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Darkroom

About Me

the website
http://www.darkroomtheband.net/
the podcast
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the band
Darkroom was formed in 1996 to provide a live soundtrack at the Nevers Film Festival, France. Their debut album ‘Daylight’ was released in 1998 on the 3rd Stone label; since then they have released six further albums and made numerous live appearances including at the Glastonbury festival, Omsk, Sprawl, the Digital-Analogue Cambridge festival and the Internationales Loopfestival Zürich 2005 .
the music
Darkroom represent a crossing point between avant-free jazz improvisation and Fripp/Eno-style ambient looping. Often by turns beautiful and beautifully ugly, this is a very human music despite the inevitable technology that produces it.
the artists
Andrew Ostler (aka Os) (laptop/keyboard/electronics) and Michael Bearpark (guitar) have played together since 1992.
the albums

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 03/12/2006
Band Website: http://www.darkroomtheband.net/
Band Members: Michael Bearpark
Andrew Ostler (aka Os)
plus occasionally
Andrew Booker
Tim Bowness
Peter Chilvers
Record Label: Burning Shed

My Blog

New album released today!

We're pleased to announce that our new album, Some Of These Numbers Mean Something, is released today and available for purchase from Burning Shed.http://www.burningshed.com/store/darkroom/"Darkroom's.. .
Posted by on Thu, 02 Oct 2008 23:33:00 GMT

New album available for pre-order

We're pleased to announce that our new album, Some Of These Numbers Mean Something, isnow available for pre-order from Burning Shed.http://www.burningshed.com/store/darkroom/"Darkroom's latest album, ...
Posted by on Wed, 10 Sep 2008 08:30:00 GMT

Darkroom on Last.fm

You can listen to a huge amount of our music on Last.fm:http://www.last.fm/music/DarkroomAnd yes, there are (at least) two Darkrooms there, sharing a page.Enjoy!
Posted by on Wed, 16 Apr 2008 01:43:00 GMT

welcome, new friends

Just wanted to say hi to the 16 people who recently became our friends - and to say sorry if you were in our approval queue for an unreasonably long time! Apparently the MySpace decided not to notify ...
Posted by on Wed, 16 Apr 2008 01:40:00 GMT

New website

The Darkroom website has been revamp and rehomed.It's now at darkroomtheband.net - check it out!
Posted by on Wed, 23 Jan 2008 02:02:00 GMT

Gig cancelled

Unfortunately the gig on Jan 16th has been cancelled, due to a fire at the venue.It's quite likely that the next few gigs will also be cancelled, or moved to a new venue. Stay tuned!
Posted by on Sat, 12 Jan 2008 10:56:00 GMT

Darkroom on Facebook

Check out our new Facebook profile:http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=6511547633
Posted by on Wed, 05 Dec 2007 03:39:00 GMT

new home for the blog

This blog has been superseded by a proper one athttp://expertsleepers.blogspot.com/I don't image this one will get updated much any more. See you over there!
Posted by on Thu, 05 Apr 2007 13:20:00 GMT

podcast updated with something pretty

Added an edit from a hotel room rehearsal from Zürich in August 2005. Simple slice of prettiness, as compared to the last couple of slightly dark, complex episodes.
Posted by on Sun, 01 Apr 2007 03:22:00 GMT

podcast updated with another Daryl Shawn excerpt

We just updated our podcast with another track based around our Ninjam session with Daryl Shawn. Check it out!
Posted by on Sat, 24 Mar 2007 17:29:00 GMT