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October 4, 2008

The Northern Valentine disc The Distance Brings Us Closer is here.  They'll be in stores in about a month & promos will be going out shortly.

northern valentine - the distance brings us closer CD 2008 | Silber 068 5 tracks, 46 minutes $12 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. Their music has drawn comparisons to other artists, ranging from Labradford, Windy & Carl, Ennio Morricone, & Eluvium to Mogwai, Seefeel, Earth, Godspeed You Black Emperor!, & Spacemen 3. : Press release

The Hotel, Hotel disc The Sad Sea is out for manufacturing & should be here in a couple of weeks.

The new Vlor, six-winged, is going through the mixing & mastering process.

Remora is currently recording a new album entitled Hurtless.

There's a video for mwvm's "context. where?" on YouTube.

August 20, 2008

There's some remix materials for the upcoming Remora - Mecha release on Centre of Wood.  Check it out here.

I just put up a little Lost Kisses documentary on YouTube.

As some of you are already aware, I have been doing some work on mastering records & helping with promotion of CDs.  If you or anyone you know might be interested in these services, please let me know.

Also I'm going looking for some folks interested in helping out as unpaid interns helping with highly specified projects in a timely manner (for example a month to do a 20 hour project).  Get to learn what's really going on or improve your personal network if you are already running a label of your own.  Contact me if you're interested.

June 24, 2008

Meanwhile here's the new stuff going on....

	QRD #38 webzine An Indie Record Store Special interviewing owners some of our favorite record shops.
	Lost Kisses #6 - Reasons to Run & Hide/Stay by Her Side mini comic Pro's & con's of an abusive relationship. My favorite recent review of LK: "...a bizarre narcissistic hate-fest..." ~ Nick Marino, Nasty Musings

Some recent reviews:

