James D. Stark - Fortress Of Solitude (Full Album)

Tracklist:

1- Dying Beauty
2 - Need
3 - A Long Time Ago, In A Land Far Away
4 - Chance
5 - Halo
6 - Tears In The Dark
7 - Mists
8 - Home
9 - Sole Desire
10- King

The artist known as James D. Stark is a classically trained pianist and started creating music several years ago. His first release in 2002 was an instrumental trance-filled album Transcendence that explored several different styles. But then in 2004 he switched styles and dove into the world of darkwave and synthpop for the release of Fortress of Solitude. This was followed by the maxi-CD Dying Beauty containing several remixes and an exclusive b-side track. All of these releases were written, sung, produced and engineered by the artist himself portraying his many talents. He continued to work refining his style and put together a new album in 2007 titled Music of the Night. In addition to the studio work and these albums he has also done a number of live performances which include sharing the stage with the likes of Bella Morte, Hungry Lucy, ThouShaltNot, The Last Dance and also at the annual A Different Drum synthpop festival in Salt Lake City.

The music of James D. Stark spans the boundaries of trance, ethereal, synthpop and darkwave. However, the boundaries are well defined on each album. His sophomore work and maxi delved right into the heart of the structured synthpop world of electronics, smooth vocals and clear melodies. Obvious influences seem to include Depeche Mode since a cover of "Halo" appears on Fortress of Solitude. There are other similar 80's and 90's synthpop styles like Camouflage and De/Vision. His latest work Music of the Night settles into a pattern of slow electronic ballad-like tracks. So fans of this style and the previously mentioned groups and similar bands should enjoy this music from this artist.

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