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1993 Techno/ IDM LP Repressed - The third album in the Artificial Intelligence series, Bytes was originally released in 1993 and this reissue marks the 30th anniversary. Black Dog Productions were Ed Handley, Andy Turner and Ken Downie. For this record, Handley, Turner and Downie appear under various guises: Atypic, Balil, I.A.O, Close Up Over, Xeper, Discordian Popes and Plaid. Re-cut by Beau Thomas for vinyl and presented as an exact reproduction of the original edition
Straddling the worlds of dancefloor techno and leftfield experimentation - very often in the same track - The Black Dog aka Black Dog Productions was made up of Ed Handley, Andy Turner and Ken Downie, and on this one the trio appear in various combinations under various guises such as Atypic, I.A.O, Close Up Over, Balil, Xeper, Discordian Popes and Plaid. They released Bytes 30 years ago this year, the third album in Warp's Artificial Intelligence series and this anniversary repress comes on gatefold double vinyl with original artwork. It has been re-cut for the occasion and is as immersive and widescreen now as it ever was.
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At the core of the group stands Ken Downie who was in the early years joined by Handley and Turner who broke away after release of the album Spanners on Warp.
There are probably no recordings that could be credited to the moniker "Black Dog Productions" except for compilation style releases. Instead Downie, Handley and Turner used various pseudonyms for their projects, probably depending on who worked on them. The distinctions between the various pseudonyms shouldn't be as clear cut as the following list suggest:
Ken Downie alone: Xeper, Close Up Over, I.A.O.
Ed Handley alone: Discordian Popes, Balil
Andy Turner alone: Atypic, Tura
Turner + Handley: Plaid
Downie, Turner & Handley: The Black Dog
This doesn't prevent the Black Dog Productions from being given as artist for single tracks on many a compilation.
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