Re: (idm) black dog recs?

From Ross Balmer
Sent Wed, Sep 29th 1999, 13:12

Spanners is a bit weird in that although it's one of my favourite albums as
a whole, I found there are no real stand-out tracks for me. So when I came
to make up my "Best of Black Dog/Plaid" compilation I was hard-pressed to
include anything from it.

Here's what I have chosen so far from what I have

As One - Reflections on Reflections - 01 - Shambala (reflected by Balil)
Black Dog - Peel Session - 01 - Shadehead
Black Dog - Temple Of Transparent Balls - 07 - Sharp Shooting On Saturn
Plaid - Rest Proof Clockwork - 07 - Gellab
Black Dog - Black Dog Productions ep - 02 - Atypic - Otaku
Balil - Parasight - 01 - Rosery Pilots
Plaid - Undoneson EP - 01 - Undoneson
Plaid - Rest Proof Clockwork - 09 - Dang Spot
Black Dog - Black Dog Productions ep - 01 - Balil - Flux
Balil - Parasight - 03 - Parasight
Black Dog - Parallel - 10 - VIR2L
Black Dog - Bytes - 11 - Balil - ¾ Heart
Black Dog - Parallel - 06 - Vanttool
Plaid - Undoneson EP  - 02 - Spudink
Black Dog - Spanners - 11 - Nommo
Black Dog - Temple Of Transparent Balls - 02 - Cost II
Reload - Auto Reload EP (Volume 2) - 02 - Le Soleil et La Mer (Black Dog
Productions Remix)

I've managed to get it down to about 1' 48" so hopefully it will squeeze
onto 2 cdrs. Any suggestions about what I should include or omit?

d0ktor

-----Original Message-----
From: Nick Zavriev <xxxx@xx.xx>
To: xxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx <xxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>
Date: Tuesday, September 28, 1999 11:13 PM
Subject: Re: (idm) black dog recs?


>> i picked up a copy of black dog's "bytes" yesterday (3 bucks at the local
>> used cd store - score for me, baby!) and was happily surprised to find
>> that it kicks ass. sounds pretty much like "proto-plaid" which i guess is
>> to be expected. can anyone recommend something else by them? how does
>> "spanners" compare? input appreciated.
>
>Spanners is even better. Some may say it's even better than Plaid, several
>tracks are really brilliant. Unfortunately other Black Dog releases are not
>as good as these two albums IMO. Their third album on Warp, "Music For
>Adverts" also has some nice tracks, but they are too short to make the
whole
>album sound interesting.
>
>Nick.
>