As Darkroom
Wavetable #8, 25/8/2022
25/08/22 21:00
More Kicks Than Friends 15/8/2020
15/08/20 20:00
More Kicks Than Friends 2/5/2020
02/05/20 20:00
Henry's Cellar Bar, 13/11/2019
13/11/19 20:00
Extreme Chill Festival 2019
18/09/19 21:00
As part of the Extreme Chill Festival, held in Reykjavik, Iceland.
With Elif Yalvaç (guitar, synth).
Facebook event.
With Elif Yalvaç (guitar, synth).
Facebook event.
patchED_01
21/07/19 16:00
patchED_01: Edinburgh's first modular meet
Held at Leith Depot, Edinburgh.
Os solo with modular synth & bass clarinet.
Facebook event
Held at Leith Depot, Edinburgh.
Os solo with modular synth & bass clarinet.
Facebook event
Electronic Music Open Mic, 11/7/2019
11/07/19 21:30
Soundscapism vol 27
30/06/19 21:00
Part of the Soundscapism concert series, at The Banshee Labyrinth, Edinburgh.
Os solo with modular synth & bass clarinet.
Facebook event
Os solo with modular synth & bass clarinet.
Facebook event
Sonic Imperfections at The Telegraph Hill Festival
05/04/19 20:00
With Handäoline, Jo Thomas & Minus Pilots.
At St Catherine's Church, London SE14.
Facebook event (with photos)
At St Catherine's Church, London SE14.
Facebook event (with photos)
Soundscapism vol 25
17/02/19 20:00
Blacking Out With.. Champion Version
10/11/18 21:00
Ambience Chasers #16
26/06/18 21:00
Part of the Ambience Chasers gig series, at The Social, 5 Little Portland Street, London.
With Kieran Mahon and Ulrich Schnauss.
Facebook event
With Kieran Mahon and Ulrich Schnauss.
Facebook event
The Cloisters
24/06/18 16:00
Electronic Music Open Mic, 4/4/2018
04/04/18 20:00
Glad Cafe 3/4/2018
03/04/18 20:00
WORK / Cynthia's Periscope / Darkroom / Paul Baran, at The Glad Cafe, Glasgow.
Os solo with modular synth and bass clarinet.
Facebook event
Os solo with modular synth and bass clarinet.
Facebook event
West Midlands Synth Network 2018
10/03/18 14:00
West Midlands Synth Network All Day 'Free' Event, at The Birmingham & Midland Institute, Birmingham.
Facebook event
Facebook event
Seventh Wave Festival 2018
09/03/18 20:00
Seventh Wave Festival 2018, at The Blue Orange Theatre, Birmingham.
Supporting Ulrich Schnauss.
Facebook event
Supporting Ulrich Schnauss.
Facebook event
Champion Version: Edition 1
12/10/17 20:00
Champion Version’s Edition 1: Rothko, Yellow6, Darkroom, Machinefabriek.
At I K L E C T I K, London SE1 7LG.
Facebook event
Accompanying album release
At I K L E C T I K, London SE1 7LG.
Facebook event
Accompanying album release
The Cloisters 25/6/2017
25/06/17 16:00
Open Jack 7/6/2017
07/06/17 22:00
The Art Pavilion 20/10/2016
20/10/16 20:00
The Art Pavilion, Mile End Park, London, October 20th 2016, as part of "Rest & its discontents", curated by Hubbub.
hubbubresearch.org/event/rest-discontents
With Charles Fernyhough (guitar).
hubbubresearch.org/event/rest-discontents
With Charles Fernyhough (guitar).
Secret Garden Party 21/7/2016
21/07/16 17:00
UCH CCU 10/5/2016
10/05/16 13:00
University College Hospital Critical Care Unit, streamed via mixlr from the Wellcome Collection.
Flickr set
Flickr set
Tuesdays Post 24/4/2016
24/04/16 19:00
Tuesdays Post series 3 gig 1, at New River Studios, London N4, as part of the Open Jack Weekender.
Facebook event
Facebook event
Wellcome Collection 21/4/2016
21/04/16 12:00
In the foyer of the Wellcome Collection, Euston Road, London.
