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The Bug

Electronic band from London

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Shows on record
25
Rooms played
24
Cities
16
Releases
31
Last show
Nov 8, 2025Multiple Venues - Bristol

About

The Bug is a band from London, tagged ambient dub, bass, breakbeat by its sources. Shows on record run from 2003 to 2025, across 24 rooms in 16 cities.

The summary is assembled from the record fields and shows on this page; each fact listed names its source. See Sources & corrections for what each source supplied.

Shows

25 on record · Songkick
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Shows per year

  1. 20031 show
  2. 20071 show
  3. 20081 show
  4. 20092 shows
  5. 20104 shows
  6. 20122 shows
  7. 20132 shows
  8. 20145 shows
  9. 20152 shows
  10. 20161 show
  11. 20181 show
  12. 20191 show
  13. 20252 shows
Show history
DateVenue
Nov 8, 2025Multiple Venues - Bristol · BristolSupportwith Ceephax Acid Crew, Decius, Ditz, +53
Apr 23, 2025The Garage · LondonSupportwith Big Brave
Nov 23, 2019Knockdown Center · New York (NYC)Supportwith Caterina Barbieri, Amnesia Scanner, Further Reductions, +17
Apr 26, 2018Corsica Studios · LondonSupportwith Zonal, Moor Mother, Justin Broadrick, +1
May 6, 2016fabric · LondonSupportwith Om Unit, Phaeleh, Loefah, +13
Dec 11, 2015Masonic Lodge, Hollywood Forever Cemetery · Los Angeles (LA)Headlinerwith Earth, Liz Harris, William Basinski
Jul 4, 2015Auditorium, Manoir de Keroual · BrestSupportwith Robert Hood, Lil Louis, Boys Noize, +7
Dec 6, 2014Studio Spaces E1 · LondonSupportwith Bonobo, Machinedrum, Flowdan, +5
Oct 28, 2014Cervantes' Masterpiece Ballroom & Cervantes' Other Side - Dual Venues · DenverHeadlinerwith Project Aspect, Unlimited Gravity, Apashe, +3
Oct 8, 2014Output · BrooklynHeadlinerwith Actress, Aurora Halal
Aug 16, 2014Arènes de Beaucaire · NîmesSupportwith Jabberwocky, Disclosure, Flume, +2
Mar 3, 201412 Bar Club · LondonSupportwith The Duel, Segs of Ruts DC, Bart Barton as The Spirit Of Andy Warhol, +2
Mar 22, 2013Los Globos · Los Angeles (LA)Headlinerwith Daddy Freddy, Ras G, Miss Red
Mar 21, 2013Public Works · San FranciscoHeadlinerwith Marco De La Vega, Mascara, Solár
Oct 13, 2012The Warehouse Project · ManchesterSupportwith Sub Focus, DJ Marky, DOOM, +22
Jan 21, 2012Ewer Street Car Park · LondonHeadlinerwith Congo Natty Ft. Nanci & Phoebe, Kenny Ken, Dark Sky, +25
Oct 2, 2010Ewer Street Car Park · LondonSupportwith Kid Koala, Coldcut, Daedelus, +13
Oct 1, 2010La Machine du Moulin Rouge · ParisSupportwith Kid Koala, Toddla T, Daedelus, +9
Apr 26, 2010Arena Wien · ViennaSupportwith Oomph!, Narrows
Jan 16, 2010Motion - Old Location · BristolHeadlinerwith Plastician, Shy FX, Grooverider, +11
Oct 14, 2009Utrecht · UtrechtSupportwith Thomas Köner, Kode9, Thomas Brinkmann, +5
Aug 28, 2009Tauron Nowa Muzyka Festival · KatowiceSupportwith múm, Roots Manuva, Fever Ray, +28
May 9, 2008Palazzo dei Congressi · RomeSupportwith Alexander Robotnick, Dissonanze, Booka Shade, +35
Dec 1, 2007Casa Da Música · PortoSupportwith Asobi Seksu, Étienne de Crécy, Estradasphere, +2
Sep 25, 2003The Borderline · LondonHeadlinerwith Horsepower Productions, The Kitchen

Where they play

24 rooms in 16 cities

Rooms played most

Cities played

  • London8 shows
  • Bristol2 shows
  • Los Angeles (LA)2 shows
  • Brest1 show
  • Brooklyn1 show

and 11 other cities

Live history

25 shows on record
Shows counted
25
First on record
Sep 2003
Latest on record
Nov 2025

Shows per year

  1. 20031
  2. 20071
  3. 20081
  4. 20092
  5. 20104
  6. 20122
  7. 20132
  8. 20145
  9. 20152
  10. 20161
  11. 20181
  12. 20191
  13. 20252

Top rooms

  • Ewer Street Car Park, London · 2
  • Multiple Venues - Bristol, Bristol · 1
  • The Garage, London · 1
  • Knockdown Center, New York (NYC) · 1
  • Corsica Studios, London · 1

Top cities

  • London · 8
  • Bristol · 2
  • Los Angeles (LA), CA · 2
  • Porto · 1
  • San Francisco, CA · 1

Often on the bill with: Actress, Flowdan, Amon Tobin, Apashe, Asobi Seksu, Aurora Halal, BIG|BRAVE, Bonobo

Counted from the shows BandSlate holds; missing shows are not counted.

