The Black Dog - Vexing EP

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5...according to our Brian on Thu 16 Apr, 2009.

The Black Dog. Bloomin' love some of their stuff I do. Thought that comeback album on Soma - 'Radio Scarecrow'- was a bit of a duffer but their recent EPs have been boss, including 'Vexing' which is a new 3 tracker on Soma to warm up for the release of new album 'Further Vexations'. '0093' is quite a sweet number, subtle classic techno with a sharp bite and when the head massaging synths start colliding like woozy chimes, you know The Dog has well and truly bitten back (groan...) 'You're Only SQL' is a breakbeat number with a growly bass lunge & loads of understated electronic crinkles & chirrups. Nice classic emotive synths like 'Amber' era Autechre come in later and then the fabulous chunky break comes stomping back in to focus for total floor melting devestation. A stormer, up there with some of their classics methinx. The exclusive 'Plinth' tagged on the end is a pretty, twinkly downtempo number with that completes this fine EP beautifully. Lionel Vinyl only.

· The Black Dog prepare for the release of their new album ‘Further Vexations’
with this meaty 12” taster of what’s to come. Having just finished up with one of
2008’s best albums, ‘Radio Scarecrow’, with two incredible remixes from Detroit
minimal grandmaster Robert Hood featured on the final single, The Black Dog
refuse to lie down and instead hit back with even more bite.
· Kicking it all off is ‘0093’. Starting out as a brooding, dark techno workout driven
forward by a thunderous four-to-the-floor kick, the track twists around and
develops into a shimmering, ecstatic cut guaranteed to get the hands in the air.
· ‘You’re Only SQL’ follows, packing a hefty punch of breakbeat techno. This is a
chunky, abrasive slice of malevolence intent purely upon resistance. Definitely one
to test the most powerful of soundsystems at peaktime, this one is sure to rile the
dancefloor into a frenzy.
· Finishing off the 12” is an exclusive track, ‘Plinth’. This, in stark contrast to the
rest of the EP, is one for the afterhours, showcasing the

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