Pitch Black (NZ) Live in Frome

Spacific and Dubmission Records are stoked to present Pitch Black, live and direct from Aotearoa/New Zealand.
Joining them on the night will be Sangita Soundsystem, performing live in dub, plus DJ Bewtski.

Tickets from
Music Glue – https://bit.ly/2KxzlLo
SEE Tickets – https://bit.ly/2Px1yB2

PITCH BLACK

Pitch Black is Michael Hodgson and Paddy Free. Having pumped their way through New Zealand’s electronic music scene since their inaugural performance at the annual Gathering New Year’s eve festival in 1996, they have spent the subsequent year’s 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. 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 “Orbital meets King Tubby or Rhythm and Sound in Technicolor”.

It is their live show that really makes Pitch Black 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 thanks to Michael’s cutting edge visuals.

They have toured the world relentlessly, playing everywhere from Amsterdam to Zagreb and the streets of Las Vegas to the Australian outback, supporting acts such as Coldcut, Skream, Easy Dub All-Stars and System 7 along the way.

SANGITA SOUNDSYSTEM
The live dub project of DJ Jon Sangita and Darren Sangita (Sangita Sounds)

14+ Accompanied by 25+ welcome.