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Everyone needs a little company when it`s dark... We are profuse and acclaimed songwriters. Our music is mostly crafted of hard rock, entombing dangerous words.
ALBUMS:
Signmaker (1991)
Rage in Heaven (1992)
Alien Heat (1993)
Can of Worms (1993)
Ghost of the Art (1994)
Drifting Stars (1994)
Mind Dance (1999)
Old Hands (2000)
Benign Inquisition (2001)
Bad Habits (2008)
Noir (2010)
A for Acronym (pending)
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ALBUMS:
Signmaker (1991)
Rage in Heaven (1992)
Alien Heat (1993)
Can of Worms (1993)
Ghost of the Art (1994)
Drifting Stars (1994)
Mind Dance (1999)
Old Hands (2000)
Benign Inquisition (2001)
Bad Habits (2008)
Noir (2010)
A for Acronym (pending)
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And from us too - loving the Atom Collector site and this track is awesome! Hope your code is better as well JJ. Big love from the Dark Company boys. :-D
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[New Release] Under the Hill by Dark Company.
Album: Rage in Heaven
Download: https://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/track/the-forger
Lyrics by P. Great...
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[New Release] Armed & Dangerous by Dark Company.
Album: Signmaker
Download: https://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/track/armed-dangerous
Lyrics by P. Gr...
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[New Release] The Forger by Dark Company
Album: Rage in Heaven
Download: https://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/track/the-forger
Lyrics by P. Greatorex....
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Thanks Ken, we had a lot of fun with this one over the years. :)
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by Dark Company
Released 2 years ago
Rock, Alternative Rock, Reggae, Electronic, Indie Rock, Noir, Experimental, SoundScape, Dance & EDM, Trance, Hard Rock, Soundtrack, Art Rock, Outsider Music
Golden Eye by Dark Company.
Album: Rage in Heaven
Download:
https://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/track/golden-eye
Lyrics by P. Greatorex.
Music by G. Davies/P. Greatorex/J. Willmot.
Recorded at Silent Running Studios, Exeter, by George Davies, 1992.
Remastered at Wud Records 2012.
Copyright © 2012 Wud Records.
Copyright ℗ 1992 D & G Music/Explicit Music.
Performers:
Peter Greatorex – vocals
George Davies – guitars, sequencing
Jeff Willmot – sequencing
GOLDEN EYE
Somebody’s leaning on my “Mine’n’Me” monitor
Breaking off the flow from the floor
I’ve got such a laid back character
With much less it gives me more
Living inside a golden eye
Living inside an eye-yi-yi
Living inside a golden eye
Living inside an eye-yi-yi
Tarbaby’s smiling at my old thermometer
Cutting up on my peace pipe smoke
I got such a rare disease
I just can’t quite see the joke
Living inside a golden eye
Living inside an eye-yi-yi
Living inside a golden eye
Living inside an eye-yi-yi
Sitting down there on my checkerboard chair
Wasting away the hot house hours
I can see the back of the scenery
Wrapped around with them Nightshade flowers
Living inside a golden eye
Living inside an eye-yi-yi
Living inside a golden eye
Living inside an eye-yi-yi
Corporation cleaning on my sleepy nite streets
Sweeping up the dust of the day
I got such a carefree stare
You won’t think I care what you say
Living inside a golden eye
Living inside an eye-yi-yi
Living inside a golden eye
Living inside an eye-yi-yi
Fun Facts:
This song is in the key of Fm.
George plays the guitar parts on the Ice Maiden.
Most of the sequencing was done using the TG33.
It’s possible to play this whole song as a one-chord song by playing Fno3rd.
Sometimes the F is major and sometimes minor. You can hear the differences in George’s guitar licks as well as the chords.
See also:
https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/dark-company
https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/dark-company/rage-in-heaven/
https://www.explicitmusic.co.uk/lyrics-information/dark-company/rage-in-heaven/golden-eye
Socials:
https://twitter.com/Dark_Company
https://www.facebook.com/Dark-Company-154909774522910/
https://twitter.com/WudRecords
by Dark Company
Released 2 years ago
Rock, Alternative Rock, Electronic, Indie Rock, Indie Pop, Dance & EDM, Trance, Metal, Soundtrack, Pop, Elektro-Rock, Art Rock, Outsider Music
Stimulants by Dark Company.
Album: Rage in Heaven
Download:
https://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/track/stimulants
Lyrics by P. Greatorex.
Music by G. Davies/P. Greatorex/J. Willmot.
Recorded at Silent Running Studios, Exeter, by George Davies, 1992.
Remastered at Wud Records 2012.
Copyright © 2012 Wud Records.
Copyright ℗ 1992 D&G Music/Explicit Music.
Performers:
Peter Greatorex – vocals
George Davies – guitars, sequencing
Jeff Willmot – sequencing
STIMULANTS
Technicolour clouds, soft sun melting by
Hysterical intrusions through the heavy sky
Mile high smiles, chemical kissing games
Solo dawns, all the very same
And it’s all coming round again
And it’s all coming round again
Darkened shadows, bare light breaking down
Danceable solutions echo from the ground
Carpetbaggers overload the town
Shifting faces set into a frown
And it’s all coming round again
And it’s all coming round again
And it’s all coming round again
And it’s all coming round again
And it’s all coming round again
And it’s all coming round again
And it’s all coming round again
And it’s all coming round again
And it’s all...
Fun Facts:
This song is in the key of Bm.
George plays the guitar parts on the Ice Maiden.
Jeff played the synth solo that separates the guitar solo into two parts.
The band discovered some beautiful vocal harmonies for this song after it had been finished. A new version complete with the harmonies may be forthcoming sometime in the future.
See also:
http://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/dark-company
https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/dark-company/rage-in-heaven/
https://www.explicitmusic.co.uk/lyrics-information/dark-company/rage-in-heaven/stimulants
Socials:
https://twitter.com/Dark_Company
https://www.facebook.com/Dark-Company-154909774522910/
https://twitter.com/WudRecords
by Dark Company
Released 2 years ago
Rock, Alternative Rock, Electronic, Jazz, Classic Rock, Hard Rock, Noir, Funk, Soundtrack
Crash (EastEnders RMX) by Dark Company.
