So too, on the evidence of "Silenced", is The Black Dog: a figure of immense stature within electronic music, The Black Dog has an unparalleled ability to transport, surprise and entrance, and its mythic status will be reinforced by this album.

While The Black Dog has always been an important entity, it has not always been well served by the industry to which it has been leashed or indeed bitten. In contrast Dust is proud to conjoin The Black Dog's angular genius with its musical dedication. Giving complete freedom to great artists such as The Black Dog is the sort of project Dust was made for.

About the Artist
Looking back - and forward - at The Black Dog, that's the feeling you get: The beauty, and sophistication, of The Black Dog's work doesn't come from their being music lovers who are really good at making tracks. It comes from music itself loving them, making them an outlet for itself. That's why The Black Dog don't play industry games. They don't need to. Dust doesn't either.

The Black Dog are universally respected, not least for their classic Parallel, Bytes and Spanners albums, which literally created new fields of music. With new personnel added to the line up, we now see output that is stronger and darker. They form new links in the chain of ideas and rhythm between dance music and older forms. The Black Dog's innovation is grounded in previous generations of artists and musicians, to the beats, the Bohemians, and further back.

Yet their music appeals to a huge spectrum of people. Famously reticent of the press and other apparatus of the industry, The Black Dog on record evoke a curious bitter sweetness, at once tender and distant, while delivering incredible rhythmic inventiveness. Some call it "intelligent", and it is, but the word denies the music's visceral, overpowering sensuousness. The Black Dog make music you feel as well as think about, and Dust is proud to be a base for their next mission.