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Pitch Black

Genre: Rap, Electronica, Ambient Dub
Origin: New Zealand
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Biography

Pitch Black, the ambient dub duo assembled in New Zealand during 1996 by Paddy Free and Michael Hodgson, emerged after the pair had each pursued separate endeavors, among them programming work on a Killing Joke album issued in 1994. Futureproof arrived as their debut full-length in September 1998, with Electronomicon following in August 2000. Ape to Angel marked the duo’s initial American appearance when KOG Records put it out in October 2004.

Top Songs

  1. Rude MechanicalsTransient Transmission (Fig. 2)Rude Mechanicals · 2007Rude Mechanicals5:48
  2. Rude MechanicalsSouth of the LineRude Mechanicals · 2007Rude Mechanicals6:59
  3. Rude Mechanicals1000 Mile DriftRude Mechanicals · 2007Rude Mechanicals5:55
  4. Rude MechanicalsHarmoniaRude Mechanicals · 2007Rude Mechanicals6:39
  5. ElectronomiconElectric Earth (DC Mix)Electronomicon · 2001Electronomicon6:39
  6. Rude MechanicalsRude MechanicalsRude Mechanicals · 2007Rude Mechanicals5:59
  7. FutureproofSpeechFutureproof · 2008Futureproof9:35
  8. ElectronomiconUnadrummaElectronomicon · 2001Electronomicon11:41
  9. ElectronomiconReptile RoomElectronomicon · 2001Electronomicon9:41
  10. FutureproofMeltFutureproof · 2008Futureproof6:54
  11. FutureproofThe GathererFutureproof · 2008Futureproof6:49
  12. Rude MechanicalsBird SoulRude Mechanicals · 2007Rude Mechanicals7:51
  13. Empty Spaces Random UnitsFlex (Automattic Remix)Empty Spaces Random Units · 2006Empty Spaces Random Units6:23
  14. FutureproofSolitonFutureproof · 2008Futureproof11:56
  15. FutureproofThey Are Among UsFutureproof · 2008Futureproof9:31
  16. Empty Spaces Random UnitsFreefall (Alucidination Dub Remix)Empty Spaces Random Units · 2006Empty Spaces Random Units5:39
  17. Frequencies FallApe to Angel (Bluetech Remix)Frequencies Fall · 2006Frequencies Fall7:20
  18. Rude MechanicalsSonic Colonic (Live at Minikami)Rude Mechanicals · 2007Rude Mechanicals9:36
  19. ElectronomiconUrbanoiaElectronomicon · 2001Electronomicon9:56
  20. Rude MechanicalsPlease Leave QuietlyRude Mechanicals · 2007Rude Mechanicals6:54

Albums

Random Translations

Random Translations

2026
Random Translations
Pitch Black · Album · 2026
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  1. Freefall (Alucidnation's Dub Version)Pitch Black6:34
  2. Flex (Automattic re rub)Pitch Black6:24
  3. Empty Spaces Missing Units (Module's Happy Human Remix)Pitch Black8:17
  4. Big Trouble Upstairs (Max & Bluey Remix)Pitch Black4:52
  5. The Random Smiler (O.G. Remix)Pitch Black5:27
  6. Elements Turn (Agent Alvin Remix)Pitch Black6:20
  7. Freefall (Fiord Remix)Pitch Black8:55
  8. Ape to Angel (System 7 Remix)Pitch Black7:50
  9. Empty Spaces Missing Units (Avotor Remix)Pitch Black6:06
  10. Big Trouble Upstairs (Max Maxwell & Tyson Smith Remix)Pitch Black6:36
  11. Lost in Translation (Sudden Reverb's Live Dub Remix)Pitch Black11:16
Freqs in Flux

