Silenced

by The Black Dog

Overview

When the duo Plaid burst out of the Black Dog split of the mid-'90s with several albums of challenging electro-techno, the member they left behind, Ken Downie, seemed to fade into the background. He emerged very occasionally to release excellent material, but for all intensive purposes, it appeared he would be remembered only for what Black Dog had accomplished as a threesome. Silenced, although only his second proper album since 1997, is another excellent album of listening techno; it bears all the hallmarks of his Black Dog classics without overly relying on them, and it has to force a readjustment in how critics view him in the history of electronica. Most closely resembling Black Dog's 1995 record Parallel (right down to the "Bolt" interludes), the record is driven more by mood than technology; the drum programs aren't complex, but Downie has a way of bewitchingly conjuring the past with his productions that not even Boards of Canada can touch. As before too, electro plays a big part in the sound of Silenced, as does Downie's interest in the classics (that is, Egypt, Greece, and Rome). The two-part "Trojan Horus" is the best piece he's released in ten years, and it's abetted by yet more great stuff: "Drexian City R.I.D.E.," "Alt/Return/Dash/Kill," and "Truth Benders D.I.E." ~ John Bush

Product Details

Release Date:	04/26/2024
Label:	Dust Science
UPC:	4250101465703
Rank:	103450

Tracks

1. Trojan Horus, Pt. 1
2. Trojan Horus, Pt. 2
3. Lam Vril
4. Truth Benders D.I.E
5. Bolt 23 Blue Screen ov Death
6. Alt-Return-Dash-Kill
7. Bolt 777 Ordinary Boy
8. Drexian City R.I.D.E
9. Remote Viewing
10. Gummi Void
11. Machine Machina
12. The Stele of Revealing
13. Songs for Other People
14. Break Down on Lake Shore Drive
15. Bolt 33 Glitch & Chin
16. Sudden Intake
17. 4 3s 555, Pt. 1
18. 4 3s 555, Pt. 2

Album Credits

Performance Credits

The Black Dog   Primary Artist

Technical Credits

The Black Dog   Composer