Founder of the revolutionary Blacktronica collective and one-third of the critically acclaimed ensemble Attica Blues, Charlie Dark is a veteran of the British music scene. In addition to his work as a sound artist and musician, Dark plays a dynamic part in the United Kingdom’s poetry and performance arena as a writer, producer and DJ known for flamboyant gestures and vocal gymnastics.
His recent projects include Freeness, Voyage (2005), an external sound walk as part of the London River Cultures Festival; and Depth (2004), a site-specific soundscape in collaboration with leading architect David Adjaye, within his installation lengthxwidthxheight. Dark was also a music consultant for the film Bullet Boy (2004) and Urban Tribes’ (2005) performance at the Derby Dance Centre, and has been a Poet Coach for the London Teenage Poetry Slam.