	Lycia - Cold CD Album 2007 | Silber 061 9 tracks, 58 minutes $12 Lycia is the definitive artist of the 90's for dark shoegaze and mournful ethereal electronica, and as you may know, Silber Media has been working effortlessly since releasing their last album “Empty Space” to re-release the band's back catalogue, starting with Estella, on to The Burning Circle and then Dust, and now they have momentarily halted their work in 2007 with the re-release of one of the most appreciated and influential albums of the mid-90's for dark souls all around the underground, Cold. Lycia have been at the throne respectively as king and queen (as Mike Vanportfleet and Tara Vanflower) of the underground electronica, darkwave, and even metal scenes for almost two decades now.  Even one of the most common faces in the depressive black metal underground, Xasthur, admits that Lycia is one of the most influential artists to him as he came to know himself as a musician.  With “Cold”, originally released on America's Projekt label in 1996, Lycia defined themselves as being at the forefront of the scene and as such solidified an already monstrous fanbase that has followed the band even into their quiet era here  in the new millenium.  Today it seems the band is still together, but being very quiet in their location in Arizona.  Band bassist David Galas has remained in Ohio and has recently released his first successful solo album on Vendlus Records entitled “The Cataclysm.”  His primary role on Cold was writing the tracks Colder and December, which turned out to be the most representative of his work today as a solo artist. Of course, with a new label comes new artwork as well, and Silber Records have paid homage to the band and their bleak, minimal sound through the usage of the same techniques on this visual medium.  Using blurred dull pink and purple tones, the artwork is spacious and reflects nearly nothing inside its booklet other than the distorted imagery of tree branches in late Autumn.  The back of the booklet of course shows the production notes in as minimal a way as possible, as the back cover portrays the track listing and the label logo to the left of yet more distorted Autumn scenery.  All in all, this is a most worthy re-release for a band that has come to mean so much to all of us in the past two decades.  Silber Media has gone above and beyond in their search to re-release Lycia's discography and one can only imagine the price they've paid to get the rights from Project.  In all, if Cold wasn't already a perfect release, then Silber has gone above and beyond to give it the spotlight that it has deserved for so many years in the underground.  Here's hoping for a few more re-releases before the label ends its quest. ~ Sage, Heathen Harvest : Listen to the track bare : More info : Reviews
	Plumerai - Without Number CD Album 2007 | Silber 059 9 tracks, 45 minutes $12 Without Number is Plumerai's first full length, after various compilation appearances, a MP3 release on Get Nice Records and their first hrad release; the Res Cogitans EP from 2006. Plumerai seems to be the usual band; guitar, bass, drums and vocals. However, there are a few touches that certainly make this band stand out from the crowd. First and foremost; Elizabeth Ezell's vocals. They have been described as sultry; characterized by arousing passion. Her vocals are certainly warm and passionate, with a hint of rawness to give it jus that personal touch. Other points that make this band stand out is the incorporation of various other instruments (accordion, guzheng, and more) and the mix up and influences of all kinds of genres. I depicted this as being 'alternative rock'. While this genrefication (sic) is correct, it's also an oversimplifiaction. Plumerai's music ranges from ethereal rock to postrock to indierock with postpunk elements. It's easy accessible, but also with great depth and alternation for such easy going music. When I tuned this up for the very first time, I nearly headdesked during the very first seconds. My initial thought, and fear, was that this was some indie crap. Luckily I was disproven really quick. Plumerai's music is by no means your basic run of the mill, premade and underproduced indie stuff. Instead they take it to a whole new level, leaving the mediocre slew of bands far behind. Also when it comes to the lyrics, it's not your basic boyfriend/girlfriend/lost love and similar kind of songs, which always sound the same and lack inspiration. Instead, a track like Lavinia is inspired by a play from one of the greatest writers of all time; Shakespeare. Or the song Iris, which is about a lost friend, but instead of being whiney about the loss, it's a tribute to the friend. But it's not all nice and cute songwriting on this album. Oh no, on a few occasions it's downright heavy and instrumental rock, such as the highly entertaining Sin El Lagarto. Occasionally with the accordeon, which reminded me a bit of the unknown Dutch Forest Of The Tiny People. Martin Newman's guitarplay fit perfectly alongside Elisabeth's vocals, and on the other side are the deep and dark sounds of the bass played by James Newman. Lastly there's Todd Richards on drums, who doesn't want to show off his skills as much as possible, but just contributes in the best way to the music, providing the rythms over which the songs on constructed and find their way into your ears. In conclusion I must say that this was a nice experience and introduction to the band. Everyone who is interested in the alternative side of rock, such as, to throw in some names from the promotional paper; Portishead, The Cure, Radiohead, should definitely check this quartet out. Go to the Plumerai myspace, and have a listen. You won't be disappointed. ~ Chawech, Heathen Harvest : Listen to the track Home Again : Press release : Reviews
	Origami Arktika - Trollebotn CD Album 2007 | Silber 062 8 tracks, 49 minutes $12 For a fair decade and a half, Origami Arktika has been an ensemble, Norwegian musicians whose live performances throughout their country in recordings outstrip their official studio ones, shows of self-described “folk collage and stage presence”. Trollebotn, their latest studio recording affords a more live feel, with the recording intimate stripped back otherworldly folk drawn from traditional music and instrumentation.  Inspired by the mythical and geographically located region of Trollebotn in Norway, a region perched on the rim of the world literally and figuratively, where trolls and giants are said to dwell – though in our world it is more the bourne of closeted tradition that was little marred by modern contrivances and it is these traditions that Origami Arktika have reaped in order of some preservation of dying old ways. Recorded on an island overlooking Trollebotn the ensemble has immersed their selves in a unique mindset for the album.  Water and wood echo, crackle and peel in the background, the musicians engaged in casual hubbub as the first track opens like a tuning session that layers sonorous strings like an impending acoustic SWANS number, replete with looming crescendo as the ensemble sequester agitated shadows in the empty places ‘tween the sounds: sparse spaces speaking volumes. The vocals of Rune Flaten are unexpected and silken, purling Norwegian lyrics with a dreamy elegance. It’s not all mysticism and magic as the second track proffers a more folky pop presence with earthen traditional folk overtones while the third track breaks into a light drum and bass beat electronic.  