Album: Signmaker
Download:
https://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/track/crash-eastenders-rmx
Lyrics by Peter Greatorex.
Music by G. Davies/P. Greatorex/J. Willmot/R. Holloway/M. Greatorex/G. Barbe.
Recorded at Silent Running Studios, Exeter, by George Davies, 1991.
Remastered at Wud Records 2010.
Copyright © 2010 Wud Records.
Copyright ℗ 1990 Pig Pen Music/Explicit Music.
Performers:
Peter Greatorex – vocals
George Davies – guitars, organ, Boss DR220A, EDP wasp, samples
Jeff Willmot – bass
CRASH
No more candid picture shows
Just soap bubble opera’s shallow glows
They tell me it’s a story about my life
To just ignore what I don’t like
It’s so real I must live like that
Script in my pocket and a ticket in my hat
We gotta stop
We’re gonna crash
Life is money you can’t pay back
Life is money you can’t pay back
No more cracks in the temple walls
Next week’s episode will save us all
Your mirror becomes a TV tube
What was reflection now is a view
The face you see is not your own
It spends its time in someone else’s home
We gotta stop
We’re gonna crash
Life is money you can’t pay back
Life is money you can’t pay back
No more thoughts in a lazy way
They scream from the glass: “We’ll make your day!”
I believe it’s true because it’s on the screen
But you can only see what they have seen
We’re all plugged in to one beating heart
Life don’t begin until the programme starts
We gotta stop
We’re gonna crash
Life is money you can’t pay back
Life is money you can’t pay back
Fun Facts:
Essentially this song is identical to Crash except for one extra track of samples and some sounds from the Wasp on the reel-to-reel machine.
All the samples were taken from the soundtrack of a single omnibus episode of Eastenders which was broadcast on British terrestrial TV during December 1991.
The sampling was done using the Alesis Quadraverb Plus, which has a maximum sample length of just 1.55 seconds.
This song was Alien Heat’s set opener, although sadly no recordings of the Alien Heat version still exist.
The key for this is Bm, and when George went to entertain the folks of Plymouth with his acoustic guitar he used to play this sliced together with another Dark Company song called Ulysses (which later became an Ug Brothers song called Paperchase).
This was the first song that Jeff played bass on for Dark Company.
All the guitar dirt is natural Marshall overdrive.
George had just had the thing revalved and spent around 45 minutes playing strictly feedback, until Pete appeared and asked him politely to stop.
The guitar parts were recorded shortly after that.
George and Richard wrote the organ part in George’s Haldon Road bedsit one day when Richard came to visit with his keyboards.
Whatever contributions Marc and Graham made to the writing of this song are now lost in the mists of time, although they receive a small credit here nevertheless.
See also:
http://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/dark-company
http://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/dark-company/signmaker/
https://www.explicitmusic.co.uk/lyrics-information/dark-company/signmaker/crash-eastenders-remix
Socials:
https://twitter.com/Dark_Company
https://www.facebook.com/Dark-Company-154909774522910/
https://twitter.com/WudRecords
by Dark Company
Released 2 years ago
Rock, Alternative Rock, Electronic, Jazz, Classic Rock, Hard Rock, Noir, Funk, Soundtrack
Crash by Dark Company.
Album: Signmaker
Download:
https://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/track/crash
Lyrics by Peter Greatorex.
Music by G. Davies/P. Greatorex/J. Willmot/R. Holloway/M. Greatorex/G. Barbe.
Recorded at Silent Running Studios, Exeter, by George Davies, 1991.
Remastered at Wud Records 2010.
Copyright © 2010 Wud Records.
Copyright ℗ 1990 Pig Pen Music/Explicit Music.
Performers:
Peter Greatorex – vocals
George Davies – guitars, organ, Boss DR220A, EDP wasp
Jeff Willmot – bass
CRASH
No more candid picture shows
Just soap bubble opera’s shallow glows
They tell me it’s a story about my life
To just ignore what I don’t like
It’s so real I must live like that
Script in my pocket and a ticket in my hat
We gotta stop
We’re gonna crash
Life is money you can’t pay back
Life is money you can’t pay back
No more cracks in the temple walls
Next week’s episode will save us all
Your mirror becomes a TV tube
What was reflection now is a view
The face you see is not your own
It spends its time in someone else’s home
We gotta stop
We’re gonna crash
Life is money you can’t pay back
Life is money you can’t pay back
No more thoughts in a lazy way
They scream from the glass: “We’ll make your day!”
I believe it’s true because it’s on the screen
But you can only see what they have seen
We’re all plugged in to one beating heart
Life don’t begin until the programme starts
We gotta stop
We’re gonna crash
Life is money you can’t pay back
Life is money you can’t pay back
Fun Facts:
This song was Alien Heat’s set opener, although sadly no recordings of the Alien Heat version still exist.
The key for this is Bm, and when George went to entertain the folks of Plymouth with his acoustic guitar he used to play this sliced together with another Dark Company song called Ulysses (which later became an Ug Brothers song called Paperchase).
This was the first song that Jeff played bass on for Dark Company.
All the guitar dirt is natural Marshall overdrive.
George had just had the thing revalved and spent around 45 minutes playing strictly feedback, until Pete appeared and asked him politely to stop as the neighbours were having palpitations.
The guitar parts were recorded shortly after that.
George and Richard wrote the organ part in George’s Haldon Road bedsit one day when Richard came to visit with his keyboards.
Whatever contributions Marc and Graham made to the writing of this song are now lost in the mists of time, although they receive a small credit here nevertheless.
See also:
http://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/dark-company
http://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/dark-company/signmaker/
https://www.explicitmusic.co.uk/lyrics-information/dark-company/signmaker/crash
Socials:
https://twitter.com/Dark_Company
https://www.facebook.com/Dark-Company-154909774522910/
https://twitter.com/WudRecords
by Dark Company
Released 3 years ago
Rock, Alternative Rock, Electronic, Indie, Classic Rock, Hard Rock, Noir, Dance & EDM, Trance
Lookin' Bad by Dark Company.
