The Reach

Be Nice

Happy Funktober Friends!
I hope you’ve all been enjoying the month of new tunes
it’s been quite the expedition but the end of month looms.
Diving into this adventure of sharing music each day,
Will I do this next year, it's so hard to say 
But hey! We are over half-way at least.
But I’m not going to lie, this months been a beast
Juggling this idea and my daily life
I am probably lucky that I don’t have a wife..
But determined as I am to keep you grooving although October
Has it been worthy, I’ll know when it's over!
Thank-you friends for words that keep me going,
The vibrations of love, I know they are flowing!
I do hope the music brings some smiles and cheer
And some reflection of moments that may bring a tear
If you love my music and I have helped strike a mood,
Why not click this link below and shout me some cat food.
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Love funkform

Soulful Hop

Five Pages

A sublime selection of dancefloor beats and downtempo dubs from around the globe, Mixes + Mavericks features seven remixes by Pitch Black, two live tracks that couldn’t be more different in nature or tempo, one seriously unorthodox situation (an unauthorised remix of a remix) and a track in between states, all highlighting the breadth of the duo’s sonic palette.

Whereas their previous Rarities + Remixes collection was predominantly rooted in New Zealand, Mixes + Mavericks is undoubtedly a more international affair, with all the remixed artists hailing from the northern hemisphere. Many of the connections are the result of the duo’s touring and festival appearances around the globe: they first met Gaudi at a gig in Japan, Animat and Nick Woolfson (Sounds from the Ground) at The Big Chill festival in the UK, while downtemple duo Desert Dwellers were encountered in the Californian underground. 

Other connections were more straightforward: Brighton-based Ink Project (run by Kiwi Jez Lloyd) approached them to remix “The End” and Mexico’s Sudden Reverb was introduced by label-mates Deep Fried Dub. Meanwhile Mike bumped into Radioactive Man’s Keith Tenniswood (of Two Lone Swordsmen fame) while he was getting a 7” record cut. 

Uber-producer/Killing Joke bass player Youth features in two very different ways. First up is Pitch Black’s pulsating dub mix of his collaboration with Italian producer Gaudi, from their Astronaut Alchemists album. Then there is his unsolicited remix of epsilon-blue’s 1999 remix of Speech, over which he added bass, beats and blessings.  This mash-up lurked for years in the archive under the title of Helmsdub, but only as a corrupted mp3 file. Thankfully a little detective work discovered that, much to everyone’s surprise, it had been released as Speechless (Big Circle Flat Pain Remix) on a 2004 CD compilation. A copy was tracked down, the tune was carefully re-mastered and then correctly named.

Mixes + Mavericks also features two very different live offerings: Notting Pill is a dose of atmospheric moodiness from a rare ambient set at Notting Hill Arts Club in London, held to publicise the upcoming showcase of New Zealand music at Fabric in 2003. The banging G202, meanwhile, was captured by Andre Upston at Rippon Festival in Wanaka, NZ at the turn of the millennium, and later broadcast on Radio New Zealand. It was a track that, despite being a staple of the live show for many years, was never finished, and following software updates and data dumps, the only version that exists is this live recording.

It's a Future Dub is a similarly embryonic track – eventually it became It’s the Future Knocking, from the Filtered Senses album, but here it’s a fascinating hybrid caught midway between creation and completion. Many of the elements of its future self are present, but there is a whole lot more going on, making this a fascinating signpost on a possible road-not-taken. 

Beautifully accompanied by Tim Prebble's Cyanotype images, Mixes + Mavericks is a showcase of Pitch Black’s sonic diversity as remixers and maintains the trademark production aesthetic that has won them thousands of fans and filled dancefloors around the globe.

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Youth & Gaudi - The Gods Must Be Crazy (Pitch Black's Hubristic Prayerformance Mix)(preview)

This set is an introduction to who I am, where I have come from and where I see myself going as expressed through hip hop, bass and alternative rock.

~ Welcome to my TerraTori ~



Track list:

ICY GRL - Saweetie
96 neve campbell - clipping
Brym Al Mar (Diamond Saints remix) - Häana
Wadsworth Sta. - Artifakts, Daily Bread
Twerk It - Busta Rhymes feat. Nikki Minaj 
Mention My Name - G Yamazawa
I don’t know - um…
Sweet - BROCKHAMPTON
Altered Frequencies - Phutrueprimative, An-Ten-Ae
In The Sun - COMA-CHI, Benjamin Robinson
Skairhaap - Bogtrotter, KLL SMTH remix
Dark Age - Rezz
Shook - Tkay Maidza
Red Mercedes - Aminé
Flow State - DRRTYWULVZ
Eskimo - Mr Bill, So Down
Chocolates - Vibesquad feat. Dirty Mf
The Only Way - Gotye
The Only Way - Gotye (Karnivool cover)
Drop Top - Great Dane
Oni - Champagne Drip
Mandürin - Kamauu, (Of The Trees remix)
Voodoo - Cofresi feat. Flamingosis 
Business Tripping - Esseks, Of The Trees
A Little Bit More - An-Ten-Nae, Love & Light
Ripstick - 99 Neighbours
Legend Has it - Run The Jewels
Angelica - Lamb
Stormy Weather - Great Dane, AshTreJenkins
Every Other Freckle - Alt J
Satoshi Nakamoto - Moody Good

Dawn of the New Eve

Curiosity.wav

The Humming

naviarhaiku606 – slightly faint
August 13, 2025
'slightly faint
yet clear
the milky way'

by: Toshio Kiyosaki

Toshio Kiyosaki (1922-1999) was a Japanese haiku poet and scholar of Japanese literature. He published a biography of Kyoshi Takahama in 1966 and co-authored Kyoshi Monogatari, another study on the renowned haiku poet, in 1979.

The Milky Way (amanogawa, or "Heavenly River" in Japanese) is a kigo for Autumn, mainly because that's when the galaxy is most visible in Japan.

Haiku by Toshio Kiyosaki

Picture by Yong Chuan Tan

Join The Naviar Haiku Music Challenge
This haiku poem is part of the Naviar haiku music challenge, where artists are invited to make music in response to a weekly assigned haiku poem. Participation is free and there are no limitations in the songs’ length or genre.

You have seven days from the posting of this haiku to submit your track. For information on how to make a submission, visit the Naviar Haiku Music Challenge page. https://www.naviarrecords.com/haiku-music-challenge/

SONG 116 - NaviarHaiku606 - Slightly Faint

At long last... a bit of time to post some mixes. I know posting a bunch of once isn't good practice. I don't care. I love you guys, so here it is.

Color Shift - Live at SuperTrippyHippy 9/2/18

Keith Mattar - @frags10 - performs on the Woods Stage at Fractalfest 2018 by Fractaltribe in New York, USA.

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