http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.16880&variant=artist-playlists&rws=%2Fthe-bug%2Fplaylists.rssYou need only check the names of Kevin Martin's early projects to get a sense of the English musician's intensity: Ice. Techno Animal. <I>God</I>, for goodness' sake. Martin's work has always been animated by Jamaican dub science; in the early years of his career, he crossed dub with heavy metal drones and dark ambient to create sinister and desolate analogues to trip-hop's merely moody drift. (Martin is also the curator behind <I>Isolationism</I> and <I>Macro Dub Infection</I>, compilations that helped define the post-rave avant-garde in the mid '90s.) He first trotted out his alias the Bug in 1997 with <I>Tapping the Conversation</I>, a homage to Francis Ford Coppola's 1974 surveillance thriller; he focused the project with 2003's <I>Pressure</I>, a blistering, techno-punk take on dancehall reggae. In 2007 Martin signed to Ninja Tune, releasing a string of singles that found his skeletal ragga rhythms morphing into a jelly-like mass of bass pressure and menacing chants. His lyricists are nominally "conscious," forgoing idle gun talk in favor of meditations on revolution and suffering, but the Bug's insidious frequencies operate subconsciously, like dread itself. - Philip SherburneTrip-Hopen720Thu, 26 Nov 2009 21:23:12 -0800 http://static.realone.com/rotw/images/logo_rhapsody_113x22.gif http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.16880&variant=artist-playlists&rws=%2Fthe-bug%2Fplaylists.rss You need only check the names of Kevin Martin's early projects to get a sense of the English musician's intensity: Ice. Techno Animal. <I>God</I>, for goodness' sake. Martin's work has always been animated by Jamaican dub science; in the early years of his career, he crossed dub with heavy metal drones and dark ambient to create sinister and desolate analogues to trip-hop's merely moody drift. (Martin is also the curator behind <I>Isolationism</I> and <I>Macro Dub Infection</I>, compilations that helped define the post-rave avant-garde in the mid '90s.) He first trotted out his alias the Bug in 1997 with <I>Tapping the Conversation</I>, a homage to Francis Ford Coppola's 1974 surveillance thriller; he focused the project with 2003's <I>Pressure</I>, a blistering, techno-punk take on dancehall reggae. In 2007 Martin signed to Ninja Tune, releasing a string of singles that found his skeletal ragga rhythms morphing into a jelly-like mass of bass pressure and menacing chants. His lyricists are nominally "conscious," forgoing idle gun talk in favor of meditations on revolution and suffering, but the Bug's insidious frequencies operate subconsciously, like dread itself. - Philip Sherburne http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=ply.27435539&variant=play&rws=%2Fthe-bug%2Fplaylists.rss Alt/Punk Wed, 29 Jul 2009 11:27:07 -0700 Playlists Featuring The Bug on Rhapsody Online 27435539 ply.27435539 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=ply.27435539&variant=play&rws=%2Fthe-bug%2Fplaylists.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=ply.26134250&variant=play&rws=%2Fthe-bug%2Fplaylists.rss Alt/Punk Fri, 23 Oct 2009 11:54:51 -0700 Playlists Featuring The Bug on Rhapsody Online 26134250 ply.26134250 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=ply.26134250&variant=play&rws=%2Fthe-bug%2Fplaylists.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=ply.26065172&variant=play&rws=%2Fthe-bug%2Fplaylists.rss Alt/Punk Tue, 4 Aug 2009 09:36:09 -0700 Playlists Featuring The Bug on Rhapsody Online 26065172 ply.26065172 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=ply.26065172&variant=play&rws=%2Fthe-bug%2Fplaylists.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=ply.25805537&variant=play&rws=%2Fthe-bug%2Fplaylists.rss Alt/Punk Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:08:49 -0800 Playlists Featuring The Bug on Rhapsody Online 25805537 ply.25805537 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=ply.25805537&variant=play&rws=%2Fthe-bug%2Fplaylists.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=ply.18832545&variant=play&rws=%2Fthe-bug%2Fplaylists.rss Rock/Pop Fri, 6 Nov 2009 12:47:01 -0800 Playlists Featuring The Bug on Rhapsody Online 18832545 ply.18832545 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=ply.18832545&variant=play&rws=%2Fthe-bug%2Fplaylists.rss