Re: Black Dog
Rjyan Kidwell <[email protected]> Thu, 25 Dec 2025 11:06:03 -0500
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--000000000000de37220646c8f4aa Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Music for Adverts is pretty different than Bytes and Spanners, less futuristic, but that and the diversity of sounds and styles there made a lasting impression on me in 1996. It seemed badass at the time that Ken immediately took off for unexplored sonic territory post-split. I never thought about it before but now that we're talking about em, I'm curious which of those guys came up with the title Temple of Transparent Balls, or if it was a full group creation. On Wed, Dec 24, 2025, 4:50 PM Chris Taylor <[email protected]> wrote= : > *Bytes *is to me the exemplary *IDM* album and it still sound amazing and > fresh as hell. RIP > > On Wed, Dec 24, 2025 at 1:45=E2=80=AFPM syntaxveil <syntaxveil@protonmail= .com> > wrote: > >> when i got my first pc in the early 90s, i connected it to this thing >> called 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 >> >> >> >> >> Sent with Proton Mail secure email. >> >> On Wednesday, December 24th, 2025 at 9:41 PM, kent williams < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >> > >> > >> > 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. >> > >> > As far as making more releases as the Black Dog, they've earned the >> > name as well in my book. >> > >> > On Wed, Dec 24, 2025 at 7:44=E2=80=AFAM Roger Cole rogercole1957@gmail= .com >> wrote: >> > >> > > I really hope the Dust Brothers don't carry on as The Black Dog. Let >> Ken rest in peace not turn in his grave. He was TBD and it would be just >> trying to cash in on something they helped but did not create >> > > >> > > On Tue, 23 Dec 2025, 23:05 Brian Behlendorf, [email protected] >> wrote: >> > > >> > > > This is tragic news. While their output has long been stellar, >> their last >> > > > few years in particular have been amazing, often forming large >> portions of >> > > > my DJ sets. "Loud Ambient" indeed. >> > > > >> > > > >> https://www.theblackdogma.com/2025/12/ken-downie-rest-in-peace-brother/ >> > > > >> > > > I imagine the Dust brothers aren't even yet thinking about carryin= g >> > > > forward under the TBD name or not. >> > > > >> > > > NP: TBD - Babylon (Hanging Gardens) >> > > > >> > > > Brian >> > > > >> > > > On Tue, 23 Dec 2025, David Newman wrote: >> > > > >> > > > > 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 >> > > > > >> > > > > Best wishes >> > > > > >> > > > > David Newman >> > > > > >> > > > > www.audiobulb.com exploratory music >> > > > > >> > > > > www.audiomoves.com ambient music sync specialist >> > > > > >> > > > > www.volume-objects.com abstract ambience :: broken space >> > > > > >> > > > > On 23 Dec 2025, at 04:54, Rjyan Kidwell [email protected] wrote: >> > > > > >> > > > > What do we do when they're all gone? >> > > > > >> > > > > That is the day the full-album remix will become as ubiquitous i= n >> music as the reboot in movies is currently. >> > > > > >> > > > > -rk >> > --000000000000de37220646c8f4aa Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"auto"><div dir=3D"auto">Music for Adverts is pretty different t= han Bytes and Spanners, less futuristic, but that and the diversity of soun= ds and styles there made a lasting impression on me in 1996. It seemed bada= ss at the time that Ken immediately took off for unexplored sonic territory= post-split.</div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">I never tho= ught about it before but now that we're talking about em, I'm curio= us which of those guys came up with the title Temple of Transparent Balls, = or if it was a full group creation.</div></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quot= e gmail_quote_container"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Wed, Dec = 24, 2025, 4:50 PM Chris Taylor <<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]= om">[email protected]</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"g= mail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-l= eft:1ex"><div><div dir=3D"ltr"><i>Bytes=C2=A0</i>is to me the exemplary=C2= =A0*IDM* album and it still sound amazing and fresh as hell. RIP</div></div= ><div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">= On Wed, Dec 24, 2025 at 1:45=E2=80=AFPM syntaxveil <<a href=3D"mailto:sy= [email protected]" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noreferrer">syntaxveil@pr= otonmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" styl= e=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);paddin= g-left:1ex">when i got my first pc in the early 90s, i connected it to this= thing called the internet and used to connect to a BBS called black dog to= wers. i used to speak to a mysterious guy called ken<br> <br> RIP ken. see you on the next network<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Sent with Proton Mail secure email.<br> <br> On Wednesday, December 24th, 2025 at 9:41 PM, kent williams <<a href=3D"= mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noreferrer">chaircr= [email protected]</a>> wrote:<br> <br> > <br> > <br> > Richard and Martin have done most of the recent releases. They<br> > involved Ken as much as he wanted to be involved, but I don't know= <br> > what his contributions have been of late.<br> > <br> > As far as making more releases as the Black Dog, they've earned th= e<br> > name as well in my book.<br> > <br> > On Wed, Dec 24, 2025 at 7:44=E2=80=AFAM Roger Cole <a href=3D"mailto:r= [email protected]" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noreferrer">rogercole1957@= gmail.com</a> wrote:<br> > <br> > > I really hope the Dust Brothers don't carry on as The Black D= og. Let Ken rest in peace not turn in his grave. He was TBD and it would be= just trying to cash in on something they helped but did not create<br> > > <br> > > On Tue, 23 Dec 2025, 23:05 Brian Behlendorf, <a href=3D"mailto:br= [email protected]" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noreferrer">[email protected]= om</a> wrote:<br> > > <br> > > > This is tragic news. While their output has long been stella= r, their last<br> > > > few years in particular have been amazing, often forming lar= ge portions of<br> > > > my DJ sets. "Loud Ambient" indeed.<br> > > > <br> > > > <a href=3D"https://www.theblackdogma.com/2025/12/ken-downie-= rest-in-peace-brother/" rel=3D"noreferrer noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">htt= ps://www.theblackdogma.com/2025/12/ken-downie-rest-in-peace-brother/</a><br= > > > > <br> > > > I imagine the Dust brothers aren't even yet thinking abo= ut carrying<br> > > > forward under the TBD name or not.<br> > > > <br> > > > NP: TBD - Babylon (Hanging Gardens)<br> > > > <br> > > > Brian<br> > > > <br> > > > On Tue, 23 Dec 2025, David Newman wrote:<br> > > > <br> > > > > Just bought loud ambient - sounds really good and nice = to hear them using the old drum machines again<br> > > > > Will be very missed amazing body of work<br> > > > > <br> > > > > Best wishes<br> > > > > <br> > > > > David Newman<br> > > > > <br> > > > > <a href=3D"http://www.audiobulb.com" rel=3D"noreferrer = noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">www.audiobulb.com</a> exploratory music<br> > > > > <br> > > > > <a href=3D"http://www.audiomoves.com" rel=3D"noreferrer= noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">www.audiomoves.com</a> ambient music sync sp= ecialist<br> > > > > <br> > > > > <a href=3D"http://www.volume-objects.com" rel=3D"norefe= rrer noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">www.volume-objects.com</a> abstract ambi= ence :: broken space<br> > > > > <br> > > > > On 23 Dec 2025, at 04:54, Rjyan Kidwell <a href=3D"mail= to:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noreferrer">[email protected]= m</a> wrote:<br> > > > > <br> > > > > What do we do when they're all gone?<br> > > > > <br> > > > > That is the day the full-album remix will become as ubi= quitous in music as the reboot in movies is currently.<br> > > > > <br> > > > > -rk<br> </blockquote></div> </div> </blockquote></div> --000000000000de37220646c8f4aa--