- Project Pitchfork
Infobox musical artist
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Origin =Germany
Genre =Darkwave (1989-1994)Synthpop /Electronica (1995-present)
Years_active =1989 –present
Label =EastWest Records (1998 –present)
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Current_members =Peter Spilles Dirk Scheuber
Jürgen JansenAchim Färber Carsten Klatte
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Notable_instruments = "Not to be confused withProjekt orPro-jekt "Project Pitchfork is a
darkwave musical group fromHamburg ,Germany .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 project's 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 girlfriend 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 labelEastWest ). 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.
Out via Prussia by mid August 2008 is Imatem's "Journey" CD [ [http://www.side-line.com/news_comments.php?id=34169_0_2_0_C New album for Imatem, solo project Project Pitchfork frontman] ] . Imatem is the musical project by Peter Spilles (Project Pitchfork). This is the second album for the project this time bringing 10 new songs with such guest musicians as Ronan Harris (VNV Nation), Sara Noxx, Sven Friedrich (Zeraphine/Solar Fake), Stefan Grossmann (Absurd Minds), Jay Smith (Deviant UK), Jinxy (Santa Hates You), Nick (Legacy Of Music) and Jan Revolution.
Current Status
Project Pitchfork is currently signed with
EastWest Records (Europe) andMetropolis Records (U.S.).Members
*Peter Spilles –
vocals
*Patricia Nigiani –vocals , keyboards (1989-1994)
*Dirk Scheuber – keyboards
*Jürgen Jansen – keyboards
*Achim Färber – drums
*Carsten Klatte –guitar Discography
*K.N.K.A. – (CS, Ltd. Edition [200 copies] ) 1990 - "no label"
*Dhyani – (CD Album) 1991 - Hypnobeat • (LP Album) 1991 - Hypnobeat, Semaphore • (CD Album) 1994 - SPV Recordings • (CD Album) 2000 - Candyland Entertainment
*Precious New World – (7", Ltd. Edition Box) 1991 - Hypnobeat
*Psychic Torture – (CD Maxi) 1991 - Hypnobeat • (12") 1991 - Hypnobeat • (CD Maxi) 1994 - SPV Recordings • (CD Maxi) 1999 - Candyland Entertainment
*Entities – (CD Album) 1992 - Hypnobeat • (CD Album) 1994 - SPV Recordings • (CD Album) 1999 - Candyland Entertainment
*Entities Box – (CD Album + Mini CD, Ltd. Edition) 1992 - Hypnobeat
*Lam-'Bras – (LP Album) 1992 - Hypnobeat • (CD Album) 1992 - Hypnobeat • (CD Album) 1994 - SPV Recordings • (CD Album) 1999 - Candyland Entertainment
*Carrion – (CD Maxi) 1993 - Off Beat
*Entities Tour – (VHS) 1993 - Devilock TV
*Souls/Island – (CD Mini Album) 1993 - Hypnobeat • (CD Mini Album) 1994 - SPV Recordings • (CD Mini Album) 1999 - Candyland Entertainment
*Glowing Like Io - Live Performance – (VHS) 1994 - Off Beat
*IO – (CD Album) 1994 - Off Beat, Synthetic Symphony • (2xLP Album, Ltd. Edition) 1994 - Off Beat • (CD Promo) 1994 - Off Beat • (CD Album) 1995 - Metropolis
*IO Box – (CD Album + Mini CD, Ltd. Edition [1000 copies] ) 1994 - Off Beat
*Little >IO< – (Mini CD, Ltd. Edition) 1994 - Off Beat
*Renascence – (CD Maxi) 1994 - Off Beat
*Alpha Omega – (CD Album) 1995 - Metropolis • (CD Album, Ltd. Edition Metal Box) 1995 - Candyland Entertainment
*CH'I – (CD EP) 1995 - Candyland Entertainment
*Corps D'Amour – (CD EP) 1995 - Candyland Entertainment
*Alpha Omega - Live – (VHS) 1995 - Candyland Entertainment
*En Garde! – (CD Maxi) 1996 - Candyland Entertainment
*The Early Years (89-93) – (CD) 1996 - Off Beat • (CD) 1996 - Cleopatra
*¡Chakra : Red! – (CD Album) 1997 - Candyland Entertainment, Energy Rekords • (CD Album) 1998 - Metropolis
*Live '97 – (CD, Ltd. Edition Metal Box) 1997 - Candyland Entertainment
*Carnival – (CD Maxi) 1998 - EastWest Records GmbH • (CD Maxi, Ltd Edition Cardboard Sleeve) 1998 - EastWest Records GmbH
*Eon:Eon – (CD Album) 1998 - EastWest Records GmbH, Metropolis • (CD Album + Mini CD, Ltd. Edition) 1998 - EastWest Records GmbH • (CD Album, Promo) 1998 - EastWest Records GmbH
*Steelrose – (CD Maxi) 1998 - EastWest Records GmbH, Metropolis
*I Live Your Dream – (CD Maxi) 1999 - EastWest Records GmbH • (CD Maxi, Shaped, Ltd. Edition) 1999 - EastWest Records GmbH
*Live '99 – (VHS) 1999 - Candyland Entertainment
*Collector: Lost and Found – (2xCD) 2001 - Candyland Entertainment
*Daimonion – (CD Album) 2001 - EastWest Records GmbH, Metropolis
*Existence (Red Cover) – (CD Maxi) 2001 - EastWest Records GmbH
*Existence (Yellow Cover) – (CD Maxi) 2001 - EastWest Records GmbH
*Timekiller – (CD Maxi) 2001 - EastWest Records GmbH
*Awakening – (CD Single, Promo) 2002 - WEA International Inc.