Album: Rage in Heaven
Download:
https://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/track/lookin-bad
Lyrics by Peter Greatorex.
Music by G. Davies/P. Greatorex/J. Willmot.
Recorded, engineered and mixed at Silent Running Studios Exeter 1992.
Remastered at Wud Records Studio One.
Copyright © 1992 Wud Records.
Copyright ℗ 1992 D & G Music/Explicit Music.
Performers:
Peter Greatorex – vocals
George Davies – guitars, sequencing
Jeff Willmot – bass, sequencing
LOOKIN’ BAD
Lookin’ bad, tricky and sad
Smile came in with what he had
The dark-faced joker makes you pine for love
Even though you know you’ve got enough
Brewin’ a storm, sticky and warm
The dress she wears says you’d best be gone
What she got in mind for the midnite hour
Is you, sweet boy, for a night-time flower
It’s lookin’ bad, lookin’ bad
Oh, oh, oh, it’s lookin’ bad
Ringin’ the bell, can’t see too well
I can tell there’s trouble by the smoky smell
Your fine friend the doctor’s a-fading fast
If you’ve got a wish you’d better make it your last
Take your hand while you can
Keep it well away from the monkey man
I know lots of habits that can make you cold
But there isn’t any cure for growing old
It’s lookin’ bad, lookin’ bad
Oh, oh, oh, it’s lookin’ bad
Walkin’ around facin’ the ground
Shot-away sugar’s in the lost and found
Lucky charm loser’s changed another face
Emotional cripple’s come to take your place
You’ve got to run, leave it undone
Eros got his arrow notched on ‘stun’
Gotta be the last time you empty out your face
Or some Easy Rider sheriff’s gonna get on your case
It’s lookin’ bad, lookin’ bad
Oh, oh, oh, it’s lookin’ bad
It’s lookin’ bad, lookin’ bad
Oh, oh, oh, it’s lookin’ bad
Fun Facts:
This song is in the key of E.
George plays all the guitar parts on the Ice Maiden.
Jeff's bass is played rather than sampled.
There are two bass tracks, the other one being from the Akai S900's basic Tone Program.
See also:
http://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/dark-company
https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/dark-company/rage-in-heaven/
http://www.explicitmusic.co.uk/lyrics-information/dark-company/rage-in-heaven/lookin-bad
Socials:
https://twitter.com/Dark_Company
https://www.facebook.com/Dark-Company-154909774522910/
https://twitter.com/WudRecords
by Dark Company
Released 3 years ago
Rock, Alternative Rock, Indie, Hard Rock, Blues
Animal House by Dark Company.
Album: Signmaker
Download:
https://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/track/future-sadness-past
Lyrics by P. Greatorex.
Music by G. Davies/P. Greatorex.
Recorded, mixed and produced by George Davies at Silent Running Studios Exeter, Autumn 1991.
Remastered at Wud Records Studios 2010.
Copyright © 2010 Wud Records.
Copyright ℗ 1991 D & G Music/Explicit Music.
Performers:
Peter Greatorex – vocals, harmonica
George Davies – guitars, bass, Boss DR220A drum machine
ANIMAL HOUSE
I don’t truck no garden stones
Ain’t got a lawn full of little old gnomes
Don’t grow roses round my gate
No alarm clock rings cos I sleep real late
Savings and loan sharks aren’t for me
Ain’t got a boat floating on the sea
All I wanna do is just be me
I ain’t got a number two car
Ain’t even bought the first so far
Watching TV I don’t get to do
Ain’t got a tube in my room with a view
Don’t whack balls with a little bitty stick
Only drink brandy when I’m sick
You can call me slow but don’t call me thick
Habitat furniture ain’t got in my home
Telephone table’s no good with no phone
Suits and ties from the charity store
I help the aged more and more
First class travel means you’re keeping dry
My hotel roof is a piece of sky
And it ain’t no good to ask me why
And it ain’t no good to ask me why
And it ain’t no good to ask me why
And it ain’t no good to ask me why
Fun Facts:
This song is in the key of E.
In order to produce the ‘banjo’ effect, George tied a soft cloth around the strings of Nicodemus and pushed the cloth right up to the bridge to kill all the sustain.
Don Wills played a track of slide guitar that was not used in the final mix.
The slide guitar track that was used was recorded on Marcus’s Arbiter guitar which had a particularly high action.
This instrument was tuned to an open D major chord.
All the guitars were plugged straight into the desk.
Originally this song was going to be an Alien Heat song but the band never managed to get around to making any music to go with the lyrics.
The main riff in the intro is stolen from a song that George wrote about a girlfriend who caused him disgruntlement.
In order to squeeze all the drum beats that were needed into this song, the drum machine had to be run at 214BPM, although the true tempo is probably 107BPM.
See also:
http://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/dark-company
http://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/dark-company/signmaker/
http://www.explicitmusic.co.uk/lyrics-information/dark-company/signmaker/animal-house
Socials:
https://twitter.com/Dark_Company
https://www.facebook.com/Dark-Company-154909774522910/
https://twitter.com/WudRecords
by Dark Company
Released 3 years ago
Noir, Experimental, SoundScape, Soundtrack
Future Sadness Past by Dark Company.
Album: Signmaker
Download: https://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/track/future-sadness-past
Lyrics by P. Greatorex.
Music by G. Davies/P. Greatorex/J. Willmot.
Recorded, mixed and produced by George Davies at Silent Running Studios Exeter, Autumn 1991.
Remastered at Wud Records Studios 2010.
Copyright © 2010 Wud Records.
Copyright ℗ 1991 D & G Music/Explicit Music.
Performers:
Peter Greatorex – vocals, cigarette lighter, Fast Fret tin
George Davies – guitar
Jeff Willmot – bass
FUTURE SADNESS PAST
Slow light, runway from the sun
So right, time and times are done
We must pay the price for fun
Until we have Night Man on the run
Slow light, MacBeth witches’ brew
Best seen from some distant view
We know, do what you have to do
It’s an icy night we must all live through
Now we rage against the cold sky
Now we hate tomorrow
Now we say we will try
To kill the birds of sorrow
To kill the birds of sorrow
Fun Facts:
This song was written using just the two stringed instruments, an Alesis Quadraverb and a few pipes of some extraordinarily good gear.
