| The Dark Poets | |
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| Background information | |
| Genres | breakbeat |
| Years active | 2001 - present day |
| Labels | Some Bizzare |
| Website | http://www.darkpoets.com |
| Members | |
| James R Hunter Sarah Hilliard Leigh Dunning |
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Dubbed "Drum and Bass for Goths" The Dark Poets are an electronic [Rock]/breakbeat outfit from the UK.
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The Dark Poets originally rose to prominence with their soundtrack for Alex Chandon's cult Cradle of Filth horror movie 'Cradle of Fear'. - Which gained the attention of Some Bizzare label boss Stevo Pearce signing The Dark Poets to Some Bizzare Records in 2006. The Cradle of Fear soundtrack was released by Silvascreen Records in the UK and Silva America ( SSD 1148. )
In 2006 they appeared on the Some Bizzare compilation titled Redefining the Prologue with their "Thrash Techno" track 'Crazy'.("A Bad Trip Inverse of Handbag House" - Mike Barnes - Wire Magazine)[1] The record received good reviews.
The Dark Poets emerged to work with director Alex Chandon again in 2006 on his award winning short film 'Borderline' - which picked up the Saatchi award for best new director in Cannes '07 - the film is currently being used to promote the London 2012 Olympics.
Gary Lucas has recently (2007) "The Dark Poets" The album was executively produced by Stevo Pearce of Some Bizzare Records and features a dark eclectic mixture of dark moody drum and bass, techno and rock collaborations (most notably "Prime Time" - featuring vocals by Sarah Hilliard and James R Hunter) as well as many early collectable Gary Lucas tracks and collaborations (including original sketches of songs which went on to be used on Jeff Buckley's "Grace" album' including "Grace" and "Mojo Pin"). The album was released to good reviews, and included a remix on the album by British Techno legends The GridRichard Norris/Dave Ball.<.<.
Following the release of Beyond the Pale"- The Dark Poets released 'the Judgement at midnight' (originally from their collaboration with Gary Lucas) on the Some Bizarre double album "The Only Failure is to Cease to Try" - overnight it became the albums top selling download.(verified date=November 2008)
This was followed by an appearance on the high profile Soft Cell Marc Almond/Dave Ball remix album (Soft Cell Heat: The Remixes (Universal/Mercury/SomeBizzare) - The Dark Poets remix of Soft Cell track 'Barriers'
Then collaborations with 'The Problem Being' - ( A remix of the single 'Electro is Dead'. Out on Departure records. On some sites (including iTunes and Amazon MP3) the remix is mistakenly titled 'The Dead Poets Remix'.) Plus a Dark Poets remix of Argentinian Dance outfit Farmacia - The track titled "Todo Esta Bien"
The Dark Poets began then working with Italian/London DJ and vocalist DJ Mike Anderson. Their first release together features on Jambalay records as a download from the 'Deep Conversations E.P.' 'Dont Step' - featuring 2 club and dub mixes by The Dark Poets. "The Dark Poets Remix" and "The Dark Poets Mind Your Language" mix Released July 2011 on netlabel Jambalay Records.
The Cradle of Fear EP was released for download only in August 2011 from www.darkpoets.com Featuring a re-release of their 'oldskool' breakbeat Cradle of Fear tracks 'Breakbeat Haloween' & 'It doesn't matter' the EP also features British electronica artist Kontour on a terrifying vocal rendition Breakbeat Haloween. Plus Dark Poets techno work out 'Headf*ck'
There are usually free downloads available from the website.