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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
The Future of Dub has Arrived!, September 8, 2005
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!
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Impressive electronic dub, November 28, 2005
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.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Pitch Black - out on their own, brilliant, June 19, 2009
I love Pitch Black. To me they are totally unique, nobody comes close. Ape to Angel is only topped by the remix album of Ape to Angel - Frequencies Fall. Buy them both, then buy everything else by Pitch Black. Not so keen on International Observer and Warp Technique. Pitch Black is Paddy Free at his best, in my opinion.
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