The Black Dog is a British electronic music group, founded in Sheffield in 1989 by Ken Downie along with Ed Handley and Andy Turner. The group are considered pioneers who, along with acts like Autechre, Aphex Twin, and LFO, came to define the UK techno movement in the early 1990s.
In 1993, the group signed to Warp Records and released their debut album Bytes. In 1995, Handley and Turner departed the Black Dog to work on their spin-off project Plaid, leaving Downie to continue recording under the name. The band's early EPs were collected on the 2007 compilation Book of Dogma .
Links to Peel[]
The band recorded two sessions for the programme, releasing the first on the album Peel Session.
JP held a competition to win a cassette by Black Dog, and the result was announced on 17 July 1997.
Festive Fifty Entries[]
- None
Sessions[]
- Two sessions. #1 available on Peel Session (Warp).
1. Recorded: 1994-12-12. First broadcast: 13 January 1995. Repeated: DD Month YYY
- Shadehead / Rise Up / Simperton / Rue / Psycosyin
2. Recorded: unknown. First broadcast: 27 March 1997. Repeated: 10 July 1997
- Babylon / Julia / Dissidents & Red & Black / Decline & Fall
Other Shows Played[]
- 1990
- 27 October 1990: The Weight (12" - Virtual) Black Dog Productions
- 1994
- 14 January 1994: ‘The Actor And Audience (CD - Temple Of Transparent Balls)’ (General Production Recordings)
- 22 January 1994 (BFBS): The Actor And Audience (album - Temple Of Transparent Balls) General Production Recordings
- 28 January 1994: Kings Of Sparta (album - Temple Of Transparent Balls) General Productoin
- 05 February 1994 (BFBS): Kings Of Sparta (album - Temple Of Transparent Balls) General Purpose Recordings
- 16 December 1994: ‘Raxmus (CD – Spanners )’ Warp
- 17 December 1994: ‘Chase The Manhattan (CD – Spanners )’ Warp Records
- 19 December 1994 (BBC World Service): Raxmus (album - Spanners) Warp
- 24 December 1994 (BBC World Service): Tar (album - Spanners) Warp
- 1995
- 06 January 1995: 'Tar (2xLP-Spanners)' (Warp)
- 1996
- 17 August 1996: Harpo (album - Music For Adverts (And Short Films)) Warp
- 31 August 1996 (BFBS): 'Tzaddi (CD-Music For Adverts (And Short Films))' (Warp)
- 08 September 1996: Dumb & Dumber (album - Music For Adverts (And Short Films)) Warp
- 14 September 1996: Wind Spirit (album - Music For Adverts (And Short Films)) Warp
- 1997
- 26 January 1997: ‘Big Issue Live Mix’ (Cassette)
- 18 February 1997: Four Friends And A Microphone (v/a album– Foundations: Coming Up From The Streets) Feedback Communications
- 1999
- 10 February 1999: 'Simperton (EP-Peel Session)' (Warp)
- 03 March 1999: 'Babylon (My Pasty Weighs A Ton) (CDS)' (Warner.ESP) with Ofra Haza
- 04 March 1999 (Radio Eins): Rise Up (EP - Peel Session) Warp
- 22 March 1999 (BFBS): 'Babylon (My Pasty Weighs A Ton) (CDS)' (Warner.ESP) with Ofra Haza
- 25 March 1999: Simperton (EP - Peel Session) Warp
- 2004
- 09 December 2004 (Rob Da Bank): '4 3s 777' (EP- Bite Thee Back) - (Dust Science Recordings)
- 15 December 2004 (Rob Da Bank): 'Invoke' (EP- Bite Thee Back) - (Dust Science)
- Other
- 30 April 1993: Plaid: Object Orient (v/a CD, 2xLP - Black Dog Productions - Bytes) Warp
- 01 May 1993: Xeper: Carcares Es Novum (v/a CD, 2xLP - Black Dog Productions - Bytes) Warp
- 07 May 1993: Close Up Over: Olivine (v/a CD, 2xLP - Black Dog Productions - Bytes) Warp
- 29 May 1993: Close Up Over: Caz (v/a CD, 2xLP - Black Dog Productions - Bytes) Warp
External Links[]
- Wikipedia
- Official site
- [1] Other