Blue Sky Black Death (abbreviated BSBD) is a production duo based in Seattle, Washington.[1] It consists of Kingston Maguire,[2] better known mononymously as Kingston, and Ian Taggart,[3] better known by his stage name Young God. They are known principally for their hip hop and instrumental music, made with a mixture of live instrumentation and sampling.
Blue Sky Black Death discography |
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Discography
editStudio albums
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2006 | A Heap of Broken Images
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2008 | Late Night Cinema
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2011 | Noir
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2013 | Glaciers
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Collaboration albums
- The Holocaust (2006) (with Warcloud)
- Razah's Ladder (2007) (with Hell Razah)
- The Evil Jeanius (2008) (with Jean Grae)
- Slow Burning Lights (2008) (with Yes Alexander)
- Third Party (2010) (with Alexander Chen)
- For the Glory (2011) (with Nacho Picasso)
- Lord of the Fly (2012) (with Nacho Picasso)
- Exalted (2012) (with Nacho Picasso)
- Skull & Bones (2012) (with Bolo Nef & Caz Greez)
- Blue Sky Black Death & Key Nyata (2013) (with Key Nyata)
- Razah's Ladder 2 (TBA) (with Hell Razah)[4]
EPs
- Cliff of Death EP (2012) (with Deniro Farrar)
Compilations
- The Indie Rock Essentials (2009)
Singles
- "The Ocean / No Image" (2006)
- "Rebel to the Grain / Slapbox with Jesus" (2008)
Mixes/Podcasts/Other
- Dirtnap Mixtape (2007)
- 07/10/15 URB.com (2007) exclusive Podcast
- Gifts in Jail, Vol. 1 (2008)
- Gifts in Jail, Vol. 2 (2008)
- Lean Night Cinema (2008) Late Night Cinema screwed
- Recession Proof (2009)
- J(A)Y(Z) (2009)
- Lost and Unreleased (2009)
- Noir + Violet (2011) Noir screwed
- 13 (2012)
- Aquatic Reverie (2012)
- Euphoric Tape (2013)
- Euphoric Tape II (2013)
- Glaciers (2014) screwed
- Euphoric Tape III (2014)
Production credits
edit- Kingston (aka Orphan, 88 Ultra)
- Noah23 - numerous unspecified tracks on Plague Language (aka Cytoplasm Pixel) (1999)
- Noah23 - "Mercury Retrograde", "Insect Network", "Spiral Knuckle", "Tapeworm", "Nemesis", "Psychic Biters", "Qualude", "Avoid", "Harvest", "Kali Yantra", "Frequency" & "Hemoglobin" on Neophyte Phenotype (2001)
- The Twin Sisters - "Mugshot" on Amulet (2002)
- Mindbender - "Class of Immortals" on Fantasyland Before Time (2002)
- Noah23 - "Volapuk", "Crypto Sporidian", "Learning Curve", "Hourglass", "Banded Hairstreak", "Nocturnal", "Imhotep" & "Julia Set" on Quicksand (2002)
- Baracuda - "Tetragammoth", "Deadly Rays", "Ice Age", "Royal City Chainsaw Massacre", "Unpardonable Sins", "Dental Plan", "Mulberry Skies", "Rain Buckets", "Duplicate Version" & "Regime" on Tetragammoth (2002)
- Noah23 - "Deep Space Machinery" on Tau Ceti (2003)
- Orko the Sykotik Alien - all tracks except "Wack as Fuck" on Atoms of Eden (2003)
- Offwhyte - "People Music" on Submerged State 2G4 Tour CD (2004)
- Noah23 - "Silicate Magma Chamber", "Orange Dolphin", "Twist of Fate", "Data Hooks" & "Trilateral Damage" on Mitochondrial Blues (2004)
- Noah23 - "Digitaria Desert Search", "Bitesized Rat Race", "Fuzzy Logic", "Lemon Fever Helmet", "Blast Off", "Sunset Crater", "Viper Centipede Blizzard" & "Orphaned Ad" on Sigma Octantis (2004)
- John Tsunam - "Feet Not Feat" on Not Too Intelligent But Extremely Resourceful (2004)
