Ape to Angel [Import]

Pitch Black | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 16, 2004)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Kog
• ASIN: B0006Q3T06
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #704,946 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Ape to Angel

2. Freefall

3. Lost in Translation

4. Big Trouble Upstairs

5. Melt

6. Flex

7. Elements Turn

8. The Random Smiler [Live]

9. Empty Spaces Missing Units

10. Lost in Translation [*][Multimedia Track]

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Impressive electronic dub, November 28, 2005

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Grunt Hog (Vancouver, Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ape to Angel (Audio CD)

I've collected a number of albums released on the Waveform label lately, and I've been consistently impressed. Pitch Black has been my latest Waveform discovery, and they're a good example of the label's "sound:" really bassy, dub-influenced, echo-effects, some multicultural samples scattered throughout, and while the whole package is pretty laid-back and mellow it's definitely beat-oriented enough that the listener doesn't get bored. You can dance to many of these tracks if played loud enough, or just have it on in the background while chilling at home.

I'm also a real pushover for a good bassline and these guys deliver some excellent dubbed-up bass workouts. Check out track 7: the bass is so deep it kind of has a paralyzing effect on your cerebellum and makes you feel like you're floating on a sea of puffy white marshmellows... or maybe that's just me. Anyway, this disc gets my recommendation.

Apparently they also have a number of other albums that aren't available in North America yet, so hopefully Waveform will start releasing their back catalogue sometime soon (hint, hint!) Similar artists worth checking out, if you like these guys, would be Children of Dub and labelmates Sounds from the Ground, Phutureprimitive, and A Positive Life.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Future of Dub has Arrived!, September 8, 2005

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King Dubby "Peace , Love & Dub" (Sunny California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ape to Angel (Audio CD)

This album is amazing! If you love dub - especially 21st century dub - then this is the album you've been waiting for. While being tough to locate - this New Zealand duo has been producing dubbed out greatness for 3 albums now! "Ape to Angel" is their first American release - and it's a stunner! Perfect for chilling out to or firing up that spliff and doing a little armchair traveling - this album hits all the right notes. There's touches of drum and bass, house and breaks - all drenched in dub!!! It's dubtastic!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great music art, August 17, 2009

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K. Adams "BKA" (California USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ape to Angel (Audio CD)

Ape to Angel, great music, if ZeroOne's Ozone would not exist, I would give it the First Place in my heart. I was surprised that Rude Mechanicals did not impress me, totally different style. All in all, Ape to Angel is a must have in my collection. I am eager to listen to a future album of Pitch Black.