Spanners (album)

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Spanners is a music album by IDM artists Ken Downie, Ed Handley and Andy Turner aka The Black Dog which was released in 1995 on double vinyl, cassette and CD.
It became a landmark in the ever changing cross-pollination of musical genres that was loosely referred to as "the dance scene". It also became their most commercially successful album with its blend of hip hop beats, Latin infused rhythms, and almost junglist percussion patterns. Some tracks like "Chesh" even got compared to classical music, even by Ken Downie himself: "Ed wrote it and he says it's based on 'tipareth', a sphere on the tree of life. I guess you can't get more classical than that."
Despite Spanners' success, tensions started to emerge in the Dog camp and in mid July 1995 it was announced that Ed Handley and Andy Turner would be leaving to start work on their own material.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Ken Downie, Ed Handley & Andy Turner

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Raxmus"	3:03
2.	"Bolt 1"	0:27
3.	"Barbola Work"	6:42
4.	"Bolt 2"	0:27
5.	"Psil-Cosyin"	10:32
6.	"Chase the Manhattan"	5:42
7.	"Bolt 3"	1:36
8.	"Tahr"	3:08
9.	"Bolt 4"	1:06
10.	"Further Harm"	6:18
11.	"Nommo"	6:53
12.	"Bolt 5"	0:22
13.	"Pot Noddle"	7:13
14.	"Bolt 6"	0:42
15.	"End of Time"	3:44
16.	"Utopian Dream"	6:00
17.	"Bolt 7"	0:17
18.	"Frisbee Skip"	5:25
19.	"Chesh"	6:03
Total length:		76:10

Peel Session

On 13 January 1995 The Black Dog recorded a John Peel session, including a new version of "Psil-Cosyin". These recordings were released in 1999 on Warp Records (WAP115CD).

1. "Shadehead" - 5:58
2. "Rise Up" - 5:03
3. "Simperton" - 5:33
4. "Rue" - 6:16
5. "Psycosyin" - 8:55

External links

• Spanners at discogs.com