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- Artist: Plaid
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- Release Date: July 10, 2000
- Type: Compilation (best of)
- Genre: Electronica
Review
After negotations broke down between former Black Doggers Ken Downie, Ed Handley, and Andy Turner, what was projected to be a three-disc set with nearly all the existing Black Dog Productions rarities became instead a two-disc set of Handley/Turner productions recorded during the first half of the '90s. Trainer is still a near-essential document of early British techno, including a raft of rarely heard classics like "Scoobs in Columbia," "Norte Route," and "Angry Dolphin," plus the entirety of their ultra-rare Mbuki Mvuki mini-LP. The Handley/Turner production aesthetic balanced sublime, Detroit-inspired synth with hyper-kinetic drum programs and breakbeat madness years before England's love affair with jungle. Grabbing tracks from far-flung but like-minded labels like ART, Planet E, A13, and Clear, Trainer includes over two hours of warped acid house from a B-boy perspective -- it's hardly a coincidence that Black Dog Productions shared initials with South Bronx's finest. ~ John Bush, All Music GuideTracks
CD 1
| Track Title | Composers | Performers | Time |
| Uneasy Listening [#] | Plaid | Plaid | (5:37) |
| Anything | Plaid | Plaid | (5:01) |
| Slice of Cheese | Plaid | Plaid | (6:00) |
| Link | Plaid | Plaid | (6:02) |
| Perplex | Plaid | Plaid | (4:05) |
| Summit | Plaid | Plaid | (4:38) |
| Bouncing Checks | Plaid | Plaid | (5:30) |
| Yak | Plaid | Plaid | (5:51) |
| Scoobs in Columbia | Plaid | Plaid | (5:35) |
| Chirpy [#] | Plaid | Plaid | (4:47) |
| Prig [#] | (4:52) | ||
| Eshush [#] | (4:42) | ||
| Blah | (4:47) | ||
| Norte Route | (5:19) |
CD 2
| Track Title | Composers | Performers | Time |
| Fly Wings [#] | Plaid | Plaid | (4:07) |
| Whirling of Spirits | Plaid | Plaid | (5:54) |
| Choke and Fly | Plaid | Plaid | (5:51) |
| Small Energies | Plaid | Plaid | (6:08) |
| Jolly [#] | (6:07) | ||
| Letter [#] | (5:20) | ||
| Soft Key | (5:18) | ||
| Reishi | (9:01) | ||
| Uland [#] | (4:09) | ||
| Tan Sau [#] | Plaid | Plaid | (6:08) |
| Android | Plaid | Plaid | (6:59) |
| Angry Dolphin | Plaid | Plaid | (8:15) |
