| Darker | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | C-Tec |
| Cover: | C-TecDarker.jpg |
| Genre: | EBM |
| Length: | 48:38 |
| Label: | Synthetic Symphony |
| Producer: | Marc Heal |
| Prev Title: | Cyber-Tec |
| Prev Year: | 1995 |
| Next Title: | Cut |
| Next Year: | 2000 |
Darker is the debut studio album of C-Tec, released on 1 September 1997 by Synthetic Symphony.[1] [2] 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.[3] 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.
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.[4] [5]
| Year | Publication | Country | Accolade | Rank | class=unsortable | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | CMJ New Music Monthly | United States | "Top 25 Dance" | 8 | ||
| "CMJ Radio Airplay: Top 75" | 61 | |||||
| "*" denotes an unordered list. |
Adapted from the Darker liner notes.[6]
C-Tec
'Additional performers
Production and design
| 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 |