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Two reviews on Sonic Curiosity
07/07/14 21:10
Our most recent two releases have been (favourably)
reviewed by Sonic Curiosity.
“These compositions are designed to establish passive soundtracks for the listener, tuneage rich with a dreaminess. They instill a infectious calm more than inspiring any introspection, though. While the overall temperament of these tunes is distinctly gentle, at times the instruments evoke a certain yearning that tends to exemplify an undercurrent of intensity locked beneath the surface.”
Read the full reviews here.
Os, July 2014
“These compositions are designed to establish passive soundtracks for the listener, tuneage rich with a dreaminess. They instill a infectious calm more than inspiring any introspection, though. While the overall temperament of these tunes is distinctly gentle, at times the instruments evoke a certain yearning that tends to exemplify an undercurrent of intensity locked beneath the surface.”
Read the full reviews here.
Os, July 2014
More Gravity's Dirty Work reviews
31/01/14 16:42
Three new reviews for Gravity’s Dirty Work in our
reviews database.
Electronic Musician said “Moody and well-orchestrated, this release takes you places.”
Anil Prasad (Innerviews) said “Darkroom is a constant source of intrigue, wonder and invention.”
Prog magazine said “It all makes for a totally transportive and progressive mind clearer of an album.”
Os, January 2014
Electronic Musician said “Moody and well-orchestrated, this release takes you places.”
Anil Prasad (Innerviews) said “Darkroom is a constant source of intrigue, wonder and invention.”
Prog magazine said “It all makes for a totally transportive and progressive mind clearer of an album.”
Os, January 2014
Gravity's Dirty Work reviewed on Prog Rock Stuff
05/10/13 16:46
Gravity’s Dirty Work has had a positive review on the
Prog Rock Stuff blog. “This
is an excellent album. A bit different, but well
worth investigating.” Read the full article
here.
Os, October 2013
Os, October 2013
Gravity's Dirty Work gets its first review
21/09/13 12:20
The new album Gravity's Dirty Work has had its first
mention in the press, on the irregularcrates blog.
They described it as “a truly strong album experience that will have you mesmerised”. Read the full article here.
Os, September 2013
They described it as “a truly strong album experience that will have you mesmerised”. Read the full article here.
Os, September 2013
SOTNMS reviewed in Postcards From The Yellow Room
25/03/11 14:17
Some Of These Numbers Mean Something has been
reviewed by Sid Smith's Postcards From The
Yellow Room.
Read the review here.
Os, March 2011
Read the review here.
Os, March 2011
Interview in Tokafi: The Notes behind the Numbers
27/11/09 15:25
SOTNMS reviewed in Sound On Sound
02/09/09 09:15
Some Of These Numbers Mean Something has been
reviewed by Sound On Sound.
Read the review here.
Os, September 2009
Read the review here.
Os, September 2009
Another review
23/06/09 21:58
Some Of These Numbers Mean Something has been
reviewed - very favourably, I might add - by EvilSponge.
Read the review here.
Os, June 2009
Read the review here.
Os, June 2009
Two new reviews
20/04/09 16:10
NLP's Top 24 Songs of 2008 / Doctor of Prog Rock
21/01/09 14:24
We were chuffed to see that our song Chalk Is
Organised Dust (from the latest album, Some Of These
Numbers Mean Something), made it into nowlikephotographs' Top 24 Songs of 2008. Thanks
guys!
For the next short while you can listen to the whole two hour show in which they played these 24 songs. Listen here. It's "Episode CCXII - 2008.01.14" and our bit starts just over an hour in.
Also - a shout out to "Doctor of Prog Rock" who mentioned us on his blog in his post "Some Other New Stuff I Liked In 2008". Not often you see a list that goes " ... Sigur Ros, TV On The Radio, Darkroom, The Verve, Coldplay ... ".
Os, Jan 2009
For the next short while you can listen to the whole two hour show in which they played these 24 songs. Listen here. It's "Episode CCXII - 2008.01.14" and our bit starts just over an hour in.
Also - a shout out to "Doctor of Prog Rock" who mentioned us on his blog in his post "Some Other New Stuff I Liked In 2008". Not often you see a list that goes " ... Sigur Ros, TV On The Radio, Darkroom, The Verve, Coldplay ... ".
Os, Jan 2009
Link for Guitar Player article
03/01/09 22:14
Happy New Year everyone!
The aforementioned article about Mike in Guitar Player magazine is now online here. Enjoy!
Os, Jan 2009
The aforementioned article about Mike in Guitar Player magazine is now online here. Enjoy!
Os, Jan 2009
Mike featured in Guitar Player magazine
04/12/08 08:01
Exciting news - Mike is the subject of an
article in this month's Guitar Player magazine. (The
January 2009 issue, with David Gilmour on the
cover.)
The article covers Mike's work in Darkroom, especially on Some Of These Numbers Mean Something, and with Bernhard Wagner on their Pedaltone project.
There's no online link for the article right now, but we'll update this post if and when one becomes available. In the meantime, go buy the magazine!
os, Dec 2008
The article covers Mike's work in Darkroom, especially on Some Of These Numbers Mean Something, and with Bernhard Wagner on their Pedaltone project.
There's no online link for the article right now, but we'll update this post if and when one becomes available. In the meantime, go buy the magazine!
os, Dec 2008
Darkroom interviewed on WeHeartMusic Radio
24/11/08 19:17
Mike and I were interviewed on Sunday for the
WeHeartMusic Radio podcast. A
big thanks to Vu for making it happen.
