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FortDax
Electronica / Experimental / Acoustic

"...and little lambs eat ivy..."


United Kingdom

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Member Since3/13/2006
Band Websitefedge.net/fortdax
Band Membersdarren durham, with occasional help from the FortDax Tiny Ensemble.
Influencesabba / joana amendoeira / bee gees / big stick / the birthday party / the carter family / circle / crime & the city solution / george crumb / arthur doyle / einsturzende neubauten / eluvium / espers / fantomas / the go-betweens / vincent guaraldi / his name is alive / hugo largo / husker du / charles ives / lightning bolt / francisco lopez / meat puppets / meredith monk / giorgio moroder / conlon nancarrow / the nightblooms / mary margaret o'hara / pere ubu / piano magic / plastikman / henri pousseur / rachel's / boyd rice / royal trux / arthur russell / stars of the lid / straitjacket fits / tangerine dream / thin white rope / the verlaines / kurt weill / trevor wishart / robert wyatt / the young gods
Sounds Like"baroquetronica" / "the exact halfway-point between charles ives and abba" / "michael nyman trapped upside down in a clockwork palace during a snowstorm" / "an alternative soundtrack to dario argento's 'suspiria'" / "john carpenter's live touring band" / "listened to that FortDax remix....i never want to hear it again ever in my life! it sounds like some midi track created for an old atari game about knights and dragons!!"
Record Labelvery friendly / static caravan / tugboat
Type of LabelIndie







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   About FortDax
(2006)

i'm not sure what i wish to say. although FortDax will shortly be five years old in terms of public consumption, it's a fair deal further advanced than that for me and it looks likely that 'divers' will be the last release under the moniker before i split myself into a number of different pseudonyms (and genres?). all of this is of course subject to whim…perhaps you'd care to read the press release for 'divers'?

"nigh-on three years after 'folly' and at least 18 moons since the john peel session where the ideas were first aired, darren durham returns under the FortDax moniker with his somewhat-overdue new album. no, he's not entirely sure where the time went either...what can be said for certain though is that 'divers' is noticeably different in tone & hue to its predecessor and assuredly darker, although its core, as with previous FortDax releases, remains firmly rooted in melody. 'folly' went on to be regarded as an 'ambient' work in certain quarters, but darren swears that this was largely due to the low-volume mastering. suffice it to say that 'divers' contains less of 'those vangelis synthesizers' and a sleeve instruction to 'play much louder'. this time around, there may also be other musicians involved, an amount of real (read 'physical') instrumentation, and at least one field recording from the bronte country valley where he lives & works. as per 'folly', the album is dedicated to his dog 'meg', although as with his geographical placement, that's not necessarily significant."

(2004)

'FortDax' really is a single word, albeit with the idiosyncrasy of two capital letters.

FortDax is also just a single soul - darren durham, who lives in a valley located up in bronte country, england.

in april 2003 tugboat records (r.i.p.) released the acclaimed album 'folly'. 'folly' arrived in the slipstream of the mini-album for static caravan 'at bracken'. the 'dublin event guide', who made it their album of the issue, said that "folly'...to put it blunty, is stunning".

'do something pretty' suggested the following: "I get the impression that he's seen hundreds of sun rises, writing 'folly' as he imagines the music we should listen to as light pours across the land".

darren, on the other hand, thinks that whilst undeniably romantic, it may have been overly whimsical in places and adds that he 'stands by everything he's said about whigfield and charles ives in the past'.

work is currently progressing on the next batch of recordings, which at present seem linked to the sea rather than the land...

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 Daniela Stickroth (meerestief) 


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nathan fake®





Jul 17 2008 3:52 AM

you mentioned that you thought about me last week, i wondered if anything in particular spurred off your thoughts. its all about being a even keel. keep it even.
x
nathan fake®





Jul 15 2008 6:14 AM

that sounds abit like wanking!!!!!!!!!!!!

what happened last week then? x
nathan fake®





Jul 13 2008 8:47 AM

alright boss?
i'd leave a whimsical/arty picture here but i don't have any.
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Jul 12 2008 5:11 PM



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Daniela Stickroth (meerestief)





Jul 8 2008 11:26 AM

There was a boy
very strange enchanted boy;
they say be wander'd very far
very far over land and sea.
A little shy and sad of eye
but very wise
very wise was be.
And then one day
a magic day he passed my way
and while we spoke of many things
fools and kings
this he said to me:
The greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return.