Although a few subsequent attempts were made to record this song using the reel-to-reel machines, this live version was by far the best.
It is lifted straight off a rehearsal cassette on the day when it was written.
George plays Nicodemus on this song for the beautiful icy ringing of the strings when played beyond the bridge and the nut.
An acoustic version of this song emerged a few years after the original.
It is based around an Em9 chord, exactly the same chord as the start of Ship to Shore.
The tempo of this song is somewhere between 0.25 and 7 500 000 BPM. Mostly though it is 0 as there are no beats at all until Pete starts fiddling with his lighter by the mic and then tapping the Fast Fret tin, reminiscent of the clicking of dry bones echoing from inside a fog over the darkened River Styx.
See also:
http://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/dark-company
http://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/dark-company/signmaker/
http://www.explicitmusic.co.uk/lyrics-information/dark-company/signmaker/future-sadness-past
https://twitter.com/Dark_Company
https://www.facebook.com/Dark-Company-154909774522910/
https://twitter.com/WudRecords
by Dark Company
Released 3 years ago
Rock, Alternative Rock, Progressive Rock, Jazz, Indie, Noir, Soundtrack
Astrologer by Dark Company.
Album: Signmaker
Download: https://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/track/astrologer
Lyrics by P. Greatorex.
Music by G. Davies/P. Greatorex.
Recorded, mixed and produced by George Davies at Silent Running Studios Exeter, Autumn 1991.
Remastered at Wud Records Studios 2010.
Copyright © 2010 Wud Records.
Copyright ℗ 1991 D & G Music/Explicit Music.
Performers:
Peter Greatorex – vocals
George Davies – guitars, bass, Boss DR220A drum machine, EDP Wasp
Rowena Parsons – tenor sax, flute
Sammi Lock – flute
ASTROLOGER
The planets run their course and then
Make signs we cannot read
The stars of choice they got no voice
Just wink and dumbly plead
When dawnlight speaks from out the dark
Of night’s grim cloak of ice
All the telescopes of the scientists
Don’t help them to be wise
And I hear rainbows climb the sky
Coloured tears from Heaven’s eyes
I taste sunlight’s yellow wine
See black night fade back into time
Mystic men write words that flame
To banish Satan’s lies
The human race must join the chase
Instead it just slips and slides
On special days weird omens come
Judged by blind-eyed priests
But the tribes of man like grains of sand
Pray only for release
And I hear rainbows climb the sky
Coloured tears from Heaven’s eyes
I taste sunlight’s yellow wine
See black night fade back into time
The planets run their course and then
Make signs we cannot read
The stars of choice they got no voice
Just wink and dumbly plead
When dawnlight speaks from out the dark
Of night’s grim cloak of ice
All the telescopes of the scientists
Don’t help them to be wise
And I hear rainbows climb the sky
Coloured tears from Heaven’s eyes
I taste sunlight’s yellow wine
See black night fade back into time
Fun Facts:
This song is in the key of E.
When George wrote out the score for the sax parts, it had six sharps due to being in F# on the sax.
Row was somewhat wide-eyed when she saw the score as concert E major is not the best key for tenor saxophone.
The guitars were recorded straight into the desk.
Although it worked fine on keys, the sax part in the choruses had too many notes to make sense, so every other one was dropped.
Pete wrote the words for this during August 1991 whilst on holiday in Bexhill and informed George of its manifestation by postcard.
This song is played at 112BPM.
Chords for verses are E-Emaj7-Bm9-Bm7.
Chords for choruses are Am7-B7-Am7-B7.
The intro chords are E, Am, F#m11 and Bm11.
Astrologer was later performed on the streets of Prague by Dr Watson and was also used by George during his English lessons when he worked as a TEFL teacher.
An attempt was made at converting this song into a Cubase sequence a couple of years later, the results of which were a somewhat twee sounding ditty that could be a splendid theme tune for a TV programme for very young children.
That particular arrangement of the song became one of the bonus tracks of the Signmaker album.
See also:
http://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/dark-company
http://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/dark-company/signmaker/
http://www.explicitmusic.co.uk/lyrics-information/dark-company/signmaker/astrologer
https://twitter.com/Dark_Company
https://www.facebook.com/Dark-Company-154909774522910/
https://twitter.com/WudRecords
by Dark Company
Released 3 years ago
Rock, Alternative Rock, Progressive Rock, Indie, Classic Rock, Hard Rock., Noir, Adult Contemporary
Second Sight by Dark Company.
Album: Signmaker
Download: https://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/track/second-sight
Lyrics by P. Greatorex.
Music by G. Davies/P. Greatorex.
Recorded, mixed and produced by George Davies at Silent Running Studios Exeter, Autumn 1991.
Remastered at Wud Records Studios 2010.
Copyright © 2010 Wud Records.
Copyright ℗ 1991 D & G Music/Explicit Music.
Performers:
Peter Greatorex – vocals, harmonica
George Davies – guitars, bass, Boss DR220A drum machine, EDP Wasp
SECOND SIGHT
Suicide swords of Samurai awarded for mistakes
Give blessed absolution if you’ve got what it takes
Certain kinds of solitude with memories are fused
Valleys filled with shadows will dream up an excuse
He’s a charismatic man
He’s a Judas in a can
He’s a pocket-prophet poppet
With dreams made out of sand
Jagged edge of jealousy, green-eyed prize of hate
Grants a spiky shelter that mustn’t go to waste
And the weapons of the warriors, priceless with their pain
Make cutting out a heart an easy change of game
He’s a charismatic man
He’s a Judas in a can
He’s a pocket-prophet poppet
With dreams made out of sand
Charismatic man, Judas in a can
Charismatic man, Judas in a can
The labours of great Hercules weigh down many books
Blindness to their meaning is no excuse not to look
In ancient days a shaman made a watch out of the sun
These days more important that he knows how to use a gun
He’s a charismatic man
He’s a Judas in a can
He’s a pocket-prophet poppet
With dreams made out of sand
Fun Facts:
The lyrics for this song were written in September 1991.
