{"product_id":"the-bug-machine","title":"The Bug - Machine","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMaverick UK producer Kevin Richard Martin (Zonal \/ Techno Animal \/ King Midas Sound) joins Relapse for the release of his devastating new double album \u003cem\u003eMachine\u003c\/em\u003e, his first solo instrumental record as THE BUG. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003eMachine \u003c\/em\u003estarted life as a series of self-released \"floor weapons\" (to use Martin’s description), landing in installments between 2023 and 2024 on the Bandcamp page of Martin’s own PRESSURE label. And now - always his intention - Martin has collated a single, powerful, unified statement from those EPs. The album detonates apocalyptic dread-tech mutations of crushing intensity, fusing a unique new strain of futuristic dub with deadly deep electronics and killer bass riffs worthy of the heaviest metal. It is, writes Martin, “ice cold and dystopian.” It celebrates “atmospheric pressure, and the joy of full body assaults, via oversized sound systems in undersized club rooms.” \u003cem\u003eMachine \u003c\/em\u003ealso represents the latest metamorphosis of the \"Macro Dub Infection\" philosophy Martin germinated with the groundbreaking series of compilations he began curating for Virgin Records as early as the mid 90’s.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAs THE BUG, Martin’s music is formed from an overwhelmingly explosive sub-bass pressure, as relentlessly in\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bcTruncateMore\"\u003e-the-red beat production amplifies mutant industrial sound design, fuzzed, expectant crackle, and bleak greyscale harmonics. Machine is no exception: no speaker exists big enough to withstand its weight. Throughout, the production shakes with scoured textures, black hole gravity, and deceptively crafted nuance, as Martin’s singular mastery of ferocious and annihilated bass music holds the record together in a visceral and pummelling assault. Indeed, Martin describes the EP sequence from which the album was culled as “separate parts of the overall puzzle that becomes fully realised on this longform album.” As such singular music, few comparisons exist, but considering an instrumental SWANS in dub or Aphex Twin covered by Sunn O))) yields something close, though \u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003eMachine \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eturns up the crushing, pulverising intensity even further still. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE BUG has previously remixed Thom Yorke, Grace Jones, Public Enemy, The Beastie Boys, EARTH, and worked alongside countless luminaries of alternative and experimental music. His solo work as Kevin Richard Martin continues to blaze new paths of destructive and doom-laden drones. Notably he curated the now-seminal 1994 drone compilation Ambient 4: Isolationism. He has also created music as Ice, GOD, Black Chow and Curse of the Golden Vampire (with Alec Empire) among others.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e — (via Label)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" style=\"border-radius: 12px;\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/2mo3lhfCOg5TVJjh6HSzMd?utm_source=generator\u0026amp;theme=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e↓\u003cbr\u003eLabel: Relapse Records\u003cbr\u003eFormat: 2 x Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Red And Black Quad Effect With Splatter\u003cbr\u003eReleased: 2024\u003cbr\u003eGenre: Electronic\u003cbr\u003eStyle: Dub, Industrial, Noise, Illbient\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFile under: Leftfield\u003cbr\u003e⦿\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Relapse Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44538748108958,"sku":"781676757916","price":70.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/5434\/3838\/files\/a0288052087_10.jpg?v=1732027939","url":"https:\/\/theanalogvault.mom\/products\/the-bug-machine","provider":"The Analog Vault","version":"1.0","type":"link"}