“Machine finds Kevin Richard Martin firing on every cylinder.”
The Quietus
“Longtime fans will be pleased by the sonic variety on offer… for truly hardcore bass concussion addicts.”
The Wire
“[‘Buried’ & ‘Bodied’] build on Martin’s signature chaotic ambient experimentations, in which he fuses the worlds of dubstep, techno, electro, dancehall and bashment with industrial sounds.”
Mixmag
After dropping Machine last month on streaming platforms, a double album containing a collection of 12-handpicked tracks extracted from the five Machine EPs, legendary UK producer/musician Kevin Martin (a.k.a. The Bug) has now shared the mammoth Machines I-V which includes all 21 songs from the EPs.
Stream The Bug – Machines I – V below:
Also as a thank you to fans, The Bug has released a blistering vocal version of ‘Drop (Machine Sex)’, now renamed ‘Deep in a Mud’ and featuring Nigerian-British MC Magugu. The new track is available here and on The Bug’s Bandcamp page. Watch the official video below:
The Bug shares: “People have been saying to me for a couple of years, I should check/collaborate with Magugu. In fact one of the MCs I work with, called Miss Red, sent me a link about a year ago, and said she thought I would dig his style. I understand why, as to my ears, on his fiercest cuts he sounds like a Nigerian brother of Flowdan. Basically an Afro baritone badman! So when I recently heard Mala drop a new killer by him, I decided to reach out….Luckily he was well aware of my music and into it, and so we clicked and worked fast. I liked the idea of perversely dropping a new version of the ‘Drop (Sex Machine)’ instrumental from the Machine album, with added vocals. And so Magugu killed it with ‘Deep in a Mud’. Also, I thought it would be sweet to offer it as a ‘name your price’ Bandcamp gift to those who have been following me consistently through my various Bug mutations.”
Machine and Machines I-V is available to buy on vinyl, full details below and here
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