The Dark Clan

Like Andrew W.K. trying to stop the Dragonforce guys from stealing The Postal Service's lunch money, the Dark Clan is a heartbreakingly sincere, over-the-top, genre-bending good time.

Consisting of equal parts metal, dance, electro, goth, and synth, the Dark Clan slowly took form as a solo side project from 1998-2003 while its sole member, Dan Clark, was busy with other bands that all no longer exist. How ironic. The project gained more focus after some tracks began receiving local club play, and really solidified after the first album "Oh, but the stars still shine..." was completed in 2004 and featured on a local radio show.

Because The Dark Clan is intended to be a place where Dan can write and record whatever he damn well pleases, one can expect to hear lots of species counterpoint, big pop hooks, big fat beats, big ridiculous harmonies, and big ol' guitar solos at some point or other in most everything the Dark Clan does. The Dark Clan likes to Go Big, y'see. Also, Dan wants you to know he's totally not compensating for any anatomical deficiencies with all this "big" stuff. Really.

In addition to his work in The Dark Clan, Dan is also the guitarist in Stromkern and Siv (of which he is also a co-founder), contributes recording facilities, arrangements, and other miscellany to the Gothsicles, and until just recently (summer '07) was also the guitarist in Null Device.

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The Dark Clan on MySpace 		photo: Daniella Maria

Releases on Sonic Mainline:

The Dark Clan
The Vampire Wore White
2008

There are few musicians with the liberated sense of creative adventure (or talent) that possesses The Dark Clan. Giddily combining everything from industrial dance to goth to metal to showtunes in a glorious mess of styles and almost childlike sense of glee (yes, GLEE dammit!), The Dark Clan could most easily be categorized as a rock and roll Voltaire, minus the geek references, or if Meatloaf got into dance music and stopped sucking so hard.

Yeah, it's some epic shit.

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1. Alles ist Schön
2. Love in the Dark
3. Tandy
4. New London
5. Look to the Night
6. Interlude in Two Parts
7. Vampire Sex Funk
8. The Vampire Wore White
9. Brick Wall Views
10. The Poisoner's Apprentice

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HaLO: The Best of Madtown Electro-Synth
2003

The HaLo compilation is the 2003 showcase of the best of Madison, Wisconsin's vibrant electro / industrial / synthpop community.

"5 out of 5 stars"
- Gothic Beauty magazine

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1. Stochastic Theory - Shared Lies
2. Ensku - All is Fair
3. Brian Schuh - The One Who Dismissed Me Again
4. m00ntz! - I Don't Want Her (And Neither Do You)
5. Echo Virus - Stranded (8 Hours)
6. Signal 12 - Anesthetized
7. Null Device - Electrified
8. The Gothsicles - English License
9. ctrlshft - Half-Life
10. Oneiroid Psychosis - First the Head, Then the Body
11. Caustic- Incendiary
12. Stromkern- Ruin
13. The Dark Clan- LeStat in Cuba