The underlying ambient and acoustic experimentation is perhaps at its best when not flitting about in the occasional aforementioned bursts of light with the uncertainty and occluded tracks of Trollebotn bespeaking more interest, especially with such a thematical premise in mind. Songs that creep with the rustle of beads and clop with wooden blocks, while not menacing or dark, edge you nearer that mythical realm than its real-world counterpart.  ‘Trollebotn’ is a simple jewel case with a full colour one-sided tray and silk-screened disc with a twelve page stapled booklet that provides not only the Norwegian lyrics, but also proffers a handy interpretative text with each song for the English-only impaired. A two page spread details the mythical realms of ‘Trollebotn’. ~ Symbolique, Heathen Harvest : Listen to the track anne sit heim : Press release : Reviews
	mwvm - rotations CD Album 2007 | Silber 063 10 tracks, 61 minutes $12 MWVM consists of Michael Walton, a one-man sonic machine hailing from Ireland’s County Durham. Beginning around 1996, Michael started honing his craft, writing music and exploring his musical boundaries and expanding his creativity. In 2005 Walton evolved into MWVM. After recording a couple demo EPs and piquing the interest of some labels who knew good music when they heard it, Walton settled with an independent label in Raleigh, North Carolina: Silber Records, the label that has just released his debut full-length CD, entitled Rotations. When listening to this CD one gets a sense of some of his influences such as Brian Eno’s ambient works (i.e., Music for Airports), Moebius, Can and Henry Cow: pioneering prog-rock/ambient bands and artists. More contemporary influences could be Tortoise, Remora and Aphex Twin, but without the freneticism of the latter. But make no mistake, MWVM has a unique sound, it is all-Michael Walton; it’s neither derivative nor a “been-there-done-that” disc. MWVM’s work comes off as a man who is a loner, an introverted guy; one who spends his free-time coming up with drifting, lilting, beautiful soundscapes that are apparent on Rotations. This CD is defined by its swirling, deeply-textured harmonies that use guitar synthesizers and keyboards and which is devoid of percussion; some examples of this includes “Celestial Motion”, “Oratory Clout” and the opening cut, “Context, Where?”, a song whose title blithely sizes up the mood of the rest of the CD. Rotations is the type of disc that one puts on and listens to straight through – no “singles” here, just the perfect type of atmospheric music, an environmental backdrop that is hypnotic, mesmerizing and the perfect lullaby for an overworked, stressed out life. Don’t expect any dance music or pop stuff on this CD. Rotations is the quintessential ambient classic-to-be; helpful for peaceful entrancement or meditation. It will help you clear your mind of all the racing thoughts and noise in your head. ~ Blond Adonis, Heathen Harvest The field of guitar atmospherics, of treated tones and delay-drizzled drones, has become increasingly populous. There’s a lineage here traceable from Fripp&Eno's early 70s proto-ambience through Durutti's echoplex-doodlings to MBV's shoegaze-haze at either end of the 80s. But it's the Kranky clan whose legacy has most fuelled the current crop, among whom find mwvm. Rotations, the debut full-length from mwvm, County Durham-based guitar manipulator Michael Walton, adds itself to the recent build-up of releases from relative tyros like Chris Herbert, Apalusa, and Gareth Hardwick. Artists like these evidence a thriving UK drone-ambient scene to rival that of our transatlantic brethren - the Stars of the Lids, the Windy & Carls, and other Kranky types.  “Context. Where?” opens in downbeat post-rock progressions laced with blithe, almost pastoral backwoods slide/pedal steel, before withdrawing to a pensive “Fireside” – a series of upswells from and fall-aways into tremulous space. “It’s Easy to be Miserable” shifts sonic paradigm to more ominous drone territory, touching the void evoked by deeper ambient-spacers like Robert Rich, or the post-industrialisms of Malignant and Cyclic Law, summoning up a mighty racket before it’s sucked into a vacuum. "Negative Pole" crawls out from inky depths, arcing towards light in the same kind of languorous balletics as SotL (hello, again). The soundfield fizzes with the fuzz’n’buzz of electrified steel vibrations, layers of shimmering metallics and tremeloed organ-like sustain cycling across tracks like "Celestial Motions". Evidently mwvm, like his keynote influence, is made happy by tape hiss, or rather its simulacra - electronic static and tuned air, which pervades these tableaux. The title track hoves into view with the clearest of nods to early Kranky, further embellished by some keening Polmo Polpo-esque lap steel. The epic "Oratory Clout" spools out a stately theme that betrays its origins as the love child of early Pan•American and GYBE!, Walton summoning mounting waves of glacial breakers to wash over chilly hibernal tundras, while “Sleepy Crayfish” – with nice use of discreet field recordings – gazes beatifically once more at those Stars. “Windows” is an effective contrast to the preceding more elaborated arrangements, exploring the timbral aspects of decay and delay vapour trails, accentuating the zinging resonance of a single tone’s aperture and closure through effects and exponential reverberation. There's a certain unself-conscious compositional craft at work here that allows pieces to breathe as if in meditative mode (though not precluding the triumphal swell or the odd grandiose upsurge), whilst insisting they not sprawl into dronal endlessnessism. Case in point the gorgeous lyrical ebb and flow of “Never Constant” - barely 3 minutes of such sad-happy winsomeness you forget its thralldom to forebears - just folding you in to float with its lulling layers of lilt. A perfect near-happy ending without being inauthentic to the affective parameters of the set's moody-eerie wistful-melancholic clines.  In terms of experimentalism, mwvm is a less Out-There operator than other celebrated guitar-toting drone-basers like Fennesz, Oren Ambarchi, and Machinefabriek. These wilder frontiersmen tend to allow the listener the sugar-rush of romanticist dynamics (ebb-flow, surge-relent) only as coating to a pill of post-digital detritus and aleatory abrasivity, making it a spiky sweet to swallow. In contrast, Rotations, for all its alterations of sonorous state, has an appealing fidelity, cleaving to the sounding essence of electric guitar qua guitar, while still remaining open to the accidental harmonics and timbre-blurring arising from the felicitous encounter between fret-and-fingerboard, effect-mediated amplification, and post-performance recording archaeology. ~ Alan Lockett, furthernoise.org : Listen to the track context. where? : More info : Reviews