You can listen to it here. If you download the whole show, or use the embedded player on the page, our bit starts at about 18:15 in. Or you can download just our section (lower down on the page).
Possibly my favourite quote from the interview: "songs... with lyrics and everything".
Sometimes I forget just how far outside the conventional boundaries of pop we operate.
os, Nov 2008
You can listen to it here. If you download the whole show, or use the embedded player on the page, our bit starts at about 18:15 in. Or you can download just our section (lower down on the page).
Possibly my favourite quote from the interview: "songs... with lyrics and everything".
Sometimes I forget just how far outside the conventional boundaries of pop we operate.
os, Nov 2008
More reviews
15/11/08 17:58
Three more reviews, including a really nice one from
Progressive Ears:
- Progressive Ears
- Vital Weekly
- We Heart Music
os, Nov 2008
- Progressive Ears
- Vital Weekly
- We Heart Music
os, Nov 2008
More SOTNMS coverage
21/10/08 08:54
Two SOTNMS mentions to
report:
- A review on webzine The Silent Ballet.
- We're currently riding high at number 6 in the nowlikephotographs chart.
os, Oct 2008
- A review on webzine The Silent Ballet.
- We're currently riding high at number 6 in the nowlikephotographs chart.
os, Oct 2008
SOTNMS - the drummer's perspective
06/10/08 21:58
I've just posted a review
by a certain Andrew
Booker. The attentive will recall that
Andrew is the drummer that we recorded for the
new album. As he says though, he was adequately
uninvolved in the actual process of creating the
album that his opinion on it is fairly
impartial.
It's a nice review anyway.
os, Oct 2008
It's a nice review anyway.
os, Oct 2008
First SOTNMS review
29/09/08 21:41
First review of Some Of These Numbers Mean Something
(which we're calling SOTNMS to save typing), by
Michael Peters over on the Loopers Delight mailing list.
You can read it
here. Thanks Michael!
Michael's Stretched Landscape #1 is a personal favourite of mine. Pick up a copy if you don't already own this ambient classic.
os, Sept 2008
Michael's Stretched Landscape #1 is a personal favourite of mine. Pick up a copy if you don't already own this ambient classic.
os, Sept 2008
Darkroom on the BBC
29/01/08 18:34
A while back I alluded to us
being commissioned to do some music for TV - I
can finally reveal what that was all about.
We were asked by our good friend (and fan!) Richard Smith to do some music for a special report on the Securitas robbery at Tonbridge, Kent. Yesterday the trial ended and the pieces were shown on the BBC's South East Today show. Some seven minutes of original Darkroom material was used over three sections.
You can currently stream those pieces from the BBC website - go to www.bbc.co.uk/southeasttoday/latest_stories and look for the sections entitled "The story of a £53m heist", "Heist family's ordeal" and "The robbery that went wrong". It's not clear that these are going to be available long term, so go watch them now before it's too late.
This was a fascinating experience for us, not least because of the complete turnaround in track length from what we're used to - we usually improvise for half an hour at a time, and these pieces needed to be 10-30 seconds long!
Watch out for some versions of these tracks appearing very soon on our podcast.
os, Jan 2008
Update: The first podcast piece is up - 3 more to follow. Also there's a permanent home for the videos now on the BBC website here - the direct video links are here and here.
We were asked by our good friend (and fan!) Richard Smith to do some music for a special report on the Securitas robbery at Tonbridge, Kent. Yesterday the trial ended and the pieces were shown on the BBC's South East Today show. Some seven minutes of original Darkroom material was used over three sections.
You can currently stream those pieces from the BBC website - go to www.bbc.co.uk/southeasttoday/latest_stories and look for the sections entitled "The story of a £53m heist", "Heist family's ordeal" and "The robbery that went wrong". It's not clear that these are going to be available long term, so go watch them now before it's too late.
This was a fascinating experience for us, not least because of the complete turnaround in track length from what we're used to - we usually improvise for half an hour at a time, and these pieces needed to be 10-30 seconds long!
Watch out for some versions of these tracks appearing very soon on our podcast.
os, Jan 2008
Update: The first podcast piece is up - 3 more to follow. Also there's a permanent home for the videos now on the BBC website here - the direct video links are here and here.
Darkroom getting lots of play on SomaFM
16/01/08 12:28
I stumbled across this link
the other day: http://www.buzztter.com/en/k/darkroom
It's some baffling twitter-alike Japanese site, but it does give a nice indication of recent Darkroom activity on SomaFM.
I knew we were getting a fair amount of play on their DroneZone channel, but it would seem that Fallout 3 has become a favourite on their (relatively recently added) Doomed channel.
Which is nice.
os, Jan 2008
It's some baffling twitter-alike Japanese site, but it does give a nice indication of recent Darkroom activity on SomaFM.
I knew we were getting a fair amount of play on their DroneZone channel, but it would seem that Fallout 3 has become a favourite on their (relatively recently added) Doomed channel.
Which is nice.
os, Jan 2008
Darkroom showcased on the Ambientia podcast
13/01/08 10:47
Slightly old news, but I'm posting it now for completeness, since we never mentioned it at the time.
Back in March 2008 Darkroom were featured on Ambientia, an ambient music podcast hosted by the charismatic Paul Needler (aka Ned). Ned's own musical project is Arms Full Of Sound, which was the content of his podcast for its first season, but recently he's been featuring the music of other ambient artists.
The podcast is at armsfullofsound.blogspot.com.
os, Jan 2008