Dark Project

Dark Project is an Alternative/Progressive act from Kolkata, India. Dark Project was perceived and conceived by school buddies Sudipto and Sauvik in the year 2003. The band's music draws influences from bands like Incubus, Pink Floyd, 3 Doors Down and Porcupine Tree. The band went through line up changes to begin with and currently comprises of Sudipto (Vocals), Ugyal (Guitars, Keyboards, Harmonica), Sauvik (Guitars, Sequencing and Sampling), Nachiketa (Bass Guitars) and Korak (Drums).

Dark Project operates as an Independent act and self produces all of their musical ventures. The band's first full-length effort after the initial work with an EP made by Sauvik and Sudipto, came through in the form of their first album titled "Chaos Sessions". This was a total DIY (Do-It-Yourself) effort right from gathering the instruments with limited budget to programming and recording the entire album. Chaos Sessions came out in January 2007. This album went on to record one of the highest play counts by an Indian contemporary band on CBS' online radio station, last.fm and managed listeners in excess of 4000 and playcounts in excess of 16000 as on April 2009. In addition to this, the band was able to sell out the first 1000 CDs in India in a short span of time without any investments made on publicity.

The band has released their new album this May. The new album titled as, "Liberty and Entropy" and shall comprise of 2 unique Chapters known as Anticipation and Serendipity. The band had hit the studios for this album to record the vocals and to track the drums in Feb,2009 at Bangalore, India. The album is a superior record than Chaos Sessions in terms of sonic quality as well sonic maturity and consists of 11 blended tracks. The band is looking ahead in taking one step ahead in its previous DIY effort by marketing this album entirely on their own.

The Indian music industry is more commercially oriented and has limited space for experimentation. The band tries to break apart from that with their belief about freedom in the music that they make. With the movies industry in India dictating terms for the music industry and the band making music in English, Dark Project is confident to have a global acceptance given the high interest their music has generated from Europe.

With the new album at the doorstep and a couple of shows knocking right round the corner, Dark Project is all set to return bigger than ever before.

Dark Project is:
Sudipto Biswas - Vocals, Acoustic Guitars
Ugyal Tshering Lama - Guitars, Keyboards, Harmonica
Sauvik Biswas - Guitars, Sequencing, Programming
Nachiketa Roy Chowdhury - Bass Guitar
Korak Sarkar - Drums