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Loud Ambient EP2 – Free Download!

Posted on 21st April 2026 in Releases

Loud Ambient EP2 by The Black Dog (Release Artwork)

This EP marks the final works on Loud Ambient. For now, anyway. Here we present three tracks built around colour fields, with drum machines driving everything forward, and where the internal and external spaces collapse into each other.

The work with Loud Ambient has been rewarding and well-received. Still, it ends here. A line has been drawn.

Artwork on the studio walls feeds back into the sound. Image becomes system. System becomes loop. This EP stretches further than usual. Not wider. Just less contained. This is a marker for what comes next.

Thank you for all the support and love. This EP is free to download or pay what you want.

The Wonky Angle Reviews Loud Ambient 2

Posted on 13th April 2026 in Video

Loud Ambient 2 – Out Now

Posted on 3rd April 2026 in Releases

Loud Ambient 2 by The Black Dog (Artwork for the 12" Vinyl Release)

Our latest release, Loud Ambient 2, is now shipping and available to download!

Get it direct from us on Limited Edition 12″ Vinyl, CD and digital downloads:
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Loud Ambient EP 1 – Out Now

Posted on 10th March 2026 in News

Out now and available to download:
DustStore.com
Bandcamp

Available around the world, to stream or download:
Juno Download
Boomkat
Bleep
Spotify
Apple Music
Beatport
Deezer
traxsource
Amazon

Further Details:
Full details and previews at Dust Science

Loud Ambient 2 – Coming 3rd of April 2026

Posted on 19th February 2026 in Releases

Loud Ambient 2 picks up directly from where Loud Ambient left off. After picking the drum machines back up, we returned to the colourfield ideas that shaped the first record. Rothko remained a key reference, alongside a strong recommendation to spend time with the work of Josef Albers. We did exactly that, and it paid off.

Alongside the music, we created 50 new pieces of artwork for Loud Ambient 2. These became tools rather than decorations. Working this way felt open and rewarding, and brought a real sense of play back into the process. We already understood what a Loud Ambient track could be, so slipping back into that headspace felt natural. The tracks came together quickly, full of energy, movement and that familiar noodle quality.

The creative side landed easily this time. There is something about working with colourfields that frees you up and pushes you further into abstraction. It removes hesitation and keeps the focus on instinct and response.

With the drum machines and synths loaded, we kept our heads down and made the kind of music we want to hear on a dance floor. Loud Ambient 2 is the result.

Pre-orders available now for Limited Edition 12″ Vinyl, CD and digital downloads:
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Loud Ambient EP 1

Posted on 19th February 2026 in Releases

Loud Ambient EP 1 by The Black Dog, release artwork.

This EP was made to sit alongside the album Loud Ambient. For this release we shifted into a more relaxed headspace across all four tracks. The drum machines are still front and centre, but the focus moves toward space, tone and pacing rather than pressure.

We spent time working with different colour fields and developing artwork that runs in parallel with the music. The visual side follows the same approach as the tracks themselves. Calm, considered and deliberate.

Each track brings its own character, but they lock together cleanly. The result is a focused four track EP that works as a complete piece rather than a set of loose ideas.

Order now, downloads available from 6/3/26:
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Loud Ambient – New album, dropping 21/11/2025

Posted on 8th October 2025 in Releases

Release artwork for Loud Ambient by The Black Dog, on limited edition coloured vinyl

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“Making this album was an absolute joy. We used Rothko’s artwork as a major influence. His use of colour fields, blending, mood and scale really helped us build an album of tracks that could stand on their own and also work together as a coherent whole across all the tones we had been working with. It was also a chance to fall back in love with our 909, 808 and 707.

While working on music for several other projects, the “Rothko” project got renamed Loud Ambient because it did not really sit right with the My Brutal Life series. We often talked about what people make of The Black Dog and whether they think we only make ambient music. We do not. Over the last year or so, one of us would be working on something and someone else would say, “That is a Loud Ambient track.” The name stuck. We liked the funny side of it.

With Loud Ambient, everything just fell into place creatively. Surprisingly for us, the tracklisting never changed, just small tweaks here and there. That rarely happens. It marks a first for us as a band. All the stars aligned and the confidence in this album is the strongest we have ever had.

Loud Ambient was made to dance to, something we have not done in a while. We welcome the return to the dance floor with both hands. Will you join us?”

Releases on the 21st of November 2025.