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The Bug is the main current music project of London-based producer Kevin Martin. Kevin has been a part of a number of groups including Techno Animal, The Sidewinder, God, Ice, Curse of the Golden Vampire, Zonal, King Midas Sound, Black Chow, Cult Of The 13th Hour, Pressure and Experimental Audio Research through which he’s experimented with fusing such diverse genres as grindcore, industrial, metal, hip-hop, dub, jazz and ambient. The Bug’s music draws influence from dancehall, noise, grime, and hip hop. More subdued influences would include dubstep and the dubtronica and broken techno of Basic Channel and Pole.

The Bug’s first album Tapping The Conversation was released in 1997 on the seminal Wordsound label. The album was conceived as an alternative soundtrack to the 1974 Francis Ford Coppola film The Conversation. In this incarnation The Bug consisted of Kevin Martin and DJ Vadim.

From 2001-2004 The Bug collaborated with UK reggae soundsystem veteran The Rootsman on a number of limited edition 7” singles, released on the Razor X label. The project went by the name of Razor X Productions. These releases were characterised by their harsh, aggressive nature both musically and vocally (vocal artists including Jamaican MCs such as He-Man and Wayne Lonesome).

The Bug’s second album, Pressure was released on Rephlex Records in 2003. It included a number of more ambient, dub-flavoured tracks alongside the ragga-tinged onslaughts.

In 2004 the Bug collaborated with Warrior Queen on the track Aktion Pak.
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  • Naneykins

    Good shit there.

    Monday evening

  • LSDerrington

    Let's get some new pic up: vote

    26 days ago

  • WolfReidBarnes

    poison dart.

    26 days ago

  • xspanky

    Just discovered The Bug, already in love !

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  • Armsxever

    M.I.A. + Skream = The Bug???? lolll

    March 2012

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    mmmmmmmmm

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    M.I.A + Skream = The Bug.

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  • The_dglgmut13

    Just saw The Bug with Daddy Freddy in Hong Kong, was really sick. I really dug it.

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New doublepack 12" soon come

13 Sep 2010 | from blog.myspace.com/thebuguk

The 'Infected e.p.' will be released by Ninja Tune on November 14th 2010. The doublepack ft. Hitomi('Catch a Fire'), Roots Manuva('Tune In'), Autechre('Skeng Remix'), Scratcha …

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