*Bytes *is to me the exemplary *IDM* album and it still sound amazing and
fresh as hell. RIP
On Wed, Dec 24, 2025 at 1:45 PM syntaxveil <syntaxveil@protonmail.com>
wrote:
quoted 74 lines when i got my first pc in the early 90s, i connected it to this thing
> 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:
>
> >
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > 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:
> >
> > > 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
>