Re: Black Dog

when i got my first pc in the early 90s, i connected it to this thing calle=
d the internet and used to connect to a BBS called black dog towers. i used=
 to speak to a mysterious guy called ken

RIP ken. see you on the next network




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On Wednesday, December 24th, 2025 at 9:41 PM, kent williams <chaircrusher@g=
mail.com> wrote:

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> Richard and Martin have done most of the recent releases. They
> involved Ken as much as he wanted to be involved, but I don't know
> what his contributions have been of late.
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> As far as making more releases as the Black Dog, they've earned the
> name as well in my book.
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> On Wed, Dec 24, 2025 at 7:44=E2=80=AFAM Roger Cole [email protected]=
m wrote:
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> > I really hope the Dust Brothers don't carry on as The Black Dog. Let Ke=
n rest in peace not turn in his grave. He was TBD and it would be just tryi=
ng to cash in on something they helped but did not create
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> > On Tue, 23 Dec 2025, 23:05 Brian Behlendorf, [email protected] wrote=
:
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> > > This is tragic news. While their output has long been stellar, their =
last
> > > few years in particular have been amazing, often forming large portio=
ns of
> > > my DJ sets. "Loud Ambient" indeed.
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> > > https://www.theblackdogma.com/2025/12/ken-downie-rest-in-peace-brothe=
r/
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> > > I imagine the Dust brothers aren't even yet thinking about carrying
> > > forward under the TBD name or not.
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> > > NP: TBD - Babylon (Hanging Gardens)
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> > > Brian
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> > > On Tue, 23 Dec 2025, David Newman wrote:
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> > > > Just bought loud ambient - sounds really good and nice to hear them=
 using the old drum machines again
> > > > Will be very missed amazing body of work
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> > > > Best wishes
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> > > > David Newman
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> > > > www.audiobulb.com exploratory music
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> > > > www.audiomoves.com ambient music sync specialist
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> > > > www.volume-objects.com abstract ambience :: broken space
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> > > > On 23 Dec 2025, at 04:54, Rjyan Kidwell [email protected] wrote:
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> > > > What do we do when they're all gone?
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> > > > That is the day the full-album remix will become as ubiquitous in m=
usic as the reboot in movies is currently.
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> > > > -rk