What's that coming over the hill, apart from a lyrical cliché? Is it a monster?
Niet. It's a three-headed dog. The Black Dog, in fact, with an album of sparkling ambient techno called Radio Scarecrow.
Amid a cacophony of remixes and rereleases (Book Of Dogma artwork remixed above), I reckon this is their first new material for a while. It lopes over that brow with certain intent: to be nostalgic, to be minimal, to be ever-so-slightly Detroit.
Word on the grapevine says the basslines are so intense, the band had to take scheduled breaks from recording.
Health and safety, you know.
The Black Dog dates way back, before music had invented all the notes, and so does Meat Beat Manifesto.
MBM is headed by arthritic vegan Jack Dangers, and they have thrown another LP of breakbeat-rolling distorto-dub in the shape of Autoimmune.
Dangers is meant to be a magpie when it comes to gathering samples, but it sounds like he's avoided nest nicking for a while considering how old some of these samples sound ("say whaaat" and the like).
Instead, why not befrend Bochum Welt's ROB (Robotic Operating Buddy)? This album is out now on the legendary Rephlex imprint.
Third track Saint (Dmix) is a spit for a New Order track, but don't let its synth-pop tendencies put you off.
ROB is an acidic Atariesque throwback to early Aphex and catchy analogue (kraft)work-outs.
I leave you with an mpSunday, where I slowly give away my music collection. It's a rather low-key single from Black Dog's Radio Scarecrow.
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