Ape to Angel LP, by Pitch Black

Ape to Angel LP

by Pitch Black

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1.	Ape to Angel 08:26	buy track
2.	Freefall 05:46	buy track
3.	Lost in Translation 08:14	buy track
4.	Big Trouble Upstairs 07:50	buy track
5.	Protect The Grain 03:52	buy track
6.	Flex 08:01	buy track
7.	Elements Turn 09:38	buy track
8.	The Random Smiler (Live) 10:01	buy track
9.	Empty Spaces, Missing Units 07:04	buy track

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Pitch Black’s breakthrough album is finally pressed on vinyl.

Ape to Angel took the momentum of the preceding albums to new levels, with the sound becoming fuller and the bass more driving. The duo tweaked the sounds of club culture around the dub heart of the album, blending sinuous bass lines, simmering rhythms and echoing acidic synths to electrifying effect. They also wrote their first fully vocal song, “Elements Turn”, with veteran singer Sandy Mill, and sampled Estonian satellite transmissions for “Lost in Translation”.

Originally unleashed in New Zealand in October 2004 by Kog Transmissions, the album’s infectious rhythms weaved their way round the world, finding fans from Copenhagen to Cape Town, and securing release in North America by the esteemed Waveform label, Europe by Dubmission and Japan by the cult Wakyo imprint.

Critically acclaimed, with DJ Mag awarding it five stars, the release of Ape to Angel led to a 42 date tour round the world which included their North American debut. Tracks from the album were also picked up for use in CSI: Miami and HBO¹s True Blood, the latter featuring “Freefall" in a vampire orgy scene - perfect.

To create the double-vinyl release, Angus McNaughton re-mastered the original audio files, and Hamish Macaulay adapted the source artwork by Shane Cotton and created a brand new collage for the centrefold using pictures taken at the time. There is also an additional track, Protect The Grain, which was originally only available on the limited edition Flex EP, recorded just before the Ape sessions began.

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released April 21, 2023

Vocals on tracks 2 and 7 by Sandy Mill
Voice sample on track 3 from acoustic.space.re-lab.net
Track 8 recorded live at Sandwiches, Wellington

All tracks written by Paddy Free and Michael Hodgson

Recorded in Whangapoua, Piha, Wellington and Auckland, New Zealand/Aotearoa.

Mixed by Kog.

Originally mastered by Chris Chetland at Kog.
Mastered for vinyl by Angus McNaughton at Auralux, Dunedin
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Original design and layout by Hamish Macaulay
Front cover image by Shane Cotton
Vinyl artwork by Hamish Macaulay
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Published by Native Tongue Music Publishing Ltd

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Released by Dubmission Records
PO Box 14988, London, SW6 2WL, UK
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