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slicnaton/remora/northern valentine - clear field slicnaton / remora / northern valentine
clear field
MP3 Album 2008 | Silber 072
3 tracks, 44 minutes
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The clear field recordings are a unique combination of elements of all three
projects. You hear the loops & aggression of Remora’s guitar work, Northern
Valentine’s ambient shimmering glacial guitars, & slicnaton’s orchestrated glitch &
deep bass tones. While hearing all three individual musicians, it still is clearly a
collaboration of the three rather than one of the projects with two special guests; it
is a unique sound of its own.

: Press release

small life form: alive small life form
alive
MP3 EP 2008 | Silber 071
3 tracks, 21 minutes
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2007 marked Small Life Form’s live debut & over the next year the style refined, abandoning real horns for a piece of copper pipe, replacing organs with melodica, & vocals with feedback manipulation. Alive is collected from two live recordings in 2008.  They are massive structures built from scratch using a loop pedal,
distortion pedals, & reverb units.

: Press release

Northern Valentine: stars whisper northern valentine
stars whisper
MP3 EP 2008 | Silber 070
3 tracks, 21 minutes
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Stars Whisper is a collection of three live songs from Northern Valentine, recorded in their hometown of Philadelphia with a line-up of Robert Brown, Amy Brown, Jeffrey Bumiller, & Marc Carazo. The individual tracks were recorded at The Fire & The Rotunda (as part of “Gate”, an experimental music series).

: Press release

winterizing Various Artists
Winterizing
MP3 compilation 2008 | Silber 069
26 tracks, 118 minutes
free download page
The 2008 installment of our Christmas compilation series.  Strangely enough there seem to be somewhere around zero covers of traditional Christmas tunes this time out.
Complete artist roster:
Varde, Hotel Hotel, Clang Quartet, Andrew Weathers, Charles De Mar, Electric Bird Noise, Glissade, Sailor Winters, Miss Massive Snowflake, Goddakk, Gorgons, Small Life Form, Lauri des Marais, Ligo, Moodring, slicnaton, Remora, Moral Crayfish, The Carnage Visors, South West Airline, Northern Valentine, Spotlight Kid, The Left Channel, Recorded Home, The Child of A Creek, Subscape Annex

: Press release
: more info

Hotel, Hotel - under sea, over storm Hotel Hotel
under sea, over storm
MP3 EP 2008 | Silber 067
6 tracks, 37 minutes
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While we’re anticipating the release of their new album The Sad Sea on Silber shortly, I figured we’d introduce them to the rest of you with this live performance.   Recorded on October 20, 2005 at J&J’s in Denton, Texas with a line-up of P.D. Wilder (guitar), Justin Lemons (guitar), Patrick Patterson (violin), Francesca Riedle (violin), & Evan Caverninha (drums); Under Sea, Over Storm captures the band early on showing the atmospheric post rock they’ve been perfecting over the years.  One flowing piece divided into several song ideas, themes, & improvisations; this gives you an idea not only of their live show, but what to look forward to on their upcoming studio recordings as well.

: Press release

mwvm - rotations remixed mwvm
rotations remixed
MP3 Remix EP 2008 | Silber 066
6 tracks, 36 minutes
free download page
We released mwvm’s debut album rotations in the fall of 2007 & now we are pleased to give you a collection of remixes & reworkings from some close friends. The remixes include a shimmering mass of complex jarring textures by the mighty Astral Social Club, pulsing layers of precision amplitude modulation from Sonicslice, & Zac Keiller doing an alt-country cover version of “context. where?”
Track Listing:
1. rotations remix by Astral Social Club
2. celestial motion remix by Sonicslice
3. negative pole remix by Scott Solter
4. windows remix by Moral Crayfish
5. context. where? cover by Zac Keiller
6. celestial motion horizontal remix by Echosonic

: Press release

Silber Sounds of Halloween Various Artists
Silber Sounds of Halloween
MP3 compilation 2007 | Silber 065
30 tracks, 130 minutes
free download page
So it has been a little while since something in our free comp series has gotten out of our control. We were like, “Hey, let’s do a Halloween comp & do an open call for entries!” So we ended up with thirty tracks & over two hours of music. Also just a little too short in time to manufacture compact discs. So that’s why this time there are no physical copies at all. Just available on this thing called the internet.

