BERLIN, Germany – Bates Belk announces details of his highly anticipated début studio album, released on March 6, 2020 on BB3 Dynamics Records. “The Dark Spektrum” was written and recorded in Berlin with over 50 Berlin-based collaborators including the Stargaze Orchestral collective and was mixed by renowned music producer Gareth Jones at Strongroom London Studios. The album was mastered by Frank Arkwright at Abbey Road Studios in London. The new album features 11 brand new Bates Belk produced tracks including the singles “Euphoria”, “Dancing with Bullets” and the forthcoming single “Hallucinations”.

The up-tempo and rhythmic album follows a cinematic storyline in a nighttime odyssey from sunset until sunrise. Themes experienced along the voyage of the dark spektrum on the album include danger, horror, power struggles, S&M, criminality, unrequited love, death, narcissism, dreams, illusions, ecstasy and freedom. The 11 songs sequenced on the album take the audience on a journey from “dark” to “light”.

Says Bates, “The word ‘dark’ means many things. ‘Dark’ brings out both negative and positive feelings in people. ‘Dark’ can represent extreme unhappiness, anger and evilness. ‘Dark’ can bring on mysterious actions in people. ‘Dark’ can allow people to be freer, to be exploratory and to solve curiosities in the dark shadows potentially allowing those people to positive lives and experiences. ‘Dark’ can also represent nightfall which traditionally also allows people to experience higher levels of perceptions.”

Track-listing for “The Dark Spektrum”:

1. Dusk: Beware and Be Aware
2. Dancing with Bullets (featuring Coco SaFir)
3. The Pursuit of…
4. The Art of the Deal
5. Clever Criminal (featuring Valeska Rautenberg)
6. Sensational
7. Death Threat
8. Hallucinations (featuring Anne Elizabeth Sorbara)
9. Escapism (featuring Dorrey Lin Lyles)
10. Euphoria
11. Dawn: Revolve and Evolve

https://www.batesbelk.com/the-dark-spektrum-dance-album-from-bates-belk

CREDITS:

Written and Produced by Bates Belk for BB3 Dynamics Records, LLC (BMI) (www.BatesBelk.com)
Mixed by Gareth Jones at Strongroom London Studios
Mastered by Frank Arkwright at Abbey Road Studios London

Recorded at Kaleidoscope Studios Berlin, K5 Studio Berlin, Neon Nursery Studios Berlin, Officer’s Dressing Room Studio Tempelhof Berlin, SoundCloud Studios Berlin, Studio Joneski Utrecht, TRIXX Studios Berlin and Zeno Mainardi Studio Berlin.

Recording producers and engineers: Damian Press, David Jones, Kevin Reiter, Marcel Dadalto, Rafael Milia, Ralf Goldkind, Sam Jones and Zeno Mainardi

Synthesizers used on this album: Roland Jupiter-4, Roland SH-3A, Roland SH-09, Roland JV-1080, Roland MKS-50 & PG-300, Roland MKS-70, Dave Smith Instruments Tetra and Mopho, Waldorf Blofeld, Waldorf Streichfett, MFB Nanozwerg, MAM MB-33, Moog Little Phatty Stage II, Yamaha CS-15, Yamaha Reface DX, Korg MS-20 [mini], Serge Modular System, Synton Fenix II and III, Oberheim Xpander, Cwejman S1 mk2, Cyclone TT-303, Korg Polysix, Yamaha FS1R, Nord Modular G2

stargaze Orchestral appears courtesy of Transgressive Records.

Album artwork: Bates Belk, Angela Liuzzi and Joanna Smolonska
Album photography: Nathan Wynn
Press photography: Sebastian Runge
Commercial medley video created by: Ainissa Valet

www.batesbelk.com
www.bb3dynamics.com

Copyright 2020 BB3 Dynamics Records, LLC

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