The Bug + Dis Fig

UK producer and electronic musician The Bug just launched the "LADYBUG" singles series on his PRESSURE imprint label, and is starting the whole thing off with a trippy and transcendent collaborative track with Belgian electronic artist Dis Fig.  Check out "Vanishing" below and download it, along with four remixes, here.

Zonal

Justin Broadrick (of Jesu, Godflesh and more) and Kevin Martin (of The Bug) have joined forces for a new collaborative project called Zonal.  Dubby, droney, noisy, unsettling, and spooky, the duo have created a slow and low menacing kind of sound.  Listen to "Cage Version" below, download it and another track here, and be on the lookout for a full-length album sometime in the future on Relapse.

The Bug Vs. Earth

UK grime producer The Bug and Olympia droney doom metal band Earth have paired together before, but now the two artists are collaborating on a full-length album, the upcoming "Concrete Desert," due in March on Ninja Tune.  The resulting output sounds like the heralding of the apocalypse.  Listen to "Snakes Vs. Rats" below.

The Bug vs Earth

Black Friday will so be descending upon us all, a calamity of commerce and consumerism turned up to eleven.  Let's all hope for minimal trampling incidents this year.  As has become the norm over the last few years, the people behind the annual Record Store Day event have an assortment of wonderful Black Friday releases ready for the holiday shopping madness (new Faith No More single anyone?), and one of those is an interesting new collaboration between grimy electronic producer The Bug and drone metal act Earth.  "The Bug vs Earth" is two tracks of trippy, dark, and atmospheric bliss courtesy of Ninja Tune.  Listen to the appropriately titled "Cold" below, a chopped and oozing piece of cinematic dread, and let's hope for more music from these two in the future.

The Bug

UK producer, electronic musician The Bug (Kevin Martin) is readying his first record in 6 years, "Angels & Devils," which features a whole smattering of guest vocalists, ranging from Liz Harris (Grouper) to Justin K. Broadrick (Jesu/Godflesh) to Death Grips.  Listen to "Save Me" featuring Gonjasufi below and get the record from Ninja Tune in August.  I have a feeling it's going to be a monster.