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offline drill rods from 6AM-8PM NO PARKING (Canada) on 2012-10-24 01:16 [#02443420]
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Please overlook my retardedness if there's already a thread
about this!

I loved the old Black Dog (Plaid plus Mad Ken) - Cost II is
one of my favourite songs ever. Only just after a gazillion
years got hold of Radio Scarecrow which is great fun - the
only post-Plaid BD that I've heard except for that shitty
mess that is Music for Airports. What's the other stuff
like? Any gems in there?

Didn't Ken claim once to be reincarnated from some soldier
in Alexander the Great's army or some shit?


 

offline revpersona from Plainfield (United States) on 2012-10-24 09:52 [#02443435]
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There's been a few variation Black Dog threads throughout
the years here, but it pales in comparison to other
artists.

I hold their old work in the highest regard. Bytes is indeed
my favorite album and Balil my favorite artist.

Even though they were a "group" it was more of a collective.
You can really hear the difference in a lot of their tracks
(who wrote what).

A lot of the fragile melancholic melodies (Cost II for
example) have been lost by the trio (Plaid still have their
moments). I guess it was a reflection of their lives at the
time, and why it really hasn't been duplicated.


 

offline debaser on 2012-10-24 12:52 [#02443447]
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I follow them pretty closely. Spanners is a timeless release
and blew my mind the first time i listened to it (probably
cause i was already tripping). Anyway they still put out
great live performances, and its always a treat to hear new
talent from sheffield through them


 

offline Steinvordhosbn from London (United Kingdom) on 2012-10-24 15:56 [#02443454]
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I loved them as the original trio but now they're a bit
pedestrian with some atmospherics in the background. They
sound like two burly fucks have kidnapped Ken, fed him drugs
and stuck him the cellar whilst they peddle charmless techno
by not magick numbers.


 

offline sneakattack on 2012-10-24 19:51 [#02443477]
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I really like their more recent album further vexations. One
of my favorite albums to listen through contiguously (though
there are also some great standalone tracks).


 

offline drill rods from 6AM-8PM NO PARKING (Canada) on 2012-11-02 01:27 [#02443941]
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just got Vexations and the Real Airports one. Vexations is
fun, loads of shit going on. Real Airports sounds like great
hangover music. Liber Dogma still on its way!


 

offline cuntychuck from Copenhagen (Denmark) on 2012-11-02 11:55 [#02443962]
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_THE_ BLACK DOG ffs

cant believe dog_belcvh didnt comment on it.

real love to the dog tho.


 

offline drill rods from 6AM-8PM NO PARKING (Canada) on 2012-11-05 23:20 [#02444117]
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NEWSFLASH: Liber Dogma is boring


 

offline solidbacon on 2014-04-07 19:30 [#02469667]
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where is the search button on here?


 

offline drill rods from 6AM-8PM NO PARKING (Canada) on 2014-04-08 14:12 [#02469709]
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In first post I meant Music for Adverts, not Music for
Airports. The former is a mess, the latter is pretty good


 

offline mohamed from the turtle business on 2014-04-17 19:35 [#02470240]
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they're always posting stuff on sound cloud


 

offline hanal from k_maty only (United Kingdom) on 2014-04-17 19:39 [#02470245]
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offline Cliff Glitchard from DEEP DOWN INSIDE on 2014-04-18 01:29 [#02470261]
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Echoed.


 


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