UK electronic producer The Bug and doom pioneer Dylan Carlson of Earth have teamed up again as The Bug Vs Earth and today we listen to their new track, “Snakes Vs Rats“. The two first met at the behest of visual artist/printmaker Simon Fowler, who had designed album covers for both musicians. Fowler had arranged for Carlson to attend Kevin Martin‘s performance under his moniker King Midas Sound, but upon arrival Carlson, who suffers from epilepsy, was unable to witness the performance due to Martin’s use of powerful strobe lights during the show. Carlson would go on to include King Midas Sound in a podcast and the two would eventually collaborate on the 2014 12″ release Boa/Cold (Ninja Tune).
“Snakes Vs Rats” will appear on the duo’s upcoming LP debut, Concrete Desert, out March 24th via Ninja Tune. The record was recorded over a two-day period at Daddy Kev‘s LA studio, with DJ Nobody engineering. The track vacillates wildly between spectral beat workouts and cavernous passages of two-note drone blast. The result drips with an icy tension and its’ paranoia-inducing tones and rhythms will have you looking over your shoulder to find those things that go bump in the night.
