27/05/2009

Shapeshifter Video

A very brief announcement...



I will be starting to record a video for "Shapeshifter" very shortly, and aim to finish it in two to three weeks, With the single, before "Darkness" is released.



I genuinely have no real idea what the video will contain, but this will most likely be still images and a few random video clips of movement to convey the meaning of the track.



Any pointers, anyone?



Dark.

20/05/2009

The Alter Ego EP

This is pretty much done, seeing as it is just a collection of tracks I have created under different aliases over the last year. Thought i'd just clear up what my Alter Ego's actually are:



Advanced


Deep Space


Tokyo Bass


The Framptons


Tortellini Twister


Night Rock



So far , I only have three tracks for this ep:



The Framptons - Three


Tokyo Bass - Tokyo Heights


Tortellini Twister - Tortellini Twister



Hopefully I'll be adding some more soon, and I'm expecting to release this between now and the end of the month.



On another quick announcement, I've changed the proposed single for Darkness from "Extend Extra" to "Shapeshifter" as I rekon I could do more with that track. This is also in production. And "Darkness" is still scheduled for release on the 1st July. Hope someone is looking forward to this...



Peace



Dark.

13/05/2009

Darkness Promotional

Well here it is! The Official YouTube Promotional Video for "Darkness"



It's not the best video in the world, But i'll admit that I put in alot more effort into the effects than I usually do!Plus, this samples one of my more recent tracks going onto the album, "Late Nights".



Enjoy!



Dark

12/05/2009

Dark DJ Presents "Remixes"

Remixes: Voluem Two



Over the past two years, I have had the pleasure of not only advancing my own music, but also learning new remix techniques too. Due to the vast amount of time I usually have at my disposal(I'm very lazy in reality...), I've also compiled a vast amount of remixes, edits and versions of other artist's songs.



Of course, seeing as half of these remixes were for my own enjoyment, and most were not scheduled to be added to the original artist's releases or projects, I decided to begin a series of compilations, Simply called "Remixes".



These "Volumes" include remixes of tracks from mainly fellow artists / friends from "thedaftclub.com" and from MSN, and a few remixes of other more well known artists such as Daft Punk and Ian Pooley.



In any case, Here is the first volume In case anyone missed it, didn't know about it or didn't care:



Remixes: Volume One (2008)



And this is the next volume:



Remixes: Volume Two (12-05-2009)



Enjoy the remixes!



Dark.

06/05/2009

Dark House Remixes

Anyone fancy remixing tracks from my "Dark House" EP?



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Firstly, You can download the Original EP from my mediafire account, Here. Secondly, a backstory to what is essentially my most popular release to date:



Released in late 2008, "Dark House" was my very first venture into "Sampling": That is, taking old disco songs and transforming them into magnificently house-esque songs with a dark undertone, Hence the title.



Now, I myself used to think that artists who sample are pretty much stealing old songs and "Remixing" them. Piece of cake, right? WRONG! My first attempt didnt work out so well (never saved it...) mainly because I could'nt really work the samples as they were...



So, with the help of a Sample Cutter, I managed to actually try it out proporly, by cutting up the sample and changing pitch, reverb, sequence etc. The final version of this experiment was "Felix", one of my better known tracks. (Although I have a suspicion that is because it's name and the overall structure of the track is simmilar to Daft Punk's "Phoenix".)



Playing a little more, I came up with "Ignis Vantage", which sounded again quite simmilar to "Felix" but I feel it had a better quality sample. Afterwards came "Pikes Peak", Which was originally voted the worst track on the EP, but I love it to death for some reason, no matter what anyone said!(Overprotectiveness much? And I put ALOT of work into this one!)



Possibly considered the "Filler Track" of this EP, "Funk" was actually one of my personal favourites until I finished the final track. I Think I liked this one because the name really suited the style of the song. (And is, again, simmilar to the title of another Daft Punk song, "Da Funk".)



But my true masterpiece of this album, many would agree, was "Caracus Smash". A truly epic piece of sampling on my part, created using the awkward sample I tried to use for my first attempt at sampling ("Tell Me Why, Performed By "Change", this is now one of my absolute favourite tracks, and I hope will go down in history as one of my Greatest Hits.



Anyways, enough of the history lesson! I've created sample packs for all of these, in the hope that I'll get enough variable remixes to make an album with. But also because I want to see some more love for these truly strange and epic sampled house songs. :)



Here are the sample packs for each song:



01 Felix


02 Funk


03 Pikes Peak


04 Ignis Vantage


05 Caracus Smash



Each sample pack should contain the original samples I used, as well as the cut up samples and other sounds (Drums, Synths etc.)If you do decide to remix any of these, Post a comment with a download link, or MSN / email me at: thomasdibden(at)hotmail(dot)com (sorry for that, But it reduces spam, allegedly.



Thanks

05/05/2009

Those B******s At Discogs...

...Are in the process of removing my "Dark Trax" discography, labelling me as a Bedroom DJ. Im More Of A House Musician, Actually! I'm pretty furious with them, as It took me the best half of three days to complete it proporly...



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Nevermind, I've only created "Dark Trax" to proporly catagorise all my releases...I Can Easily Redo It On My Website...



Hmm...I wonder If I could Do the Discography on Internet Archive...

04/05/2009

God, Im Sick...

Well that's annoying...



As well as my girlfriend going on holiday for a week, Im now ill to boot. And it SUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCKS.I've been Coughing and spluttering everywhere all day, my chest and back hurts AND my nose is murdering me with an axe...



No, I have not got swine flu...But with luck, I can bunk off college tomorrow...hurray!

03/05/2009

One Right Release

So it has finally reached the deadline for One Wrong Turn...And it's another three track single...



One Wrong Turn Single (Download Link)



Tracklist:


01 One Wrong Turn


02 One Wrong Turn (Renumber)


03 One Wrong Turn (Sounds Like Johnny Depp Remix)



I'm loving the SLJD remix, for its deep electro-trance and distinctive style, but i'll always prefer the original...although the renumber IS close to perfect, apart from being over 7 minutes long...



Anyways, Enjoy!