Despite making a name for themselves as fine proponents of ambient and IDM, many of the earliest Black Dog releases were thrilling early examples of UK techno. It's perhaps fitting, then, that Liber Dogma - Ken Downie and company's 13th album in total - largely looks towards the dancefloor. While there are moments of typical downtempo clarity - see the Steve Reich like "Eden 353" - much of the album is dark, stripped back, druggy and almost minimal in its pursuit of simplistic techno pleasures. There are, of course, nods to the Detroit techno sounds that first inspired Downie's ever-changing outfit (see the Temple Of Transparent Balls-era thriller "Hype Knot 7"), but these merely offer glistening interludes between the thunderous Germanic fare.

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