Darkness at Noon (Richard H. Kirk album)

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Darkness At Noon
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Studio album by
Released1999
Label Touch
Producer Richard H. Kirk
Richard H. Kirk chronology
Knowledge Through Science
(1998)
Darkness At Noon
(1999)

Darkness At Noon is a solo album by Richard H. Kirk of Cabaret Voltaire. Released originally by Touch Records [1] Recorded at Western Works Studios, Sheffield, England, as part of a performance for Phonotaktik, Wien, Austria, April 1999. Licensed from Alphaphone Recordings, Sheffield. [1]

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Darkness At Noon" (38:00)

Personnel

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References

  1. 1 2 "Richard H. Kirk – Darkness at Noon (1999, CD)". Discogs .