The Black Dog have been gathering their thoughts, passions and anger, reflecting it into their music, sometimes as part of a larger picture or concept, sometimes just focusing on one subject. “Tranklements is such a great Sheffield word, it means a collection of objects, often precious to the owner. Everyone has a collection of Tranklements somewhere! These are ours. Tranklements is a body of work created as 16 unique and individual tracks. Each one is its own little object, something we’ve created to externalise, explain and express the world we find ourselves in. It encompasses ma… read more
The Black Dog have been gathering their thoughts, passions and anger, reflecting it into their music, sometimes as part of a larger picture or concep… read more
The Black Dog have been gathering their thoughts, passions and anger, reflecting it into their music, sometimes as part of a larger picture or concept, sometimes just focusing on one sub… read more
Adopting the common euphemism for depression as their name, The Black Dog are often credited with "inventing" the IDM style of music, in producing a style of dance music equally enjoyable in the comfort of one's living room. While their work was showered with praise from a great number of club DJs, the DJs themselves rarely played their tracks on the dancefloor. The group was founded by Ken Downie along with Ed Handley and Andy Turner, who had already been producing music under the Plaid moniker. In 1989, they were unable to find a label to back their releases and ha… read more
Adopting the common euphemism for depression as their name, The Black Dog are often credited with "inventing" the IDM style of music, in producing a style of dance music equally e… read more
Adopting the common euphemism for depression as their name, The Black Dog are often credited with "inventing" the IDM style of music, in producing a style of dance music equally enjoyable in the comfort of one's living r… read more