Bytes (album)
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| Released | 8 March 1993 | |||
| Genre | Electronic, IDM | |||
| Length | 67:35 | |||
| Label | Warp | |||
| Producer | Black Dog Productions | |||
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Bytes is the debut studio album by the English electronic music group the Black Dog, credited under the name Black Dog Productions. It was released on Warp on 8 March 1993.
The record entered the Dance Albums Chart at No. 1 on 27 March 1993. The music is produced by the members of the group – Ed Handley, Andy Turner, and Ken Downie – under various aliases, including Plaid, Close Up Over, Xeper, Atypic, I.A.O., Discordian Popes and Balil. Black Dog Productions is also the name of their own record label.
According to Slant Magazine, the album was "a watershed in what has become known in the U.K. as IDM or 'intelligent techno.'"