Before coming together to form Darklight Corporation, the four members were literal strangers.  After spending five years in London and being heavily influenced by its electronica scene, Prenter returned home to NZ to settle back into a quieter life. Instead, he rediscovered his love for the guitar and within three months had written more than enough material for a full album. 

His music was dark and aggressive but very much in the pop vein, brutal at times but with splendid moments of beauty and grandeur. As the concept took shape, he began calling it Darklight Corporation and began searching for the perfect singer/frontman. He put ads in the local music press and conducted a few auditions, but nothing clicked till he met Fabio, who had been in New Zealand for two years and was advertising for a band on a musicshop website. 

At the time he joined Darklight Corporation, Fabio was part of a metal covers band and recommended that their drummer Dean Beck join the new group. Bassist Elliot Chao, a jazz school student who Prenter met through a friend, impressed the guitarist with his thunderous sound and strong sense of melody and timing. Each member brought their own style to the music but never overshadowed the song, and their individual influences combined to form a cohesive sound that also reflected these personal flavors.