03 March 2017 - 0 Comments

The release of the fourth single It's The Future Knocking from Pitch Black's latest album Filtered Senses comes just before they play their final shows in New Zealand before heading back to the UK.

After a slew of summer festivals that saw the electronic duo return home to tour their 5th studio album Filtered Senses, the pair play Auckland on March 3rd (joined by Observer plus DJ sets from young guns Digital Playground and the veritable DJ Dubhead), Raglan on March 4th and at Sundaise Festival on March 10th before returning to the UK. 

The original version of It's The Future Knocking is a tasty slice of dubwise electronica, and as usual for the duo, they have pulled in a bevvy of remixers to add breadth and depth to their release. In this case, it's a veritable dubgasm as not one, but three, dub producers step up to rinse the bottom end.

First up is Anglo export slash Kiwi resident International Observer, who brings his light playful touch to the original, while building on top of a deep groove.

Following him is UK dub royalty in the form of Alpha Steppa. The son and nephew of scene stalwarts Alpha and Omega, his UK steppers style mix wobbles you firmly onto the dancefloor.

Finally remix dons Deep Fried Dub add fire to the beats and finish up the EP in an old school drum and bass style. 

Stream the singles here

It has been nine years since the award-winning duo (comprised of multimedia artist, Michael Hodgson and Salmonella Dub producer, Paddy Free) released their last album, Rude Mechanicals in 2007, and 17 years since their ground-shifting debut, Futureproof. What followed on from that 1999 debut album, would develop into an illustrious career as Pitch Black.

The pioneering pair have since been living in different cities, and working on material of their own alongside their project as Pitch Black. Both renowned individually as solo artists and producers, Free has recently collaborated with Moana & the Tribe and Nga Tae, while Hodgson has been producing and remixing under his solo guise, Misled Convoy. As individuals, have very different approaches to music which can be summed up as: Free, manic groove-merchant of the pair, wants to do it for the crowd, while Mike, the dark dub-meister wants to do it to the crowd.

Over the years, aside from rousing dance floor punters, generating rave reviews, winning awards and gaining thousands of fans across the world, they have allured favour among many DJs (both radio and club) including John Peel (Radio One/BBC), Nick Luscombe (Xfm), Greg Roberts (Dreadzone) and Pete Lawrence (Big Chill). Their music has been used in fashion shows, computer games, TV shows such as True Blood and CSI plus many films, including the Oscar nominated Whale Rider. 

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