(album)

_
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 14, 2016
Genre
Length
  • 46:56 (_)
  • 92:28 (_+)
LabelBlack Hole
ProducerBrian Transeau
BT chronology
Electronic Opus
(2015)
''_''
(2016)
Daggers
(2019)

_ (no official pronunciation)[1] is the tenth studio album by American electronica musician BT.[2] It was released digitally on October 14, 2016, and the physical USB release was shipped on December 2, 2016. This included more than two hours of music with 4K-resolution videos shot by drone for the album.[3]

The album was intended to be untitled. However, due to the restrictions of digital download services, which forbade blank titles, BT chose to use an underscore as the album's name. He admitted that this title resulted in complaints from fans about difficulties in finding the album on popular services due to the inability of most search engines to handle the character.[4][5]

  1. ^ "[T]here is no right or wrong way to articulate the title of _. It's open to interpretation, yours to reference, entirely as you will" Black Hole Recordings Fleming, Justin (2016). "BT--"_" Full Review". Medium. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
  2. ^ "BT Returns With His New Album '_'". EDM Identity. 12 October 2016. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
  3. ^ Eskow, Gary (August 1, 2016). "BT's Dropping a New Album –You Name It". Mix. Retrieved September 23, 2016.
  4. ^ Mancino, Mark (October 26, 2016). "The Nocturnal Times Exclusive Interview: BT". The Nocturnal Times. Retrieved October 28, 2016.
  5. ^ "I am composer and technologist BT. My new album is _ AMA". Reddit. 24 October 2016.