Freqs in Flux

2025
Freqs in Flux
Pitch Black · Album · 2025
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  1. Transient Transmission (Intercept's retwist of Adrian Sherwood's Iota Remix)Pitch Black5:18
  2. Fragile Ladders (Module's Heavy Snakes Remix)Pitch Black6:05
  3. 1000 Mile Dub (International Observer's Stink Mix)Pitch Black5:54
  4. Harmonia (SUBSET's Open Spaces Dub)Pitch Black7:26
  5. Rude Mechanicals (Misled Convoy's 2020 Rerub)Pitch Black feat. KP6:11
  6. Bird Soul (Funk'n'SloCuts Remix)Pitch Black6:37
  7. 1000 Mile Drift (Adrian Sherwood Mix)Pitch Black5:51
  8. South of the Line (The Versionaries Remix)Pitch Black3:30
  9. Sonic Colonic (Tom Cosm Remix)Pitch Black10:16
  10. Harmonia (Deep Seed's Beware of the Dubmonster Mix)Pitch Black6:54
  11. Please Leave Quietly (Tor.Ma in Dub's Express Remix)Pitch Black6:31
Thrash Killing Machine (Reissue)

Thrash Killing Machine (Reissue)

E2022
Thrash Killing Machine (Reissue)
Pitch Black · Album · 2022
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  1. Disturbing the PeacePitch Black3:19
  2. Break PointPitch Black2:41
  3. BeheadedPitch Black2:37
  4. Divine Not HumanPitch Black2:28
  5. Lost in WordsPitch Black3:16
  6. Standards of PerfectionPitch Black4:08
  7. SuffocHatePitch Black5:05
  8. Pitch BlackEPitch Black2:21
  9. New Life...EPitch Black3:07
  10. ...New BreedPitch Black3:37
  11. Standards of Perfection (Hellbound Thrashnology)Pitch Black4:56
  12. Dark Dream of Freedom III: Face the Mirror / Big Liar / Falling World / Light Beyond the Dark / Freedom's CallPitch Black4:19
Mixes + Mavericks

Mixes + Mavericks

2022
Mixes + Mavericks
Pitch Black · Album · 2022
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  1. It's a Future DubPitch Black8:35
  2. The Gods Must Be Crazy (Pitch Black's Hubristic Prayerformance Mix)Youth, Gaudi7:01
  3. The End (Pitch Black's This Is the End of Suffering Remix)Ink Project feat. Fifi Rong7:14
  4. Speech (Youth's Re-rub of epsilon-blue's Speechless Remix)Pitch Black7:05
  5. Silver with a Cloud Lining (Pitch Black's Johnny Open The Door Remix)Nick Woolfson6:56
  6. Praise Her, the Fire Keeper (Pitch Black's Mahuika Remix)Desert Dwellers5:55
  7. Notting Pill (Live at Notting Hill Arts Club 2003)Pitch Black2:34
  8. Calm After the Storm (Pitch Black's Exploded View)Animat5:13
  9. Distanced (Pitch Black’s Light, the Fastest Thing We Know Remix)Sudden Reverb6:27
  10. Sonic Portal (Pitch Black's Magnetospheric Multiscale remix)Radioactive Man9:13
  11. G202 (Live at Rippon Festival 2000)Pitch Black5:53
The Light Within

The Light Within

2020
The Light Within
Pitch Black · Album · 2020
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  1. Daylight Wasting (International Observer's Durian Hook)Pitch Black4:45
  2. One Ton Skank (Tor.Ma in Dub Remix)Pitch Black5:29
  3. Third Light (Bodie Remix)Pitch Black5:08
  4. A Doubtful Sound (Adrian Sherwood Dub Mix)Pitch Black4:00
  5. Artificial Intolerance (Akcept Remix)Pitch Black5:36
  6. The Lake Within (Dubsalon Remix)Pitch Black5:12
  7. The Silver World (mcthfg Remix)Pitch Black6:10
  8. Artificial Intolerance (SUBSET Dub)Pitch Black5:51
  9. Did You Get the Message (Zuke Remix)Pitch Black5:06
  10. Daylight Wasting (qnp Remix)Pitch Black5:00
Invisible Circuits

