The Black Dog has been played over 110 times on NTS, first on 27 June 2013. The Black Dog's music has been featured on 104 episodes.

Adopting the common euphemism for depression as their name, The Black Dog are often credited with "inventing" the IDM style of music, in producing a style of dance music equally enjoyable in the comfort of one's living room. While their work was showered with praise from a great number of club DJs, the DJs themselves rarely played their tracks on the dancefloor.

The group was founded by Ken Downie along with Ed Handley and Andy Turner, who had already been…