The key is Cm and the tempo is 116BPM.
This song was the second song that Dark Company finished recording.
Along with Killer, this song initially received highly positive acclaim from the Guild of International Songwriters and Composers.
The original widdly-widdly guitar solo had a few more pauses in it but Pete and Row preferred it to be full on, so outvoted, George re-recorded it and made unspeakable mutterings.
It was during the recording of this song that we discovered how unreliable the timekeeping of the Wasp’s random sample hold function was.
Pete did a fantastic job on the harmonica.
See also:
http://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/dark-company http://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/dark-company/signmaker/ http://www.explicitmusic.co.uk/lyrics-information/dark-company/signmaker/second-sight
https://twitter.com/Dark_Company
https://www.facebook.com/Dark-Company-154909774522910/
https://twitter.com/WudRecords
by Dark Company
Released 3 years ago
Rock, Alternative Rock, Reggae, Indie, Noir, Soundtrack
Killer by Dark Company.
Album: Signmaker
Download: https://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/track/killer
Lyrics by P. Greatorex.
Music by G. Davies/P. Greatorex/R. Parsons.
Recorded, mixed and produced by George Davies at Silent Running Studios Exeter, Autumn 1991.
Remastered at Wud Records Studios 2010.
Copyright © 2010 Wud Records.
Copyright ℗ 1991 D & G Music/Explicit Music.
Performers:
Peter Greatorex – vocals
George Davies – guitars, bass, Boss DR220A drum machine
Rowena Parsons – tenor sax
KILLER
Learning is a clock with only one hand
Dreaming is a beach with speaking sands
Knowledge is a vice that grips a man
And Cain was a killer that didn’t understand
Wisdom is a yo-yo with a broken string
Time is a bird that cannot sing
And you can’t stop the rain with anything
Except love
Wanting is a boat that doesn’t know the sea
Needing is a pain that hurts to be free
Waiting is a lock that doesn’t have no key
And Cain was a killer that could have been me
Wisdom is a yo-yo with a broken string
Time is a bird that cannot sing
And you can’t stop the rain with anything
Except love
War is a sore that won’t go away
Night is a bruise on the skin of day
Children are the reason that you say you’ll stay
And Cain was a killer who got clean away
Wisdom is a yo-yo with a broken string
Time is a bird that cannot sing
And you can’t stop the rain with anything
Except love
Teachers are people who shoot at sparks
Lessons are knives that shine in the dark
Sins are boats on the lake in the park
And Cain was a killer right there at the start
Wisdom is a yo-yo with a broken string
Time is a bird that cannot sing
And you can’t stop the rain with anything
Except love
Fun Facts:
This song is in the key of Am. During the recording of the sax part, Row played a fabulous blort which caused much giggling and can be heard on the ‘out-takes and blorts’ page at Wud Records. Unfortunately much of the giggling cannot be heard.
This was the very first Dark Company song that was completed. It received highly positive acclaim from the Guild of International Songwriters and Composers, before going on to become a well-loved Dark Company classic.
Due to unfamiliarity with the gear, the DBX on the TSR8 was switched off for the recording, causing a most horrendous amount of hiss. This was later fixed with cunning use of gates and aural exciters.
The song was written in August 1991 and is 110BPM. The guitars were recorded straight into the desk rather than using an amplifier.
See also:
http://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/dark-company
http://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/dark-company/signmaker/
http://www.explicitmusic.co.uk/lyrics-information/dark-company/signmaker/killer
https://twitter.com/Dark_Company
https://www.facebook.com/Dark-Company-154909774522910/
https://twitter.com/WudRecords
by Dark Company
Released 3 years ago
Rock, Alternative Rock, Electronic, Indie, Noir, Experimental, Dance & EDM, Trance
Under the Hill by Dark Company.
Album: Rage in Heaven
Download: https://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/track/the-forger
Lyrics by P. Greatorex.
Music by G. Davies/P. Greatorex/J. Willmot.
Recorded, engineered and mixed at Silent Running Studios Exeter 1992.
Remastered at Wud Records Studio One.
Copyright © 1992 Wud Records.
Copyright ℗ 1991 D & G Music/Explicit Music.
Performers:
Peter Greatorex – vocals
George Davies – guitars, sequencing
Jeff Willmot – sequencing
UNDER THE HILL
Now we are under Aubrey’s hill
Mannequins holding time so still
I’m alone beneath the trees and then I move
Gliding on the ice of Winter’s mood
I sit and wonder like a dove
Three dreams from Heaven are enough
I’m angry by the lake and then I walk
Lean against the walls and hear them talk
I’m alone beside myself and never see
What everybody else says I should be
I’m alone beside myself and never see
What everybody else says I should be
Until time and times are done
No gold apples ripen in the sun
I’m careless by the sea and then I fly
Shell pressed to my ear, it whispers “Why?”
I’m alone beside myself and never see
What everybody else says I should be
I’m alone beside myself and never see
What everybody else says I should be
In sorrow there is no reward
Salt tears turn into a sword
I’m free beneath the Moon and then I dance
With joy in every slyly sideways glance
I’m alone beside myself and never see
What everybody else says I should be
I’m alone beside myself and never see
What everybody else says I should be
Fun Facts:
This song is in the key of Am and is 120BPM.
George plays the guitar parts on the Ice Maiden.
“Aubrey’s Hill” refers to the artist Aubrey Beardsley.
See also:
http://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/dark-company
http://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/dark-company/rage-in-heaven
http://www.explicitmusic.co.uk/lyrics-information/dark-company/rage-in-heaven/under-the-hill
https://twitter.com/Dark_Company
https://www.facebook.com/Dark-Company-154909774522910/
https://twitter.com/WudRecords
by Dark Company
Released 3 years ago
Rock, Alternative Rock, Progressive Rock, Jazz, Indie, Noir, Emo, Jazz & Blues, Theatrical & Moody
Armed & Dangerous by Dark Company.
