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Below the Snow - A Silber Christmas Compilation
MP3 Compilation 2011 | Silber 100 20 tracks, 84 minutes download zip file from Silber The holidays are back again. It's 2011 & we have come baring gifts from the distant land of Silberia. Gifts of noise & drone & pop & atmospheres to melt the snow above us. : Press Release Track Listing:
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Liner Notes: Charles De Mar – “Santa Don't Eat Smoke & Alcohol” Copyright 2011 Charles DeMar Jon DeRosa – “Midnight Clear” Lyrics written by Edmund H. Sears, Music written by Richard S. Willis. Arrangement by Charles Newman & Jon DeRosa. Produced by Charles Newman. http://www.silbermedia.com/jonderosa Thorn1 – “Fractal Trees” http://www.silbermedia.com/thorn1 Landerim – “Little Boy Crystal” Miss Massive Snowflake – “Occupy Christmas” Shane de Leon, Jeanne Kennedy Crosby, Andy Brown, Justin Cooper, & Cara Finlayson. Recorded at Alchemy Lab by Andy Brown. http://missmassivesnowflake.bandcamp.com, http://northpolerecords.org/bands/missmassivesnowflake Goddakk – “Too Many Christs, Not Enough Crosses” http://www.silbermedia.com/goddakk Origami Boe – “euroKAlissimo (extended xmazz dance version)” Recorded @ Einstürzende Neubauten's studio (aka "the bunker", later Andere Baustelle), Berlin 2007. Boe A22 (bass drum,bassfeder, lapsteel) with Andrew Unruh (hi-hat, bassfeder). Produced by Boris Wilsdorf. From the forthcoming CD "Atlantis Of The North." http://origami.teks.no/boe Moodring – “Silent Night” moodring=mae+jesse+monte---captured at muddmakr in november 2011. written by Joseph Mohr, Franz Xaver Gruber, & John Freeman Young http://www.silbermedia.com/moodring Remora – “Teddy Bear” Recorded at Brian Leah McKenzie’s Music Factory. Inspired in equal parts by Luke 23:42 & Akira. C&P Amerse Music, BMI. http://www.silbermedia.com/remora Pacific 231 – “Crash Mist” http://www.facebook.com/Pacific231 Sibyll Kalff – “rainbeat” sibyll kalff - vocals, donald lessau - tibetan soundbowls, joker nies - bass, thaigongs, & selfmade claydrums. recorded & mixed by joker nies, bex studio cologne, early 90ies... Yellow6 – “Piano Song 2” Written and recorded live in rehearsal at Plane Ari Home Gigs, Wanquetin, France 26 Feb 2011 http://yellow6.com Lullabier – “With a Star” "With a Star" is a derivative work from "Tu scendi dalle stelle", a traditional Italian Xmas tune composed in 1754 by Alfonso Maria de' Liguori. English lyrics and arrangement by Andrea Vascellari. http://www.lullabier.com Feel No Other – “Toy Soldiers” http://feelnoother.com Tony Whitlock – “Bells in a Blizzard (take 3)” Live guitar improvisation recorded direct to two track at Cedar Street Studio. http://www.tonywhitlock.bandcamp.com Les Marquises – “Escaping From Zonraki” Recorded alone at home in November 2011. Inspired by the short story "Terra Incognita" written by Vladimir Nabokov. http://lesmarquises.net Løzninger – “The Snow Book” Written & recorded in the snow of the french Alps between 2010 & 2011, featuring Zoe Løzninger. http://www.lozninger.com Electric Bird Noise – “Raeb Yddet” http://www.silbermedia.com/ebn Parties – “Silber Office Xmas Parties” Recorded live at the Silber Christmas 2011 Parties by Parties. Thanks to Brian John Mitchell for brewing a great Winter Ale! (Santa is a Wizard.) http://parties.bandcamp.com, http://facebook.com/droneparties Drekka with Michael Demery Toran – “O Holy Night” Conceived, recorded, & assembled by Michael Anderson & Michael Demery Toran, November 2011. Drekka appears courtesy of Bluesanct. http://www.bluesanct.com/bands/drekka |
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Reviews: It has been commented in previous years that I rarely include any Christmas records in the Festive Season and that's probably true. Not because there isn't any but more likely than not they're not very good to say the least. I mean there are only so many times you can listen to songs about snowmen, Reindeer and fat old men with white beards before you have to go and have a lay down until it's all over, or at least until someone cooks a nice roast turkey and fills your wine glass. The nice people at Silber Records however see things quite differently and have put together a Christmas compilation which is actually interesting. From the opening "Santa Don't Eat Smoke And Alcohol" by Charles DeMar through Moodring's disturbingly brutal version of "Silent Night" which has to be heard to be believed to moments of beauty from the likes of Yellow 6 and Lullibier. This is a Christmas compilation fit to accompany any family occasion and if your Mum doesn't like it you can always turn the volume up! ~ Kris Waah, Burning World |