Bitten By The Black Dog vinyl

After the alien territory explored on the recent excellent Samuel Kerridge release, Horizontal Ground turn to more familiar names here as Skirt gets Bitten By The Black Dog. This killer 12" sees the Texas born, Midlands based producer return to Horizontal Ground for a third time and the amusingly framed title track essentially boils down to the veteran South Yorkshire collective remixing Skirt's production "Collider". Originally released as part of a heavy duty free compilation released by UK techno hub Trust Recordings last year, the droning slice of rattling techno more recently appeared in remixed by Horizontal Ground form on Minutes In Ice, the excellent compilation Frozen Border released back in May. The Black Dog's remix of "Collider" hogs the A Side, further dissecting the rhythmic elements and adding their own "massive strings", while Skirt demonstrates her versatility on the flip with the stripped back, rigid wall rattler "Milsmo". This is complemented by a wonderful exercise in industrial ambience appropriately titled "Beatless", which is reminiscent of the creaking drone of "Six Hours", a highlight from her debut Horizontal Ground release.

Simon Heartfield, Kr!z (Token Records), Charlton, Steven Tang (Emphasis Recordings), Mark Broom, Jamie Behan