{"id":706,"date":"2007-09-24T18:00:06","date_gmt":"2007-09-24T17:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/?p=706"},"modified":"2007-09-24T18:00:06","modified_gmt":"2007-09-24T17:00:06","slug":"the-black-dog-temple-of-transparent-balls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/?p=706","title":{"rendered":"the black dog &#8211; temple of transparent balls"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>       <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">now that <STRONG>the black dog<\/STRONG> are  officially the hardest working techno collective this side of the planet  (running <EM>dust science<\/EM>, signing on the dotted line for the new  <EM>ds:93<\/EM> offshoot, playing festivals all over the mudfest, releasing 2 cd  set of rarities earlier in the year, and recording a new album for release later  in the year etc etc), it should therefore come as no surprise that this long out  of print early, pre-<EM>warp<\/EM> era album has been picked up by <EM>soma  records<\/EM>, given a total sonic makeover (i.e. a remaster) and&nbsp;has once  again been made to be listened to by all those who believe that techno is  irrelevant in 2007. especially as <\/FONT><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">despite this  set having been made back in the early 90s, many of the 11 tracks here sound  fresh and rather wonderful, the mastering has brought much of the detail  to&nbsp;light making the music truly jump out and caress your sound  system.<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">of course, to those that prefer cutting edge  technology music with grimey beats, and distressed analogue synths, some of this  will come over as dated and indeed in parts sound like a crash course in  <STRONG>vangelis<\/STRONG> vs <STRONG>the orb<\/STRONG>, but when the results are  on target, nothing comes near these beautiful experiments in machine made  music.<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">from the simplistic&nbsp;jump-start styled ambience  of opener <EM>cost<\/EM>, the hyperkinetic rhythms of <EM>jupiler, <\/EM>the  delicate bleeps of <EM>sharp shooting on saturn <\/EM>of which i am sure  <STRONG>orbital <\/STRONG>hammered prior to them switching on their own&nbsp;tape  recorders,&nbsp;the music is constantly evolving with the layers throwing  spanners (pun intended) into the workings so that the listener is rarely given a  chance to feel the drag of expectation settling in.<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">so, to summarise : a genuine ambient-techno classic  that deserves a reissue, and lots of rediscovered, or newfound  love.<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><EM>more detail<\/EM> : <A href=\"http:\/\/www.somarecords.com\">soma records<\/A> &#8211; &#8211; <A href=\"http:\/\/www.ds93.com\">ds:93<\/A> &#8211; &#8211; <A href=\"http:\/\/www.dogsquad.co.uk\/tbd\/?feed=rss2\">the black dog<\/A><\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>now that the black dog are officially the hardest working techno collective this side of the planet (running dust science, signing on the dotted line for the new ds:93 offshoot, playing festivals all over the mudfest, releasing 2 cd set of rarities earlier in the year, and recording a new album for release later in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-706","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-album-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/706","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=706"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/706\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=706"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=706"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=706"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}