Invisible Circuits

2017
Invisible Circuits
Pitch Black · Album · 2017
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  1. It's the Future Knocking (International Observer's No Smoking Dub)Pitch Black5:25
  2. Invisible Chatter (Kaminanda Remix)Pitch Black6:32
  3. Circuit Bent (Radioactive Man Remix)Pitch Black6:57
  4. Filtered Senses (Beam Up Remix)Pitch Black6:55
  5. Pixel Dust (Crises Remix)Pitch Black5:05
  6. A Great Silence Is Spreading (peak_shift Remix)Pitch Black8:00
  7. Without the Trees (Tom Cosm's Twitch Itch Remix)Pitch Black9:44
  8. Dub Smoke (Tripswitch Remix)Pitch Black7:04
  9. Invisible Chatter (Digital Playground Remix)Pitch Black5:15
  10. It's the Future Knocking (Alpha Steppa Remix)Pitch Black5:54
Rarities & Remixes

Rarities & Remixes

2011
Rarities & Remixes
Pitch Black · Album · 2011
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  1. Te Po (Pitch Black Remix)Hirini Melbourne & Richard Nunns5:07
  2. Kaikoura Dub (Demo)Pitch Black8:09
  3. House of the Rising Dub (Pitch Black Remix)International Observer6:18
  4. For the Love of It (Pitch Black Version)Salmonella Dub6:05
  5. The Opaque (Pitch Black Remix)Tom COSM7:27
  6. Sensimillia (Pitch Black's Sensi Dub)Katchafire4:03
  7. I'm a WandererPitch Black6:04
  8. Mirror Beach (Pitch Black's Iron Sands Re-rub)Mirror System8:05
  9. A New Day (Pitch Black Remix)Laya Project11:53
  10. Protect the GrainPitch Black3:36
  11. Past Present Future (Pitch Black's Sleep Whisperer Mix)Tiki Taane6:17
Rhythm, Sound and Movement

Rhythm, Sound and Movement

2009
Rhythm, Sound and Movement
Pitch Black · Album · 2009
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  1. 1000 Mile Drift (International Observer Remix)Pitch Black5:56
  2. Transient Transmission (Deep Fried Dub's Battered mix)Pitch Black5:58
  3. Rude Mechanicals (Mistrust's Ambiotik Mix)Pitch Black6:28
  4. Bird Soul (Fold vs. Horace Remix)Pitch Black4:12
  5. Bird Soul (Subtone Remix)Pitch Black6:23
  6. Sonic Colonic (Patch's Reconstruction Mix)Pitch Black5:47
  7. South of the Line (Bluetech's Electroid Excursion)Pitch Black4:48
  8. Harmonia (Neon Stereo's Lost in a Cave mix)Pitch Black5:57
  9. Please Leave Quietly (Johnny Hooves's Mix)Pitch Black5:38
  10. Bird Soul (Ornithomancy Mix)Pitch Black5:35
  11. 1000 Mile Drift (Simon Flower's Lost at Sea Mix)Pitch Black7:02
  12. Harmonia (Rob's Light remix)Pitch Black3:37
  13. Fragile Ladders (Groove Yantra's Eclectic, Psychedelic Dub)Pitch Black6:00
  14. Please Leave Quietly (Friends Electric Remix)Pitch Black6:20
Futureproof

Futureproof

2008
Futureproof
Pitch Black · Album · 2008
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  1. The GathererPitch Black6:49
  2. SpeechPitch Black9:35
  3. They Are Among UsPitch Black9:31
  4. SolitonPitch Black11:56
  5. MeltPitch Black6:54
  6. The Gatherer (Live)Pitch Black9:19
  7. Altered StatePitch Black8:41
  8. Alternate StatePitch Black6:49
  9. Soliton (Live at Heaven)Pitch Black6:19
  10. Speech (Freedom of Speech Remix)Pitch Black7:56
  11. Melt (Youth Remix)Pitch Black6:20
  12. Speech (International Observer Remix)Pitch Black5:48
  13. Soliton (Borrower and Lender Mix)Pitch Black5:54
  14. Speech (Speechless Mix)Pitch Black9:30
  15. Melt (AKC Design Remix)Pitch Black7:30
Frequencies Fall

