Project Dark

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Project Dark are: Kirsten Reynolds, Ashley Davies, Tony Pattinson and Jason Cook.

Project Dark have been producing large-scale live video/music shows since 1995. A catalogue of custom sculpted 7" singles is used as a basis for generating a unique range of sounds and spectacular related images.

Project Dark have performed 'Excited by Gramophones' extensively in many varying international venues. The catalogue of 7" singles has also been exhibited in the UK and Europe.
A 3D show 'Disc Continued...' was premiered in England and has toured in Europe. In London it was presented as part of 'Sonic Boom Live' - a night associated with the 'Sonic Boom' exhibition at the Hayward Gallery, South Bank London. Project Dark were invited by the curator David Toop to contribute an installation piece to this, the first major international exhibition of sound art in England.

SELECTED LIVE SHOWS
'Music in the Anchorage', New York, USA. June 1997
'John Peel's Meltdown 98', Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, England. June 1998
'Sensations', Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin, Germany. January 1999
'Sonic Boom Live', South Bank Centre, London, England. June 2000
'Fakes and Forgeries' Victoria & Albert Museum, London, England. August 2000
'Gramophone De Luxe' National Centre for Popular Music, Sheffield, England. March 2001

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
The Metro, London, England. February 1997
Galerie Berlin Tokyo, Berlin, Germany. April 1997
'Sonic Boom', Hayward Gallery, London, England. April - June 2000
'Groove', Huddersfield Art Gallery, England. October 2002 - January 2003

(Biography Last updated 11 August 2003)

Releases by Project Dark

‘Magnetophone’ by Project Dark

Release date 23 July 2004
CD Out Of Stock

Phono Erotic is pleased to release the Magnetophone EP, the first of, we hope, many ‘benefit of hindsight’ limited edition releases.

It's a collection of recordings made by Kirsten Reynolds and Ashley Davies during a couple of days in the winter of 2000, some are raw and straight, some unfinished ... [more]

‘Gramophone De Luxe’ by Project Dark

Release date 27 August 2003
CD In Stock £10.00 buy

Phono Erotic is proud to present Gramophone De Luxe by ruthless, experimental ideas factory Project Dark as its first release.

Kicking off with the rich, raunchy simplicity of The Wicker Guitar Man this album contains 19 feisty and diverse tracks from the fuzzy punk rock of 249 Goswell Road to ... [more]

‘Live At The Victoria And Albert Museum’ by Project Dark

Release date 6 June 2000
7" Limited Stock £10.00 buy

Recorded live in the historic splendour of the Fakes And Forgeries gallery in London's Victoria And Albert Museum.

This document of the prototype Gramophone De Luxe live show is culled from an evening's entertainment entitled SSSSH! of which three fifteen minute sets by Project Dark were a part, along with the ... [more]

‘Plate Of Biscuits EP’ by Project Dark

Release date 1 June 2000
7" Limited Stock £15.00 buy

Plate Of Biscuits takes the biscuit related artifact 7"s produced by Project Dark to yet another absurd juncture.

An EP of tracks recorded using The Singles Club Danish Biscuit 7" as its origins and released with the half-baked biscuit picture disc 7" format idea.

Two tracks are in-situ recordings of the ... [more]

Latest News

PHONO EROTIC last minute gig news

22 December 2004

K&A (Kirsten and Ashley from PROJECT DARK and DIRTHOLE) will be playing live at The Spitz (106 Commercial St, London. E1) with The Cranes and Ninki V as part of a ‘Wired Women’ event on Wednesday 22nd December (that's tonight... yes, I know it's a bit short notice but I only just read the email. Sorry!). £5, doors 7pm, K&A are onstage at 9.40pm.

K&A make music sewn together from remnants produced by two analogue drum ... [read full article]

PROJECT DARK live

20 October 2003

PROJECT DARK LIVE

1) - IN LONDON
2) - IN HOLLAND

1) London, Thursday 23rd October.

Project Dark are playing, first on, at the Rhythm Factory in Whitechapel with Billy Mahonie and Empire Of Sponge (who contain many notable notorious types from such bands as Stereolab and Quickspace.) We will be rattling through some tracks from the album with guest vocal appearances from Bongo Debbie and Alex Kasiek.
8pm - midnight
The Rhythm Factory, 16 - 18 Whitechapel ... [read full article]

PROJECT DARK news

11 September 2003

PROJECT DARK NEWS SEPTEMBER 2003.

After the strange and curious din that was the album launch party, we must take time out to thank those who helped us pull off this free shindig. Jonathan at The Foundry, Parsley, Martin DOR, Colin Bradley, and Saint Eileen who were the Dark crew for the day, Adrian the p.a. and of course the guest turns, Bongo Debbie and Sexton Ming, who represented their �Gramophone De Luxe� tracks most admirably. ... [read full article]

PROJECT DARK album launch party

18 August 2003

PROJECT DARK

ALBUM LAUNCH PARTY

On Wednesday 27th August, Project Dark will host a night of devilment and mischief at London's premiere nuthouse, The Foundry.

We will be presenting a programme of entertainment to celebrate the release of our new album "Gramophone De Luxe", the first since 1998.

A selection of curious double sided disc vinyls will be encouraged onto those record player thingys, along with a couple of strange gramophone turns that will ensue throughout ... [read full article]