about AATT
& The House Of The Heart


DARK ORANGE is at present both a Hamburg/Germany and a Birmingham/England based band.  They were one of the first ..Heavenly Voices.. Bands from the cult label ..Hyperium.. in  the early 90s. After 15 years working on other projects, Katrin-Elna and Dirk Odu decided to make a reunion of Dark Orange in 2008 … and the Trees were a major part in this story.

Since their European Tour with the Trees back in 1992, Katrin und Dirk stayed in close relations with Justin, Steven, as well as Kirsten, spending days together in the old Holloway  Road flat in London, going out with Justin for a warm English beer, working together with former Trees member Marc Tibenham (as 24HOURS) and meeting the band on each of their tours.

It was towards the end of 2007 in Berlin, further to seeing the Trees on stage and a  conversation with Kirsten further on, which gave Dirk the idea and a kick to think about  working on Dark Orange once again.
To start with an interpretation of the Trees..The House of the Heart.. was a must-do as these  wonderful people and the band itself will have a house in Dark Orange's heart forever. Another reason to rework this song was Simon's vocal-melody which Katrin liked so much. Dirk and Olivier approached the song in the same way as they have done in their recent rework of older Dark Orange tracks, using the main chords and the vocal lines, as the core in order to produce the songs with a fresh angle still faithful to the original Dark Orange sound.

So they are here again. Starting with the interpretation of And Also The Trees' The House Of The Heart to say thanx to a band they have been carrying in their hearts for so many years now.

Dark Orange also have just finished recording a studio-session at the Schallzentrale Hamburg consisting of four other songs: ..memories…the fairy man.., ..clouds 4 winds.., ..dead! the witch.. and ..monkey business.. 

Current band members are Katrin Elna (vocals), Dirk Odu (guitars and programming), Olivier Goyet (programming and sounds), Michelle (bass-guitar) and Stephan (drums. Stephan also played the drums on the first Dark Orange album “Oleander”). 

For further information about Dark Orange, please visit:
http://www.myspace.com/darkorange