*Collector - Adapted for the Screen – (DVD) 2002 - Warner Vision (Germany)
*Inferno – (CD Album) 2002 - Metropolis, WEA International Inc. • (CS Album) 2002 - WEA International Inc.
*Trialog – (CD Maxi) 2002 - Metropolis, WEA International Inc. • (CD Single, Promo) 2002 - WEA International Inc.
*View From a Throne – (CD Maxi) 2002 - Metropolis, WEA International Inc. • (CD Single, Promo) 2002 - WEA International Inc.
*2 Originals of Project Pitchfork: Dhyani & Lam-'Bras – (2xCD) 2003 - Candyland Entertainment
*2 Originals of Project Pitchfork: Entities + Souls/Island – (2xCD) 2003 - Candyland Entertainment
*Collector: Fireworks & Colorchange – (2xCD) 2003 - WEA International Inc.
*Project Pitchfork Live – (CD) 2003 - WEA International Inc.
*NUN Trilogie – (3xCD, Ltd. Edition Box) - Candyland Entertainment
*Live 2003 – (2xDVD) 2004 - Candyland Entertainment, Metropolis
*Kaskade – (CD Album) 2005 - Candyland Entertainment, Metropolis • (2xLP) 2005 - Candyland Entertainment • (CD, Ltd. Edition Book) 2005 - Candyland Entertainment
*Schall Und Rauch/The Future Is Now – (CD Single, Promo) 2005 - Candyland Entertainment
*Ich Will Leben – (CD Maxi) 2006 - Four.Rock
*Wonderland/One Million Faces – (CD EP) 2007 - Candyland EntertainmentCompilation appearances
*German Mystic Sound Sampler Volume I – (CD) 1990 Track #5 "2nd Step" - Zillo • (LP) 1990, Side A, Track #5 "2nd Step" - Zillo
*The Official Techno Club Compilation Volume Two – (2xCD) 1990, Disc #2, Track #13 "K.N.K.A. (Unreleased Remix)" - New Zone
*040 Hamburg Strikes Back! – (CD) 1992, Track #1 "Inside" - Hypnobeat
*… To Hypersonic - The Hyperium Compilation Part II – (CD) 1992, Track #3 "Caught in the Abattoir" - Hyperium Records
*Hy! From Hypnotic to Hypersonic – (2xCD) 1992, Disc #2, Track #3 "Caught in the Abattoir" - Hyperium Records
*We Came to Dance - Indie Dancefloor Vol. I – (CD) 1993, Track #6 "The Abeyance" - Sub Terranean
*We Came to Dance - Indie Dancefloor Vol. II – (CD) 1993, Track #3 "Song of the Winds" - Sub Terranean
*Electrocity – (CD-ROM Sampler) 1994, Tracks 20 - 29, Various Titles - Interaktive Musikproductions Und Vertriebs GmbH
*Electrocity Vol. 5 – (CD) 1994, Track #1 "Terra Incognita" - Ausfahrt
*Moonraker – (2xCD) 1994, Disc #1, Track #2 "Carrion (Decay Mix)" - Sub Terranean
*Wave Movies – (VHS, Ltd. Edition) 1994, Video #13 "Circus of Death" and Video #14 "Souls (Face Remix)" - Devilock TV
*We Came to Dance - Indie Dancefloor Vol. IV – (CD) 1994, Track #1 "Souls" - Sub Terranean
*Zillo Jubiläums Compilation 1989-1994 – (CD) 1994, Track #5 "Bodies" - Zillo
*E-Beat – (2xCD) 1995, Disc #1, Track #4 "Silent Scream" - Polymedia Marketing Group GmbH
*Moonraker Vol. II – (2xCD) 1995, Disc #1, Track #15 "Terra Incognita" - Sub Terranean
*Neurostyle Vol. II – (CD) 1995, Track #9 "The Longing" - Sub Terranean
