Native Tongue is an independent music publisher, with offices in Australia and New Zealand.
Besides acquiring rights to local writers, we also administer the works of overseas writers and catalogues for Australia and New Zealand.
Established in 2003, Native Tongue has built a respected catalogue of local writers. We set out to provide writers with a publishing company dedicated to assisting with the development of their skills as songwriters and composers throughout their careers.

Although we are a small company, we see this is one of our major advantages. It enables us to be far more proactive than our competitors and react quickly to the needs of our clients, whether they be film and television companies, commercial advertisers or the bands of which our writers are members.

We see our role as getting out there and getting things done, working with the band, the management, the record label and the distributor to make things happen.
Our job is to work with you to help you achieve your goals, as a songwriter and in many cases; an artist. We have a broad network of contacts we can utilise in all areas of the business – record companies, distributors, booking agents, promoters, publicists, radio, etc.

We will work with you, your management and record distributor to maximise sales of your record. You probably have most bases covered but there will always be something we can do to help squeeze those extra sales. It may be that we help a band get on a festival bill, provide advice on obtaining touring grants or come up with that song opportunity in a film that breaks through at the box office – who knows – it's an ephemeral business and its not always easy pinning down where things will come from.

If you are looking to place songs with other artists we have a worldwide network of contacts who work songs on that basis. If you want to co-write we will work with you to develop connections with writers you want to work with. If you want to compose film or television scores we are ideally placed to help you realise these ambitions.
We get out there and do the hard yards wherever it is required.
We have over the years developed publishing relationships internationally and through our music supervision business have come to know those companies who work particularly hard gaining sync licenses and pursuing the ancillary income that is available around the world. We have also established a network of international sub-publishers to administer our works around the world. In each case our sub-publishers are established independents with a long term track record of working within their own territory.

Native Tongue also enjoys strong relationships with all the major US, UK, Canadian and European music supervisors and can submit clients works for use in a wide range of projects around the world.

We are also the only publisher with offices and staff on the ground in Australia and New Zealand enabling us to fully represent your copyrights in the key markets in our home territory.
Native Tongue is closely associated with Mana Music, which is the major music supervisor for feature films, television series, and documentaries in Australia and New Zealand. As a result Native Tongue is in a strong position to place its writer's songs in the wide range of projects.

A similar situation applies in respect to television commercials where once again Mana Music is the major provider of licensing services to the advertising agencies.

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AUSTRALIA

Ph +61 3 9445 0500

PO Box 1570
Collingwood, VIC 3066
Australia

Chris Gough - Managing Director
chris@nativetongue.com.au

Jaime Gough - International Manager
jaime@nativetongue.com.au

Daniel Younger - Creative Manager
daniel@nativetongue.com.au

Gaylene Williams - Copyright & Royalties Manager
copyright@nativetongue.com.au

Natalie Bell - Licensing & Admin Assistant
natalie@nativetongue.com.au

NEW ZEALAND

Ph +64 9 378 9667

PO Box 8926
Symonds Street, Auckland 1150
New Zealand

Savina Kim - Creative Manager
savina@nativetongue.co.nz

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Pitch Black BIOGRAPHY

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 1997, Pitch Black have spent the last nine 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, created by Paddy Free and Michael Hodgson. 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 "Richie Hawtin meets King Tubby, or Rhythm and Sound in Technicolor". Their debut album, Futureproof, was released in September 1999 and rose to the top of the New Zealand electronic charts, despite no marketing or advertising. Their second album, Electronomicon, followed in August 2000, and led to a sell out 30-date tour of New Zealand and Australia. Their third baby, Ape to Angel, was released in New Zealand on October 4th 2004 to critical acclaim. The Ape tour was the biggest yet, with 42 shows across the world, including their debut performances in America. Englands DJ Magazine rated it Album of the Month, giving it 5 stars. All their albums have undergone remix treatment with input by Bluetech, peak_shift, Youth, Kenji Williams, System 7, International Observer, Red Star, Alucidnation, son_sine, Module, Minuit and more.

 

Pitch Black's live show really makes them stand out from the rest of the crowd, sonically and visually. Paddy wants to do it for the crowd, Michael wants to do it to the crowd and Mike manipulates cutting edge visuals at the same time as mixing the sound! Hailed as the "Hexstatic of New Zealand" they've also been welcomed by England's Big Chill 3 times. Over the years they have also found favour among radio and club DJs, including John Peel (Radio One/BBC), Nick Luscombe (Xfm) and Greg Roberts (Dreadzone). For the full detail and upcoming tours & albums check http://www.pitchblack.co.nz.

DISCOGRAPHY & CREDITS

  • Rude Mechanicals (2007, Dubmission Recordings)
    Rude Mechanicals (2007, Dubmission Recordings)
    Rude Mechanicals illustrates perfectly that Pitch Black remain one of our most outstanding and relevant electronic acts - Amplifier
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  • Halfway: Between Ape and Angel (2005, Remote Recordings)
    Halfway: Between Ape and Angel (2005, Remote Recordings)

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  • Ape To Angel (2005, Dubmission Records)
    Ape To Angel (2005, Dubmission Records)
    It is another slab of cross-genre dub beats and mind-expanding sounds...
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  • Electric Earth and Other Elements (2001, KOG)
    Electric Earth and Other Elements (2001, KOG)
    With Electric Earth and other elements Pitch Black offer a diverse range of wicked musical styles created from the beats, noises and sounds.
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  • Electronomicon (2000, KOG)
    Electronomicon (2000, KOG)
    Featured artists are Youth (The Orb, Killing Joke), Salmonella Dubs' Rockwood, Sunshine Soundsystem, P-Diggs (Shapeshifter) and Epsilon Blue.
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  • Futureproof (1999, KOG)
    Futureproof (1999, KOG)
    Collaborators featured on Futureproof include Tom Bailey as International Observer, Youth, Submariner and electronic pioneer Epsilon Blue. Features seven tracks of sticky dub plus a second disc of six remixes.
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