Frequencies Fall

2006
Frequencies Fall
Pitch Black · Album · 2006
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  1. Lost In Translation (International Observer Meets Horace Remix)Pitch Black5:06
  2. Freefall (Friends Electric Remix)Pitch Black5:57
  3. Elements Turn (Switch and PZ remix)Pitch Black5:20
  4. Freefall (Minuit Remix)Pitch Black7:05
  5. Flex (son.sine Remix)Pitch Black6:10
  6. Big Trouble Upstairs (Hummel Remix)Pitch Black4:44
  7. Freefall (Ithz Remix)Pitch Black6:17
  8. The Random Smiler (DJ Flix and Red Star Remix)Pitch Black6:22
  9. Lost In Translation (Youth Remix)Pitch Black6:40
  10. Empty Spaces, Missing Units (Module Remix)Pitch Black7:26
  11. Ape to Angel (Bluetech Remix)Pitch Black7:20
  12. Flex (peak_shift Remix)Pitch Black5:38
  13. Freefall (Alucidination Upbeat Remix)Pitch Black5:13
Ape to Angel

Ape to Angel

2004
Ape to Angel
Pitch Black · Album · 2004
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  1. Ape to AngelPitch Black8:23
  2. FreefallPitch Black5:42
  3. Lost in TranslationPitch Black8:14
  4. Big Trouble UpstairsPitch Black8:03
  5. FlexPitch Black8:01
  6. Elements TurnPitch Black feat. Sandy Mill9:08
  7. Empty Spaces Missing UnitsPitch Black6:20
  8. The Random SmilerPitch Black10:07
  9. Lost In Translation (International Observer Meets Horace Remix)Pitch Black5:06
  10. Freefall (Friends Electric Remix)Pitch Black5:57
  11. Elements Turn (Switch and PZ remix)Pitch Black feat. Sandy Mill5:20
  12. Freefall (Funk'n'SloCuts Remix)Pitch Black7:05
  13. Flex (son.sine's Re-rub)Pitch Black6:10
  14. Big Trouble Upstairs (Hummel Remix)Pitch Black4:44
  15. Freefall (Ithz Remix)Pitch Black6:17
  16. The Random Smiler (DJ Flix and Red Star Remix)Pitch Black6:22
  17. Lost In Translation (Youth's Pirates of Dub Remix)Pitch Black6:40
  18. Empty Spaces, Missing Units (Module's Happy Machine Remix)Pitch Black7:26
  19. Ape to Angel (Bluetech's Evolution Mix)Pitch Black7:20
  20. Flex (peak_shift's Non Weight Bearer Mix)Pitch Black5:38
  21. Freefall (Alucidnation's Full Speed version)Pitch Black5:13
Electronomicon

Electronomicon

2001
Electronomicon
Pitch Black · Album · 2001
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  1. Reptile RoomPitch Black9:41
  2. Electric Earth, Pt. 1Pitch Black5:12
  3. Electric Earth, Pt. 2Pitch Black4:31
  4. Data DivinerPitch Black12:30
  5. UrbanoiaPitch Black9:56
  6. The 48 SkanksPitch Black6:23
  7. UnadrummaPitch Black11:41
  8. Electric Earth (DC Mix)Pitch Black6:39
  9. Reptile Room (Rhythm Mix)Pitch Black6:16
  10. Electric Earth, Pt. 7Pitch Black6:20
  11. Urbanoia (Vinyl Edit)Pitch Black6:31
  12. Electric Earth, Pt. 3Pitch Black8:53
  13. The 48 Skanks (48 Jars of Plum Sauce Mix)Pitch Black5:37
  14. Unadrumma (Sunshine Sound System Remix)Pitch Black6:10
  15. Electric Earth, Pt. 5 (Small Hands Remix)Pitch Black3:35
  16. The 48 Skanks (4 to 7 Odds on the Derby Mix)Pitch Black4:27
  17. Electric Earth, Pt. 4Pitch Black7:39

Singles & EPs