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artist · the bug
release · live at flex vienna
year · 2004
genre · dance hall
label · rephlex
website · www.uncarved.org/dub/bug/bug.html
date · 03-apr-2004
quality · 192kbps/44,1khz
source · digital video broadcast
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01 live at flex vienna 53:13
playtime · 00h 53m 13s
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calling the bug a jamaican artist is, naturally, a fallacy in the
first place. it's one of many pseudonyms for kevin martin, who
also worked in sonic boom's space-rock collective ear and who,
with justin k. broadrick, creates ambient techno as techno animal
and hip-hop as ice, among other projects. despite his restless
genre-hopping, martin has enjoyed his greatest successes working
with elements of dub sounds and processes, most notably his first
album as the bug (1997's tapping the conversation-- yes, named for
the coppola film) and his work as the curator of the landmark
macro dub infection compilations.
when he's playing out his dancehall inflected hardcore sound, the
bug takes twisted ragga bass-lines to places where the sun doesn't
shine. adding that extra layer of abrasion to the rough edges of
his set, ras bogle's mic-chatting moved the dance-floor in what he
described as ragga-muffin style
the most striking thing about the bug's new direction is how
successfully he incorporates hardcore techno and ragga/dancehall
two utterly distinct cultures and musical styles, united by a
shared appreciation of the loudest and heaviest rigs. perhaps
because of our distance from the origins of reggae and ragga (as
well as close ties with jamaica) the uk has always had an
innovative sound-system culture and the bug is pushing dancehall
in directions that kingston's bashment producers would probably
never contemplate.
recorded live @ flex/dub club, 29.3.2004
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