Pitch Black (NZ): Live in London - Sold Out

Spacific are proud to present one of the pioneers of New Zealand electronica Pitch Black live in concert this November, with support on the night coming from audiovisual quartet Polyop

All tickets have now SOLD OUT - there will be no door sales.

PITCH BLACK

Pitch Black are Michael Hodgson and Paddy Free. Having pumped their way through New Zealand’s electronic music scene since their inaugural performance at the annual Gathering New Year's eve festival in 1996, they have spent the subsequent years rousing dance floor punters, generating rave reviews, winning awards and gaining thousands of fans across the world.

Hard to box into a single audio 'genre', Pitch Black is a combination of musical journeys. Their sound is distinctive; ranging from organic ambient beginnings and layered soundscapes to skanking keyboards, cutting acid riffs and thumping rhythmic grooves, with dub being the glue that holds their sound together. One critic has described them as like "Orbital meets King Tubby, or Rhythm and Sound in Technicolor".

It is their live show that really makes Pitch Black stand out from the rest of the crowd, both sonically and visually. Their tracks take on an added dynamism and their performances reveal the dialectic behind the band - Paddy wants to do it for the crowd, Michael wants to do it to the crowd. Visually they are in another dimension thanks to Michael's cutting edge visuals.

They have toured the world relentlessly, playing everywhere from Amsterdam to Zagreb and the streets of Las Vegas to the Australian outback, supporting acts such as Coldcut, Skream, Easy Dub All Stars and System 7 along the way.

POLYOP

Polyop are a live electronic music and audiovisual group from London, formed by Jack Driscoll and Alex Kempton in 2016, and later including Harry Orso and Finlay Macaulay.

Taking influence from growing up in the 90's, early 3D graphics, electro, breakbeat, techno and early rave, their gigs are performed live on hardware and their visuals generated by their custom open source software Hedron.

Polyop have performed at festivals and events such as Peckham Rye Festival, The Lumen Prize and EMF Camp and others across the UK since 2016. They have released music on Nudibranch Records, Tru Thoughts and received support and radio play from BBC Introducing, Worldwide FM, Roy Davis Jr and Rob Luis.