Project Pitchfork
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| Project Pitchfork | |
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| Origin | Germany |
| Genre(s) | Darkwave (1989-1994) Synthpop/Electronica (1995-present) |
| Years active | 1989–present |
| Label(s) | EastWest Records (1998–present) |
| Members | |
| Peter Spilles Dirk Scheuber Jürgen Jansen Achim Färber Carsten Klatte |
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Not to be confused with Projekt or Pro-jekt
Project Pitchfork is a darkwave musical group from Hamburg, Germany.
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[edit] Members
- Peter Spilles – vocals
- Patricia Nigiani – vocals, keyboards (1989-1994)
- Dirk Scheuber – keyboards
- Jürgen Jansen – keyboards
- Achim Färber – drums
- Carsten Klatte – guitar
[edit] History
Project Pitchfork formed following a meeting between Peter Spilles and Dirk Scheuber at a Girls Under Glass concert in Germany. Having agreed to work together, they then allegedly picked the projects name by picking a word at random from the dictionary. The demo 'K.N.K.A.' was recorded, and their newly-appointed manager Kai Lotze who helped secure them a deal with the Hypnobeat label, who released their hastily-recorded debut album 'Dhyani' in 1991.
Their second album 'Lam'Bras' appeared in February 1992. Now benefitting from an improved production quality, this album yielded 'Conjure' as the most enduring track, as well as the first vocal appaarance from Peter's girfriend Patricia Nigiani. The third Pitchfork album 'Entities' appeared a mere six months later, from which the track 'Souls' was later reworked into an 'extended version' on 1993's 'Souls/Island EP'. The band then switched to the Off-Beat label for 1994's 'IO', yielding the singles 'Renascence' and 'Carrion'.
The next Pitchfork release, the 'Corps d'Amour' EP was more sexually-influenced that previous works, though the band denied any link between the lyrics and Peter's personal life. The 1995 album 'Alpha Omega' was a consolidation effort of sorts. Their next studio album 'Chakra:Red!' arrived in 1997, the first album since 'Dhyani' to be written as a group effort rather than by Spilles alone, bringing a number of fresh influences to the Pitchfork sound as a result.
Eon:Eon appeared in 1998, their first on a major label (the Warner Music Group label EastWest). The album yielded three singles in 'Steelrose', 'Carnival' and 'I Live Your Dream'. The next Project Pitchfork album 'Daimonion' would not appear until 2001, with the song 'Timekiller' becoming one of their biggest club hits to date.
2002 saw the release of the 'Nun' trilogy, with the 'Inferno' album and the EPs 'Trialog' and 'View From A Throne' released in quick succession. Their recordings now utilised more guitar than ever before, whilst their conceptual stance was becoming even more esoteric and far-fetched. The album met a mixed repsonse - many were impressed by the bands developing musical direction, whilst others were driven away by their increasingly conceptual stance and the lack of stand-out hits.
It would be a further three years before Pitchfork returned again with the album 'Kaskade' in 2006, which continued their recent trend for combining rock and electronic elements. In 2007, the band released their first download-only releases in the form of 'Wonderland' and 'One Million Faces', though these were later released on CD in February 2008.
[edit] Current Status
Project Pitchfork is currently signed with EastWest Records (Europe) and Metropolis Records (U.S.).
[edit] Discography
[edit] Full-length albums and EPs
- Dhyani (1991)
- Lam-'bras (1992)
- Entities (1992)
- Souls/Island EP (1993)
- IO (1994)
- Alpha Omega (1995)
- !CHAKRA:Red! (1997)
- Eon:Eon (1998)
- Daimonion (2001)
- "Nun" the trilogy
- Inferno (2002)
- View From a Throne EP (2002)
- Trialog EP (2002)
- Kaskade (2005)
- Wonderland/One Million Faces (2008)
[edit] Compilations, remixes and live albums
- The Early Years (1996)
- Live 97 (1997)
- Collector - Lost and Found (2001)
- Collector - Fireworks and Colorchange (2003)
- Live 2003/2001 (2003)
[edit] Singles
- Psychic Torture (1991)
- Renascence (1994)
- En Garde! (1996)
- Carnival (1998)
- Steelrose (1998)
- I Live Your Dream (1999)
- Existence (2001)
- Existence 2 (2001)
- Timekiller (2001)
- Wonderland (webrelease) (2006)
- One Million Faces (webrelease) (2006)