Complete artist roster:
Lycia, Peter Aldrich, Bryce Eiman, Glissade, The Undermasks, Planet Cock, Rachel Goldstar, Miss Massive Snowflake, The Wades, Robin Crutchfield, Attrition, Sorry Welcome, Arbus, Tara Vanflower, Remora, Paolo Messere/Kiddycar, The Elysium Facade, Promute, Lauri des Marais, The Zanzibar Snails, Ocean City Defender, Cam Butler, Not Them, Gorgons, Small Life Form, Drats!!!, Mars Field, Thisquietarmy, Port City Music, Electric Bird Noise

: Press release
: more info

Silber Hearts Mom Various Artists
Silber Hearts Mom
MP3/CD-R compilation 2007 | Silber 060
11 tracks, 40 minutes
free download page
Here at Silber, mothers have always had a special place in our heart.  So we’re happy to finally get a compilation together to pay a little bit of the tribute mothers are so dearly due.
Everyone has a different style of song to show their love from heavy metal (Wrong Brothers) to post-rock (Glissade, Electric Bird Noise) to noise (Moral Crayfish) to simply acoustic guitar (Remora).  While most went the instrumental route, the songs with vocals by Plumerai & Miss Massive Snowflake show the tongue-in-cheek comedy that we all use to tell our moms we love them.
Complete artist roster:
Wrong Brothers, Remora, Glissade, Blessed Child Opera, Plumerai, Moral Crayfish, Lauri des Marais, Century of Aeroplanes, Electric Bird Noise, Miss Massive Snowflake, Origami Galaktika
Silber on Silber cover Various Artists
Silber on Silber
2xCDR compilation 2007 | Silber 058
29 tracks, 115 minutes
free download page
So we have been joking about this compilation for a couple years & now it is finally out.  A collection of 29 artists covering songs from the Silber artist roster We were really flattered by all the tracks & the way so many people took tracks & totally retooled them into something of their own.  Offered as a free download to the internet savy. 
Complete artist roster:
John Costello, Dan Greunke, Marc Gartman, CJ Boyd, North Sea Navigator/Rose Kemp, Promute, Electric Bird Noise, Dr. Reggae Heart & the Smiths of Steel, The Torch Marauder's Grappling Hook, Remora, Vlor, fornever, Annelies Monseré, Jessica Bailiff, The Infant Cycle, The Wades, Plumerai, Moral Crayfish, Recorded Home, Rivulets, Shaun Sandor, The Upsidedown Stars, Arbus, Peter  Aldrich, Origami Kalima, Verhören, Lauri des Marais, Miss Massive Snowflake, Small Life Form
Silber Sounds of Christmas cover Various Artists
Silber Sounds of Christmas
2xCD-R compilation 2006 | Silber 057
28 tracks, 103 minutes
free download page
Merry Christmas from Silber Records.  Silber Sounds of Christmas is our third Christmas compilation & once again offered as a free download to the internet savy. 
Complete artist roster:
Origami Tacet, immune, Rachel Goldstar, Siberia, living in photographs, Small Life Form, Electric Bird Noise, The Zanzibar Snails, Plumerai, Remora, Sailor Winters, Shiny Around the Edges, Peter Aldrich, Wrong Brothers, Bokor, 230 divisadero, Moral Crayfish, South West Airline, recorded home, Duane Pitre/Pilotram, Mars Field, Goddakk vs JM, Blessed Child Opera, My Ambient Nature Girl, The Wades, The Torch Marauder featuring Matt Westlake, & The Upsidedown Stars
Vlor
sacred places in the city
MP3 EP 1999/2006 | silber 054
13 tracks, 33 minutes
free download page
Originally recorded in 1999, the final sessions from Vlor in the original Halasz/Mitchell line up.  Like a low-fi drum-free Mogwai.
Kobi
outward from a core area in the north
MP3 EP 2005 | silber 047
3 tracks, 15 minutes
free download page
Three songs that were out-takes from Projecto & Dronesyndrome, electro-acoustic aggression.
Rollerball
Companion 3 (The Thief on the Right)
MP3 EP 2005 | silber 042C
5 tracks, 19 minutes
free download page
A mix of free jazz funk & songs, I highly recommend the track “Remodel.”
Kobi
dronesyndrome medley ep
MP3 EP 2005 | silber 045
1 track, 20 minutes
free download page
A remixing of the source materials from Dronesyndrome into one 20 minute ambient excursion.
Remora
reversion
MP3 EP 2005 | silber 044
4 tracks, 29 minutes
free download page
A collection of four ambient guitar songs to promote Remora's Pacific NorthWest tour.
Rollerball
Companion 2 (The Woman at the Well)
MP3 EP 2005 | silber 042B
5 tracks, 10 minutes
