Project Pitchfork

First years (1990–1994) Project Pitchfork were formed by Peter Spilles and Dirk Scheuber. After agreeing to work together, they picked the project's name by choosing a random word from the dictionary. The band gave their first performance in Hamburg in February 1990 through which they would release the majority of their material as well as some side projects and bands such as Philtron and Deep Red. 1995 also saw the release of two EPs, ''CH'I and Corps d'Amour, and one album, Alpha Omega. The year finished off with a tour supported by Rammstein. The next Project Pitchfork studio album ¡Chakra:Red! was released in 1997. It was the first album since Dhyani'' to be written as a group effort, rather than by Peter Spilles alone, and the first to include Jürgen Jansen as a permanent band member. Immediately after their first US tour in 1998, Project Pitchfork returned with concept album Eon:Eon, their first while signed to label EastWest, an imprint of the major label Warner Music. The album yielded three singles, "Steelrose", "Carnival", and "I Live Your Dream". With the support of EastWest, the band had greater resources available to produce videos for their music, which led to their being the first gothic industrial band to receive airplay on music TV in Germany. The video for "Steelrose" earned the band a nomination for an Echo Award for Best Video National. Between 1998 and 2001 the band built out their own studio which gave them more time to develop their next release. In 2001, the band released their eighth studio album Daimonion and supported the album with a European tour. In 2002 the band released the "NUN" trilogy which consisted of album Inferno and EPs View From a Throne and Trialog. This earned the band another nomination for an Echo Award, this time for Best Alternative Act National. Recent years (2003–present) Project Pitchfork returned with album Kaskade in 2005. In February 2009 the band released Dream, Tiresias! which received praise from electronic music magazine, ReGen. In 2010 the band's follow up album Continuum Ride was released along with a video to support the song "Beholder." Continuum Ride was inspired by the band's US tour in 2009, particularly their experience of Detroit, whose dilapidated skyline led to a more "dark and destructive" sound than that of their previous album. By 2011 Project Pitchfork ceased operating their Candyland label, having since begun releasing their work on the Trisol label. In 2013 the band released their fourteenth studio album, Black, and a music video to accompany the song "Rain". In June 2014, the band announced via their official website a new album titled Blood. To promote the record the band held a pre-release show in Hamburg. The album was released in September and featured a music video for "Blood-Diamond (See Him Running)" edited by Peter Spilles himself. In 2016, Project Pitchfork released their Second Anthology, a double CD that included one new track, several unreleased rarities, and many re-recorded and remastered tracks. Also in 2016, the band released the album Look Up, I’m Down There to commemorate their 25th anniversary. The album was released in two versions: a standard CD release and a special, limited edition double CD with an 80-page art book containing complete lyrics and a short story by the fantasy author Björn Springorum. In 2018, the band released the album Akkretion, the first of what was planned to be a trilogy of albums for release that year. On 12 October 2018, the second part of the trilogy, Fragment, was released. Starting in 2019, Trisol began releasing reissues of all the band's material over the previous decade from Dream, Tiresias! through ''Look Up, I'm Down There''. On 2 March 2021 the band announced that cofounder and keyboardist Dirk Scheuber had left the band. In 2024 the band release “Elysium” the third and final act of cosmic electro trilogy that started with “Akkretion”. To support the album release the band will commence a German tour in April 2024 with one date in the UK during May and will play various festivals. == Members ==