Streamed to the internet via mixlr.
Flickr set
Streamed to the internet via mixlr.
Flickr set
Listening Club 14/6/2015
14/06/15 18:30
Tuesdays Post 7/6/2015
07/06/15 20:00
Tuesdays Post 3/5/2015
03/05/15 21:30
Tuesdays Post series 2 gig 12, at The Others, Stoke Newington, London.
With Andrew Booker (drums).
Facebook event
Flickr set
With Andrew Booker (drums).
Facebook event
Flickr set
Tuesdays Post 1/3/2015
01/03/15 20:00
Tuesdays Post 1/2/2015
01/02/15 20:00
Tuesdays Post series 2 gig 10, at The Others, Stoke Newington, London.
With Simon Taylor (trumpet).
Facebook event
Flickr set
With Simon Taylor (trumpet).
Facebook event
Flickr set
Tuesdays Post 4/1/2015
04/01/15 20:00
Tuesdays Post series 2 gig 9, at The Others, Stoke Newington, London.
Duo of Os and Peter Chilvers.
Facebook event
Flickr set
Duo of Os and Peter Chilvers.
Facebook event
Flickr set
Sonic Imperfections 9/12/2014
09/12/14 20:00
Tuesdays Post 7/12/2014
07/12/14 20:00
Tuesdays Post 2/11/2014
02/11/14 20:00
Tuesdays Post 1/11/2014
01/11/14 20:00
Tuesdays Post 5/10/2014
05/10/14 20:00
Tuesdays Post 7/9/2014
07/09/14 20:00
Tuesdays Post series 2 gig 5, at The Others, Stoke Newington, London.
The first appearance of Os’s alto sax.
Facebook event - Flickr set
The first appearance of Os’s alto sax.
Facebook event - Flickr set
Tuesdays Post 15/7/2014
15/07/14 20:30
Tuesdays Post 17/6/2014
17/06/14 20:00
Tuesdays Post series 2 gig 3, at the Strongroom Bar, London.
With Georgina Brett on vocal looping.
Facebook event
With Georgina Brett on vocal looping.
Facebook event
Tuesdays Post 20/5/2014
20/05/14 20:00
Tuesdays Post 15/4/2014
15/04/14 22:00
David's Books & Music 15/3/2014
15/03/14 19:30
Hack The Barbican 2013
15/08/13 22:25
Solo performance by Os.
Darkroom at The Barbican 15/8/2013 on Vimeo.
Solo performance by Andrew Ostler of Darkroom, at the London Music Hackspace Performance Night, part of Hack The Barbican 2013.
http://musichackspace.org/
http://hackthebarbican.org/
https://www.facebook.com/events/201356546697193/
Andrew Ostler at The Barbican 15/8/2013 on Vimeo.
London Loopfest 2013
14/07/13 20:00
Our set from the London Live-looping Festival, 14th July 2013, at the Strongroom Bar, London:
http://darkroomtheband.net
http://www.tuesdayspost.com
Darkroom at the London Live-looping Festival 2013 from Andrew Ostler on Vimeo.
http://darkroomtheband.net
http://www.tuesdayspost.com
Paradise Bar 5/2/2013
05/02/13 20:30
Our first set at the Tuesdays Post gig at The Paradise Bar, 5th February 2013:
Our second set at the Tuesdays Post gig at The Paradise Bar, 5th February 2013, for which we were joined by Georgina Brett:
Darkroom at The Paradise Bar 5/2/2013 on Vimeo.
Our second set at the Tuesdays Post gig at The Paradise Bar, 5th February 2013, for which we were joined by Georgina Brett:
Darkroom and Georgina Brett at The Paradise Bar 5/2/2013 on Vimeo.
Troyganic Cafe 8/11/2012
08/11/12 20:00
At the Music Hackspace performance night.
http://musichackspace.org/a-night-of-performance-08112012/
http://musichackspace.org/a-night-of-performance-08112012/
Darkroom at Troyganic Cafe 8/11/2012 from Andrew Ostler on Vimeo.
