The prime period of original Black Dog is absolutely delightful stuff. They haven’t gone deep into digital audio yet so a big chunk of what they’re doing is still made by chaining keyboards and drum machines together with MIDI, giving everything a sort of natural limit. Things don’t get too twitchy or that far from a disco pulse. You could program most of this in a dancefloor set and have it work—the inspiration of acid house is still in sight here and it’s a good thing.

– Sasha Frere-Jones