{"id":777,"date":"2007-11-27T20:13:15","date_gmt":"2007-11-27T19:13:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/?p=777"},"modified":"2007-11-27T20:13:15","modified_gmt":"2007-11-27T19:13:15","slug":"the-bug-poison-dart-ep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/?p=777","title":{"rendered":"the bug &#8211; poison dart ep"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content=\"text\/html; charset=iso-8859-1\"> <META content=\"MSHTML 6.00.6000.16544\" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE><\/STYLE> <\/HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>well, if ever there was any doubt that <EM>ninja  tune<\/EM> have moved on from their trademark jazz and beats releases, then this  new ep from the man known as <EM>kevin martin<\/EM>, in his <STRONG>the bug  <\/STRONG>alias, will eradicate any such associations once and for all, as this  is a stunning depth charge of an ep, consisting of 2 original tracks, <EM>poison  dart (ft. warrior queen), <\/EM>and the flip track, <EM>skeng (ft. flowdan and  kill p) <\/EM>and several headline catching remixes.<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>now, despite the fact i know little of the music by  kevin, he always seems to have been on the perimeters of my world. firstly with  his experimental fusion of dark hardcore techno and hip hop with <STRONG>techno  animal<\/STRONG>,&nbsp;of whom were often dropped onto various <STRONG>bill  laswell<\/STRONG> curated <EM>axiom<\/EM> compilations, and then there was the  almighty remix of <EM>rabaukendisko <\/EM>he sorted out for  <STRONG>t.raumschmiere <\/STRONG>back in 2005 that literally knocked me sideways  such was the brilliance of the dirty digital distress. <\/FONT><FONT face=Arial  size=2>subsequently, it&#8217;s a welcome entry to the higher profile world of  <EM>ninja tune<\/EM> after several years of being hidden in the underground. for  this ep, the vibe is all about joining the dots between the new world of dubstep  and the well established sounds of roots and extreme electronic dub. the basic  track of <EM>poison dart, <\/EM>featuring paint stripping vocals from dancehall  queen, <STRONG>warrior queen, <\/STRONG>is a blistering beast that will, like an  old <STRONG>renengade soundwave<\/STRONG> 12&#8243; destroy woofers if extreme care is  not aplied prior to this being dropped on any sound system play list as dark  digital&nbsp;sonics are underpinned by an almighty desire to redistribute your  internal organs. the results are glorious in all its <STRONG>on-sound  system<\/STRONG> referencing, listen to some of adrian sherwoods more extreme  variations of dub and you will hear the connection.<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>where the worlds collide are via the remixes that  are part of the 2 * 12&#8243; package. <\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>current dubstep heroes <STRONG>skream <\/STRONG>and  <STRONG>kode9 <\/STRONG>step up and apply their thundering science to <STRONG>the  bug&#8217;s <\/STRONG>source material.&nbsp;<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>however, i have to admit, that i actually prefer  the original versions, and the cut up tricks of <STRONG>dj bakus  <\/STRONG>megamix which just adds layers of disconnected vocals and even more  aural chaos.<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>still, to hear this type of beautiful noir tinged  noise on the previously polite <EM>ninja tune<\/EM> label is a very welcome  breathe of air, and only makes the wait for the full length release all the more  intense.<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><EM>more detail<\/EM> : <A  href=\"http:\/\/ninjatune.cachefly.net\/qtvideos\/poison_dart.mov \">video<\/A> &#8211; &#8211; <A  href=\"http:\/\/www.ninjatune.net\">ninja tune<\/A>&nbsp;&#8211; &#8211; <A  href=\"http:\/\/www.myspace.com\/thebuguk\">myspace<\/A><\/FONT><\/DIV><\/BODY><\/HTML><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>well, if ever there was any doubt that ninja tune have moved on from their trademark jazz and beats releases, then this new ep from the man known as kevin martin, in his the bug alias, will eradicate any such associations once and for all, as this is a stunning depth charge of an ep, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-777","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-singles-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777","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=777"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=777"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=777"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=777"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}