Bytes (album)

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 by 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.

Bytes
Studio album by
Black Dog Productions
Released8 March 1993 (1993-03-08)
GenreIDM
Length67:35
LabelWarp
ProducerBlack Dog Productions
The Black Dog chronology
Bytes
(1993)		 Temple of Transparent Balls
(1993)
Artificial Intelligence series chronology
Surfing on Sine Waves
(1993)		 Bytes
(1993)		 Electro-Soma
(1993)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Select5/5[2]
Slant Magazine[3]

In 2002, Slant Magazine placed Bytes at number 23 on its list of "The 25 Greatest Electronic Albums of the 20th Century".[4] It has been cited as a landmark album of intelligent dance music.[1][4]

Background

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 "Clan (Mongol Hordes)" appears on Artificial Intelligence as "The Clan".

Track listing
No.TitleArtistLength
1."Object Orient"Plaid5:44
2."Caz"Close Up Over6:15
3."Carceres Ex Novum"Xeper6:43
4."Focus Mel"Atypic7:13
5."Olivine"Close Up Over4:45
6."Clan (Mongol Hordes)"I.A.O.6:24
7."Yamemm"Plaid6:15
8."Fight the Hits"Discordian Popes6:20
9."Merck"Balil4:34
10."Jauqq"Close Up Over5:47
11."3/4 Heart"Balil7:33

References
  1. Cooper, Sean. "Bytes – The Black Dog". AllMusic. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
  2. Howe, Rupert (April 1993). "Black Dog: Bytes". Select (34): 74.
  3. Cinquemani, Sal (2 November 2002). "Black Dog Productions: Bytes". Slant Magazine. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
  4. "2520: The 25 Greatest Electronic Albums of the 20th Century". Slant Magazine. 30 June 2002. p. 1. Retrieved 9 March 2017.


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