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northern
valentine - the distance brings us closer
CD 2008 | Silber 068
5 tracks, 46 minutes
$12
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This is minimalist ambience
at its best. Heartfelt, soulful & affecting, like gazing at a scrapbook
of memories. The ever-reliable Silber Records are to be commended for bringing
us this – repay the favour by investing in a copy, since downloads won’t
help guarantee there'll be more to follow.
~ Phil McMullen, Terrascope
online
Northern Valentine is husband
& wife Robert & Amy Brown along with friends who join them from
time to time. They have been writing & recording music since 1997 &
have released material previously on acclaimed label Gears of Sand as well
as on their own label Baresound. We are glad to have them added to
the Silber roster. They are from Philadephia, Pennsylvania & they love
to play live shows. Depending on the performers, live shows can range from
quiet and meditative drones to loud & fuzzy instrumental post rock,
often within the same set.
Recommended if you like:
Labradford, Windy & Carl, Ennio Morricone, Eluvium, Mogwai, Seefeel,
Earth, Godspeed You Black Emperor, Spacemen 3
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QRD
#39
webzine
Interviews with Hotel Hotel,
Northern Valentine, slicnaton, Sarah June, Melissa Spence Gardner, Andrew
Weathers, & Lisa Uber of WRSU.
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Hotel
Hotel - The Sad Sea
CD 2008 | Silber 064
8 tracks, 44 minutes
$12
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Across its 8 tracks, The Sad Sea
proves to be a tangibly executed, cinemascope soundscape to an unmade film
- its dulcet tones narrating a story of suffering, solitariness, anxiety
& deep pensiveness but with a shimmering veneer of hope that prevails
throughout. If you are after top-draw ‘real’ post-rock that shuns the immediacy
of more commercially minded bands in favour of a brand of subtle progression
that has melancholic & morose characteristics deeply intertwined within
its rich sonic texture, then The Sad Sea is for you.
~ Kamyar Sadegzadeh, experimusic.com
Instrumental post rock inspired
by a torturous ocean journey. The sounds of hurricanes funneled through
violins, guitars, drums, & effect pedals. Feel yourself sinking
into the ocean of sound.
Recommended if you like:
Stars of the Lid, Explosions in the Sky, Godspeed You Black Emperor
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various
artists -
drones, loves, honesties, sounds
CD label sampler 2006 |
silber 056
22 tracks, 76 minutes
$4
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Get a sample of all the sounds
& musical styles we have to offer at a ridiculously low price.
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various
artists: Little Darla Has a Treat for You vol. 27
Eternal Spring Edition
2xCD sampler 2009 | Darla
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32 tracks, 156 minutes
$10
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32 tracks varying from singer-songwriter
to shoegazer with everything in between with all exclusive tracks or mixes
from: Almost Charlie, Arborea, Ariel Abshire & Japancakes, Bernard
Szajner, Bitcrush, Black Feather, Desario, Detritus, DJ Hidden, Elias &
The Whizzkids, Elle Belga, Harold Budd & Clive Wright, Keith Canisius,
Let’s Go Naked, Low Low Low La La La Love Love Love, Lowlights, Manual,
Momus, Montt Mardié, Mothboy, New Radiant Storm King, Photon Band,
Project Pale, Raoul Sinier, Robin Guthrie, Rumskib, Spherical Objects,
Sweet Trip, Tiny Magnetic Pets, Tujiko Noriko & Lawrence English &
John Chantler, Vlor, &Yagya.
Includes a mix of Vlor's
most rocking song ever "Watch Me Bleed." |
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Lycia
- Cold
CD Album 2007 | Silber 061
9 tracks, 58 minutes
$12
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Balanced beautifully between
an ambient soundtrack, darkwave classic and space rock epic, Cold
stylishly sprawls several genres whilst recognising its gothic roots.
~ Paul Lloyd, Sideline
Despite being one of Lycia’s
more atmospheric works, Cold became a big hit amongst the
black metal & space rock crowds expanding their fan base greatly.
On the Cold tour, one would typically see as many fans in
Hawkwind & Motorhead t-shirts as Sisters of Mercy t-shirts; forty-year-old
rockers standing next to teenaged Goths.
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"Ensoulment" is one, nearly
72-minute soundscape that waxes and wanes. Who thinks of a sound close
to that of doomdroners like Sunn O))), Nadja or OM; no, more drones, less
music. The included press sheet draws parallels to Justin K. Broadrick
(Godflesh, Jesu), Mike VanPortfleet (Lycia) or the Polish composer György
Ligeti... Patient people approving of abstract music, or metalheads into
funeral doom or the droning of above-mentioned artists might well appreciate
this as a piece of music to relax to.
~ IkEcht
A 70 minute aggressive ambient
guitar excursion from Remora.
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Rollerball
- Ahura
CD Album 2008 | Wallace
15 tracks, 47 minutes
$12
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Ahura finds the band sounding
its most distilled, focused, and accessible.
~ Willamette Week
Rollerball continues their
genre blowing fusion of jazz, post rock, & explosive experimentations. |
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Remora
- derivative
CD 2009 | Gears of Sand
049
8 tracks, 42 minutes
$12
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Remora does derivative works
on some personal favorites including hits by Hefner, Warrior Soul, Journey,
Pere Ubu, Bob Dylan, Joe Jackson, & Joy Division. |