Releases

31 releases, 1997–2026

  • Ladybug 1

    2026

  • Ladybug 2

    2026

  • Implosion

    2025 · Album

  • Imploded Versions

    2025

  • Burials / Mud

    2025

  • Machine

    2024 · Compilation

  • Machines I-V

    2024 · Compilation

  • Deep In A Mud

    2024

  • Machine V

    2024

  • Machine I

    2023 · Ep

  • Absent Riddim

    2022 · Album

  • Rosin

    2022 · Ep

  • Blue Versions

    2021 · Album

  • Fire

    2021 · Album

  • Red Rhythms Vol.1

    2021 · Album

  • Red Rhythms Vol.2

    2021 · Album

  • In Blue

    2020 · Album

  • Pressure Versions

    2020 · Compilation

  • Concrete Desert

    2017 · Album

  • EGR45-00002

    2015 · Ep

  • Angels & Devils

    2014 · Album

  • Boa / Cold

    2014 · Ep

  • Demolition Dub

    2014 · Ep

  • Exit

    2014 · Ep

  • Filthy

    2013 · Ep

  • Infected

    2010 · Ep

  • London Zoo

    2008 · Album

  • Aktion Pak

    2004 · Ep

  • Pressure

    2003 · Album

  • The Bug vs. The Rootsman / DJ /rupture

    2003 · Ep

  • Tapping the Conversation

    1997 · Album

Discography

80 releases, 2008–2026
  • 2026Blue LoopsAlbum
  • 2026Ladybug 1EP

    Pressure

  • 2026Ladybug 2EP

    Pressure

  • 2026Miss U (Broken Mix)Single

    Pressure

  • 2026Sub Zero - Refractions (The Bug / Ghost Dubs Remixes)EP

    Pressure · PRESH029

  • 2026VanishingSingle

    Pressure

  • 2025Burials / MudEP

    Relapse Records · RR76171 · Mastered By, Lacquer Cut By: Frédéric Alstadt

  • 2025Imploded VersionsEP

    Pressure · PRESH026 · Mastered By: Stefan Betke

  • 2025ImplosionAlbum

    Pressure · PRESH027LP · Mastered By: Stefan Betke

  • 2025Militants (The Rocket, Holloway) / Into The MysticSingle

    Pressure · PRESH029

  • 2025SilentSingle

    Intercranial Recordings

  • 2024Deep in a MudSingle

    [no label]

Show 68 more releases
  • 2024DisconnectAlbum

    Phantom Limb · PHNTM046 · Mastered By: Stefan Betke

  • 2024MachineCompilation

    Relapse Records · RR 7579 · Mastered By: Frédéric Alstadt; Producer [Produced]: The Bug

  • 2024Machine VEP

    Pressure

  • 2024Machines I-VCompilation

    Pressure · RR7579 · Mastered By: Frédéric Alstadt; Producer: The Bug

  • 2024OthernessEP

    Phantom Limb

  • 2023Above the cloudsAlbum

    Intercranial Recordings

  • 2023BlackAlbum

    Intercranial Recordings · ICLR018 · Mixed By, Mastered By: Kevin Martin

  • 2023Machine IEP

    Pressure

  • 2023Machine IIEP

    Pressure · PRESH020 · Mastered By: Frédéric Alstadt

  • 2023Machine IIIEP
  • 2023Machine IVEP

    Pressure

  • 2022Absent RiddimAlbum

    Pressure · Producer: The Bug

  • 2022DowntownAlbum

    [no label]

  • 2022NightcrawlerAlbum
  • 2022RosinEP

    Pressure · PRESH017 · Producer: Al Cisneros; Producer: The Bug

  • 2022Sub ZeroAlbum

    Intercranial Recordings

  • 2021Bedroom LoopsAlbum

    Intercranial Recordings

  • 2021Blue VersionsAlbum

    Pressure

  • 2021FireAlbum

    Ninja Tune · ZENDNL275 · Mastered By: Stefan Betke

  • 2021Melting PointAlbum

    [no label]

  • 2021Red LightAlbum

    Intercranial Recordings

  • 2021Red Rhythms Vol.1Album

    Pressure

  • 2021Red Rhythms Vol.2Album

    Pressure

  • 2021Return to SolarisAlbum

    Phantom Limb · PHNTM020

  • 2021TreetopSingle

    Ninja Tune · ZENDNLS601

  • 2021VexedSingle

    Ninja Tune

  • 2021White LightAlbum

    Intercranial Recordings

  • 2020BurnSingle

    [no label]