*The Tyranny Off the Beat Vol.1 – (CD) 1995, Track #7 "Renascence (Infinity Mix by FLA)" and Track #8 "Carrion (Decay Mix)" - Off Beat, Cleopatra
*There Is No Time – (4xCD) 1995, Disc #4, Track #6 "Carrion" - Ras Dva Records
*Virtual X-mas 95 – (Mini CD, Ltd. Edition, Promo) 1995, Track #4 "Silent Scream" - Energy Rekords
*Best of EBM & Electro Vol. 1 – (CD) 1996, Track #10 "Souls (Extended Version)" - Zoth Ommog
*Command & Conquer - Alarmstufe Rot – (2xCD) 1996, Disc #2, Track #6 "2069 AD" - Cinerama
*E-Beat - Phase II – (CD) 1996, Track #10 "Animal (Remix)" - Polymedia Marketing Group GmbH
*Industrial Revolution: 3rd Edition Rare & Unreleased – (2xCD) 1996, Disc #2, Track #14 "The Animal (Youthsad Mix)" - Cleopatra
*Off Road Tracks Vol. 3 – (CD, Promo) 1996 Track #2 "2069 AD" - Metal Hammer (Germany)
*Zillo Club Hits – (CD) 1996, Track #9 "Requiem" - Zillo
*Industrial Madness – (4xCD) 1997, Disc #3, Track #2 "K.N.K.A. (Climax Version)" - Cleopatra
*Industrial Mix Machine – (2xCD) 1997, Disc #1, Track #6 "Renascence (Infinity Mix)" - Cleopatra
*Night of Darkness - Grenzwellen on CD – (CD) 1997, Track #4 "God Wrote" - Synthetic Symphony
*Out of the Dark – (CD) 1997, Track #11 "2069 AD" - GUN Records
*Voll Auf Die Zehn! – (2xLP) 1997, Side C, Track #6 "Alpha Omega" - Public Propaganda Records
*Wing Commander: Prophecy (Original Soundtrack) – (CD Enhanced) 1997, Track #9 "Gravitation Zero" - Cinerama
*Bravo Hits 23 – (2xCD) 1998, Disc #2, Track #6 "Carnival (Album Version)" - Warner Special Marketing GmbH, Bertelsmann Club
*Formel Eins - Die Hit-CD – (2xCD) 1998, Disc #1, Track #14 "Carnival (Album Version)" - Warner Special Marketing GmbH
*Hypnotic & Hypersonic – (2xCD) 1998, Disc #2, Track #2 "Animal (Remix)" - Hyperium Records
*TOQUE/BCN v.1.0 – (CS) 1998, Side B, Track #2 "God Wrote" - "no label"
*We Came to Watch Part 1 – (VHS) 1998, Video #12 "Renascence" - Credo, Nova Tekk
*Wing Commander: Prophecy – (CD) 1998, Track #9 "Gravitation Zero" - Edel America Records
*Zillo Club Hits 1 – (CD) 1998, Track #9 "Requiem" - Zillo
*ZilloScope: New Signs & Sounds 07-08/98 – (CD Sampler) 1998, Track #1 "En Garde (Live)" - Zillo
*Best of Electronic Music Vol. 2 – (2xCD) 1999, Disc #1, Track #5 "Sin" - TCM Musikproduktionsgesellschaft mbH
*Metropolis 1999 – (CD) 1999, Track #3 "Carnival" - Metropolis
*Sanctuary – (CD) 1999, Track #6 "Steelrose (Apoptygma Berzerk Remix)" - Zoomshot Media Entertainment
*Straight Shooter (Original Soundtrack) – (CD) 1999, Track #5 "Sin" - EastWest Records GmbH
*Zillo Festival Sampler 1999 – (2xCD) 2000, Disc #1, Track #1 "Orange Moon" - Zillo
*Electropolis: Volume 2 – (CD) 2000, Track #13 "Temper of Poseidon" - Metropolis
*Extrem Terror – (CD + CD ROM) 2000, Track 12, "Rescue" - Nuclear Blast
*The Very Best of Industrial Revolution – (CD) 2000, Track #11 "The Animal (Youthsad Mix)" - Cleopatra
*Virion Sequences – (CD) 2000, Track #8 "The Island (Live '97)" - Gashed!