Köln Loopfest 2011
02/04/11 22:30
The Köln Loopfest 2011, held at Loft, Köln on Saturday 2nd April 2011. Official website: http://livelooping.de/
Darkroom at the Köln Loopfest 2011 from Andrew Ostler on Vimeo.
Antwerp Loopfest 2009
30/05/09 19:30
The Antwerp Loopfest 2009, held at the Arenbergschouwburg, Antwerp, on Saturday May 30th 2009.
Darkroom at The Antwerp Loopfest 2009 from Andrew Ostler on Vimeo.
YouTube versions (split into three due to YouTube's video length restrictions): part 1, part 2, part 3.
Just for posterity, here are the notes I (Os) had to get the three parts started:
110bpm 273ms
Em
96bpm 313ms
LiSp on git
G
120bpm 250ms
Dm
Dragon's Ball
27/02/08 21:00
We were joined by Andrew Booker on electronic drums.
Y2K6 Kyberjam
22/10/06 19:30
Over-the-internet performance with Per Boysen and Jim Goodin, as part of the Y2K6 International Live Looping Festival.
http://www.y2kloopfest.com/y2k6/ninjam.html
http://www.y2kloopfest.com/y2k6/ninjam.html
1st International Loopfestival Zürich
25/08/05 00:00
Zaum @ The Michaelhouse Café
27/11/04 00:00
Supporting Zaum at The Michaelhouse Café, Cambridge.
Joined by Peter Chilvers on keyboards, including the café's own piano, which was in a separate room from the gig itself.
Joined by Peter Chilvers on keyboards, including the café's own piano, which was in a separate room from the gig itself.
The First International Cambridge Festival of Looping
21/06/03 00:00
Held at the Michaelhouse Café, Cambridge.
Official site: http://www.collective.co.uk/loopfest/archive2003.html
Official site: http://www.collective.co.uk/loopfest/archive2003.html
Self Assembly
02/02/03 00:00
LEAPS ran this concert in the Kettle's Yard New Music Mornings series. Held at Kettle's Yard, Cambridge.
See http://www.collective.co.uk/leaps/leapsevents2003.html
See http://www.collective.co.uk/leaps/leapsevents2003.html
Burning Shed Evening One
06/12/02 00:00
Held at The Assembly House Restaurant Room, Theatre Street, Norwich.
Bleepfest
21/11/02 00:00
Held at the Unitarian Church, Cambridge.
Organised by Adrian Newton, aka Nemeton, who went on to remix Darkroom for the DAC Mixes album.
See http://www.collective.co.uk/leaps/leapsevents2002.html#bleepfest
Organised by Adrian Newton, aka Nemeton, who went on to remix Darkroom for the DAC Mixes album.
See http://www.collective.co.uk/leaps/leapsevents2002.html#bleepfest
ACEMS - An evening of new music
17/10/02 00:00
Part of the LEAPS section of this concert organised by the Anglia Contemporary and Experimental Music Society, held at APU's Mumford Theatre, Cambridge.
From the programme:
Official site: http://www.acems.20m.com/archive_oct17.html
From the programme:
Darkroom are the combined and limitlessly creative talents of keyboardist/rhythmatist Andrew 'Os' Ostler and guitarist/loopologist Mike Bearpark, who is replaced tonight by Peter Chilvers.With their "composite of pounding drum'n'bass-ish rhythms, spiralling ambient backdrops and netherworldly atmospheres", Darkroom have quickly attracted a large and dedicated following, as well as interest from independent record labels.
Official site: http://www.acems.20m.com/archive_oct17.html
Plastic3
05/12/01 00:00
Held at the Portland Arms, Cambridge.
Peter Chilvers joined us, on bass.
See http://www.collective.co.uk/leaps/leapsevents2001.html
Peter Chilvers joined us, on bass.
See http://www.collective.co.uk/leaps/leapsevents2001.html
Plastic2
14/11/01 00:00
Billed as "Os from Darkroom".
This was an Os solo performance, and one of the few times Os played clarinet.
Held at the Portland Arms, Cambridge.
