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The Darkroom podcast returns
04/02/13 16:44
After what turned out to be almost exactly three
years, our podcast is back in action.
And even more unexpectedly, we made a little ambient video to go with the new track:
Os, February 2013
And even more unexpectedly, we made a little ambient video to go with the new track:
rose bengal on Vimeo.
Os, February 2013
Darkroom on Twitter
24/10/12 20:50
I’ve personally been tweeting quite actively for a
while now as @expertsleepers, but I’m
going to make an effort to revive @darkroomtheband as a tweet
stream for Darkroom stuff. Please follow!
Os, October 2012
Os, October 2012
Bandcamp
27/01/10 20:22
We’ve put most of our catalogue up on our Bandcamp page.
Bandcamp is a great service that allows musicians to sell directly to their fans. It also offers downloads in much higher quality formats than other services - up to and including lossless formats such as FLAC, so for example you can now go and get Some Of These Numbers Mean Something in 24 bit FLAC, better than CD quality!
The downloads are also cheaper on Bandcamp. Well, to be accurate, the downloads can be as expensive as the band wants them to be, but I’ve set ours so you pay about what we would get from iTunes for a sale - because on Bandcamp we get all the money (none goes to Apple etc.) we can afford to do that and not lose out.
We’ll also be putting up most of our podcast tracks on Bandcamp from now on. The podcast will remain as 128kbit mp3s (i.e. low quality by today’s standards) but you’ll be able to download the higher quality versions from Bandcamp if you want.
Os, January 2010
Bandcamp is a great service that allows musicians to sell directly to their fans. It also offers downloads in much higher quality formats than other services - up to and including lossless formats such as FLAC, so for example you can now go and get Some Of These Numbers Mean Something in 24 bit FLAC, better than CD quality!
The downloads are also cheaper on Bandcamp. Well, to be accurate, the downloads can be as expensive as the band wants them to be, but I’ve set ours so you pay about what we would get from iTunes for a sale - because on Bandcamp we get all the money (none goes to Apple etc.) we can afford to do that and not lose out.
We’ll also be putting up most of our podcast tracks on Bandcamp from now on. The podcast will remain as 128kbit mp3s (i.e. low quality by today’s standards) but you’ll be able to download the higher quality versions from Bandcamp if you want.
Os, January 2010
Follow Os on Twitter
15/07/09 18:17
I've decided to make a bit more effort to engage with
Twitter.
Follow me @expertsleepers
Os, July 2009
Follow me @expertsleepers
Os, July 2009
Last.fm problem resolved
18/03/09 11:08
Just a quick note to point out that Last.fm have finally fixed
the bug that was preventing Some Of These
Numbers Mean Something from being available as
more than 30 second previews on their site.
So if you've so far resisted the urge to buy it, you can listen to the whole thing on demand here (provided you live in certain countries, anyway).
Os, March 2009
So if you've so far resisted the urge to buy it, you can listen to the whole thing on demand here (provided you live in certain countries, anyway).
Os, March 2009
Podcast & Improvizone
14/01/09 16:07
As you may have noticed our podcast is back in
action, after a longer-than-normal hiatus late last
year. (Links to the podcast are in the sidebar to the
left.)
There's been a lot of tie-in with the Improvizone podcast recently. The latest podcast track, the snappily named 'iz20080528_0033', is a version of a previous Improvizone download (this one) with the bass removed to make it a more ambient affair. Similarly, the previous Darkroom podcast track 'iz20080730endwashes' recently resurfaced on Improvizone, with bass and drums intact, here.
Os, Jan 2009
There's been a lot of tie-in with the Improvizone podcast recently. The latest podcast track, the snappily named 'iz20080528_0033', is a version of a previous Improvizone download (this one) with the bass removed to make it a more ambient affair. Similarly, the previous Darkroom podcast track 'iz20080730endwashes' recently resurfaced on Improvizone, with bass and drums intact, here.
Os, Jan 2009
Darkroom on SoundCloud
11/10/08 14:33
SoundCloud seems to be the
big thing getting all the hype right now, so
we've jumped on the bandwagon.