Album: Signmaker
Download: https://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/track/armed-dangerous
Lyrics by P. Greatorex.
Music by G. Davies/P. Greatorex/S. Lock/J. Willmot.
Recorded, mixed and produced by George Davies at Silent Running Studios Exeter, Autumn 1991.
Remastered at Wud Records Studios 2010.
Copyright © 2010 Wud Records.
Copyright ℗ 1990 D & G Music/Explicit Music.
Performers:
Peter Greatorex – vocals
George Davies – electric and acoustic guitars, bass, Boss DR55A drum machine
Sammi Lock – flute
Jeff Willmot – soprano sax
Rowena Parsons – tenor sax
ARMED & DANGEROUS
In the circus there’s a uniform for fun
The love they got is fired from clownish guns
But it’s so dangerous
Armed laughter changing us
Warmed up with a yellow paper sun
Each act in line comes right in on cue
Bringing our emotions into view
And it’s so dangerous
Armed laughter changing us
Next time bring your mind along with you
There’s a pistol in my smile
It shoots grins for miles and miles
But look into my eyes
The reflection’s saying goodbye
Outside the ring we sit and blankly stare
Nobody but our own selves in the chair
But it’s so dangerous
Armed laughter changing us
Close your eyes and no-one knows you’re there
With animals such tricks are neatly made
They nod and wink in terminal parade
It’s oh so dangerous
Armed laughter changing us
Into their souls we think we can invade
There’s a pistol in my smile
It shoots grins for miles and miles
But look into my eyes
The reflection’s saying goodbye
Fun Facts:
This song is very closely related to The Joker as they both share the same tune in the verses.
George considered this tune-sharing conundrum a challenge and set about making this song and The Joker appear to not be all that similar after all.
The original guitar parts came from a groove that George wrote whilst living in Plymouth.
The tempo is 150BPM.
When Sammi first heard this song, she sat and thought for a moment, then suddenly said: “I think here it should go like this,” and played the instrumental flute parts.
During this recording we discovered that giggling and playing the flute are reasonably incompatible activities due to one’s inability to form the correct shape with one’s lips to blow anything resembling music from the silvery pipe.
It took three or four weeks of visits and prolonged outbreaks of the giggles all round before Sammi finally nailed the parts.
This was the most joyously memorable aspect of the entire recording of the Signmaker album.
The 12-string was made by Melody.
George acquired it by swapping a pair of jeans with ripped knees for it, a deal with which he was most chuffed.
Some years later the guitar was destroyed by the boot of a drunken Satan’s Slave at an Ug Brothers after-show party (harumph).
Jeff borrowed the soprano sax from Chrissie and recorded his parts before becoming a more permanent Dark Company member.
The bass for Armed & Dangerous had already been recorded when he arrived.
Guitars were plugged straight into the desk.
George used the lyrics for this song in a fiendishly difficult English lesson when working as a TEFL teacher.
When he ran seminars for other TEFL teachers on The Use of Music in the Classroom he would set the lesson’s tasks to groups of teachers, and even they would struggle with it.
Pete wrote this song about the circus and enforced jolliness.
George felt that it was about the unwanted and resented child whose role in life was to be its parent’s performing monkey, e.g. “aren’t I clever because isn’t my little Johnny clever”.
To correctly spell the title of this song, an ampersand must be used.
George and Jeff each produced a dub remix of this song, available as bonus tracks.
Thus it came about that the ampersand would be used for & co, the remixing arm of the Dark Company project.
See also:
http://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/dark-company
http://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/dark-company/signmaker/
http://www.explicitmusic.co.uk/lyrics-information/dark-company/signmaker/armed-dangerous
https://twitter.com/Dark_Company
https://www.facebook.com/Dark-Company-154909774522910/
https://twitter.com/WudRecords
by Dark Company
Released 3 years ago
Rock, Alternative Rock, Electronic, Noir, Dance & EDM, Trance
The Forger by Dark Company
Album: Rage in Heaven
Download: https://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/track/the-forger
Lyrics by P. Greatorex.
Music by G. Davies/P. Greatorex/J. Willmot.
Recorded, engineered and mixed at Silent Running Studios Exeter 1992.
Remastered at Wud Records Studio One.
Copyright © 1992 Wud Records.
Copyright ℗ 1991 D & G Music/Explicit Music.
Performers:
Peter Greatorex – vocals
George Davies – guitars, sequencing
Jeff Willmot – sequencing
THE FORGER
Never missed a chance to make
A lighter look, a happy fake
So the masterpiece it was forged
A different name can’t make it more
So it’s short in antique years
Do you like what you see and hear
Or are you some scientific son?
If it don’t measure up do you come undone?
Are you some scientific son?
If it don’t measure up do you come undone?
Never walked a crooked mile
That stayed so straight all the while
So the picture didn’t fit the view
Though the TV man said: “Yes, it do!”
It’s more paste than precious gem
Good enough for a close-up friend
Or are you some scientific son?
If it don’t measure up do you come undone?
Are you some scientific son?
If it don’t measure up do you come undone?
Never missed a time to lie
Just to see a gem-bright eye
So the real emotion it was false
But you can’t be nobody else
So reality it isn’t real
Then what you see is what you steal
Or are you some scientific son?
If it don’t measure up do you come undone?
Are you some scientific son?
If it don’t measure up do you come undone?
Or are you some scientific son?
If it don’t measure up do you come undone?
Are you some scientific son?
If it don’t measure up do you come undone?
Fun Facts:
This song is in the key of F#m.
George plays the guitar parts on the Ice Maiden straight into the S900, although there are some sweet guitar passages in the live version.
The bassline for this song has killed speakers!
When the song was written, Jeff played the chords on keys whilst Pete was singing, then rather like Geddy Lee from Rush, changed to play bass in between the vocals.
