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Black Dog, The - Temple Of Transparent Balls, February 21, 2011
Even though The Black Dog's electronic tinkerings on Temple of the Transparent Balls might sound primitive today, their mastery of abstract melodies is nonetheless influential. On this, their first album for GPR, they deliver forward-thinking techno that most musicians would give their left ear for. Listen to the wistful "Cost II" or the interplanetary funk of "Jupiler" for concrete examples. A few of the tracks lean towards the ambient side of things (the melancholy "Kings of Sparta" or the gorgeously wobbly "The Crete that Crete Made," for instance), but their keen sense of melody keep them from drifting off into nothingness. An early album to be sure, but one that is astonishing anyway.
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