First impressions are good - it's a nice bit of web design, good looking and easy to use. It remains to be seen whether it's actually of any use.
And here's a special treat (since the Last.fm page for SOTNMS is still bugged - grrr) - a whole track from the new album, via the SoundCloud embeddable music player. Enjoy!
os, Oct 2008
First impressions are good - it's a nice bit of web design, good looking and easy to use. It remains to be seen whether it's actually of any use.
And here's a special treat (since the Last.fm page for SOTNMS is still bugged - grrr) - a whole track from the new album, via the SoundCloud embeddable music player. Enjoy!
os, Oct 2008
Os's Last.fm profile
14/07/08 20:49
Just in case anyone wants to up their cyber-stalking
of Darkroom band members, my Last.fm profile is here:
http://www.last.fm/user/expertsleepers/
Caveat: I share my iTunes library with my wife, so the charts and playlists you see will be skewed slightly. I, for example, am not a great Tori Amos fan, contrary to what Last.fm would have you believe.
os, July 2008
http://www.last.fm/user/expertsleepers/
Caveat: I share my iTunes library with my wife, so the charts and playlists you see will be skewed slightly. I, for example, am not a great Tori Amos fan, contrary to what Last.fm would have you believe.
os, July 2008
Last.fm
09/04/08 20:27
We recently uploaded all the Darkroom material, well,
pretty much ever, to Last.fm. You can find it
here:
http://www.last.fm/music/Darkroom
For those not familiar with Last.fm:
Unfortunately it's utterly brain-dead when it comes to handling multiple bands with the same name. Basically, it can't. Of course, there's more than one Darkroom in the world and so we share the page. Which is why you'll find 'Darkroom' prominently tagged as 'indie' on the site. We may be many things, but I'd suggest that 'indie' is not one of them. So, Darkroom fans - or should I say, fans of The One and True Darkroom (us) - get tagging.
os, April 2008
PS I just noticed Darkroom (presumably the other Darkroom) has been tagged as 'nice'. I ask you, who tags music as 'nice'? (If it's you, dear reader, let us know)
http://www.last.fm/music/Darkroom
For those not familiar with Last.fm:
It's a web 2.0 social networking kind of thing, and relies to some extent on people tagging the music they listen to, but also just tracks what music you play and works out what else you might like."Last.fm connects you with your favorite music, and uses your unique taste to find new music, people, and concerts you'll like."
Unfortunately it's utterly brain-dead when it comes to handling multiple bands with the same name. Basically, it can't. Of course, there's more than one Darkroom in the world and so we share the page. Which is why you'll find 'Darkroom' prominently tagged as 'indie' on the site. We may be many things, but I'd suggest that 'indie' is not one of them. So, Darkroom fans - or should I say, fans of The One and True Darkroom (us) - get tagging.
os, April 2008
PS I just noticed Darkroom (presumably the other Darkroom) has been tagged as 'nice'. I ask you, who tags music as 'nice'? (If it's you, dear reader, let us know)
Blog now supports comments
23/01/08 20:06
I've enabled comments in the blog, so if anyone's
actually reading this and feels like leaving a
comment on these posts they can do so. Fortunately
RapidWeaver makes this very simple, taking advantage
of the free service offered by Haloscan.
os, Jan 2008
os, Jan 2008
Welcome to the new home of the Darkroom website
11/01/08 14:40
Darkroom are now installed in their new home at
darkroomtheband.net. Apart from being a slightly more
obvious URL, this new location also gives us a lot
more space. Expect to see some archive material being
uploaded as mp3s soon!
os, Jan 2008
os, Jan 2008
Welcome to the new Darkroom website
07/01/08 09:04
As well as just looking nicer, there are some useful new features. E.g. the reviews page has been implemented as a blog, so it's easier to add new ones (there will be new ones one day, I'm sure), and you can filter them by tag e.g. here are all the reviews of Freefall.
There's actually a bit more than usual going on in Darkroom-land these days, so stay tuned for more news over the next while. Why not make use of the RSS feed to keep in touch?
os, Jan 2008