May 24, 2008

Hotel, Hotel - under sea, over storm MP3 EP 2008 | Silber 067 6 tracks, 37 minutes free download page 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

May 1, 2008

Our good friend Tara Vanflower has an interview she just did up at Cyber Angels.

Rollerball is on tour in Italy & Hotel, Hotel & Remora have some live shows coming up in the states if you check the calendar.

April 16, 2008

Our Facebook page was recently taken down because it was for a business, so I needed to make a new one here.

Plumerai has a new video for "Kill My Way Outta Here."

Akashic books is set to release "Las Vegas Noir" next month. There is a posthumous short story in it by John O'Brien (Leaving Las Vegas, The Assault on Tony's). Erin O'Brien also wrote a feature for the Cleveland Free Times about John's entire posthumous body of work, which gives it a unique perspective.

February 28, 2008

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

Remora - ambient ping things almost live series Remora's radio session from last year is now available online.

February 12, 2008

QRD #36 webzine A Valentine's Special interviewing couples in bands together like: Abiku, The Backsliders, Book of Shadows, California Oranges, Dramady, All in the Golden Afternoon, Grappling Hook, List of Likes, Low, Lycia, My Glass Beside Yours, Myotis, Northern Valentine, Paris Luna, Rolla, Rollerball, Something About Vampires And Sluts, Shiny Around the Edges, Silk Stocking, The Wades, Windy & Carl, & The Winter Sounds.

Aarktica - Matchless Years CD Album 2007 | Darla  10 tracks, 46 minutes $12 New Aarktica release now in stock!

January 18, 2008

Been talking to Kimberlee Traub who did Worms about another comic collaboration.  Some time in 2008 it’ll probably happen.  Maybe the series that didn't make it in Small Press Idol last year called (r)evolution.

January 9, 2008

The mwvm Ambient Ping Things Almost Live Radio Session is now permanently up & of course it’s free to listen to.

Origami Arktika just did an interview with Chris Dahlberg for Cosmos Gaming.

December 11, 2007

The mwvm remix EP is essentially complete.  We should have it available to you all for free download by the end of December.

Vlor's new album (six-winged) is under construction.

Remora's new disc Mecha is scheduled to come out on the Italian label Centre of Wood in February.

New issues of xo & Lost Kisses are available.  Watch xo #3 here or on YouTube & Lost Kisses #5 here or on YouTube.

November 8, 2007

Plumerai has a video up you can watch on YouTube.  There's also an article about Plumerai in Performer.

There's a new QRD with interviews with Low, Electric Bird Noise, & Attrition.

Working on new issues of Lost Kisses, xo, & QRD.  More on those soon.

