Album
Bytes
1993 · Electronic
Rare pressing on Gatefold
Bytes is an Electronic album by Black Dog Productions, originally released in 1993. On Gatefold: 19 pressings tracked.
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Bytes is the debut studio album by English electronic music group The Black Dog, credited under the name Black Dog Productions. It was released on Warp on 8 March 1993. The album consists of tracks produced by the members of the group – Ed Handley, Andy Turner, and Ken Downie – under various aliases, including Plaid, Close Up Over, Xeper, Atypic, I.A.O., Discordian Popes and Balil. Black Dog Productions is also the name of their own record label. In 2002, Slant Magazine placed Bytes at number 23 on its list of "The 25 Greatest Electronic Albums of the 20th Century". It has been cited as a landmark album of IDM. Bytes was released on the Sheffield techno label Warp in 1993 on double vinyl, cassette and CD. The members of The Black Dog collaborated on the album under various guises and combinations. An early version of The Clan (Mongol Hordes) appears on Artificial Intelligence as The Clan.
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Tracklist
- 1Object Orient5:44
- 2Caz6:15
- 3Carceres Ex Novum6:42
- 4Focus Mel7:12
- 5Olivine4:45
- 6Clan (Mongol Hordes)6:24
- 7Yamemm6:14
- 8Fight the Hits6:20
- 9Merck4:33
- 10Jauqq5:46
- 113/4 Heart7:34
Sound DNA
- Electronic
- IDM
- synthetic
- meditative
- cerebral
Notes from the original pressing. Later editions may differ.
Black vinyl. There was also a limited (opens in a new tab) numbered edition on gold vinyl.
Comes in a gatefold cover.
The third in Warp's Artificial Intelligence series of albums.
Mastered at The Townhouse.
Phil(1) through to Phil(7) are not mentioned on the rear cover, but are mentioned on the disc labels.
Tracks listed sequentially, from 1.1 to 4.18.
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Black Dog Productions
Production & Engineering
- Black Dog ProductionsPRODUCER
Songwriting
- Atypic
- balil
- Close Up Over
- Discordian Popes
- I.A.O.
- Plaid
- Xeper
Rare pressing on Gatefold · 19 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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