*Beauty In Darkness Vol. 5 – (CD) 2001, Track #6 "Existence (Zeromancer Remix)" - Nuclear Blast
*Beauty In Darkness Vol. 5 – (VHS) 2001, Video #9 "Existence" - Nuclear Blast
*Bravo Hits 32 – (2xCD) 2001, Disc #2, Track #19 "Existence" - Warner Special Marketing GmbH, Bertelsmann Club
*Critical M@55 Volume 2 – (2xCD) 2001, Track #3 "We Are One (Mirror Split Up Into Pieces)" - Metropolis
*Crossing All Over! - Vol. 13 – (2xCD) 2001, Disc #2, Track #18 "Existence" - Supersonic Records, BMG
*D-Side 3 – (CD Sampler) 2001, Track #2 "Timekiller" - D-Side
*Electro Club Attack - The Classix I – (2xCD) 2001, Disc #1, Track #1 "IO" - XXC
*Orkus Presents: The Best of the 90s 1 – (2xCD) 2001, Disc #1, Track #3 "Renascence" - Angelwings, Orkus
*Sonic Seducer Cold Hands Seduction Vol. IX – (CD Sampler, Enhanced) 2001, Video Interview - Sonic Seducer
*Zillo Club Hits 6 – (CD) 2001, Track #8 "Existence (VNV Nation Remix)" - Zillo
*Zillo Festival Sampler 2001 – (CD Sampler) 2001, Track #14 "Existence (Zeromancer Remix)" - Zillo
*Castle Party 2002 – (CD) 2002, Track #1, "Timekiller" - Metal Mind Records
*Critical M@55 Volume 4 – (CD Sampler, Enhanced) 2002, Track #11 "A Cell" - Metropolis
*D-Side 13 – (CD Sampler) 2002, Track #2 "I Am (A Thought In Slowmotion)" - D-Side
*Metropolis 2002 – (CD) 2002, Track #2 "Timekiller" - Metropolis
*Musikexpress 65 - WEA – (CD) 2002, Track #4 "Mine (Beast of Prey)" - Musikexpress
*Orkus Presents: The Best of 2001 – (2xCD) 2002, Disc #1, Track #2 "Timekiller (Video Edit Original)" - Angelwings, Orkus
*Sonic Seducer Cold Hands Seduction Vol. 20 – (CD Sampler + VCD) 2002, VCD Track #5 "Fear (Live)" - Sonic Seducer
*The Dark Side – (DVD) 2003, Track #11 "Trialog" - Universal Marketing Group GmbH
*Beauty In Darkness Volume 7 – (2xDVD) 2004, DVD #2, Track #4 "View from a Throne" - Nuclear Blast
*Gothika – (2xCD) 2004, Disc #2, Track #9 "Renascence (Infinity Remix By Front Line Assembly)" - Cleopatra
*Obscur – (2xCD) 2004, Disc #2, Track #14 "Requiem" - EMI Music (France)
*Orkus Compilation XVI – (CD Sampler, Enhanced) 2004, Video "Spoken Mirror" - Orkus
*Orkus Presents: The Very Best of the 90s Vol. 1 – (2xCD) 2004, Disc #1, Track #7 "Renascence" - Angelwings, Orkus
*Sonic Seducer Cold Hands Seduction Vol. 36 – (CD Sampler Enhanced + CD Sampler) 2004, Video #1 "Awakening (Live)" - Sonic Seducer
*D-Side 29 – (CD Sampler) 2005, Track #8 "Abyss" - D-Side
*Elegy Sampler 36 – (CD Sampler) 2005, Track #1 "Schall Und Rauch" - Elegy
*Into the Darkness Volume 2 – (DVD) 2005, "Temptation (Hurricane Festival)" - Nightclub Records
*New Signs & Sounds 06/05 – (CD Sampler, Enhanced) 2005, "Schall Und Rauch (Oscillator Edit)" - Zillo
*Sonic Seducer Cold Hands Seduction Vol. 49 – (CD Sampler + VCD) 2005, CD Track #1 "The Future Is Now" and Video #8 Interview - Sonic Seducer
*Synth & Wave Essentials – (DVD) 2005, Track #8 "Timekiller" - ZYX Music
*Synth & Wave Essentials Vol. 2 – (2xCD) 2005, Disc #2, Track #6 "Timekiller" - ZYX Music
*Dark Flower Vol. II – (2xCD) 2006, Disc #2, Track #3 "En Garde (Live)" - Angelstar
*Into the Darkness Volume 3 – (DVD) 2006, Track #1 "K.N.K.A. (Markthalle 2005)" - Nightclub Records
*La Reforma – (CD) 2006, Track #1 "Souls" - Q-Code RecordsReferences
External links
* [http://www.pitchfork.de/ Official site]
* [http://www.metropolis-records.com/ Metropolis Records]
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* [http://www.shout.ru/exclusives/exclusive_interview_project_pitchfork_2004_e.htm SHOUT! Online interview with Peter Spilles (Project Pitchfork) (November 2004)]
* [http://www.cosrox.com/cosrox/wp-gallery2.php?g2_itemId=11547 Project Pitchfork: Concert in Romania - Periam]
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