free download page
A collection of pieces made from out-takes of Catholic Paws/Catholic Pause.
Rollerball
Companion 1 (The Good Samaritan)
MP3 EP 2005 | silber 042A
5 tracks, 12 minutes
free download page
A collection of out-takes from Catholic Paws/Catholic Pause.
Various Artists
Winter Wishes
Limited CD-R 2004 | silber 035
18 tracks, 64 minutes
free download page
Released as a Christmas gift for our fans in winter 2004.  We initially got so many downloads of this we had server problems & that's why we teamed up with archive.org. 
Complete artist roster:
include Rolleball, Plumerai, Remora, Small Life Form, If Thousands with Haley Bonar, Shiny Around the Edged, Tore Honore Boe, Immune, The Massive Snowflake, Attrition, Oleta, Aidan Baker, Drekka, Origami Vokstervisse, Peter Aldrich, Rivulets, & Jamie Barnes.
Various Artists
Songs for the End of the World
Limited CD-R 2002 | silber 020
17 track, 66 minutes
free download page
Welcome to the end of the world, I hope you can enjoy it.  We’ve got a lot going on here at the last minute, some old faces & new allies, all with new sounds varying from minimalist guitar to dense tones to bliss-pop.  Let yourself go & be peaceful with some Silber music smuggled in from 2012. 
Complete artist roster:
Jessica Bailiff, Electric Bird Noise, The Land of Nod, Marc Gartman, Remora, Origami Amika, Hollis M. Sparhawk & Her Father, My Glass Beside Yours, Drekka conducts the Mt. Gigantic Drone Orchestra, 6 P.M., Flare, Max Soren, Vlor, Rivulets, J Seckel, Rollerball, & If Thousands.
Various Artists
Songs for America
Limited CD-R 2001 | silber 019
11 tracks, 36 minutes
free download page
Put out for the 4th of July, this one got a lot of radio play after September 11th.  The songs aren't particularly patriotic. 
Complete artist roster:
Anaphylaxis, Michael J. Bowman, Remora, The Somnambulants, Clang Quartet, Peter Aldrich (featuring David Williams), Landing, Electric Bird Noise, The Undermasks, Verloc, & Noise Spies.
Various Artists
Silber Xmas 2000
Limited CD-R 2000 | silber 017
12 tracks, 46 minutes
free download page
Our first limited edition comp & our first holiday comp. 
Complete artist roster:
Anaphylaxis, Michael J. Bowman & Ken Clinger, Aarktica, Rivulets, Ovum vs Motpol, Drekka, Electric Bird Noise, Russell Halasz, Goddakk, J. Ned Kirby, Small Life Form, & Remora.
Remora/Clang Quartet
Cemented in Stone
Limited CD-R 1999 | silber 010
11 track, 47 minutes
free download page
A collaboration between Remora & Clang Quartet.  Swamp ambient?
Remora
Ambient Drones for One Guitar
Limited CD-R 1999 | silber 009
20 track, 144 minutes
free download page
The title pretty much explains it, ambient drones for one guitar.  Loop & reverb driven.
Remora
Amerse
Limited CD-R 1998 | silber 004
23 track, 63 minutes
free download page
The first Remora release to get much attention.  Our favorite review of it is:
This American band/artist as the information is minimal  reflect this in the music which is appropriately minimal & experimental.  Waves of distortion fed through reverb effects drone through the ether like a passing tank.  These other worldly murmurs are in stark contrast to the sub Stooges riffs that are processed out of all recognition on some occasions.  Structured tracks with some vocals are the shade to the more chaotic soundscapes, the pitch darkness.  A mixture of a psychedelic feel set against a more extreme sound manipulation, like Pink Floyd meets Merzbow.
~ Bizarre magazine
Vlor
lavished/luxate
Limited CD-R 1998 | silber 006
34 track, 71 minutes
free download page
Lo-fi acoustic shoegazer?  Vlor's two cassette releases combined together.  Here's a review of Luxate:
Vlor are a duo consisting of Remora's Brian John Mitchell on guitar & Russell Halasz on guitar & bass. Though they are quite experimental at times, Vlor never stray from their keen pop sensibilities on this excellent cassette release. Though very lo-fi -- most of the songs here were recorded in one take using a hand held recorder -- it's not hard to find the passion in these dark, enchanting instrumentals. Fans of Flying Saucer Attack, especially the early stuff, would probably dig Luxate.
~ Ben Szporluk, Vendetta Magazine

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