when i got my first pc in the early 90s, i connected it to this thing called the internet and used to connect to a BBS called black dog towers. i used to speak to a mysterious guy called ken
RIP ken. see you on the next network
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On Wednesday, December 24th, 2025 at 9:41 PM, kent williams <chaircrusher@gmail.com> wrote:
quoted 50 lines Richard and Martin have done most of the recent releases. They
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> Richard and Martin have done most of the recent releases. They
> involved Ken as much as he wanted to be involved, but I don't know
> what his contributions have been of late.
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> As far as making more releases as the Black Dog, they've earned the
> name as well in my book.
>
> On Wed, Dec 24, 2025 at 7:44 AM Roger Cole rogercole1957@gmail.com wrote:
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> > I really hope the Dust Brothers don't carry on as The Black Dog. Let Ken rest in peace not turn in his grave. He was TBD and it would be just trying to cash in on something they helped but did not create
> >
> > On Tue, 23 Dec 2025, 23:05 Brian Behlendorf, brian@behlendorf.com wrote:
> >
> > > This is tragic news. While their output has long been stellar, their last
> > > few years in particular have been amazing, often forming large portions of
> > > my DJ sets. "Loud Ambient" indeed.
> > >
> > > https://www.theblackdogma.com/2025/12/ken-downie-rest-in-peace-brother/
> > >
> > > I imagine the Dust brothers aren't even yet thinking about carrying
> > > forward under the TBD name or not.
> > >
> > > NP: TBD - Babylon (Hanging Gardens)
> > >
> > > Brian
> > >
> > > On Tue, 23 Dec 2025, David Newman wrote:
> > >
> > > > Just bought loud ambient - sounds really good and nice to hear them using the old drum machines again
> > > > Will be very missed amazing body of work
> > > >
> > > > Best wishes
> > > >
> > > > David Newman
> > > >
> > > > www.audiobulb.com exploratory music
> > > >
> > > > www.audiomoves.com ambient music sync specialist
> > > >
> > > > www.volume-objects.com abstract ambience :: broken space
> > > >
> > > > On 23 Dec 2025, at 04:54, Rjyan Kidwell cexwell@gmail.com wrote:
> > > >
> > > > What do we do when they're all gone?
> > > >
> > > > That is the day the full-album remix will become as ubiquitous in music as the reboot in movies is currently.
> > > >
> > > > -rk