A highlight of early AI techno’s halcyon days resurfaces on a 30 year reissue, studded with some of the era’s most enduring work
Officially a compilation featuring Plaid, Balil, Xeper, I.A.O. and more, due to some contract fuckries, ‘Bytes’ is still effectively Black Dog Productions’ debut album masterpiece. Like many of their generation, it was heavily influenced by the futureshock of Detroit techno, deep house from Chicago, and NYC electro, but mutated in translation to British dancefloors.
It serves to seed the influential careers of its various units, who would diverge not long after its release, but stands as a resounding example of their combined energies, especially in classic numbers such as Xeper’s sublime downbeat groover ‘Carceres Ex Novum’, and a version of AI series classic in I.A.O.’s breakbeat techno archetype ‘The Clan (Mongol Hordes)’, the mind-bending intricacies of ‘Yamemm’, or Balil’s beauties, ‘Merck’ and ‘3/4 Heart’ that still trip up DJs today.
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A highlight of early AI techno’s halcyon days resurfaces on a 30 year reissue, studded with some of the era’s most enduring work
Officially a compilation featuring Plaid, Balil, Xeper, I.A.O. and more, due to some contract fuckries, ‘Bytes’ is still effectively Black Dog Productions’ debut album masterpiece. Like many of their generation, it was heavily influenced by the futureshock of Detroit techno, deep house from Chicago, and NYC electro, but mutated in translation to British dancefloors.
It serves to seed the influential careers of its various units, who would diverge not long after its release, but stands as a resounding example of their combined energies, especially in classic numbers such as Xeper’s sublime downbeat groover ‘Carceres Ex Novum’, and a version of AI series classic in I.A.O.’s breakbeat techno archetype ‘The Clan (Mongol Hordes)’, the mind-bending intricacies of ‘Yamemm’, or Balil’s beauties, ‘Merck’ and ‘3/4 Heart’ that still trip up DJs today.
A highlight of early AI techno’s halcyon days resurfaces on a 30 year reissue, studded with some of the era’s most enduring work
Officially a compilation featuring Plaid, Balil, Xeper, I.A.O. and more, due to some contract fuckries, ‘Bytes’ is still effectively Black Dog Productions’ debut album masterpiece. Like many of their generation, it was heavily influenced by the futureshock of Detroit techno, deep house from Chicago, and NYC electro, but mutated in translation to British dancefloors.
It serves to seed the influential careers of its various units, who would diverge not long after its release, but stands as a resounding example of their combined energies, especially in classic numbers such as Xeper’s sublime downbeat groover ‘Carceres Ex Novum’, and a version of AI series classic in I.A.O.’s breakbeat techno archetype ‘The Clan (Mongol Hordes)’, the mind-bending intricacies of ‘Yamemm’, or Balil’s beauties, ‘Merck’ and ‘3/4 Heart’ that still trip up DJs today.
A highlight of early AI techno’s halcyon days resurfaces on a 30 year reissue, studded with some of the era’s most enduring work
Officially a compilation featuring Plaid, Balil, Xeper, I.A.O. and more, due to some contract fuckries, ‘Bytes’ is still effectively Black Dog Productions’ debut album masterpiece. Like many of their generation, it was heavily influenced by the futureshock of Detroit techno, deep house from Chicago, and NYC electro, but mutated in translation to British dancefloors.
It serves to seed the influential careers of its various units, who would diverge not long after its release, but stands as a resounding example of their combined energies, especially in classic numbers such as Xeper’s sublime downbeat groover ‘Carceres Ex Novum’, and a version of AI series classic in I.A.O.’s breakbeat techno archetype ‘The Clan (Mongol Hordes)’, the mind-bending intricacies of ‘Yamemm’, or Balil’s beauties, ‘Merck’ and ‘3/4 Heart’ that still trip up DJs today.
Back in stock. 2023 Reissue. Black 2LP in gatefold sleeve. Presented as an exact reproduction of the original edition.
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A highlight of early AI techno’s halcyon days resurfaces on a 30 year reissue, studded with some of the era’s most enduring work
Officially a compilation featuring Plaid, Balil, Xeper, I.A.O. and more, due to some contract fuckries, ‘Bytes’ is still effectively Black Dog Productions’ debut album masterpiece. Like many of their generation, it was heavily influenced by the futureshock of Detroit techno, deep house from Chicago, and NYC electro, but mutated in translation to British dancefloors.
It serves to seed the influential careers of its various units, who would diverge not long after its release, but stands as a resounding example of their combined energies, especially in classic numbers such as Xeper’s sublime downbeat groover ‘Carceres Ex Novum’, and a version of AI series classic in I.A.O.’s breakbeat techno archetype ‘The Clan (Mongol Hordes)’, the mind-bending intricacies of ‘Yamemm’, or Balil’s beauties, ‘Merck’ and ‘3/4 Heart’ that still trip up DJs today.