http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.16880&rws=%2Fthe-bug%2Ftop-tracks.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-Hopen720Tue, 24 Nov 2009 01:07:53 -0800 http://static.realone.com/rotw/images/logo_rhapsody_113x22.gif http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.16880&rws=%2Fthe-bug%2Ftop-tracks.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=tra.30239572&variant=play&rws=%2Fthe-bug%2Ftop-tracks.rss Trip-Hop Tue, 6 Oct 2009 07:05:23 -0700 Top Tracks by The Bug on Rhapsody Online 30239572 tra.30239572 The Bug art.16880 0.99 5: Five Years of Hyperdub alb.30236729 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/0/6/3/5/1815360_170x170.jpg 2009-10-05 00:00:00.0 null true Money Honey [feat. Warrior Queen] (Remix) tra.30239572 296000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.30239572&variant=play&rws=%2Fthe-bug%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.30239572&variant=data&rws=%2Fthe-bug%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.9092980&variant=play&rws=%2Fthe-bug%2Ftop-tracks.rss Trip-Hop Sat, 1 Jan 2005 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by The Bug on Rhapsody Online 9092980 tra.9092980 The Bug art.16880 0.99 Bug Detected alb.9079267 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/8/1/0/9/769018_170x170.jpg 2005-01-01 00:00:00.0 2005-01-01 00:00:00.0 true A Real Time / Chuan tra.9092980 325000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.9092980&variant=play&rws=%2Fthe-bug%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.9092980&variant=data&rws=%2Fthe-bug%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.18122023&variant=play&rws=%2Fthe-bug%2Ftop-tracks.rss Trip-Hop Mon, 4 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by The Bug on Rhapsody Online 18122023 tra.18122023 The Bug art.16880 0.99 Skeng (Kode 9 Remix) alb.18120450 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/1/0/8/6/1186801_170x170.jpg 2008-02-04 00:00:00.0 2008-02-04 00:00:00.0 true Skeng (Kode 9 Remix) tra.18122023 351000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.18122023&variant=play&rws=%2Fthe-bug%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.18122023&variant=data&rws=%2Fthe-bug%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.21566586&variant=play&rws=%2Fthe-bug%2Ftop-tracks.rss Trip-Hop Tue, 24 May 1994 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by The Bug on Rhapsody Online 21566586 tra.21566586 The Bug art.16880 0.99 Bug alb.21549496 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/6/1/5/5/1295516_170x170.jpg 2008-08-01 00:00:00.0 1994-05-24 00:00:00.0 true Monday Morning tra.21566586 244000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.21566586&variant=play&rws=%2Fthe-bug%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.21566586&variant=data&rws=%2Fthe-bug%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.454101&variant=play&rws=%2Fthe-bug%2Ftop-tracks.rss Trip-Hop Tue, 3 Jun 1997 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by The Bug on Rhapsody Online 454101 tra.454101 The Bug art.16880 0.99 Tapping The Conversation alb.158010 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/4/2/9/1/121924_170x170.jpg 1993-04-14 00:00:00.0 1997-06-03 00:00:00.0 true Nightmare Messenger tra.454101 243000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.454101&variant=play&rws=%2Fthe-bug%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.454101&variant=data&rws=%2Fthe-bug%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.16865182&variant=play&rws=%2Fthe-bug%2Ftop-tracks.rss Trip-Hop Sun, 1 Jun 2008 15:49:03 -0700 Top Tracks by The Bug on Rhapsody Online 16865182 tra.16865182 The Bug art.16880 0.99 Buckle Up alb.16861809 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/0/2/3/9/1129320_170x170.jpg 2007-10-16 00:00:00.0 null true Buckle Up (Dub Mix) tra.16865182 229000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.16865182&variant=play&rws=%2Fthe-bug%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.16865182&variant=data&rws=%2Fthe-bug%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.21420684&variant=play&rws=%2Fthe-bug%2Ftop-tracks.rss Trip-Hop Mon, 7 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by The Bug on Rhapsody Online 21420684 tra.21420684 The Bug art.16880 0.99 London Zoo alb.21418397 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/4/6/0/3/1283064_170x170.jpg 2008-07-29 00:00:00.0 2008-04-07 00:00:00.0 true Insane tra.21420684 209000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.21420684&variant=play&rws=%2Fthe-bug%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.21420684&variant=data&rws=%2Fthe-bug%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.17424449&variant=play&rws=%2Fthe-bug%2Ftop-tracks.rss Trip-Hop Tue, 18 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by The Bug on Rhapsody Online 17424449 tra.17424449 The Bug art.16880 0.99 Poison Dart alb.17416632 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/2/3/4/3/1153432_170x170.jpg 2008-01-08 00:00:00.0 2007-12-18 00:00:00.0 true Poison Dart Stereotyp Remix tra.17424449 401000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.17424449&variant=play&rws=%2Fthe-bug%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.17424449&variant=data&rws=%2Fthe-bug%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.3149669&variant=play&rws=%2Fthe-bug%2Ftop-tracks.rss