FortDax
# FortDax

FortDax was a recording alias of Darren Richard Durham, a composer active in the early 2000s. He was inspired by artists such as Charles Ives and ABBA and he has described FortDax as 'Michael Nyman trapped upside down in a clockwork palace during a snowstorm'. He is most well known for his remix of You Are Here when it became the theme tune of Newswipe with Charlie Brooker and Charlie Brooker's Weekly Wipe. After five years of working under the pseudonym FortDax, Darren announced that he was feeling boxed in by what was expected from FortDax and that it was time to try something new. Darren has recently started creating some new music under the moniker of Diverse Industries.

## Biography

Darren was active under the name FortDax from 2001 to 2006. A John Peel session in 2004 introduced him to a larger audience. He has also active creating a number of remixes. Darren also recorded a session for the BBC show Mixing It which went out on the 24th March 2006. The session was recorded in London and Oxford during February 2006.

## Personal life

Darren was born in the town of Beverley and studied at Longcroft School, Coventry University, Sheffield Hallam University and Kingston University.

## Discography

### Studio albums

| Title | Album details |
| - | - |
| At Bracken | Released: 2002 Formats: Vinyl Country: United Kingdom Labels: Static Caravan Records Catalogue number: VAN50 |
| Folly | Released: April 7, 2003 Formats: CD Country: United KingdomSpain Labels: Tugboat Records, Sinnamon Records Catalogue numbers: TUGCD032, SINCD17 |
| Divers | Released: February 13, 2006 County: United Kingdom Formats: CD Labels: Very Friendly Catalogue number: VF014CD |

The art work for At Bracken was supplied by the illustrator David Hallangen a.k.a. Montelimar, who was producing artwork for Static Caravan Records at the time. David was responsible for a slight renaming of the track Like cream inside your spine in to The cream inside your spine when he mistitled it in the track's artwork, a mistake that Darren was happy to keep

### Extended plays and singles

| Title | Album details |
| - | - |
| August '75, Winter '76 | Released: 2001 Formats: LP Label: Resonant |
| Like Cream Inside Your Spine | Released: December 2001 Formats: LP Label: Static Caravan Records Catalogue number: VAN37 |
| Untitled | Released: 2001 Formats: CD-R Labels: Not On Record |
| A Beverley Mythic | Released: 2005 Formats: CD Labels: Static Caravan Records Catalogue number: VAN84 |

### Compilations

| Title | Album details |
| - | - |
| Witch Hazel Tales | Released: 2001 Formats: CD Labels: Earworm |

### Remixes

| Artist | Track | Year |
| - | - | - |
| Piano Magic | Certainty (FortDax Remix) | 2002 |
| Nathan Fake | You Are Here (FortDax Remix) | 2006 |
| Federico Romanzi | Amore E Psiche Set (FortDax Remix) | 2009 |
