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Today it came to my attention Black Dog Productions extremely epic Bytes is being reissued. While I do rather enjoy the wonderful feeling knowing I went to England to get myself a copy, there are 7 new tracks, called Phil (1) all the way through to Phil (7) by a character by the name of Echo Mike. If anyone could fill me in on who Echo Mike is, and the detials of this release that would be awesome.

― Tokyo Ghost Stories (Tokyo Ghost Stories), Friday, 29 July 2005 04:49 (twenty years ago)

Well, I just found out it was released a month ago.

― Tokyo Ghost Stories (Tokyo Ghost Stories), Friday, 29 July 2005 04:50 (twenty years ago)

So, i know this record had some strange track listing, but are all the tracks actually by black dog?

― jk_ (jk@gabba), Sunday, 31 July 2005 15:01 (twenty years ago)

I always thought it was remixes they had done for other people.

― Last Of The Famous International Pfunkboys (Kerr), Sunday, 31 July 2005 15:45 (twenty years ago)

when CDDB retrieves the song info, the songs come up as different artists. Black Dog, Plaid and I.A.O.

― biz, Sunday, 31 July 2005 15:46 (twenty years ago)

The Phil tracks were on the original. And I thought BD just made up a different artist name for every track (or re-used old BD-associated names, like Plaid).

― Lukas (lukas), Sunday, 31 July 2005 16:40 (twenty years ago)

When you look on the cover of the cd, you see the words ''This Compilation'' This was because in time of
releasing Bytes, they already had a contract with GPR! (It's still a problem to release under the same name on different labels) It looks like a compilation of different artists, but it is still made by Downie, Handley and Turner.

http://www.discogs.com/release/11566

― fandango (fandango), Sunday, 31 July 2005 16:55 (twenty years ago)

oh, and by the way - http://www.godbrain.ch/dustsnd003.htm !!! !!

― fandango (fandango), Sunday, 31 July 2005 16:59 (twenty years ago)

I'm sorry, I was told all the Black Dog stuff sucked once the Plaid guys left. False?

Hmm ... I mean, I don't like Plaid that much, so ...

― Lukas (lukas), Monday, 1 August 2005 00:22 (twenty years ago)

It wasn't great no, interesting though, yes.

But this new project looks incredibly promising, basically it's Ken Downie & two other guys, in a band setup again, so hopefully a bit more focused than the post-Plaid split stuff. I've read rumours though that the new album may actually be a return to form!

The sound has changed a bit, naturally. It's more like Arovane meets Bladerunner or something now (I've only heard the samples) less brittle and percussive, more cinematic. I'll have to hear the record in full to know if it's a decent trade-off though.

I don't really like Plaid much either (occasional songs yes) having only heard 'Trainer' recently... found it dissapointing. But I like the BD a whole lot.

― fandango (fandango), Monday, 1 August 2005 10:31 (twenty years ago)

You'll find the info you need here:
http://www.dustscience.com

― Martin Dust (Martin Dust), Sunday, 7 August 2005 21:09 (twenty years ago)

i just bought 'bytes' but i don't think its a reissue. it is awesome though. can't believe i slept on this for so long

The Phil tracks were on the original.

Phil 1-7 are listed on the cd label, making it look as though there are 18 tracks total. but there are only 11 tracks on the cd so i don't know what thats about.

― amon (eman), Sunday, 7 August 2005 21:24 (twenty years ago)

the phil tracks are just mixed in with the actual tracks, that's why it always annoyed me, like if you want to hear the acid-y Phil 6 with it's orchestra stabs, you have to fast forward through Fight the Hits, or the beautiful Phil 2 you have to skip through Focus Mel, but who knows if CDDB is right, I'd have to check because I don't hear Phil 1, the first track seems to be of one piece.

― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Monday, 8 August 2005 01:21 (twenty years ago)

ah ok, i was wondering why they weren't showing up in itunes. i had noticed the fade-outs/fade-ins in certain tracks but it didn't occur to me. that is annoying.

also this comment on discogs is strange:

K_Stefan - 11-Aug-03 02:14 PM
Beware of re-issue! Don't know when it was,
but my copy's inner sleeve got nothing in it.
I've seen another copy with artwork there.
Besides of that, they're identical.
Have Warp secretly started their own budget re-issue series, like "Island Masters?"

the inside of my booklet is blank too.

― amon (eman), Monday, 8 August 2005 01:44 (twenty years ago)

I own the TVT/Wax Trax/Warp AI series CD, I think the original unless Warp released it themselves first, I know that was the case with other releases because I'd buy them as Warp import only to see them on TVT/Wax Trax 8 months later, but the booklet insert is some really bad, dated digital art and some weird space poetry.

― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Monday, 8 August 2005 02:06 (twenty years ago)

i seem to remember my booklet is so bad it looks like a boot.

― mullygrubbr (bulbs), Monday, 8 August 2005 02:55 (twenty years ago)

my cd just has the warp logo, no tvt or wax trax on it. the back of the cd has some little microchip-looking doodle on a blue field with the track titles, but the shit is so blurry it looks like a bad digital scan or something.

― amon (eman), Monday, 8 August 2005 03:10 (twenty years ago)

yes sounds like mine

― mullygrubbr (bulbs), Monday, 8 August 2005 03:14 (twenty years ago)

I've never really checked Bytes but despite the fact I'm a big Plaid fan, found the "Spanners" album merely lukewarm. Some tracks start to get really good and then they end before actually getting to where they're supposed to be going.

― dog latin (dog latin), Monday, 8 August 2005 10:20 (twenty years ago)

weird, bytes seems to be listed on warpmart, retailing for 7.99. i cant find anything on there about a reissue. seems like they have just carried on selling it.

― ambrose (ambrose), Monday, 8 August 2005 10:32 (twenty years ago)

bytes is WAY WAY WAY WAY better then Spanners, which I also don't care for.

― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Monday, 8 August 2005 11:33 (twenty years ago)

three months pass...

I got A used copy of Spanners and just listened to it. It's good but too Plaid-esque.

Bytes is clearly the superior. heh

― Tokyo Ghost Stories (Tokyo Ghost Stories), Sunday, 4 December 2005 21:23 (twenty years ago)

eight years pass...

https://twitter.com/TheBlackDog/status/428674979107192832

― cristalnacht (lukas), Thursday, 30 January 2014 00:03 (twelve years ago)

ten years pass...

You'll find the info you need here:
http://www.dustscience.com
― Martin Dust (Martin Dust), Sunday, August 7, 2005 9:09 PM (eighteen years ago)

well i never knew that martin once posted on ILM.
new tDR album out tomorrow.
yeah, nothing too different from their recent albums, but of course i think it sounds bloody wonderful.

― mark e, Thursday, 6 June 2024 14:28 (two years ago)

ok, a few listens in, and this is probably the darkest sounding album they have released in a long time.
the band themselves have made comparisons to the brilliant 'radio scarecrow' album, but i think this is a lot darker.
almost new beat/industrial in parts, e.g. 'mark up'.

― mark e, Thursday, 6 June 2024 22:16 (two years ago)

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