Founding Kiwi fathers of dub/electronica, Pitch Black are
proud to announce the release of their new studio album, Filtered Senses,
out September 2nd, after sharing their impeccable comeback single Invisible Chatter earlier this
month.
It has been nine years since the award-winning duo (comprised of multimedia
artist, Michael
Hodgson and
Salmonella Dub producer, Paddy Free)
released their last album,
Rude
Mechanicals in 2007, and 17 years since their
ground-shifting debut,
Futureproof. What
followed on from that 1999 debut album, would develop into an illustrious
career as Pitch
Black.
Over the years, aside from rousing dance floor punters, generating rave
reviews, winning awards and gaining thousands of fans across the
world, they have allured 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, computer games, TV shows such as True Blood and CSI plus many
films, including the Oscar nominated Whale Rider.
The pioneering pair have since been living in different cities, and working on
material of their own alongside their project as Pitch Black. Both
renowned individually as solo artists and producers, Free has
recently collaborated with Moana
& the Tribe and Nga
Tae, while Hodgson has
been producing and remixing under his solo guise, Misled Convoy. As
individuals, have very different approaches to music which can be summed up as:
Free, manic groove-merchant of the pair, wants to
do it for the crowd,
while Mike, the dark dub-meister wants to
do it to the crowd.
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