  • 2020Frequencies For Leaving Earth Vol.1Release

    Intercranial Recordings · ICR01 · Mastered By: Lawrence English

  • 2020Frequencies For Leaving Earth Vol.2Release

    Intercranial Recordings · ICR02

  • 2020Frequencies For Leaving Earth Vol.3Release

    Intercranial Recordings · ICR03

  • 2020Frequencies For Leaving Earth Vol.4Release

    Intercranial Recordings · ICR04

  • 2020Frequencies For Leaving Earth Vol.5Release

    Intercranial Recordings · ICR05

  • 2020Frequencies for Leaving Earth, Volume 1Album

    Intercranial Recordings · ICR01

  • 2020Frequencies for Leaving Earth, Volume 2Album

    Intercranial Recordings · ICR02

  • 2020Frequencies for Leaving Earth, Volume 3Album

    Intercranial Recordings · ICR03

  • 2020Frequencies for Leaving Earth, Volume 4Album

    Intercranial Recordings · ICR04

  • 2020Frequencies for Leaving Earth, Volume 5Album

    Intercranial Recordings · ICR05

  • 2020HazyEP

    [no label]

  • 2020In BlueAlbum

    Hyperdub · HDBCD055

  • 2020Pressure VersionsCompilation

    Pressure

  • 2020SedativesAlbum
  • 2019SirensAlbum

    Room40 · RM4103

  • 2017Bad / Get Out the WaySingle

    Ninja Tune

  • 2017Concrete DesertAlbum

    Ninja Tune · ZENDNL239

  • 2016BoxSingle

    Ninja Tune · ZENDNLS435B

  • 2016Box / IcemanSingle

    Ninja Tune · ZENDNL12435 · Mastered By: Stefan Betke

  • 2016IcemanSingle

    Ninja Tune · ZENDNLS435I

  • 2015EGR45-00002EP

    Elektron Grammofon · EGR45-00002

  • 2015Zim Zim ZimSingle

    Ninja Tune · ZENDNLS417

  • 2014Angels & DevilsAlbum

    Ninja Tune · ZENDNL211

  • 2014At War With TimeSingle

    Ninja Tune

  • 2014Boa / ColdEP

    Ninja Tune · ZENDNLS394 · Mastered By: Christoph Grote-Beverborg

  • 2014Demolition DubEP
  • 2014ExitEP

    Ninja Tune · ZENDNLS388

  • 2014Save Me / Fuck a BitchSingle

    Ninja Tune · ZENDNLS408

  • 2014Void / FunctionSingle

    Ninja Tune · ZENDNL211T

  • 2013FilthyEP

    Ninja Tune · ZENDNLS353

  • 2013Hardcore Lover / GoodbyeSingle

    Acid Ragga · ACID RAGGA 003

  • 2012Can’t Take This No More / Rise UpSingle

    Acid Ragga · ACIDRA001

  • 2012Ganja Baby / Diss Mi ArmySingle

    Acid Ragga · ACIDRA002

  • 2010InfectedEP

    Ninja Tune · ZEN12273

  • 2010RunSingle

    Swamp 81 · SWAMP004

  • 2010Skeng (Autechre dub)Single

    Ninja Tune · ZENDNLS273X

  • 2008Angry / GanjaSingle

    Ninja Tune · ZENCDS218P

  • 2008FlyingSingle

    Ninja Tune · ZENDNL132X

  • 2008Ganja / FlyingSingle

    Ninja Tune · ZEN 12218

  • 2008London ZooAlbum

    Ninja Tune · ZENCD132 · Mastered By: Kevin Metcalfe; Producer: The Bug

Compiled from MusicBrainz and Discogs. Releases not listed there are not shown.

Lineup

  • Cult of the 13th Hour

Airplay

No airplay on record.

Photos, art and posters

The Bug — Photo
Photo — commons
The Bug — Corsica Studios, 2018-04-26
Poster · Corsica Studios, 2018-04-26 — Songkick
The Bug — Masonic Lodge, Hollywood Forever Cemetery, 2015-12-11
Poster · Masonic Lodge, Hollywood Forever Cemetery, 2015-12-11 — Songkick
The Bug — Arena Wien, 2010-04-26
Poster · Arena Wien, 2010-04-26 — Songkick

Sources & corrections

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This is a partial record of publicly documented activity. Missing shows, releases or members do not mean there are none. It does not confirm availability for booking.

From Wikipedia

These facts are from the English Wikipedia article Kevin Martin (British musician). They are shown on their own and are not merged into the record above.

Origin
United Kingdom
Genres
Dub, industrial, dancehall, jazzcore, hip hop, dubstep
Labels
Intercrannial, Pressure, Ninja Tune, Hyperdub, Rephlex
Associated acts
King Midas Sound, Earth, GOD, Ice, 16-17, The Body, Techno Animal, Pressure, Justin Broadrick, Curse of the Golden Vampire, Flowdan

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