Pitch Black – Ape To Angel

Pitch Black’s international breakthrough album 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.