British artist and topliner. Former vocalist and writer from original synth band L.A.D. 
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I play the music I love, from hypnotic and progressive house to organic grooves, microhouse and downtempo journeys. 

When the night calls for it, I dive into vibrating deep acid basslines and raw late-night energy, always guided by feel rather than formula.

No gimmicks, no big words, just sound that moves people.

#ProgressiveHouse #NuDisco #OrganicHouse #Microhouse #DubHouse #Downtempo #AcidHouse

DUB KINGDOM GARAGE

For bookings: bookings@supasubs.com

Instagram/TikTok - @submatic.dkg
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In Dub II: https://smarturl.it/indub2

Paddy Free is one of New Zealand's best known electronic musicians. He has written music for television, film, theatre, dance and multi-media art, as well as acting as producer and engineer for many world-famous New Zealand bands.

Paddy first came to prominence in 1996 as a founding member of Mesh, the Auckland-based "live organic techno" band that combined dancefloor technology with traditional Pacific instruments. Firm favourites in Auckland's emerging dance scene, Mesh impressed punters with their high energy live gigs and innovative sound. Paddy's love of Pacific music has seen him perform at WOMAD with Mesh and Henry Taripo, and in 1998 he travelled to Tonga to perform at the Heilala festival with the group A Pride of Lions.

Paddy was the co-producer and co-engineer of Salmonella Dub's Killervision and One Drop East albums, and producer of Inside the Dub Plates which has sold over four times platinum. He has been twice-nominated for Best Producer at the Tuis - the New Zealand Music Awards - and in 2002 was awarded Best Engineer.

As a producer/engineer, keyboard player and general studio boffin, Paddy has worked with a diverse range of New Zealand bands such as Crowded House, Neil Finn, Supergroove, Emma Paki, Moana and the Moahunters, Oceania, Stellar* and The Exponents, to name but a few.

As a composer for arts and contemporary dance projects, Paddy has worked with Atamira Dance Collective, Mau and Black Grace. He has composed several soundtracks for installation works by multi-media artist Rachael Rakena. Rachael's latest work, Aniwaniwa was shown at the Sydney and Venice Biennales in 2007.

However it is Pitch Black, with Michael Hodgson, for which Paddy is best known. Since forming in 1996, Pitch Black have been at the forefront of New Zealand electronica, renowned for their mind-blowing multimedia live performances and four sonically cutting-edge albums. Since 1996 Pitch Black have played all over New Zealand and toured to Australia, England, Scotland, Ireland, France, The Netherlands, Germany, Spain, Austria, Croatia, Japan and the USA.

Paddy has been performing a live solo set of Pacific-influenced electronica since 1999, and his debut solo album, a collaboration with renown taonga puoro expert Richard Nunns, entitled Karekare: Te Reo O Te Whenua was released on July 14 2008, on Dub Conspiracy Recordings. Combining electronica with taonga puoro and vocals in te reo Maori from Tiki Taane and Waimihi Hotere, Karekare represents a uniquely New Zealand sound, truly The Language of the Land.

Reggae-inspired electronic & dub. Features the meditative dub signature of Californian bassist, Alison Wunderland and singer/writer/producer Carla Werner.

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.

NZ Bookings: h (at) strikeagency.co.nz
RoW Bookings: info (at) dubmissionrecords.com

*NEW PROJECT*
Riddims/Stems ➜ www.riddimstore.com
Beats ➜ www.108beats.com
*NEW ALBUMS*
Alpha Steppa - Raise The Ark
➤ Download | https://smarturl.it/ark-download
➤ Vinyl & CD | https://smarturl.it/ark-vinyl-cd
➤ Spotify | https://smarturl.it/ark-spotify
➤ Free | https://smarturl.it/ark-free
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Alpha & Omega - Shadrach, Meshach And Abednego
➤ Vinyl | https://smarturl.it/AO-vinyl
➤ Download | https://smarturl.it/AO-download
➤ Spotify |  https://smarturl.it/AO-spotify
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Alpha Steppa & Nai-Jah - The Great Elephant
➤ Vinyl & CD http://smarturl.it/TGE
➤ Download http://smarturl.it/TGE-download
➤ Stream on Spotify! http://smarturl.it/TGE-spotify
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Dub Dynasty - Gideon
➤ Vinyl & CD: https://smarturl.it/gideon
➤ Download: https://smarturl.it/gideon-dl
➤ Spotify: https://smarturl.it/gideon-spotify
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Alpha Steppa - 3rd Kingdom (Full Album)
➤ Spotify http://spoti.fi/2qbsiu6
➤ iTunes http://geni.us/3rdKingdom
➤ Video https://youtu.be/KlYvJV5FJbc
➤ Vinyl http://smarturl.it/picturedisc [SOLD OUT]
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New Dub Dynasty Album! 2016
➤ iTunes http://snip.ftpromo.net/holycow
➤ Vinyl http://www.steppas.com/steprec/shop/
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Alpha Steppa, the debut album 'Rooted & Grounded' out now!
➤ iTunes http://smarturl.it/ASLP003-4
➤ Vinyl http://smarturl.it/rooted-vinyl
➤ CD http://smarturl.it/rooted-cd
➤ Download http://smarturl.it/rooted-dl
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Alpha Steppa produces dubs and runs Steppas Records / Trigram.
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UK & International bookings: 
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Follow Steppas:
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You can support Steppas by purchasing music direct from us, we stock exclusive vinyl, CD's, T-shirts and downloads:
http://www.steppas.com
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Please send all demos to:
demos@steppas.com

Press:

“Obliteratingly Heavy Bass” Q Mag
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“Global Rootical Power” Mixmag
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“Not for laptop speakers” Q Mag
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“This is how to put the dub in dubstep” Mixmag
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“Sounds like Mala in a Taoist Temple” Mixmag
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"Enough bass to outweigh any dubstep set" Wire
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“Westcountry Rootical Righteousness” Mixmag
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“Deep, dark rootical dub” Mixmag
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"Spiritual Intensity" Mixmag
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“Album of the Month” Mixmag 
(DD - Thundering Mantis)
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“Album of the Month” Mixmag 
(DD - Unrelenting Force)

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