See http://www.collective.co.uk/leaps/leapsevents2001.html#plastic2
This was an Os solo performance, and one of the few times Os played clarinet.
Held at the Portland Arms, Cambridge.
See http://www.collective.co.uk/leaps/leapsevents2001.html#plastic2
Digital Analogue Cambridge
30/06/01 00:00
"Darkroom - Keeping Ambience Live"
Extended performance/installation. Held in the Cambridge Museum of Technology.
Festival site no longer operational, but you can see it here thanks to archive.org.
Extended performance/installation. Held in the Cambridge Museum of Technology.
Festival site no longer operational, but you can see it here thanks to archive.org.
Digital Analogue Cambridge
27/06/01 00:00
Billed as Os (Darkroom). Held in the Portland Arms, Cambridge.
Festival site no longer operational, but you can see it here thanks to archive.org.
Festival site no longer operational, but you can see it here thanks to archive.org.
Genome3
10/05/01 00:00
Genome2
01/03/01 00:00
Rough Edge II
22/11/00 00:00
Rough Edge
19/10/00 00:00
Hybrid Machine
30/06/00 00:00
Held at the Cambridge Drama Centre.
See http://www.collective.co.uk/leaps/leapsevents2000.html#hybridmachine
See http://www.collective.co.uk/leaps/leapsevents2000.html#hybridmachine
The Moon
24/06/00 00:00
Held at The Moon, Cambridge.
To date, the only occasion on which Mike has played bass at a Darkroom gig.
To date, the only occasion on which Mike has played bass at a Darkroom gig.
The Scala
04/06/00 00:00
To date, the only Os/Tim duet. Held at The Scala, London.
We were providing a live soundtrack to the Roswell Alien Autopsy film - revisiting the first ever Darkroom (then Collective) appearance back in 1996.
We were providing a live soundtrack to the Roswell Alien Autopsy film - revisiting the first ever Darkroom (then Collective) appearance back in 1996.
The Club Room
13/05/99 00:00
Held at The Queens Arms, Penton St., London N1.
From the programme:
This was the infamous gig during which several things of note happened
- the promoter left before the end of the gig, apparently not in a great mood
- Mike threw his watch at Os to try to make him stop playing (we were way over time) (Os didn't notice)
- the phrase "rich hippy" was levelled at Mike, apparently because he had more than two guitar pedals.
We played two sets, and I remember it being a good gig. Sadly, it was one of the few that we didn't record.
From the programme:
Haunting and arresting, "Darkroom" are an improvising group (more "Starsailor" than Machine Gun) of shifting and unsettling atmospheres. The two instrumentalists construct an environment of mutating loops - while Tim Bowness (of No Man) uses his extraordinary and evocative voice to add an emotional centre to the music.
This was the infamous gig during which several things of note happened
- the promoter left before the end of the gig, apparently not in a great mood
- Mike threw his watch at Os to try to make him stop playing (we were way over time) (Os didn't notice)
- the phrase "rich hippy" was levelled at Mike, apparently because he had more than two guitar pedals.
We played two sets, and I remember it being a good gig. Sadly, it was one of the few that we didn't record.
Glastonbury Festival 1997
28/06/97 00:00
We were booked to play as part of The Halloween Society's line-up.
Unfortunately 1997 was "the year of the mud" and the stage we were booked to play on sank into the mire. We were bumped to the Wise Crone Cafe tent, and eventually managed to play for 5 minutes sometime in the small hours of the following morning (shortly after the sound man went home for the night, so we were left to engineer the gig too).
All in all, a terrible experience. We didn't record it. I can honestly say I remember nothing about how it sounded - at the time I was simply grateful to be making any sound at all.
Unfortunately 1997 was "the year of the mud" and the stage we were booked to play on sank into the mire. We were bumped to the Wise Crone Cafe tent, and eventually managed to play for 5 minutes sometime in the small hours of the following morning (shortly after the sound man went home for the night, so we were left to engineer the gig too).
All in all, a terrible experience. We didn't record it. I can honestly say I remember nothing about how it sounded - at the time I was simply grateful to be making any sound at all.