels (with a flourish of a specially minted silver pen), sold off precious national industries and assets at
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from the 70s". While Eno's album is well known for being peaceful and sedate, The Black Dog intend theirs to be tense and bittersweet, saying "This record is not necessarily a comfortable listen. But it captures the spectrum of emotions stirred by airports."
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In 2001, Downie teamed up with Richard and Martin Dust, owners of the label Dust Science Recordings. Since then, they have started to play live again and have released eight EPs and four full-length albums on Dust Science. Their first album,
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The initial lineup kept themselves busy with numerous alter-egos and side-projects, including Echo Mike, Close Up Over, Xeper, Atypic, I.A.O., Plaid, Balil and the Discordian Popes. 1993's
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In 1989, The Black Dog was unable to find a label to back its releases and started its own, Black Dog Productions, which released four vinyl records including the acclaimed
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is a British electronic music group, founded in 1989 by Ken Downie along with Ed Handley and Andy Turner. The group are considered pioneering figures of
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next to bargain basement prices, and indulged itself with two utterly pointless wars which it couldn’t afford," the group stated on their home page.
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compiles an album's worth of tracks by these side projects under the mantle of Black Dog Productions. Of these side-projects, only
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More recently, the current lineup of The Black Dog (Ken Downie with Martin and Richard Dust) have collaborated with
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artists of the early 1900s, Dadavistic Orchestra have issued an album and two EPs, offering limited edition
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but Downie continued working as The Black Dog on his own for a while, releasing the solo album
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on a new ambient project called Dadavistic Orchestra. Taking inspiration from the
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Echo Mike, Close Up Over, Xeper, Atypic, I.A.O., Balil, the Discordian Popes
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In May 2010, the Black Dog teamed with creative agency "Human" to create
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Following several self-released EPs, the group signed to
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The second, 186:in 1993 and released albums such as 1192:"The Black Dog - Further Vexations" 449:Music for Adverts (and Short Films) 286:Music for Adverts (and Short Films) 1363:Musical groups established in 1989 1118:. 1 September 2005. Archived from 14: 1190:Jones, Simon (19 January 2009). 1289:"身体に優しい設計|自然素材を使って家を建てるメリットとは" 123:, GPR, Black Dog Productions, 16:British electronic music group 1: 1348:Musical groups from Sheffield 1020:"FACT mix 144: The Black Dog" 950:Liber Collected – Book Ov Law 237:on 15 March 1993. The albums 874:Compilations and live albums 759:Liber Chaos (Book ov Aiwass) 1358:Warp (record label) artists 1353:Intelligent dance musicians 1343:English techno music groups 1293:www.dadavisticorchestra.com 1143:on the Dust Science website 428:Temple of Transparent Balls 240:Temple of Transparent Balls 1379: 747:Liber Temple (Book 2 ov 3) 422:(as Black Dog Productions) 18: 1112:"THE BLACK DOG Interview" 944:Final Collected Vexations 554:Music for Airport Lounges 379:Psychick Warriors ov Gaia 1275:11 February 2010 at the 741:Liber Kult (Book 1 ov 3) 374:continues to be active. 1320:- The Black Dog's Label 753:Liber Nox (Book 3 ov 3) 548:Music for Photographers 503:Music for Real Airports 344:Music for Real Airports 108:1989–1995, 2005–present 1158:6 October 2011 at the 1257:10 April 2010 at the 1141:The Black Dog profile 981:The Black Dog profile 938:Thee Singles Volume 2 705:Detroit vs. Sheffield 387:gelatin silver prints 270:bulletin board system 911:Genetically Modified 19:For other uses, see 1239:www.humanstudio.com 1122:on 19 February 2009 969:Black dog biography 783:The Return Ov Bleep 765:The Return ov Bleep 1196:Progressive-Sounds 1179:. 24 January 2022. 920:Unsavoury Products 861:Fighting Modernism 855:Concrete Reasoning 813:Allegory 2 (Green) 723:The Vexing Remixes 462:Unsavoury Products 292:Unsavoury Products 1162:at dogsquad.co.uk 849:Brutal Minimalism 825:Further Fragments 819:Allegory 3 (Blue) 795:Exhibit 1 & 2 735:Subject to Delays 630:Ken Downie solo: 530:Black Daisy Wheel 495:Further Vexations 442:Ken Downie solo: 330:Further Vexations 323:The follow-up to 170: 169: 1370: 1314: 1313: 1311:Official website 1297: 1296: 1285: 1279: 1267: 1261: 1249: 1243: 1242: 1231: 1225: 1224: 1213: 1207: 1206: 1204: 1202: 1187: 1181: 1180: 1169: 1163: 1150: 1144: 1138: 1132: 1131: 1129: 1127: 1116:The Milk Factory 1108: 1102: 1096: 1090: 1089: 1078: 1072: 1071: 1060: 1054: 1053: 1050:Resident Advisor 1042: 1036: 1035: 1033: 1031: 1016: 1010: 1009: 1007: 1005: 990: 984: 978: 972: 966: 867:The Reproduce EP 807:Allegory 1 (Red) 777:Darkhaus Vol. 02 771:Darkhaus Vol. 01 717:We Are Sheffield 647:Plan Black V Dog 274:Black Dog Towers 157: 119:, Dust Science, 105: 94:field recordings 40: 28: 1378: 1377: 1373: 1372: 1371: 1369: 1368: 1367: 1333: 1332: 1326:discography at 1318:dustscience.com 1309: 1308: 1305: 1300: 1287: 1286: 1282: 1277:Wayback Machine 1268: 1264: 1259:Wayback Machine 1250: 1246: 1233: 1232: 1228: 1215: 1214: 1210: 1200: 1198: 1189: 1188: 1184: 1171: 1170: 1166: 1160:Wayback Machine 1151: 1147: 1139: 1135: 1125: 1123: 1110: 1109: 1105: 1099:Plaid biography 1097: 1093: 1088:. 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Index

Black dog
Sheffield
England
Electronic
IDM
ambient
techno
experimental
field recordings
Soma
Warp
BMG
Sire
techno
Warp Records
Bytes
Spanners
Plaid
Book of Dogma
Virtual
Bytes
Warp Records
Temple of Transparent Balls
Spanners
Björk
B-side
"Army of Me"
"Isobel"
bulletin board system
Plaid

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