Trip-Hop Tue, 4 Mar 2003 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by The Bug on Rhapsody Online 3149669 tra.3149669 The Bug art.16880 0.99 Split alb.264703 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/2/6/3/0/790362_170x170.jpg 2005-01-01 00:00:00.0 2003-03-04 00:00:00.0 true Paloma Grease tra.3149669 289000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.3149669&variant=play&rws=%2Fthe-bug%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.3149669&variant=data&rws=%2Fthe-bug%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.9092976&variant=play&rws=%2Fthe-bug%2Ftop-tracks.rss Trip-Hop Sat, 1 Jan 2005 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by The Bug on Rhapsody Online 9092976 tra.9092976 The Bug art.16880 0.99 Bug Detected alb.9079267 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/8/1/0/9/769018_170x170.jpg 2005-01-01 00:00:00.0 2005-01-01 00:00:00.0 true Hounddogless / 8 Bit tra.9092976 316000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.9092976&variant=play&rws=%2Fthe-bug%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.9092976&variant=data&rws=%2Fthe-bug%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.9652592&variant=play&rws=%2Fthe-bug%2Ftop-tracks.rss Trip-Hop Tue, 15 Apr 2003 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by The Bug on Rhapsody Online 9652592 tra.9652592 The Bug art.16880 0.99 Pressure alb.9639360 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/0/8/2/7/797280_170x170.jpg 2005-01-01 00:00:00.0 2003-04-15 00:00:00.0 true Beats, Bombs, Bass, Weapons (Ft. Toastie Taylor) tra.9652592 198000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.9652592&variant=play&rws=%2Fthe-bug%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.9652592&variant=data&rws=%2Fthe-bug%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.9652593&variant=play&rws=%2Fthe-bug%2Ftop-tracks.rss Trip-Hop Tue, 15 Apr 2003 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by The Bug on Rhapsody Online 9652593 tra.9652593 The Bug art.16880 0.99 Pressure alb.9639360 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/0/8/2/7/797280_170x170.jpg 2005-01-01 00:00:00.0 2003-04-15 00:00:00.0 true Politicians & Paedophiles (Ft. Daddy Freddy) tra.9652593 271000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.9652593&variant=play&rws=%2Fthe-bug%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.9652593&variant=data&rws=%2Fthe-bug%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.9652594&variant=play&rws=%2Fthe-bug%2Ftop-tracks.rss Trip-Hop Tue, 15 Apr 2003 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by The Bug on Rhapsody Online 9652594 tra.9652594 The Bug art.16880 0.99 Pressure alb.9639360 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/0/8/2/7/797280_170x170.jpg 2005-01-01 00:00:00.0 2003-04-15 00:00:00.0 true Executor (Ft. Roger Robinson) tra.9652594 225000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.9652594&variant=play&rws=%2Fthe-bug%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.9652594&variant=data&rws=%2Fthe-bug%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.30102810&variant=play&rws=%2Fthe-bug%2Ftop-tracks.rss Trip-Hop Thu, 17 Sep 2009 08:24:13 -0700 Top Tracks by The Bug on Rhapsody Online 30102810 tra.30102810 The Bug art.16880 0.99 The GADfly alb.30099997 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/7/8/5/8/1798587_170x170.jpg 2009-09-15 00:00:00.0 null true Invernessence tra.30102810 347000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.30102810&variant=play&rws=%2Fthe-bug%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.30102810&variant=data&rws=%2Fthe-bug%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.21420683&variant=play&rws=%2Fthe-bug%2Ftop-tracks.rss Trip-Hop Mon, 7 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by The Bug on Rhapsody Online 21420683 tra.21420683 The Bug art.16880 0.99 London Zoo alb.21418397 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/4/6/0/3/1283064_170x170.jpg 2008-07-29 00:00:00.0 2008-04-07 00:00:00.0 true Skeng tra.21420683 279000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.21420683&variant=play&rws=%2Fthe-bug%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.21420683&variant=data&rws=%2Fthe-bug%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.21420692&variant=play&rws=%2Fthe-bug%2Ftop-tracks.rss Trip-Hop Mon, 7 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by The Bug on Rhapsody Online 21420692 tra.21420692 The Bug art.16880 0.99 London Zoo alb.21418397 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/4/6/0/3/1283064_170x170.jpg 2008-07-29 00:00:00.0 2008-04-07 00:00:00.0 true Too Much Pain tra.21420692 236000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.21420692&variant=play&rws=%2Fthe-bug%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.21420692&variant=data&rws=%2Fthe-bug%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.16996358&rws=%2Fthe-bug%2Ftop-tracks.rss Trip-Hop Tue, 11 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by The Bug on Rhapsody Online 16996358 tra.16996358 The Bug art.16880 0.0 Skeng alb.16993050 