Darker is the debut studio album of C-Tec, released on 1 September 1997 by Synthetic Symphony. The album showcases the band wanting to experiment by integrating different styles and textures into their compositions after the release of their 1995 EP Cyber-Tec. On 5 October 2018 the album was reissued as a music download with an additional track titled "My Unbreakable Code" and written by Marc Heal.
Reception
Greg Prato of AllMusic said "the aptly titled Darker is industrial-influenced, aggressive electronic dance music with all of the necessary ingredients for success -- the vocals are sung with the mandatory pissed-off foreign accent, and the music drills into your brain with ease." Pitchfork Media described the music as having "high-energy, egomaniacal attitudes" and claimed "as any good darkwave album would, it also takes a plunge into the lonelier side of despair and isolation." In May 1998 the album peaked at numbers eight and sixty-one on CMJ New Music Monthly's top dance releases and top radio airplay.
Track listing
Accolades YearPublicationCountryAccoladeRank 1998 CMJ New Music Monthly United States "Top 25 Dance" 8 "CMJ Radio Airplay: Top 75" 61 "*" denotes an unordered list.
Personnel Adapted from the Darker liner notes.
C-Tec Jean-Luc De Meyer – vocals Ged Denton – keyboards Marc Heal – keyboards, vocals, production
'Additional performers Phil Barry – sampler Rhys Fulber – sampler, additional production Björn Jünemann – sampler Daniel Myer – sampler Dejan Samardzic – sampler
Production and design Jim Marcus – cover art (reissue) Doug Martin – engineering, additional production Jules Seifert – remastering (reissue)
Release history Region Date Label Format Catalog Europe 1997 Synthetic Symphony CD CD 085-61572 SPV United States Wax Trax!/TVT TVT 7252 1998 CS Poland 2004 Союз/Synthetic Symphony CS 085-61572 SPV United Kingdom 2018 Armalyte Industries DL
References
External links
Darker at Bandcamp Darker at iTunes