― noodle vague (noodle vague), Tuesday, 20 April 2004 14:56 (twenty years ago) link
― Dave Stelfox (Dave Stelfox), Tuesday, 20 April 2004 15:02 (twenty years ago) link
Maybe I'm just dense but you guys *are* talking about "saltshaker" as in the Ying Yang Twinz, right? Or something else?
― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Wednesday, 21 April 2004 01:37 (twenty years ago) link
― Dave Stelfox (Dave Stelfox), Wednesday, 21 April 2004 08:23 (twenty years ago) link
― prima fassy (mwah), Wednesday, 21 April 2004 10:14 (twenty years ago) link
― Dave Stelfox (Dave Stelfox), Wednesday, 21 April 2004 10:25 (twenty years ago) link
― Dave Stelfox (Dave Stelfox), Wednesday, 21 April 2004 10:26 (twenty years ago) link
― Dave Stelfox (Dave Stelfox), Wednesday, 21 April 2004 10:29 (twenty years ago) link
Just wanted to say hello, coz I found that discussion here in Google ;)!
Bless
― VolkanikMan, Tuesday, 2 May 2006 07:54 (eighteen years ago) link
― dog latin (dog latin), Tuesday, 2 May 2006 08:56 (eighteen years ago) link
The new album is really, really fucking good, the tracks with FlowDan on especially. It's kind of the perfect environment for his vocals - nice to see his verse on Bounce make a reappearance here.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 22 July 2008 15:29 (sixteen years ago) link
Just noticed this thread is for everything that isn't the Bug. Ah well.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 22 July 2008 15:31 (sixteen years ago) link
london zoo is very good, but i have yet been able to handle it all in one sitting.
― mark e, Tuesday, 22 July 2008 15:37 (sixteen years ago) link
it's dark and heavy but i don't think as forbidding or hard work as it's been made out to be. loving the flowdan and warrior queen tracks as expected but i think it's hard to beat tippa irie's performance on 'angry'
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 22 July 2008 15:44 (sixteen years ago) link
talking of warrior queen, check her cut on the heatwave's piano riddim, 'things change' <3
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 22 July 2008 15:45 (sixteen years ago) link
"prima fassy"
― am0n, Tuesday, 22 July 2008 15:47 (sixteen years ago) link
One of the all-time great usernames that.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 22 July 2008 15:47 (sixteen years ago) link
'Skeng' comes up on my WMP list as 'Skene' which is sort of off-putting.
― NickB, Tuesday, 22 July 2008 15:47 (sixteen years ago) link
perhaps my problem is that Angry is just so good, the rest of the album falls off afterwards. admitedly i do need to dedicate more time to this album
― mark e, Tuesday, 22 July 2008 15:51 (sixteen years ago) link
The new record is good, but it's not aggressive enough for me; I prefer the Killing Sound singles comp, billed to Razor X Productions (Kevin Martin w/the Rootsman).
― unperson, Tuesday, 22 July 2008 16:02 (sixteen years ago) link
^^^this
I need to hear this but for me, over time, The Bug seems to have turned into something that's best experienced live - I've always had a total blast whenever him and Warrior Queen have played out
― DJ Mencap, Tuesday, 22 July 2008 16:04 (sixteen years ago) link
so weird, the first time i saw them live was at a house party for NYE 04/05, i think i drunkenly told warrior queen how amazing she was for about half an hour
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 22 July 2008 16:06 (sixteen years ago) link
what else should someone who likes king midas sound seek out of kevin martins? any of his 90s stuff? or any other ambient dub/reggae from other artists? KMS is really lovely.
― titchy (titchyschneiderMk2), Friday, 20 November 2009 21:24 (fourteen years ago) link
There's some similar-ish stuff on Pressure (the Roger Robinson, Paul St Hilaire tunes obv.) Obviously Rhythm & Sound. The Pulshar is really good IMO.
KMS on some influences:http://kingmidassound.blogspot.com/2009/11/texture-tone-and-grain.html
― We call them "meat hemorrhoids" (Alex in SF), Friday, 20 November 2009 21:48 (fourteen years ago) link
ta. would have thought massive attacks work with horace myself too but i guess thats obvious.
― titchy (titchyschneiderMk2), Friday, 20 November 2009 22:47 (fourteen years ago) link
We published an interview with King Midas Sound (Kevin Martin, Roger Robinson and Hitomi) today and he plays down the Massive Attack comparison saying they were probably listening to the same albums as the Wild Bunch used to listen to when they were recording. Full interview here.
I know this probably constitutes spam but we've got a micromix of the album done by Kode 9 as well, which I thought may be of interest to hyperdub fans.
