The Bug/Kevin Martin Essentials

Since he began making music in the '80s, Kevin Martin has drawn from metal, free jazz, industrial, dark ambient, dancehall, and dub to forge a sound unlike any other. The U.K. musician got his start in ensembles like GOD and Ice, and made his name in the outer-limits hip-hop duo Techno Animal with Justin Broadrick. But the lifelong dub fan truly found his way with his projects King Midas Sound and The Bug, doling out heavyweight bass anthems suffused in distortion and menace with help from MCs like Danny Brown and Warrior Queen.