Fragments, by The Black Dog

Fragments

by The Black Dog

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yelworK Reminds me of Silenced, but still current with their sound from their last "mellow" outing: Black Daisy Wheel. Very enjoyable Favorite track: Cup Noodle.

realthumbass Best album I've heard from them in a while! Great job lads

256 Pi Yet another solid moody ambient techno outing from TBD, just as fun a listen as I'd expect out of them. Did a full video review here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=brJedLPOusM Favorite track: Black Smoke.

da5idh Yummy noodles. tBD'd since b4 Black Dog Towers & the Mile End times, Cup Noodle feels as good as anything from Vir2l or Bytes with added Sheffield Dust plating. Favorite track: Cup Noodle.

Andy Ralph No such thing as a bad Black Dog album but this is one of the best. Beautifully produced electronic music.

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Fragments was a completely new way of working for us. We’ve always worked with an internal brief, creating documents, pictures and videos, simply because keeping an idea on track with three individuals can be difficult. It's easy for someone to be edged out of the creative process when the focus is not clearly defined.

It’s a formula we’ve used since the early 2000s, but things have changed a lot since then, particularly when we decided to dip our collective toes into supporter memberships with Patreon. It made us think about what we could do directly for our supporters rather than just the next album or project. At first, the whole thing felt odd and uncomfortable, but we decided that we’d try a few things and ask for feedback.

"Fragments" was initially a way for us to see how we could include others in an ongoing creative process. There was no over-arching concept, no defined characteristics or purpose, just the promise that there would be at least one new track for members to download every month. Consequently, we never knew what was coming next, so the old, very focused working method was irrelevant. It was difficult for us to let individual tracks go without knowing what was coming next, but this also made the project more interesting.

And then C19 hit and we were forced to continue the project remotely from our home studios. As difficult as the disruption was, it was during this period that we realised we could re-organise and remaster the individual tracks into a coherent album, capturing a specific moment in time and drawing a line under the first phase of the project.

Like our "Allegory" EPs, we’ve tried to keep everything stripped back. We used to hide many subtle elements within the layers, but not so much this time.

Fragments is our journey through many changes, both self-imposed and those imposed upon us, and it ultimately led us to create things differently. We hope you like it.

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1.	Hex Collapse 05:44	buy track
2.	[B] What Did They Ask 00:45	buy track
3.	Porn Shop 07:58	buy track
4.	Crashed Core 05:47	buy track
5.	Black Smoke 04:09	buy track
6.	[B] A Small Book Of Truth 00:31	buy track
7.	[B] Like A Coastal Shelf 01:28	buy track
8.	Slung 03:03	buy track
9.	EMP1951 03:24	buy track
10.	[B] Dust In The Wind 02:24	buy track
11.	No JuJu 02:42	buy track
12.	Ghiahead 03:03	buy track
13.	SoYo Solitude 03:31	buy track
14.	Cup Noodle 03:30	buy track
15.	Constructivist 05:19	buy track
16.	[B] She Said It Would Happen 01:14	buy track
17.	Amberly House 04:36	buy track

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Fragments was a completely new way of working for us. We’ve always worked with an internal brief, creating documents, pictures and videos, simply because keeping an idea on track with three individuals can be difficult. It's easy for someone to be edged out of the creative process when the focus is not clearly defined.

It’s a formula we’ve used since the early 2000s, but things have changed a lot since then, particularly when we decided to dip our collective toes into supporter memberships with Patreon. It made us think about what we could do directly for our supporters rather than just the next album or project. At first, the whole thing felt odd and uncomfortable, but we decided that we’d try a few things and ask for feedback.

"Fragments" was initially a way for us to see how we could include others in an ongoing creative process. There was no over-arching concept, no defined characteristics or purpose, just the promise that there would be at least one new track for members to download every month. Consequently, we never knew what was coming next, so the old, very focused working method was irrelevant. It was difficult for us to let individual tracks go without knowing what was coming next, but this also made the project more interesting.

And then C19 hit and we were forced to continue the project remotely from our home studios. As difficult as the disruption was, it was during this period that we realised we could re-organise and remaster the individual tracks into a coherent album, capturing a specific moment in time and drawing a line under the first phase of the project.

Like our "Allegory" EPs, we’ve tried to keep everything stripped back. We used to hide many subtle elements within the layers, but not so much this time.

Fragments is our journey through many changes, both self-imposed and those imposed upon us, and it ultimately led us to create things differently. We hope you like it.