― Doran, Saturday, 21 November 2009 00:39 (fourteen years ago) link
hes prob right, but it doesnt stop them sounding a bit similar (in a v good way).
― titchy (titchyschneiderMk2), Saturday, 21 November 2009 09:06 (fourteen years ago) link
"the difference between us and Tricky is that for one, Roger sings"
i think its more that hitomi has a presence like martina that create the tricky comparisons
― titchy (titchyschneiderMk2), Saturday, 21 November 2009 09:10 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.factmagazine.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4031&Itemid=98
Nice.
― We call them "meat hemorrhoids" (Alex in SF), Thursday, 26 November 2009 17:35 (fourteen years ago) link
Anyone happen to have the King Midas Sound FACT mix archived...?
― Sensational Howard (admrl), Wednesday, 21 July 2010 01:44 (fourteen years ago) link
anyone like the new ep, infected? i dig the reworkings of the two songs from london zoo.
interesting interview of him (by dj/rupture) in some journal called bomb magazine.
― Daniel, Esq., Monday, 17 January 2011 16:27 (thirteen years ago) link
i'm more interested in the adrian sherwood collaborations that are due out sometime.
― mark e, Monday, 17 January 2011 16:48 (thirteen years ago) link
Acid Ragga is pretty great yes?
― Aimeej0rd0nian Ghoulcaper (NickB), Monday, 22 October 2012 09:42 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdWZqka5tqY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAaFUoiOM-Y
― r|t|c, Monday, 22 October 2012 11:27 (eleven years ago) link
Is anyone at all repping for In Blue by The Bug ft. Dis Fig? It's been on my radar since the announcement (released last month), but I didn't listen/wasn't in the mood until I came across it again on Friday, while combing my Bandcamp wishlist for monochromatic album covers. Only listened to it once so far, but first impression was positive, if not exactly earthshattering. Gonna throw it on in a minute while I make lunch on a cold rainy Sunday, and try to form some more coherent impressions.
I also really vibed with his Dylan Carlson collab from 2017, Concrete Jungle, which seems to have gone unnoticed on ILM.
― handsome boy modelling software (bernard snowy), Sunday, 20 December 2020 16:46 (three years ago) link
Yeah, I reviewed it a couple of weeks ago. I also wrote about the Dylan Carlson one.
I did a podcast interview with Martin this year. He's a great guy to talk to.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Sunday, 20 December 2020 17:24 (three years ago) link
Good write-ups; I'll check out the podcast too.
I'm glad I'm not the only one hearing Basic Channel on In Blue!
― handsome boy modelling software (bernard snowy), Sunday, 20 December 2020 17:34 (three years ago) link
no chat on the new one? It's big.
― Hmmmmm (jamiesummerz), Saturday, 28 August 2021 16:36 (three years ago) link
this release has proved to me i am no longer on the NT promo list.though to be fair, i am not surprised.just a strange feeling given that they were one of first labels to ever send me promos.
back on topic re album : yeah, what i have heard is indeed massive.a definite step up from the middling 'angels and devils' album.
― mark e, Saturday, 28 August 2021 18:51 (three years ago) link
also, alongside the bug stuff, kevin has released a LOT in the last year.the hardest working man in bass music ?
my eldest went to a thing a couple of years back cos Kevin was on the listings.he managed to get a photo taken with him, and sent it to me just to piss me off.
― mark e, Saturday, 28 August 2021 18:57 (three years ago) link
― mark e
still nothing on this.even within the on-u scene, there is nothing.such a shame
― mark e, Saturday, 28 August 2021 18:58 (three years ago) link
The new album's great. Hearing him on various Bug projects has made me into a big fan of Flowdan. I've heard two of his own albums now and they're really good, especially 2019's Full Metal Jacket.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Saturday, 28 August 2021 19:03 (three years ago) link
I enjoyed GOd and the Virgin label compilations that kevin martin curated a few years later but haven't really kept up with what he's done more recently. So may need to catch up with his work.Techno Animal were quite good too I think.
― Stevolende, Sunday, 29 August 2021 10:55 (three years ago) link
'People were no longer arrested for not being vaccinated, now they were just being terminated.'
I could do without this line.
― pomenitul, Sunday, 29 August 2021 21:53 (three years ago) link
*being terminated
― pomenitul, Sunday, 29 August 2021 21:54 (three years ago) link
this album is intense.i f£cking love it.
― mark e, Thursday, 9 September 2021 19:28 (three years ago) link
It's heavy. "Fire" is right.
― Indexed, Thursday, 9 September 2021 19:49 (three years ago) link
that dystopian voiceover bit on the intro sounded somewhat anti-vax or just plain bloody stupid and put me off listening further
― calzino, Thursday, 9 September 2021 19:57 (three years ago) link