The Black Dog
- Type: Band/Group
- Country: United Kingdom
- Born: 1989 in Sheffield, England, United Kingdom
- Active: 1989 - present
Biography
The Black Dog are a Sheffield electronic group founded in 1989 by Ken Downie, Ed Handley and Andy Turner, pioneers of IDM whose #Warp# albums 'Bytes' (1993) and 'Spanners' (1995) made techno into home-listening music. Handley and Turner left in 1995 for *Plaid*; Downie continued, and since the 2000s the group has been Downie with Martin and Richard Dust of #Dust Science#.
Genres
The Black Dog Discography
- Bytes (1993) - Album - rated 4.24/5
- Temple of Transparent Balls (1993) - Album - rated 3.34/5
- Spanners (1995) - Album - rated 3.45/5
- Music for Real Airports (2010) - Album - rated 3.24/5
- Feral Grace (2026) - Album - rated 3.47/5
- Loud Ambient 2 (2026) - Album
- Psychick Youth (2026) - Album - rated 3.61/5
Members
- Ken Downie - production, programming (1989–Present)
- Ed Handley - production, programming (1989–1995)
- Andy Turner - production, programming (1989–1995)
- Martin Dust - production, programming (2001–Present)
- Richard Dust - production, programming (2001–Present)