The Bug
The Bug is the primary alias of English producer and musician Kevin Martin, who launched the project in 1997 on the Wordsound label and has spent decades synthesizing industrial noise, dub, dancehall, grime, and hip-hop into a singular and confrontational body of work. London Zoo (2008) on Ninja Tune — featuring vocalists including Tippa Irie and Warrior Queen — is widely regarded as the project's definitive statement, capturing the paranoia of surveillance-saturated urban Britain through crushing bass weight and warped reggae rhythms. Martin has also worked extensively with Godflesh's Justin Broadrick under various collaborative names, and his influence on UK bass music and industrial hip-hop has been considerable.
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The Bug Discography
2 tracks
- 1 Boa 7:25
- 2 Cold 5:15
6 tracks
- 1 Void (Version) 3:22
- 2 Black Wasp (feat. Liz Harris) 4:22
- 3 Black Wasp (Version) 4:22
- 4 Void (feat. Liz Harris) 3:48
- 5 Function 5:25
- 6 Blaow (feat. Daddy Freddy) 3:39
12 tracks
- 1 Void Featuring Liz Harris 3:48
- 2 Fall Featuring copeland 2:55
- 3 Ascension 3:48
- 4 Mi Lost Featuring Miss Red 3:15
- 5 Pandi 4:57
- 6 Save Me Featuring Gonjasufi 5:32
- 7 The One Featuring Flowdan 4:32
- 8 Function Featuring Manga 5:25
- 9 Fuck a Bitch Featuring Death Grips 3:04
- 10 Fat Mac Featuring Flowdan 3:17
- 11 Fuck You Featuring Warrior Queen 3:51
- 12 Dirty Featuring Flowdan 2:53
4 tracks
- 1 Freakshow feat. Danny Brown 3:54
- 2 Dirty feat. Flowdan 2:56
- 3 Kill Them feat. Daddy Freddy 3:32
- 4 Louder feat. Flowdan 3:27
4 tracks
- 1 Catch A Fire 3:45
- 2 Tune In feat. Roots Manuva 5:14
- 3 Skeng (Autechre Remix) 5:15
- 4 Poison Dart (Scratcha DVA Remix) 5:08
12 tracks
- 1 Angry 3:37
- 2 Murder We 3:53
- 3 Skeng 4:39
- 4 Too Much Pain 3:56
- 5 Insane 3:29
- 6 Jah War 3:00
- 7 Fuckaz 5:25
- 8 You & Me 4:12
- 9 Freak Freak 5:00
- 10 Warning 3:51
- 11 Poison Dart (Original Mix) 6:14
- 12 Judgement 10:37
2 tracks
- 1 The Bug ft. Burro Banton - Zim Zim Zim 4:31
- 2 Zim Version 4:29
4 tracks
- 1 Box ft. D Double E 3:09
- 2 Box (Instrumental) 3:09
- 3 Iceman ft. Riko Dan 3:26
- 4 Iceman (Instrumental) 3:26
4 tracks
- 1 Bad (feat. Flowdan) 3:39
- 2 Bad Riddim 3:34
- 3 Get Out The Way (feat. Killa P + Irah) 3:40
- 4 Get Riddim 3:40
13 tracks
- 1 City of Fallen Angels 6:14
- 2 Gasoline 4:59
- 3 Agoraphobia 5:10
- 4 Snakes Vs Rats 5:00
- 5 Broke 5:00
- 6 American Dream 10:16
- 7 Don’t Walk These Streets 6:24
- 8 Other Side of the World 5:52
- 9 Hell A 4:21
- 10 Concrete Desert 14:40
- 11 Dog ft JK Flesh 4:57
- 12 Pray ft JK Flesh 5:16
- 13 Another Planet 11:02
16 tracks
- 1 Politicians & Paedophiles (Featuring Daddy Freddy) 4:31
- 2 Beats, Bombs, Bass, Weapons (Featuring Toastie Taylor) 3:18
- 3 Executor (Featuring Roger Robinson) 3:45
- 4 Live & Learn (Featuring Paul St. Hilaire) 4:43
- 5 Thief Of Dreams (Featuring Roger Robinson) 5:20
- 6 Superbird (Featuring Singing Bird) 4:09
- 7 Run The Place Red (Featuring Daddy Freddy) 4:50
- 8 Night Steppa (Featuring Roger Robinson) 5:27
- 9 Some Days (Featuring Paul St. Hilaire) 4:57
- 10 Fuck Version 4:33
- 11 Killer (Featuring He-man, The Rootsman) 3:36
- 12 Living Dub (Featuring Paul St. Hilaire, Roger Robinson) 5:55
- 13 Aktion Pak (Featuring Warrior Queen) 3:43
- 14 World War 3 (Featuring Warrior Queen) 4:17
- 15 Gun Disease (Featuring Cutty Ranks) 4:08
- 16 Riddim to your soul (Featuring Singing Bird) 5:18
15 tracks
- 1 Politicians in Version 4:27
- 2 Bombed Version 3:16
- 3 Executor in Dub 3:48
- 4 Lived and Learned Version 4:46
- 5 Superbird Version 3:18
- 6 Run Red Version 4:47
- 7 Night Steppa Version 5:29
- 8 Killer Queen Dub 3:54
- 9 Aktion Pak Dub 4:43
- 10 WW3 Dub 4:17
- 11 Diseased Version 4:06
- 12 Gun Disease(Proto-acid ragga mix ft Cutty Ranks) 4:05
- 13 Run the Place Red (AFX Smojphace remix Ft. Daddy Freddy) 5:06
- 14 Fire Drum Version 3:59
- 15 Low Rider 3:34
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