See also:
http://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/dark-company
http://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/dark-company/rage-in-heaven
http://www.explicitmusic.co.uk/lyrics-information/dark-company/rage-in-heaven/the-forger
https://twitter.com/Dark_Company
https://www.facebook.com/Dark-Company-154909774522910/
https://twitter.com/WudRecords
by Dark Company
Released 3 years ago
Rock, Alternative Rock, Electronic, Progressive Rock, Indie, Classic Rock, Dance & EDM, Trance, Hip-hop & Rap
Sacrifice by Dark Company
Album: Rage In Heaven
Download: https://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/track/sacrifice
Lyrics by P. Greatorex.
Music by G. Davies/P. Greatorex/J. Willmot.
Recorded, engineered and mixed at Silent Running Studios Exeter 1992.
Remastered at Wud Records Studio One.
Copyright © 1992 Wud Records.
Copyright ℗ 1992 D & G Music/Explicit Music.
Performers:
Peter Greatorex – vocals
George Davies – guitars, sequencing
Jeff Willmot – sequencing
SACRIFICE
Sand blown up from the desert makes faces on the wall
Endless beach of sunset holds me in its thrall
And I can’t seem to sleep or wake from this dream
And I can’t seem to find what anything means
I just watch the world throw away what I keep
I just watch the world throw away what I keep
I just watch the world throw away what I keep
I just watch the world throw away what I keep
Crowds that have but one head stumble around the town
Opinions of the Doctor say that Heaven’s lost its crown
And I can’t seem to walk, or talk of what I wish
And I can’t seem to see the reason for a kiss
I just watch the world throw away what I keep
I just watch the world throw away what I keep
I just watch the world throw away what I keep
I just watch the world throw away what I keep
Fumes snake across my ceiling, the writing is so plain
Surely someone tomorrow will see I’m not to blame
I can’t seem to move or undo this knot
And I can’t seem to use what it is that I’ve got
I just watch the world throw away what I keep
I just watch the world throw away what I keep
I just watch the world throw away what I keep
I just watch the world throw away what I keep
I just watch the world throw away what I keep
I just watch the world throw away what I keep
I just watch the world throw away what I keep
I just watch the world throw away what I keep
Fun facts:
This song is in the key of Cm.
This song was one of the last things Rowena ever jammed along to, hence the saxophone riff.
George plays the sampled guitar parts on Nicodemus and the recorded guitar parts on the Ice Maiden.
See also:
http://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/dark-company
http://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/dark-company/rage-in-heaven
http://www.explicitmusic.co.uk/lyrics-information/dark-company/rage-in-heaven/sacrifice
https://twitter.com/Dark_Company
https://www.facebook.com/Dark-Company-154909774522910/
https://twitter.com/WudRecords
by Dark Company
Released 3 years ago
Rock, Alternative Rock, Reggae, Electronic, Progressive Rock, Jazz, Indie, Classic Rock, Noir, Dance & EDM, Funk, Folk & Singer-Songwriter
Last Train to Heaven by Dark Company.
Album: Rage in Heaven
Download: https://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/track/last-train-to-heaven
Lyrics by P. Greatorex.
Music by G. Davies/P. Greatorex/J. Willmot.
Recorded, engineered and mixed at Silent Running Studios Exeter 1992.
Remastered at Wud Records Studio One.
Copyright © 1992 Wud Records.
Copyright ℗ 1992 D & G Music/Explicit Music.
Performers:
Peter Greatorex – vocals, full-scale harp
George Davies – guitars, sequencing
Jeff Willmot – piano, sequencing
LAST TRAIN TO HEAVEN
It’s the last train to Heaven
And this is Midnite calling
Sleep slipped out the window
To where the stars are falling
And the Sandman points a finger
And the shadows begin their crawling
This is the last train to Heaven
And this is Midnite calling
How many miles to Babalon?
Three score mile and ten…
Will I get there by candlelight?
Yes, and back again…
And the Joker shuts his eyes
And the dream begins to end
This is the last train to Heaven
And it won’t call again
Well, it’s the last train to Heaven
And this is Midnite calling
Moonlight minds the night time
Rides while day is walking
Lights the way to Paradise
And dawn lets in the morning
It’s the last train to Heaven
And this is Midnite calling
How many miles to Babalon?
Three score mile and ten…
Will I get there by candlelight?
Yes, and back again…
And the Joker shuts his eyes
And the dream begins to end
This is the last train to Heaven
And it won’t call again
Fun Facts:
This song is in the key of G.
Pete plays the harmonica parts on a full-scale harp which simply would not do concert pitch no matter how many hammers we bashed it with.
It was a popular acoustic number when performed by Dr Watson and in George’s TEFL classes.
Most of the sequencing is played on the Yamaha TG33.
The clicky guitar that we wish was considerably quieter is a sample.
See also:
http://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/dark-company
http://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/dark-company/rage-in-heaven
http://www.explicitmusic.co.uk/lyrics-information/dark-company/rage-in-heaven/last-train-to-heaven
https://twitter.com/Dark_Company
https://www.facebook.com/Dark-Company-154909774522910/ https://twitter.com/WudRecords
by Dark Company
Released 3 years ago
Rock, Alternative Rock, Electronic, Progressive Rock, Jazz, Indie, Classic Rock, Noir, Dance & EDM, Trance
Terminal Road by Dark Company
Album: Rage in Heaven
Download: https://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/track/terminal-road
Lyrics by P. Greatorex.
Music by G. Davies/P. Greatorex/J. Willmot.
Recorded, engineered and mixed at Silent Running Studios Exeter 1992.
Remastered at Wud Records Studio One.
Copyright © 1992 Wud Records.
Copyright ℗ 1992 D & G Music/Explicit Music.
Performers:
Peter Greatorex – vocals
George Davies – guitars, sequencing
Jeff Willmot – bass, sequencing
TERMINAL ROAD
Flares burning, night stars turning
The jugglers and the clowns of the circus are returning
And the ghost of the hunter doesn’t stay any longer
He’s killed all the old things to make himself younger
Smoke rolling, red fires melting
The kings and the clerks of the money streets are running
And the sign of the soldier has been eaten by a creature
The world doesn’t need violence for a teacher
Here on Terminal Road
We’re on Terminal Road
Here on Terminal Road
We’re on Terminal Road
Lamps bleeding, rain clouds twisting
The mechanics and the mayors of the small towns are missing
And the mark of the beast is getting much clearer
It’s right up close and getting weirder and weirder
Flags flowing, colour fields glowing
The jokers and the knights of the past are cloning
And the shadows of the moon paint darkened faces
With a mere mirrored light that midnight chases
Here on Terminal Road
We’re on Terminal Road
Here on Terminal Road
We’re on Terminal Road
Fun Facts:
This song is in the key of Dm.