October 23, 2007

various artists - Silber Sounds of Halloween MP3 compilation 2006 | Silber 065 30 tracks, 130 minutes free download from Archive.org 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

September 25, 2007

In the new issue of Aural Innovations there's an interview with me about Remora & Silber.  Read it here.

Our friend Patricia Russo has one of her stories read on Drabblecast, check it out here.

I've been thinking lately about offering Silber Releases for digital download directly from us at a significantly higher bit-rate than iTunes & at a slightly lower price.  What do you think?  Is it worth the hassle?

Collective Voice did a Silber broadcast a while back & it's now available to listen to the archive of it here.

Remora & Electric Bird Noise are touring again in South Carolina, Georgia, & Alabama.  Check out the calendar to see your favorite southern post rock party bands.

Plumerai is on tour from Boston to Chicago to North Carolina.  Check out the calendar.

Remora's long discussed (& feared) electro EP is almost done.  It will indeed be released by an Italian label.  More info as it gets closer to coming out.

The Halloween comp is going to be a free thing again & will have tracks by some pretty heavy hitters like Lycia & Attrition.

August 17, 2007

On the recent KwokTalk podcast they talk about Lost Kisses & xo & Worms starting around 40 minutes & 20 seconds.

August 10, 2007

There have been a number of requests for some of our services lately (mastering, promotional services). Contact us if you are interested.  We do things relatively inexpensively, but we only do them at all if we think we have something to bring to your table.

July 22, 2007

July 10, 2007

We have the re-mastered version of Lycia's Cold just back from manufacturing.

Lycia - Cold  Now Shipping! In Stores Soon! CD Album 2007 | Silber 061 9 tracks, 58 minutes $12 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. : Listen to the track bare : More info : Reviews

In the studio right now are both Remora & Vlor.  Possible new albums from both early next year.

Also those of you wondering what all is going to be coming out on Silber this fall, we have slated releases from Plumerai, Origami Arktika, mwvm, & Hotel,Hotel.  Also a Halloween Compilation.  & maybe a Remora EP.

June 23, 2007

June 6, 2007

Maybe some of you already heard about it, but QRD#33 (The Father’s Day issue) is now online for your reading pleasure.  The interviews are with various artistic dads about the balance between career & family.  The interviewees are: Benjy Johnson (Benjomatic), Chris Olley (Six by Seven), Josh Howard (Dead at 17), Patrick Ogl (Thanatos), Martin Bowes (Attrition), Sam Rosenthal (Black Tape for a Blue Girl), William Amundson (Change in Tymes (Nathan of Rivulets’ father)), Aaron Molina (If Thousands), D.A. Sebasstian (Kill Switch Klick), Alan Sparhawk (Low), Shane Sauers (Miss Massive Snowflake), Rune Flaten (Origami Arktika), Tore Boe (Origami Republika), Timothy Renner (Stone Breath), Mats Gustafsson (The Broken Face), Chris Wade (The Wades), Nevada Hill (The Zanzibar Snails), Wayne Barnes (Tom Dooley & the Lovelights (Jamie Barnes’s father)), Dan Sostrom (Tonevendor), Joe Kendrick (WNCW), Jason Wallach (The Unquiet Void)

May 27, 2007

Remora - songs i sing CD EP 2007 | North Pole 005 13 tracks, 16 minutes, plus 1 video $9 Well, here is a release you thought would never exist. For those of you who have not seen Remora live in the past two years (or gotten personal phone messages), this side of Remora is completely unknown.  On this release Remora goes a cappella in the songs from the live show done while tuning guitar.  Sometimes comedic, sometimes spiritual, & occasionally poignant.  This was predominantly recorded by Jessica Bailiff during Remora’s 2006 spring tour & includes covers of “We Will Fall” (The Stooges), “Heartworms” (Coil), “Sores” (Rollerball), & a passage from Job.  Beautiful hand letter-pressed artwork by Shane Sauers & a video for “Sores” also by Mister Sauers.  If Devo 2.0 was the weirdest thing in your collection, this is for you! : Listen to the track Job 39 : Press release

May 4, 2007

Been busy lately on working on the Mother’s Day comp, but we got it up for you for free in plenty of time here.  The artists appearing are: Wrong Brothers, Remora, Glissade, Blessed Child Opera, Plumerai, Moral Crayfish, Lauri des Marais, Century of Aeroplanes, Electric Bird Noise, Miss Massive Snowflake, & Origami Galaktika.

