• 1. Annihilated (Force of Gravity)
      • 2. Shafted (Laws of Attraction/Repulsion)
      • 3. Released (The Need to Escape)
      • 4. Battered (Curse of Addiction)
      • 5. Sickness (Slowly Dying)
      • 6. Hunted (On The Run)
      • 7. Vertical (Never See You Again)
      • 8. Brutalized (Headwrecked)
      • 9. Floored (Point of Impact)
      • 10. Limbo (Lust and Paralysis)
      • 11. Drop (Machine Sex)
      • 12. Hypnotised (F-cked Up)
      • 13. Inhuman (Let Machines Do The Talking)
      • 14. Skullcrusher (Relentless Catastrophic Implosion)
      • 15. Possessed (The Light of Shaka)
      • 16. Departed (Left the Body Behind)
      • 17. Buried (Your Life is Short)
      • 18. Gutted (Human Filth)
      • 19. Bodied (Send for the Hearse)
      • 20. Fucka (Tongue As a Weapon)
      • 21. Exit (Wasteman)

      Maverick UK producer Kevin Richard Martin (Zonal / Techno Animal / King Midas Sound) joins Relapse for the release of his devastating new double album Machine, his first solo instrumental record as The Bug. Machine started life as a series of self-released "floor weapons" (to use Martin’s description), landing in installments between 2023 and 2024 on the Bandcamp page of Martin’s own 'Pressure' label. And now - always his intention - Martin has collated a single, powerful, unified statement from those EPs. The album detonates apocalyptic dread-tech mutations of crushing intensity, fusing a unique new strain of futuristic dub with deadly deep electronics and killer bass riffs worthy of the heaviest metal. It is, writes Martin, “ice cold and dystopian.” It celebrates “atmospheric pressure, and the joy of full body assaults, via oversized sound systems in undersized club rooms.”

      Machine also represents the latest metamorphosis of the "Macro Dub Infection" philosophy Martin germinated with the groundbreaking series of compilations he began curating for Virgin Records as early as the mid 90’s. As The Bug, Martin’s music is formed from an overwhelmingly explosive sub- bass pressure, as relentlessly in-the-red beat production amplifies mutant industrial sound design, fuzzed, expectant crackle, and bleak greyscale harmonics.

      Other Releases by The Bug

      The BugSeismic (2001)Morpheus Records
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        The BugFireNinja Tune
        ‘Fire’ - the third exhilarating part of an incendiary urban triptych (that began with 2008’s explosive ‘London Zoo’ via 2014’s mind-melting...
        • – The Fourth Day (feat. Roger Robinson)
        • – Pressure (feat. Flowdan)
        • – Demon (feat. Irah)
        • – Vexed (feat. Moor Mother)
        • – Clash (feat. feat. Logan_olm)
        • – War (feat. Nazamba)
        • – How bout dat (feat. FFSYTHO)
        • – Bang (feat. Manga Saint Hilare)
        • – Hammer (feat. Flowdan)
        • – Ganja Baby (feat. Daddy Freddy)
        • – Fuck Off (feat. feat. Logan_olm)
        • – Bomb (feat. Flowdan)
        • – High Rise (feat. Manga Saint Hilare)
        • – The Missing (feat. Roger Robinson)
        The BugAngels & DevilsNinja Tune
        Kevin Martin, once again, pulls the fringes into a collective, unilaterally hateful assault. Sonic warfare driven by bass that drafts the likes of Flowdan,...
        • – Void (feat. Liz Harris)
        • – Fall (feat. copeland)
        • – Ascension
        • – Save Me (feat. Gonjasufi)
        The BugLondon ZooNinja Tune
        Since the release of his 12" taster last year, 'Jah War' feat Flow Dan which had dubsteppas, beat heads and general good music lovers wetting themselves...
        • – Angry feauring Tippa Irie
        • – Murder We featuring Ricky Ranking
        • – Jah War featuring Flowdan
        • – Fuckaz featuring Spaceape
        • – Warning featuring Flowdan
        • – Poison Dart featuring Warrior Queen

        Other Releases on Relapse Records

        MorticianMortal MassacreRelapse Records
        A compialtion of rare, early singles and live recordings from NYC's brutal death metal/grindcore pioneers, Mortician!
          • New 2×LP (Coloured Vinyl) RR60421£26.00
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