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.
2016 signals the New Zealand electronic duo’s return with a brand new single,“Invisible Chatter”, complete with two remixes of the track, provided by American producer, Kaminanda and new electronic act on New Zealand soil, Digital Playground.
Featuring the lyrics and vocals of London local, Alison Evelyn, “Invisible Chatter”explores the duel themes of the world of invisible data and the earth raging against our use of the planet.
https://pitchblack.bandcamp.com/album/invisible-chatter
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 Tribeand 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.