- The Train Rawbers - "Infinite Infinite", "Ninjah Pizza", "Blueberry Soup" & "Big Baby Taurus" on The Train Rawbers (2004)
- Ceschi - "Bad Love Poem", "Heaven" & "Roaches" on Fake Flowers (2004)
- Plague Language - "Leave", "Skin Deeper", "Angel by Aging", "Bad Both Ways", "The Cessation of Samsara", "Precious" & "Again" on Farewell Archetypes (2004)
- Plague Language - "Bad Both Ways", "Find Yourself", "Again" & "I Alone (Remix)" on Farewell Archetypes Vol. 2 (2004)
- Noah23 - "Lizard Lion Eagle", "As Below So Above", "Chicken Pox", "Godhead Omelet", "Freelance Zenarchist", "Scream", "Quicksilver", "Nova Toast" & "Marshes" on Jupiter Sajitarius (2004)
- Noah23 - "Chicken Soup" on "Chicken Pox" (2004)
- Jus Allah - "Vengeance" & "Drill Sergeant" (2004)
- Livestock - "Wolf & Serpent", "Big Bad City", "Prey 2 Machines", "Almond Wine" & "Spiral Like the Nine" on Spiral Like the Nine (2005)
- Ceschi - "In a Coma" on Fake Flowers R.I.P. #1 (2005)
- Orphan - "Jailbreak" on Superiorbelly Compilation (2005)
- Jus Allah - "Supreme (Black God's Remix)" on All Fates Have Changed (2005)
- Demune – "Precious", "A Ceilings Observations", "Triangle" & "Find Yourself" on Crossbreeding and Grafting (2006)
- Famous Playaz - "Viper Centipede Blizzard" on Funny Money (2007)
- Noah23 - "Chicken Soup" on Cameo Therapy (2007)
- StapleMouth - "Angel by Aging", "Trilateral Damage", "Outbreak" & "10 Kings (Mega Tuff)" on Un-Everything Except Three (2009)
- Kingston - "Good Good Feeling" on Phase Five - NZ Music - Disc 11 (2009)
- Young God (aka Rev. Left)
- Noah23 - "Revertebrae" on Tau Ceti (2003)
- Noah23 - "Birdfish" on Sigma Octantis (2004) (with Aloeight)
- John Tsunam - "When Blondes Go Bald" on Not Too Intelligent But Extremely Resourceful (2004)
- The Train Rawbers - "Vacuum Oyster Surprise!" on The Train Rawbers (2004)
- Ceschi - "Once" on Fake Flowers (2004)
- Blue Sky Black Death
- Midaz - "Call the Police" on Beast Wars (2007)
- Sabac Red - "Engage My Words (Remix)", "The Ritual Pt. 1", "Darkness Deepens", "Anywhere" & "Shift of the Earth" on The Collection Vol. 2 (2007)
- Ill Bill - "Darkness Deepens" on Black Metal (2007)
- Juice - "Halos (Remix)" on The Death Certificate (2007)
- Gutta - all tracks except "Thrashin'" on Heads Will Roll (2008)
- T.H.U.G. Angelz - "Audiobiography (Remix)" on Welcome to Red Hook Houses (2008)
- Ras Kass - "Elevate" on Institutionalized Vol. 2 (2008)
- Sabac Red - "The Ritual", "Shift of the Earth" "Breaking Through" "Darkness Deepens" on The Ritual (2008)
- CunninLynguists - "The Park (Remix)" on Strange Journey Volume Two (2009)
- Virtuoso - "IntroFlection", "The Final Conflict", "Piercing", "Heartbeat Stopper", "No Fear", "Propaganda", "The Bay of Pigs" & "OutroSpection" on The Final Conflict (2010)
- Donnis - "Gimme" on "Break Hundreds & Hearts EP" (2012)
- Pepperboy - "Felon" on "Post Traumatic Stress (PTS)" & "Love My Life" on "Nitetime" (2012)
- Sadistik - "Russian Roulette", "City in Amber", "The Beast", "A Long Winter", on "Flowers for My Father" (2013)
- Run the Jewels - "36" Chain (BSBD Remix)", on "Run the Jewels (album)" (2013)
References
edit- ^ "The Plug One Q&A: Blue Sky Black Death". Plugonemag.com. 2008-05-26. Retrieved 2009-04-15.
- ^ "Kingston". Discogs.
- ^ "Blue Sky Black Death at Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2009-04-15.
- ^ #GGO PRESIDENT 🇮🇱 [@HEAVENRAZAH] (28 May 2011). "Razahs Ladder2 in the making" (Tweet) – via Twitter.