George plays the guitar parts on Nicodemus.
Jeff played his bassline into the S900 and parts of it were used throughout the song.
When the band were to play live, the plan was to perform this song as the very last one so that they could leave the stage with just the machines working away.
Dark Company also played a version of this as an acoustic reggae number with a shuffly 6/8 feel.
See also:
http://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/dark-company
http://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/dark-company/rage-in-heaven
http://www.explicitmusic.co.uk/lyrics-information/dark-company/rage-in-heaven/terminal-road
https://twitter.com/Dark_Company
https://www.facebook.com/Dark-Company-154909774522910/
https://twitter.com/WudRecords
by Dark Company
Released 3 years ago
Rock, Alternative Rock, Electronic, Electro, Trance, Classic Rock, Heavy Funk, Shred Guitar, Funk Bass.
Spoiler by Dark Company.
Album: Rage in Heaven
Download: https://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/track/spoiler
Lyrics by P. Greatorex.
Music by G. Davies/P. Greatorex/J. Willmot.
Recorded, engineered and mixed at Silent Running Studios Exeter 1992.
Remastered at Wud Records Studio One.
Copyright © 1992 Wud Records.
Copyright ℗ 1992 D & G Music/Explicit Music.
Performers:
Peter Greatorex – vocals
George Davies – guitars, sequencing
Jeff Willmot – bass, sequencing
SPOILER
We knelt and prayed by the Walls of Wind
Sinners that have lost the will to sin
An army of the wild-eyed and the lost
Itching with the truth and what it cost
We looked through all the cracks in Heaven’s walls
Mankind in there he looked so very small
We stood and walked to the Doors of Light
Artists that have left their canvas white
A sweet crowd of the haunted and the damned
With knowledge of the Sea and of the Land.
We looked through all the cracks in Heaven’s walls
Mankind in there he looked so very small
We sat and talked with the Gods of Sound
Fighters that have put their weapons down
A regiment that’s fixed and now is free
Blinded with the fact that we can see
We looked through all the cracks in Heaven’s walls
Mankind in there he looked so very small
We slept and thought of the Holy Ghost
Sailors that dreamt only of the coast
A navy of ships that had one name
Captained by Fortune’s brother, Fame
We looked through all the cracks in Heaven’s walls
Mankind in there he looked so very small
Fun facts:
This song is in the key of Dm.
George plays the guitar parts on the Ice Maiden and the solo on Nicodemus.
Jeff actually played his bass on this song.
The rhythm track on the sequencer was used by Jeff for a great variety of strange remixes and subditties.
Appropriately, the filename on the Atari was BEATS4IT.ALL!
Spoiler in this sense is about e.g. reading the last page of a novel first, rather than e.g. assisting the aerodynamics of dodgy old hatchback.
See also:
http://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/dark-company
http://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/dark-company/rage-in-heaven
http://www.explicitmusic.co.uk/lyrics-information/dark-company/rage-in-heaven/spoiler
https://twitter.com/Dark_Company
https://www.facebook.com/Dark-Company-154909774522910/
https://twitter.com/WudRecords
by Dark Company
Released 3 years ago
Rock, Trance, EDM, Alternative Rock, Reggae, Electronic, Electro, Indie, Trance Rock, Metal, Crossover, Shred Guitar
Medicines by Dark Company
Album: Rage In Heaven
Download: https://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/track/medicines
Lyrics by P. Greatorex.
Music by G. Davies/P. Greatorex/J. Willmot.
Recorded, engineered and mixed at Silent Running Studios Exeter 1992
Remastered at Wud Records Studio One.
Copyright © 1992 Wud Records.
Copyright ℗ 1992 D & G Music/Explicit Music.
Performers:
Peter Greatorex – vocals
George Davies – guitars, sequencing
Jeff Willmot – bass, sequencing
MEDICINES
I can see that dark-set face
Hands crawl by fingering fate
Parsely, sage, rosary of time
Herbs to heal the modern mind
A wounded lover with a clockspring heart
Hears not the Heavens only metal stars
Drinks the liquor of certain flowers
Is released from lust to count the hours
There inside a secret garden
There inside a secret garden
Night’s sweet hush is for us all
No creeping thing is too small
Wings and webs a mottled map
Dawn will take the empties back
A solo soldier with a gunmetal head
Hears only the music of the marching dead
Drinks the liquor of certain flowers
Is released from lust to count the hours
There inside a secret garden
There inside a secret garden
Writhing vines climb the hill
Where we stand so very still
Columbine perfumed dark
The whitest flowers an eternal spark
A parish priest with a Bibled mouth
Speaks unnoticed of God and Doubt
Drinks the liquor of certain flowers
Is released from lust to count the hours
There inside a secret garden
There inside a secret garden
Fun facts:
This song is in the key of A#.
George plays the guitar parts on the Ice Maiden.
Jeff played his bassline into the S900.
When Pete sang the melody to George for the first time it took him ages to decide which of the multitude of different possibilities to go with.
There are two simultaneous guitar solos at the start of the song, both of which were recorded on the first take.
Pete was initially sceptical about the whispered vocal.
Various acoustic versions of this later appeared with the song transposed down to A.
It was performed by The Bastard Sons of Dennis and Dr Watson and used as a teaching resource by George in his TEFL classes.
Some of the bassdrum and snare parts were recorded by randomly bashing keys and then quantising.
It produced some remarkably pleasing results.
See also:
http://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/dark-company
http://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/dark-company/rage-in-heaven
http://www.explicitmusic.co.uk/lyrics-information/dark-company/rage-in-heaven/medicines
https://twitter.com/Dark_Company
https://www.facebook.com/Dark-Company-154909774522910/
https://twitter.com/WudRecords