Current lineup • Peter Spilles – vocals (1989–present) • Jürgen Jansen – keyboards (1996–present) • Achim Färber – live drums (1999–present) • Christian "Leo" Leonhardt - live drums (1999–present) Former members • Dirk Scheuber – keyboards (1989–2021) • Patricia Nigiani – backing vocals, live keyboards (1992–1994) • Markus Giltjes – live drums (1995) • Yenz Schrader – drums, guitars (1998) • Carsten Klatte – live guitars (1999–2011) Timeline ImageSize = width:850 height:auto barincrement:30 PlotArea = left:80 bottom:100 top:5 right:5 Alignbars = justify DateFormat = mm/dd/yyyy Period = from:01/01/1989 till:12/31/2022 TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal format:yyyy Legend = orientation:vertical position:bottom columns:3 ScaleMajor = increment:3 start:1989 ScaleMinor = increment:1 start:1990 Legend = orientation:vertical position:bottom columns:3 Colors = id:vocals value:red legend:Lead_vocals id:backing value:pink legend:Backing_vocals id:guitar value:green legend:Guitars id:keyboard value:purple legend:Keyboards id:drums value:orange legend:Drums,_percussion id:lines value:black legend:Studio_album id:lines2 value:gray(0.65) legend:Live_album id:bars value:gray(0.92) BackgroundColors = bars:bars LineData = color:black layer:back at:03/01/1991 at:02/01/1992 at:10/01/1992 at:03/01/1993 at:02/07/1994 at:09/01/1995 at:02/05/1997 at:10/05/1998 at:02/26/2001 at:10/01/2002 at:05/30/2005 at:02/27/2009 at:07/23/2010 at:08/12/2011 at:01/25/2013 at:09/19/2014 at:10/28/2016 at:01/26/2018 at:10/12/2018 color:lines2 layer:back at:03/01/1997 at:11/03/2003 BarData = bar:Spilles text:"Peter Spilles" bar:Scheuber text:"Dirk Scheuber" bar:Nigiani text:"Patricia Nigiani" bar:Giltjes text:"Markus Giltjes" bar:Jansen text:"Jürgen Jansen" bar:Schrader text:"Yenz Schrader" bar:Färber text:"Achim Färber" bar:Klatte text:"Carsten Klatte" PlotData= width:15 bar:Spilles from:01/01/1989 till:12/31/2022 color:vocals bar:Scheuber from:01/01/1989 till:12/31/2021 color:keyboard bar:Jansen from:01/01/1996 till:12/31/2022 color:keyboard bar:Färber from:01/01/1999 till:12/31/2022 color:drums bar:Nigiani from:01/01/1992 till:12/31/1994 color:backing bar:Nigiani from:01/01/1992 till:12/31/1994 color:keyboard width:3 bar:Giltjes from:01/01/1995 till:12/31/1995 color:drums bar:Schrader from:01/01/1998 till:12/31/1998 color:drums bar:Schrader from:01/01/1998 till:12/31/1998 color:guitar width:3 bar:Klatte from:01/01/1999 till:12/31/2011 color:guitar == Discography ==

Studio albums • Dhyani (1991) • ''Lam-'Bras'' (1992) • Entities (1992) • IO (1994) • Alpha Omega (1995) • ¡Chakra:Red! (1997) • Eon:Eon (1998) • Daimonion (2001) • Inferno (2002) • Kaskade (2005) • Dream, Tiresias! (2009) • Continuum Ride (2010) • Quantum Mechanics (2011) • Black (2013) • Blood (2014) • ''Look Up, I'm Down There'' (2016) • Akkretion (2018) • Fragment (2018) • Elysium (2024) EPs • Precious New World (1991) • Psychic Torture (1991) • Souls/Island (1993) • Little IO (1994) • ''CH'I'' (1995) • ''Corps D'Amour'' (1995) • Trialog (2002) • View From a Throne (2002) • Wonderland/One Million Faces (2007) Live albums • ''Live '97'' (1997) • Live 2003/2001 (2003) Singles • "Carrion" (1993) • "Renascence" (1994) • "En Garde!" (1996) • "Carnival" (1998) • "Steelrose" (1998) • "I Live Your Dream" (1999) • "Existence" (2001) • "Timekiller" (2001) – #19 DAC Top 50 Singles of 2001, Germany • "Awakening" (2002) • "Schall Und Rauch/The Future Is Now" (2005) • "Earth Song" (feat. Sara Noxx) (2008) • "Feel!" (2009) • "Beholder" (2010) • "Lament" (2011) • "Rain" (2013) Compilation albums • The Early Years (89–93) (1996) • Collector: Lost and Found (2001) • NUN Trilogy (2002) • Collector: Fireworks & Colorchange (2003) • First Anthology (2011) • Second Anthology (2016) == Videography ==

• Va I Luce (1992) • Entities Tour (1993) • Glowing Like Io – Live Performance (1994) • Alpha Omega – Live (1995) • Live '99 (1999) • Collector – Adapted for the Screen (2002) • Live 2003 (2004) ==References==