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".
Timekiller
Project Pitchfork Lyrics
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I feel your presence in my mind
The time seems to stop
I set you free
You calm my mind
You calm my mind
Make my dreams come true - baby
That fiction and reality
Melt together for eternity
Liquid words dropping down the stairs
Filling the emptiness with sense
You and me on the floor
Floating on our sensibility
You need a timekiller
And you don't understand
I am like quicksand
Lick it from my hand
I am your timekiller
I let your mind expand
I am like quicksand
Lick it from my hand
Tick tock tick tock
Madness comes tonight
What's reality compared to me
I rest on the bed
And I'm sure I slowly get mad
I'm in a state of mind
Which makes me blind
For the fact that I'm a man
I'm here to stay forever
But not today
You need a timekiller
And you don't understand
I am like quicksand
Lick it from my hand
I am your timekiller
I let your mind expand
I am like quicksand
Lick it from my hand
In my heart is no place for you
And in my mind is no space for you
The exit already melted away
And now there's nothing left to say
You need a timekiller
And you don't understand
I am like quicksand
Lick it from my hand
I am your timekiller
I let your mind expand
I am like quicksand
Lick it from my hand
The lyrics of Project Pitchfork's "Timekiller" describe the singer's desire to be left alone and their struggle with reality and fiction blending together. They plead for a timekiller, someone to calm their mind and make their dreams come true. The imagery of liquid words dropping down the stairs and floating on sensibility creates a dreamlike atmosphere, which is challenged by the ticking of the clock and the threat of madness. The singer is in a state of mind where they cannot see past their own desires and understanding of the world, making it difficult to connect with others. The exit from this state of mind has already melted away, leaving nothing left to say.
The song speaks to the human desire to escape reality and our struggle to define what is real or not. It also highlights the importance of finding connections with others and how the breakdown of communication can lead to a sense of isolation and madness. The audio production of the song also adds to this dreamlike quality, with its use of synths and percussion to create a surreal world. Overall, the lyrics of "Timekiller" provide an intense and thought-provoking experience during its four-minute runtime.
Line by Line Meaning
Go away leave me alone
I want to be left alone and have some space
I feel your presence in my mind
I can sense your presence in my thoughts
The time seems to stop
Time seems to have stopped for me
I set you free
I let you go
You calm my mind
You make my mind peaceful
Make my dreams come true - baby
Help me achieve my dreams, my dear
Every time it seems to me
That fiction and reality
Melt together for eternity
I feel like the line between fiction and reality blur and become one forever
Liquid words dropping down the stairs
Filling the emptiness with sense
You and me on the floor
Floating on our sensibility
Meaningful words are flowing down, filling the emptiness with meaning. We are lying on the floor, carried away by our emotions
You need a timekiller
And you don't understand
I am like quicksand
Lick it from my hand
I am your timekiller
I let your mind expand
I am like quicksand
Lick it from my hand
You need something to take your mind off things, and you don't realize that I am like addictive quicksand for you. Come to me and let your mind expand, as I am your timekiller
Tick tock tick tock
Madness comes tonight
What's reality compared to me
I rest on the bed
And I'm sure I slowly get mad
The sound of time passing makes me feel insane. Reality is nothing compared to my mind. I lie on the bed and feel like I'm slowly losing my mind
I'm in a state of mind
Which makes me blind
For the fact that I'm a man
I'm here to stay forever
But not today
I am in a state of mind that blinds me from the fact that I am human. I feel like I am here forever, but not today
In my heart is no place for you
And in my mind is no space for you
The exit already melted away
And now there's nothing left to say
There is no room in my heart or mind for you. The chance to leave already passed, and we have nothing left to talk about
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@russotragik
I still remember when I gave it 5 stars, now it became just a "like", 2023 and counting
@goffog1
This song never gets old!
@zakk7516
it is a timekiller
@filinfeline7603
I meet my wife when it played! ...just can't describe my thanks! ! ! !
@DaemionBlackFire
Project Pitchfork was one of the bands that got me into industrial. I still don't know of many bands that have come close to their sound
@NickStromkern
Absurd Minds were a pretty decent clone - they even got the Spilles vocals mimicked quite close. :)
@lowwastehighmelanin
They're pretty singular, yeah
@arkaiushs1361
I remember when I was younger, going to this goth club in baltimore, called Orpheus. They used to play this song and I never knew who it was until I found this video on youtube by accident searching a completely different song. So happy that I found this! Its one of those songs that gets stuck in my head so then naturally I listen to it and it happens again.
@LuckyPSD
loved that place
@dariawilkes6455
Who are you? I went there from 92 to the mid 00s. Spent several years on Mitch and Ricki's guest list for Bound.