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/7/9/0/6/1136097_170x170.jpg 2007-10-01 00:00:00.0 2007-09-11 00:00:00.0 false Skeng (Kode9 Remix) tra.16996358 351000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.16996358&rws=%2Fthe-bug%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.16996358&variant=data&rws=%2Fthe-bug%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.515800&variant=play&rws=%2Fthe-bug%2Ftop-tracks.rss Trip-Hop Tue, 3 Jun 1997 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by The Bug on Rhapsody Online 515800 tra.515800 The Bug art.16880 0.99 Tapping The Conversation alb.158010 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/4/2/9/1/121924_170x170.jpg 1993-04-14 00:00:00.0 1997-06-03 00:00:00.0 true Invasion Of Privacy tra.515800 379000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.515800&variant=play&rws=%2Fthe-bug%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.515800&variant=data&rws=%2Fthe-bug%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.454094&variant=play&rws=%2Fthe-bug%2Ftop-tracks.rss Trip-Hop Tue, 3 Jun 1997 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by The Bug on Rhapsody Online 454094 tra.454094 The Bug art.16880 0.99 Tapping The Conversation alb.158010 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/4/2/9/1/121924_170x170.jpg 1993-04-14 00:00:00.0 1997-06-03 00:00:00.0 true Countdown To Elimination tra.454094 256000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.454094&variant=play&rws=%2Fthe-bug%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.454094&variant=data&rws=%2Fthe-bug%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.454093&variant=play&rws=%2Fthe-bug%2Ftop-tracks.rss Trip-Hop Tue, 3 Jun 1997 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by The Bug on Rhapsody Online 454093 tra.454093 The Bug art.16880 0.99 Tapping The Conversation alb.158010 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/4/2/9/1/121924_170x170.jpg 1993-04-14 00:00:00.0 1997-06-03 00:00:00.0 true Harry's Theme tra.454093 259000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.454093&variant=play&rws=%2Fthe-bug%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.454093&variant=data&rws=%2Fthe-bug%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.30102809&variant=play&rws=%2Fthe-bug%2Ftop-tracks.rss Trip-Hop Thu, 17 Sep 2009 08:24:13 -0700 Top Tracks by The Bug on Rhapsody Online 30102809 tra.30102809 The Bug art.16880 0.99 The GADfly alb.30099997 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/7/8/5/8/1798587_170x170.jpg 2009-09-15 00:00:00.0 null true GADfly tra.30102809 482000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.30102809&variant=play&rws=%2Fthe-bug%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.30102809&variant=data&rws=%2Fthe-bug%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.12350080&variant=play&rws=%2Fthe-bug%2Ftop-tracks.rss Trip-Hop Mon, 17 Oct 2005 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by The Bug on Rhapsody Online 12350080 tra.12350080 The Bug art.16880 0.99 Money Honey alb.12347860 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/8/1/1/5/935118_170x170.jpg 2005-10-17 00:00:00.0 2005-10-17 00:00:00.0 true Money Honey tra.12350080 230000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.12350080&variant=play&rws=%2Fthe-bug%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.12350080&variant=data&rws=%2Fthe-bug%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.13648560&variant=play&rws=%2Fthe-bug%2Ftop-tracks.rss Trip-Hop Tue, 27 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by The Bug on Rhapsody Online 13648560 tra.13648560 The Bug art.16880 0.99 Jah War alb.13646122 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/0/8/6/6/986680_170x170.jpg 2007-03-27 00:00:00.0 2007-03-27 00:00:00.0 true Jah War (Loefah Remix) tra.13648560 223000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.13648560&variant=play&rws=%2Fthe-bug%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.13648560&variant=data&rws=%2Fthe-bug%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.12350081&variant=play&rws=%2Fthe-bug%2Ftop-tracks.rss Trip-Hop Mon, 17 Oct 2005 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by The Bug on Rhapsody Online 12350081 tra.12350081 The Bug art.16880 0.99 Money Honey alb.12347860 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/8/1/1/5/935118_170x170.jpg 2005-10-17 00:00:00.0 2005-10-17 00:00:00.0 true Money Honey (Version) tra.12350081 296000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.12350081&variant=play&rws=%2Fthe-bug%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.12350081&variant=data&rws=%2Fthe-bug%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.13648559&variant=play&rws=%2Fthe-bug%2Ftop-tracks.rss Trip-Hop Tue, 27 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by The Bug on Rhapsody Online 13648559 tra.13648559 The Bug art.16880 0.99 Jah War alb.13646122 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/0/8/6/6/986680_170x170.jpg 2007-03-27 00:00:00.0 2007-03-27 00:00:00.0 true Jah War tra.13648559 181000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.13648559&variant=play&rws=%2Fthe-bug%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.13648559&variant=data&rws=%2Fthe-bug%2Ftop-tracks.rss