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The Black Dog

British electronic music group
Organization musical_group Q2667938

Facts

13 properties

Identity

Instance of
musical group
Official website
theblackdogma.com[7]

Status and dates

Inception
1989[6]

Relations

Has part(s)
Andy Turner (1989–1995), Ed Handley (1989–1995), Ken Downie (1989–present)[5]
More facts +9
Genre
techno[2]
Website
theblackdogma.com
Country of origin
United Kingdom[4]
Has parts
Andy Turner, Ed Handley, Ken Downie
Name
The Black Dog[9]
Record label
Soma Quality Recordings[3]
Social media followers
15k (14k–15k, n=3)[10][11][12]
Start of work period
1989[8]
Work period start
1989
🏷️ Also known as
en The Black Dog ja The Black Dog ja ブラックドック ja ブラックドッグ ru Чёрный пес
🔖 Identifiers · 15
ISNI
0000000103685349
VIAF cluster ID
154970853
Library of Congress authority ID
n2003077547
AllMusic artist ID
mn0000048481
BBC Things ID
d4b79367-19aa-47bc-9d24-173bc6650f17
Bluesky handle
theblackdog.bsky.social
Deezer artist ID
17197
Discogs artist ID
473
Freebase ID
/m/01nbbgj
Laut.de artist ID
The-Black-Dog
MusicBrainz artist ID
a78d2a35-c083-4179-a5d8-49f84e5ec863
Muziekweb performer ID
M00000051755
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Songkick artist ID
508946
X (Twitter) username
TheBlackDog
Yale LUX ID
group/dea6291b-e958-4806-9db1-dd67bb9b82e4

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🔗 Connections
Mb:performer of 8
Further Vexations, Liber Dogma, Music for Real Airports, Radio Scarecrow, Silenced, Spanners, Temple of Transparent Balls, Unsavoury Products
← Mb:member of band 3
Andy Turner, Ed Handley, Ken Downie
Country of origin 1
United Kingdom
Genre 1
techno
Instance of 1
musical group
Record label 1
Soma Quality Recordings
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Summary

The Black Dog is a musical group[1].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Type: Group[13]

  • Country: GB[14]

  • Began / founded: 1989-05-23[15]

  • Genre(s): ambient, ambient techno, breakbeat, dark ambient, downtempo, electronic, electronica, experimental, idm, minimal techno, techno[16]

  • Community tags: ambient, ambient techno, breakbeat, dark ambient, downtempo, electronic, electronica, experimental, idm, minimal techno, techno[17]

  • MusicBrainz ID: a78d2a35-c083-4179-a5d8-49f84e5ec863[18]

Related Entities

United Kingdom

References

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Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [13] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [16] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [17] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [18] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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