April 17, 2007

Twelve has a new disc out on Saturday Night Sunday Morning Records.

We have a new page you can use for your start page.  Lots of links & a Google search box....

I've been realizing lately I'm getting close to 800 hours behind on some internet research work for the label.  So if anyone is interested in donating any amount of time to helping, email me.

Plumerai are mixing & mastering their new album.

June 9 there will be a Silber oriented show in Whitesburg, KY including Remora, Clang Quartet, Jamie Barnes, Electric Bird Noise, & Arbus.

Tara Vanflower will be onstage singing with Type O Negative on their upcoming Phoenix, AZ show.

March 22, 2007

	A new Lost Kisses (#4) is up & you can watch it on our site or on YouTube. It's a comic/slow-cartoon about watching the news & finding out an ex-girlfriend is dead.
	Our newest in our free compilation series is up. It is called Silber on Silber & features 29 artists covering songs by artists on the Silber roster.  Did we mention it is free?

March 10, 2007

In other Remora news go here to vote for Remora so they can play on a big huge stage in an event sponsored by Nissan.

January 26, 2007

January 16, 2007

Initial recordings for the next Vlor album have started.  It might take a year to finish to make it as good as we want it.

January 7, 2007

We finally got in the new Jamie Barnes album The Recalibrated Heart for sale.

Remora is kinda busy lately - the acapella EP songs i sing is wrapping up in the artwork, recording a radio session for PiNG THiNGS is under way, & work on demos for the next album (maybe this fall?) is going on as well.

As some of you may know, our long time intern Ethel Bohning went into the hospital last month with cancer.  While the cancer is seeming to have been surgically removed in time before it had a chance to spread, the effects of being trapped in a hospital bed for a few weeks seems to have some long term detrimental effects both mentally & physically.  So if you are the praying type, please put her in your list.

January 3, 2007

We're putting together a compilation of people covering songs by Silber artists, the deadline is January 31 if you'd like to contribute.

November 19, 2006

The Remora "Beams" video is now up on YouTube.

As some of you may have heard, Brian John Mitchell was in a car accident this week.  He's fine, but his car was destroyed.

November 9, 2006

Our good friends Attrition have been chosen by the editor at UBL.COM to be entered into a competition for the UBL.COM ultimate band.  Go to the bottom of the list on the editors choice.

Kobi is finally on Myspace with Kai's Looop project.

Plumerai will be on HDNET a few times in the next couple weeks.
Mon., Nov. 13th 7:30 PM ET NEMO Festival - Rachael Sage, Arrica Rose, Plumerai
Sat., Nov. 18th 6:30 PM ET NEMO Festival - Rachael Sage, Arrica Rose, Plumerai
Sun., Nov. 19th 2:00 PM ET NEMO Festival - Rachael Sage, Arrica Rose, Plumerai

October 15, 2006

The other thing going on is working on this year's Christmas compilation, but it's coming together now & I'll let you know when the free download of it is available in a few weeks.

There's a recent interview with Black Happy Day up at Ptolemaic Terrascope.

Clang Quartet is doing a tour up the east coast, check out the dates on our calendar.

I've been realizing lately that I'm over-working myself a bit, so if anyone is interested in doing some intern work for Silber over the phone & internet, let me know.

This week Jon DeRosa (Aarktica) had the privilege of being the special guest on Uncle LD's High Bias radio show...This week's episode: Oh My Goth!: The Second Coming. We pretty much goof around and hear some of LD's favorite, obscure (and anything but obvious) dark tunes, as well as some tracks from my teen-angst goth band Dead Leaves Rising and current project Aarktica....

Plumerai will be on HDNET in November performing 4 songs & with some interview footage.

September 27, 2006

There will be a little feature on the Black Happy Day CD on KFJC, Tuesday October 3rd. It will be around 20 minutes long with music & conversation, & will occur somewhere between 6:00 - 7:00 pm west coast time. it's part of a bigger show that takes up the whole hour.

The Collective Voice Podcast has a full length feature on Silber complete with tons of interviews tol be posted on Saturday, September 30, 2006.

