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My Brutal Life EP – Out Now

Posted on 20th July 2025 in Releases

“My Brutal Life EP is a reflection of the structures that surround us, the weight of concrete, and the beauty found in repetition. These tracks are built like the spaces we inhabit, imposing yet intimate, rigid yet alive with texture. Our work continues to document these buildings, not only with music but with photographs and text.

The music emerged from our continued fascination with Brutalism, shaped by long walks through these vast modern monuments. Each track captures a different facet of that world, from the symmetry, synchronisation and repetition we are drawn to, to the raw emotion embedded in these spaces. This is sound as architecture, rhythm as structure.

We call them home.”

Our Patreon supporters can download it right now, and if you’d like to support our work, you can sign-up right now for the price of a nice beer:
https://www.patreon.com/theblackdogma

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Further Details:
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My Brutal Life 2 – Out Now

Posted on 21st June 2025 in Releases

We continue with the My Brutal Life projects, with a new album of fresh tracks. Our Patreon supporters can download it right now from:
https://www.patreon.com/theblackdogma

You can order direct from us at:
DustStore.com
Bandcamp

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Further Details:
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My Brutal Life 2 – Coming June 2025

Posted on 11th April 2025 in Releases

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“We always knew we would return to this project because Brutalism remains a profound part of our lives, something we cherish deeply. Inspired by the photographs we have been capturing for a new book, the music emerged effortlessly. Documenting these buildings feels instinctive; this is where we belong.

Our unwavering fixation on symmetry, synchronisation, and repetition endures, but this time we believe the music reveals a more emotional depth. That is the direction we have been moving towards. Some things simply take time, yet this album seemed to take shape of its own accord.

Join us as we walk through these modern day cathedrals, monuments to the people.”

Released 20th of June 2025

Sleep Deprivation – Streaming Channels

Posted on 5th March 2025 in Mixes, News, Releases, Video

We recently launched our own series of live streams under the “Sleep Deprivation” name, intended to give us a little more freedom to try out long-form ambient and experimental pieces. We’ve got recordings and live-streams featuring music from our archives, along with new original works and generative experiments, where the machines take over.

https://www.youtube.com/@SleepDeprivation23

“Welcome to Sleep Deprivation, a sonic refuge for the sleep-deprived and the restless. Our channel delivers deep, hypnotic dystopian drone music, a fusion of dark ambient soundscapes, industrial undertones, and eerie atmospheric drones designed to lull you into a trance-like state.

Whether you’re battling insomnia, overactive thoughts, or the creeping silence of late-night solitude, our immersive soundscapes will envelop you in a world of slow-burning tension and melancholic serenity. Let the distant hum of decaying cities, ghostly transmissions, and mechanical lullabies guide you into the unknown.

Perfect for: Midnight thinkers, cyberpunk dreamers, and those seeking a surreal escape.
Sounds of the future’s ruins: Haunting drones, deep reverbs, and synthetic echoes.
Sleep… or surrender to the void.

Subscribe now and drift into the dystopian dreamstate.”

Dreamless Sleep EP – Out Now

Posted on 6th December 2024 in Releases

Our new EP “Dreamless Sleep”, expands the Sleep Deprivation project with four new tracks. Out now to stream and download, plus, it’s free to download for our supporters at Patreon.

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Sleep Deprivation – Out Now

Posted on 1st November 2024 in Releases

Our new album, the one that’s taken years to come to fruition, is finally out and titled “Sleep Deprivation”. It’s a concept we’ve played with for well over 10 years now, with the earliest ideas making it on to the original release of Music For Real Airports. Available to order now as digital downloads, compact disc and a very limited vinyl edition, pressed on to a pair of lovely blue discs:

DustStore.com
Bandcamp.com

Patreon Supporters
As always, our generous supporters on Patreon can get the downloads for free. You can join right now for less than a pub lunch:
https://www.patreon.com/theblackdogma

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Sleep Deprivation – New Album – Out 1/11/24

Posted on 11th October 2024 in Releases

Ready to order now and shipping on the 1st of November 2024, is our new abstract ambient release “Sleep Deprivation”. Available on double blue 12″ vinyl, CD and digital downloads. All orders from DustStore.com and Bandcamp include exclusive bonus tracks as digital downloads.

Order now from:
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Details:
Full details and previews at Dust Science

Music For Moore Street Substation – Out Now

Posted on 30th November 2023 in Releases

Our latest ambient work and the soundtrack to the exhibition of My Brutal Life at Moore Street Substation, is out now on streaming platforms, digital download and a tasty limited edition CD.

Get the CD exclusively from:
The Black Dog on Bandcamp
DustStore.com

Supporter Downloads
Our supporters over on Patreon can get the downloads of this release right now. If you’d like to join and get this, along with many more downloads, exclusive offers and the latest news, head over to Patreon and sign-up now, for the price of a chippy dinner.
https://www.patreon.com/theblackdogma

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My Brutal Life – Exhibition Video and Soundtrack

Posted on 12th November 2023 in Releases, Video

With the upcoming release of the Music for Moore Street Substation soundtrack, we’ve also decided to release the full video as produced by Amoeba Design. This AV production was originally presented at the exhibition of My Brutal Life at the Moore Street Substation in Sheffield during October 2023.

Order Now:
http://theblackdog.vhx.tv

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The Black Dog on Vimeo:
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About the Video
A combined study in Concrete, Brutalism, Photography, Typography and Sheffield’s rich Electronic Music History.

Inspired by photos of Sheffield and the psychogeographical nature of the surrounding environment and moments in time captured by Martin Dust, inspired by their music and photography amoeba combined creative bespoke parametric typography, ai and machine learning with real-time motion graphics to create a unique glimpse into one familiar yet strange Brutal reality we all see a version of everyday

Reflecting the brutalist history of Sheffield, set to the music of The BlackDog. The film was initially made for the My Brutal Life Installation at Moore Street Power station, now utilised here with the captured impulse response reverb of the power station’s interior and evolving in live AV sets with the electronic act.

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