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The Bug
Kevin Martin , standing behind the stage name The Bug , is the only producer in his kind, multi -instrumentalist, and in the past there is also a journalist from London, who earned his unshakable reputation with numerous solo and joint projects, where the very latter can be called: King Midas Sound , Black Chow, Black Chow, Black Chow Cult of the 13th Hour , Ladybug , Pressure , Razor X , etc. Never stoping on what has been achieved, he boldly explores a variety of musical forms, whether it be a punk jazz, industrial hip-hop, experimental Danshall or Dubstep. Today, his work is produced on such authoritative labels as Ninja Tune , Rephlex , Soul Jazz and Hyperdub . And together with LoEFAH from DMZ , he heads parties at the junction of Danshall and Dabstep Bash in the notorious Plastic People club, where the legendary FWD parties are also held.
- The Bug Feat. Wayne Lonesome-"Fuck Y-Self"
- Cult of the 13th Hour - "Wickedness (Version)"
- King Midas Sound - "Meltdown"
- Ladybug Feat. Deize Tigrana - "Miniaturu de Lulu"
- The Bug Feat. Killa P & Flow Dan - "Ganja"
- Thom Yorke - "Harrrowdown Hill (The Bug Remix)"
It is hard to believe, but Kevin Martin has been engaged in music for about twenty years. At first, it was a GOD jazzor group, where such legendary musicians as the former Napalm Death guitarist- Justin Broadrick and a composer, Saxophonist John Zorn ( John Zorn ). Further dense cooperation of Kevin Martin and Justin Browner poured into their countless joint projects- Techno Animal , Ice , The Sidewinder , Curse of the Golden Vampire , Zonal , etc., which was under which collaboration with the Andegran Hip-Hop Hop Hop, Dälek , took place Anti-Pop Consortium , El-P , founder of the Einstürzende Neubauten industrial group- Blixa Bargeld , as well as ALEC Empire from the ATARI TEENAGE RIOT , etc. The transfer of all projects with Kevin Martin is simply not possible - the list never ends. But still, its main project at the moment is certainly solo - The Bug , where ideas from the music of the Caribbean islands are transferred to the electronic basis.
The story of The Bug began in 1997 with the album "Tapping the Conversation" on the New York Abstract Hop-Hop Layble Wordsound . By the way, in the record of this album, in addition to others, DJ Vadim took part-it was unlikely that then it could be thought that such cooperation would become a prerequisite for Kevin Martin’s releases on Ninja Tune ten years later ... from 2001 to 2004, The Bug united with the British Dab-Socials of The Rootsman to record the series Singles under the name Razor X. Early developments of this project is an apocalyptically sounding Denschall, flavored with a lyrics from such toasters as Cutty Ranks , Daddy Freddy and Warrior Queen -and became a bone for the truly full-fledged album The Bug- “Pressure” , which saw the light in 2003 on the label on the label Rephlex .
- The Bug Feat. Warrior Queen - "Aktion Pak"
A little later, a significant event happened that determined the further creative path of The Bug - this was an interview for the magazine XLR8R, which was taken from Steve Goodman , also known as Kode9 . Having found a lot of common interests, including in the study of musical landscapes, Kode9 introduces The Bug with Dubstra-scene and offers him to try to write music at a speed of 140 beats per minute. As a result, the KODE9- HyperDub label, the experimental single of The Bug appears under the pseudonym Pressure , and a little later, under the main name,-the clip of the Dubstep-Gimns “Jah War” , “Poison Dart” and “Sken” recorded with the participation of a longtime familiar Warrior Queen and new The accomplices are Grime-Emsi Killa P and Flow Dan from Roll Deep . The contract with Ninja Tune is not long in coming, and in the summer of 2008 the next album of The Bug - “London Zoo” is released, which was also attended by Empse Tippa Irie , Ricky Ranking and others.
- The Bug Feat. Warrior Queen - "Poison Dart"
- The Bug Feat. Killa P & Flow Dan - "Skeng"
Now Kevin Martin continues to experiment on his sound, applying the lyrics on the gloomy bats from the masters of Spoken Word - Spaceape in the Cult of the 13th Hour project for the Soul Jazz and Roginson label in King Midas Sour Hyperdub, where at the end of 2009 I already saw the light of the album of the Waiting for You post -apocalyptic ballad. Also, under the name Ladybug, Kevin Martin is recorded with women-Emsi, working in various vocal techniques. And just the other day, a new single came out under the pseudonym The Bug with Flow Dan on Vocal - “Run” on the Swamp 81 label.
http://www.myspace.com/thebuguk
http://www.myspace.com/kingmidassound
http://www.myspace.com/blackchow
http://www.myspace.com/ladybuglondon
http://www.discogs.com/artist/bug.+The
http://www.discogs.com/artist/kevin+martin
Text: Alexander Vazhenin