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Rude Mechanicals |
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| Location: | Auckland, Auckland |
| Country: |  New Zealand |
| Last Login: | May 31, 2008 (129 days back) |
About Me |
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Free Live Tracks!!!To celebrate the stupendous achievement of having 10,000 friends on here, we have posted up two FREE downloads on our website - live versions of "1000 Mile Drift" and "Rude Mechanicals".Please click here to download "1000 Mile Drift" For "Rude Mechanicals" you will need to enter an email address to download it - cheeky, we know, but we would like to be able to keep in touch with you more easily than this system allows. WE ARE PITCH BLACK OF BORG - FUSISTANCE IS RUTILE, YOUR ASS WILL BE LAMINATED! Anyways, happy listening and hope to see you on a dancefloor sometime soon! PITCH BLACK------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------------- "Weld(s) together the questing spirits of luminaries like Richie Hawtin and King Tubby while creating compelling sound-universes" DJ "Fresh, modern and impossibly hypnotic" Q "The sound of the future" iDJ ------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------------- Pitch Black Biography Having pumped their way through New Zealands electronic music scene since their inaugural performance at the annual Gathering New Year's eve festival in 1997, Pitch Black have spent the last nine years rousing dance floor punters, generating rave reviews, winning awards and gaining thousands of fans across the world. Hard to box into a single audio 'genre', Pitch Black is a combination of musical journeys, created by Paddy Free and Michael Hodgson. Their sound is distinctive; ranging from organic ambient beginnings and layered soundscapes to skanking keyboards, cutting acid riffs and thumping rhythmic grooves, with dub being the glue that holds their sound together. One critic has described them as like "Richie Hawtin meets King Tubby, or Rhythm and Sound in Technicolor". Their debut album, Futureproof, was released in September 1999 and rose to the top of the New Zealand electronic charts, despite no marketing or advertising. Their second album, Electronomicon, followed in August 2000, and led to a sell out 30-date tour of New Zealand and Australia. Both albums spawned remix projects, featuring mixes by local luminaries such as International Observer, Epsilon Blue and Downtown Brown. Their third baby, Ape to Angel, was released in New Zealand on October 4th 2004 to critical acclaim. The Ape tour was the biggest yet, with 42 shows across the world, including their debut performances in America. The album was then released in Europe thru Dubmission in July and in America on Waveform in August 2005. Englands DJ Magazine rated it Album of the Month, giving it 5 stars. Tracks from Ape to Angel have been undergoing the remix treatment of late. The first installment of mixes came out as Halfway in New Zealand in November 2005. This collection featured versions by Bluetech, Antix, peak_shift, Agent Alvin and others. Another selection was released in Japan in July 2006 as Halfway from Ape to Angel, which had extra tracks by Youth, Kenji Williams, System 7 and more. The final collection came out on September 25th 2006, with mixes by International Observer, Red Star, Youth, Alucidnation, son_sine, Module, Bluetech, peak_shift, Minuit and more. Called Frequencies Fall it is out on Dubmission Records or thru iTunes, Beatport and other online stores. Pitch Black's live show really makes them stand out from the rest of the crowd, both sonically and visually. Their tracks take on an added dynamism and their performances reveal the dialectic behind the band - Paddy wants to do it for the crowd, Michael wants to do it to the crowd. Visually they are in another dimension due to Mike's cutting edge visuals, which he manipulates at the same time as mixing the sound! Not for nothing have they been hailed as the "Hexstatic of New Zealand" and have been warmly embraced by England's Big Chill community - playing 3 times at their annual festival. Over the years they have also found favour among many DJs, both radio and club, including John Peel (Radio One/BBC), Nick Luscombe (Xfm), Greg Roberts (Dreadzone) and Pete Lawrence (Big Chill). Their music has been used in fashion shows and several films, the latest being the Oscar nominated Whale Rider. Their new album, Rude Mechanicals, came out in NZ on August 6th, Australia on September 3rd, and will be available online from October 8th, in Europe and the US from October 27th and in Japan from November 7th. ------------------------------------------------------------ ----------------------- Booking Info If you would like to book Pitch Black to play, please contact the following people: For NZ, contact h (at) strikeagency (dot) co (dot) nz For Australia, contact pitchblack.aus (at) gmail (dot) com For Asia, contact shinya (at) wakyo (dot) com (dot) jp For Europe/USA, contact jasper (at) crazybaldhead (dot) com ------------------------------------------------------------ ----------------------- Where to buy Pitch Black albums In the UK and EU: Spacific In the US: Backroads Music In NZ: Smoke CDs In Japan: Wakyo In Australia: Vitamin Online: iTunes worldwide or Beatport ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------- Pitch Black Studio Walkthrough .. |
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Music:Member Since: 5/1/2006Band Website: pitchblack.co.nz Band Members: Paddy Free + Michael Hodgson Influences: Join the Pitch Black mailing list: Name Sounds Like: King Tubby meets Orbital Uptown or Rhythm & Sound in Technicolour!! Record Label: Dubmission (UK) / Wakkyo (JP) / Remote (NZ) Type of Label: Indie |
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| Occupation: | Music Artist (Dub / Electronica / IDM) |
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FREE Live tracks |
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| To celebrate the stupendous achievement of having 10,000 friends on here, we have posted up two FREE downloads on our website - live versions of "1000 Mile Drift" and "Rude Mechanicals".Please go to o... Posted by Pitch Black on Wed, 21 May 2008 03:05:00 PST |
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NEW ALBUM - YIPPEEEE! |
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| As you may have noticed we have 5 new tracks posted up on our player at the mo. These are lo-res tasters of the new album, Rude Mechanicals.It will be released in:New Zealand, thru Rhythmethod Distrib... Posted by Pitch Black on Wed, 01 Aug 2007 03:52:00 PST |
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FREE DOWNLOADS |
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| Just a quick note to say that you can download some of our tracks for free from our website Posted by Pitch Black on Sun, 24 Jun 2007 01:41:00 PST |
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International Observer, alucidnation, System 7, Fat Freddy's Drop, Rocket Jack, Samuel-Miro, Coldcut, Kode9, Treavor Moontribe, 95bFM, simon flower, Dubtropic, MODULE, Tom Cosm, Burial, ian, Grandmother`s Special, Skoi Sirius, phil the photo, Lakeisha, ED MUZIK, sli_boots, Vaishiyas & Sync, bench music, LAZARO MAX, cbg, .iT.iS.NUBiE, Astrid Hussaarts, superboss, Zico-EP out now!!!, Akuna Matata, pascal, Free Radical, Maclagy Chainsaw, Oliver, doctah x/dubmeister, The United Irish Society Boston Chapter, planetearthartist, epitaph R•i•P., Eurika, buzz, RiGeL, Evolve, Roasted Salamandre "bat", Airlock, MaJah*, Tin man, Naomi Lea, Tribal Bloodline Tattoos, Alex Martello, Under Sanction, Metamorphes Project, Ross, Eniak, AMOK (official Myspace page), PhiLoop, Sunhize, Simone, Velociraptor, Ashtech, The Nomad, The Relentless Pursuit Of Endless Quests, PERLOOK
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