History
Project Pitchfork was formed by Peter Spilles and Dirk Scheuber. After agreeing to work together, they picked the project's name by choosing a random word from the dictionary. The band gave their first performance in Hamburg in February 1990 and released their demo, "K.N.K.A", in August. In May 1991, their debut album "Dhyani" was released. The band's second album, "Lam-'Bras" was released in February 1992 and yielded the first vocal appearance of Patrica Nigiani. Six months later, the band's third album, "Entities" was released. The band switched labels to Off Beat for their 1994 release "Io". The album featured two singles, "Renascence" and "Carrion", and marked the first time the band entered the German Charts. The album was followed by a lengthy German tour.
In 1995, Project Pitchfork established their own label, Candyland Entertainment, through which they would release the majority of their material. 1995 also saw the release of two EPs, "CH'I" and "Corps d'Amour", and one album, "Alpha Omega". The year finished off with a tour supported by Rammstein. The next Project Pitchfork studio album "¡Chakra:Red!" was released in 1997. It was the first album since "Dhyani" to be written as a group effort, rather than by Peter Spilles alone, and the first to include Jürgen Jansen as a permanent band member.
Right after their first US tour in 1998, Project Pitchfork returned with concept album "Eon:Eon", their first while signed to label EastWest. The album yielded three singles, "Steelrose", "Carnival", and "I Live Your Dream". With the support of Eastwest, an imprint of the major label Warner Music), the band had greater resources available to produce videos for their music, which led to their being the first gothic industrial band to receive airplay on music TV in Germany. The video for "Steelrose" earned the band a nomination for an Echo Award for Best Video National. In 2001, the band released their eighth studio album "Daimonion" and supported the album with a European tour. In 2002 the band released the "NUN" trilogy which consisted of album "Inferno" and EPs "View From a Throne" and "Trialog". This earned the band another nomination for an Echo Award, this time for Best Alternative Act National.
Project Pitchfork returned with album Kaskade in 2005. In February 2009 the band released "Dream, Tiresias!" which received praise from electronic music magazine, ReGen. In 2010 the band's follow up album "Continuum Ride" was released along with a video to support the song "Beholder." "Continuum Ride" was inspired by the band's US tour in 2009, particularly their experience of Detroit, whose dilapidated skyline led to a more "dark and destructive" sound than that of their previous album.
By 2011 Project Pitchfork ceased operating their Candyland label, having since begun releasing their work on the Trisol label.
The band released "Quantum Mechanics" in 2011 as well as a video for the album's second track, "Lament". Later that year the band released a compilation album titled "First Anthology". In 2013 the band released their fourteenth studio album, "Black", and a music video to accompany the song "Rain". In June 2014, the band announced via their official website a new album titled "Blood". To promote the record the band held a pre-release show in Hamburg. The album was released in September and featured a music video for "Blood-Diamond (See Him Running)" edited by Peter Spilles himself.
In 2016, Project Pitchfork released their "Second Anthology", a double CD that included one new track, several unreleased rarities, and many re-recorded and remastered tracks. Also in 2016, the band released the album "Look Up, I’m Down There" to commemorate their 25th anniversary. The album was released in two versions: a standard CD release and a special, limited edition double CD wth an 80 page art book containing complete lyrics and a short story by the fantasy author Björn Springorum.
In 2018, the band released the album "Akkretion", the first of what was planned to be a trilogy of albums for release that year. Of the remaining albums of the trilogy, only the second, "Fragment," was released.
Starting in 2019, Trisol began releasing reissues of all the band's material over the previous decade from "Dream, Tiresias!" through "Look Up, I'm Down There".
A Few Years Later
Project Pitchfork Lyrics
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Take a little time for me
I want to show you something
Don't be afraid
Open the gate
Take a look into my world
Take a look inside
My world is green, blue, red and white
Breathe the sweet air
Smell perfume
Look at the fairies
Don't close your eyes
Enjoy the peace
They're chasing away my chosen ones
With poison from their fields
There are places in my empire
Black, grey, foggy, foul
Which I call hell
And you call home
Hear the machines
They're moving faster
Even here you can feel the tremor
My world is dying...
In Project Pitchfork's song A Few Years Later, the lyrics are directed towards a human child, urging them to take some time to explore and appreciate the beauty of the natural world. The singer wants to open the gate and show the child their world, encouraging them not to be afraid. They describe the world as green, blue, red, and white, with fairies and sweet air filling the atmosphere. However, the beauty is fleeting, and the singer warns that even here, in this seemingly perfect world, dangerous machines are moving towards destruction. The chosen ones, or perhaps the natural inhabitants of the world, are being chased away by poisonous fields, and there are places within the world that are described as black, grey, foggy, and foul, which the singer calls hell, but humans might call home. The song ends on a bleak note - the world is dying.
The lyrics of A Few Years Later resonate with the idea that humanity has largely ignored the beauty of nature and instead pursued material goods and technological advancements, often at the cost of the environment. The singer tries to awaken the child to the natural beauty around them, hoping to change the path of destruction that they see coming. The song is a warning that even the most beautiful and harmonious part of our lives can and will be destroyed if we become too greedy and selfish.
Line by Line Meaning
Hey, human child
The singer is addressing a human child.
Take a little time for me
The singer is requesting some time from the human child.
I want to show you something
The singer desires to show something to the human child.
Don't be afraid
The artist is comforting the human child and asking them not to be afraid.
Open the gate
The artist is asking the human child to open the gate.
Take a look into my world
The singer wants the human child to take a look into their world.
Take a look inside
The singer once again requests the child to take a look inside the world.
My world is green, blue, red and white
The artist describes the colors in their world.
Breathe the sweet air
The artist asks the human child to breathe in the sweet air.
Smell perfume
The artist wants the child to smell perfume in their world.
Look at the fairies
The singer is showing the human child the fairies in their world.
Don't close your eyes
The artist wants the child to keep their eyes open and experience everything.
Enjoy the peace
The singer advises the human child to enjoy the peace in their world.
They're chasing away my chosen ones
The singer is referring to how humans are destroying the environment and killing plants and animals that were supposed to be in their world.
With poison from their fields
The poison refers to the harmful pesticides used by humans.
There are places in my empire
The world of the artist is described as an empire.
Black, grey, foggy, foul
The artist describes the polluted and contaminated areas of their world as dark and unpleasant.
Which I call hell
The singer calls the polluted areas of their world as hell.
And you call home
The singer is referring to how humans have caused pollution and degradation to the earth which has resulted in it becoming an unpleasant place.
Hear the machines
The artist is referring to the machines used in the processes that harm the environment.
They're moving faster
The artist is warning that the machines are causing destruction at a faster rate.
Even here you can feel the tremor
The artist is conveying a sense of how machines are causing damage to that place as well.
My world is dying...
The singer is expressing sadness and regret as their world is dying due to human-influenced environmental damage.
Contributed by Caroline M. Suggest a correction in the comments below.