Pitch Black Rude Mechanicals

Pitch Black's fourth album finally gets the vinyl pressing it so richly deserves.

From the evocative opening South of the Line to the stepping 1000 Mile Drift, the dub is strong, as one would expect, and so is the influence of drum'n'bass on the bottom heavy Bird Soul and the atmospheric Please Leave Quietly; trance on the pulsating Sonic Colonic (Live at Minikami) and slinky Transient Transmission (fig.2); ambient on the burbling Harmonia and softly snarling Fragile Ladders. The title track, meanwhile, finds them addressing climate change and greed, with lyrics by Auckland MC KP.

To create the double-vinyl release, Angus McNaughton re-mastered the original audio files, while Hamish Macaulay polished the source artwork by Tom Quarelle and created a brand new collage for the centrefold using pictures taken at the time.

Track Listing

Disc 1:

South Of The Line Rude Mechanicals Bird Soul Sonic Colonic (Live at Minikami)

Disc 2:

Fragile Ladders Harmonia 1000 Mile Drift Transient Transmission (fig.2) Please Leave Quietly