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Pitch Black - Pitch Black - 'Rhythm, Sound And Movement' album review.
14 May 2009 // A review by JohnS
I have been desperately short of some walking tunes for some time and the new Pitch black album has filled that void nicely. Having released 'Rhythm, Sound And Movement', which is a artful collection of remixes of tracks from their 'Rude Mechanicals' album. Stepping up to tweak the original tracks are artists such as Simon Flower, Bluetech, Friends Electric and many more.
This is a fantastic album to chill out to as well as get ready for a big night out. I have a few albums in my collection that do get played as much as this album does. It was a lot better than I expected and I was expecting it to be good. This would be a excellent album to have on those long summer nights while cooking a few snarlers on the Barbie.
Of all the tracks on the album my favourite was 'Rude Mechanicals' remixed by UK DJ, Mistrust. This track really appealed to me but there was no real stand out winner. You would really benefit from purchasing the 14-track CD, or if you prefer to download, you can get the surgically-enhanced 20-track ultra augmented bumper edition!!
This is one of the most listened albums in my household. Highly recommended.
I have been desperately short of some walking tunes for some time and the new Pitch black album has filled that void nicely. Having released 'Rhythm, Sound And Movement', which is a artful collection of remixes of tracks from their 'Rude Mechanicals' album. Stepping up to tweak the original tracks are artists such as Simon Flower, Bluetech, Friends Electric and many more. This is a fantastic album to chill out to as well as get ready for a big night out. I have a few albums in my collection that do get played as much as this album does. It was a lot better than I expected and I was expecting it to be good. This would be a excellent album to have on those long summer nights while cooking a few snarlers on the Barbie.
Of all the tracks on the album my favourite was 'Rude Mechanicals' remixed by UK DJ, Mistrust. This track really appealed to me but there was no real stand out winner. You would really benefit from purchasing the 14-track CD, or if you prefer to download, you can get the surgically-enhanced 20-track ultra augmented bumper edition!!
This is one of the most listened albums in my household. Highly recommended.
About Pitch Black
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 like "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.
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