(George Benson, nature boy)
Kon√ndr√m





Jun 20 2008 6:26 PM

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Daniela Stickroth (meerestief)





Jun 20 2008 7:40 AM

sunny kiss from.....
...................
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......PORTUGAL.

hAhAhA....too funny :))

blond Dorothy
Kon√ndr√m





Jun 11 2008 4:55 PM

Kon√ndr√m





Jun 11 2008 4:55 PM

Daniela Stickroth (meerestief)





Jun 11 2008 12:34 PM

yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
(YOU know what I mean)

A W E S O M E !!
kisses, your Robo-Sticksen
Mostklik





Jun 10 2008 5:29 AM

Thanks for your friendship!

Cheers from Moscow!
Best.
EVY!





Jun 8 2008 1:13 PM

a little kiss
but big kiss
evy!
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carinette





Jun 2 2008 2:47 PM

*t.p.i.t.s.c.w.f.e.o.o.n.w.t.o.e.o.t.
Romain [KANIBALISM]


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Jun 2 2008 11:56 AM

You're so amazing!
I love your songs!
Kon√ndr√m





May 29 2008 2:08 PM

I know exactly what you mean dude.

Sounds like you will have plenty of work to choose from though ;)


C'mon lets hear it already!


Hoping you are more than well,
J
Kon√ndr√m





May 29 2008 9:23 AM

any hints on when your new project will debut? how about a name?

:)

-J
Daniela Stickroth (meerestief)





May 25 2008 7:36 AM

Sunday-Kiss!
[Music]SNOB aka Baby Swiss Beats





May 22 2008 2:47 PM

ahhh...sounds like my field...healthcare.
:P
[Music]SNOB aka Baby Swiss Beats





May 22 2008 2:05 PM

EEEWWWW...where the heck do you work?!? :)
Lavinia Andronicus





May 21 2008 11:32 AM

Hey Dx, I forgot to say that you oughta check out the song on my page by Dizzy Spells Martian. She's the other girl in my doo-wop group!
xxx
Elisa





May 21 2008 10:03 AM

thanx;)nice sound here^^
INTRAFFIK





May 15 2008 11:33 AM

of course
INTRAFFIK





May 15 2008 11:55 AM

this
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May 14 2008 10:54 PM

thanks for the add,
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INTRAFFIK





May 13 2008 12:39 PM

hello, nice week sir fortdax
Minnie Musique





May 9 2008 12:28 PM

Sweet innocence....how lovely to come across hope in music...a feeling that consumes me when I listen....Selene
TITA





May 7 2008 12:59 PM

Excuse me pleaseeee?
I said...losing my life..

;)
kiss
Evgueni Kozlov





May 4 2008 2:41 PM

thanks for the add! great music!
Kon√ndr√m





Apr 25 2008 3:33 PM

you are most welcome
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Apr 25 2008 3:32 PM

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Daniela Stickroth (meerestief)





Apr 24 2008 12:23 AM

sunny kiss from Portugal ;))

Kon√ndr√m





Apr 23 2008 10:55 PM

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Apr 1 2008 1:35 PM

better don't ask
u know how they say

whoasks.
wonders.

by me
all good.
winter board goodies.

on you're page billlllions of strange comments.
ninunaaaaaa





Apr 1 2008 1:18 PM

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and d time passes
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Mar 26 2008 4:01 PM

Ciao FortDax thanks for the add .
Listen "Relax" in myspace Superbeppedj
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stegi





Mar 26 2008 5:09 AM

Thank you!
s.
nathan fake®





Mar 24 2008 12:27 PM

In west Philadelphia born and raised
On the playground was where I spent most of my days
Chillin' out maxin' relaxin' all cool
And all shootin some b-ball outside of the school
When a couple of guys
Who were up to no good
Startin making trouble in my neighborhood
I got in one little fight and my mom got scared
She said 'You're movin' with your auntie and uncle in Bel Air'
EVY!





Mar 22 2008 7:22 AM

darren...
many kisses.. waiting for your news,...
evy
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nathan fake®





Mar 21 2008 3:32 PM

and if you don't love me now, you will never love me again
i can still hear you saying "I will never break the chain(never break the chain)"
Daniela Stickroth (meerestief)





Mar 21 2008 1:01 PM

Darren my dear,

how many
sea aster sea rush sea barley sea mayweed Ray's knotgrass sea pearlwort sea pea sea couch sea beet long-bracted sedge sea-blite seaside centaury sea plantain sea bindweed
pics did I send you?

;))
Daniela Stickroth (meerestief)





Mar 16 2008 4:49 PM

baci from Italy, Daniela

EVY!