We have a new mini-comic written by Brian John Mitchell & drawn by Kimberlee Traub called Worms.  It's a bit surreal/claustrophobic, go figure.

We have a new label sampler finally after about 7 years.  22 tracks covering 22 of the last 40 releases from the past several years.  You can buy it on our front page.

From the vaults come Vlor's “sacred places in the city” EP which was recorded back in 1999, but only now released.  The original Vlor of Russell Halasz & Brian John Mitchell doing there best to develop a shoegaze & repetition style.  It's an MP3 release & you can download it for free.

The new Rivulets album is about to come out on Important Records.

Thank you all for your support, it means a lot to us.

August 29, 2006

On September 23 both Remora & Plumerai will be playing at the Walls of Sound Festival in Fredericksburg, VA.

We have a lot in the works right now, a new label sampler (finally after five years), some new mini-zine comics, & a couple free MP3 EPs coming soon.  More news on those in the next couple weeks.

July 12, 2006

July 7, 2006

Black Happy Day's In the Garden of Ghostflowers & Heller Mason's Minimalist & Anchored just got in from the plant.  They'll be in stores August 29th, but we're shipping direct orders now.

There's a new Twelve track available for free download on their MySpace page.

Vlor now has a MySpace page.

June 21, 2006

Brian John Mitchell just did an interview mainly about xo & Lost Kisses at Jazma Online.

June 8, 2006

Plumerai is fighting for a spot in NME, you can vote for them (& check out their music) here.

The first interview ever about Vlor is up on Setting Sun.

We’ve finally got things set up right at IFC’s Media Lab & now you can watch all our cartoons there & vote to get them played on IFC.
Lost Kisses #1
Lost Kisses #2
Lost Kisses #3
Mobil Zombie
Pants Comic #1
Pants Comic #2
Shimmer
xo #1

May 20, 2006

May 18, 2006

There's a new album by Chris Olley's project Twelve.  You can order it on our catalog page.  It's a combination of krautrock, minimalism, & Kraftwerkian beats.

Our new comic xo is now up online.  It's the first installment about a sociopath trying to find his heart.  We're hoping to keep it nearly monthly installments.

Rollerball has a new album that should be out soon on Wallace Records.

Remora has been working on an acapella EP that will come out this fall on North Pole Records.

Vlor's A Fire Is Meant For Burning & Alan Sparhawk's Solo Guitar are being shipped in from manufacturing & we're taking orders now.  The art for Alan Sparhawk's disc is handmade by Shane DeLeon of StarbageHands.

April 15, 2006

The webzine Setting Sun has recently done an interview with Tara Vanflower & Remora.

Some reviews of Goddakk's Monument to a Ruined Age & Lycia's The Burning Circle And Then Dust have been coming in, check them out.

April 13, 2006

There's a recent interview with Brian John Mitchell at Lallabbau about Silber Records, Remora, & Lost Kisses.

We have two new releases shipping out on pre-orders.  You can order both discs as a bundled discount for a limited time at our sale page.  Below are the press releases:
GODDAKK: MONUMENT TO A RUINED AGE
Goddakk was started while Martin Newman was struggling to piece together the band Plumerai. It started as a project he had intended to form into a band that would take on dark, oppressive songs ala The Cure's Pornography.  Seeing theremin player Pamelia Kurstin and the guitar works done by Silber head Brian John Mitchell as Remora impressed Newman with both of these artists ability to create huge soundscapes without other musicians.  The appeal of not having to rely on anyone else as he’d been forced to do with his "normal" bands (burMonter, December Sundays) made him decide to keep Goddakk a solo project.  The looping "theremin orchestra" of Pamelia was a big influence on how he worked the songs together with the reverse delay and later elements of his more traditional songwriting creeped in with more songlike structures.  That fused with his desire for rhythm and structure (as opposed to noise for the sake of noise) led to the adding of Tricky inspired flow vocals run through a tremelo pedal giving tracks like "One Hundreds," "Unfortunates," & "Crucify You" more song-like qualities.
On Goddakk’s debut album Monument to a Ruined Age, the dominant instrument is a Fender VI bass run through loops & effects sounding like anything from a normal bass to breaking glass to a freight train.  The final results end up sounding like a cross between Colin Newman, Coil, & The Legendary Pink Dots.  An aggressive ambient music that could as easily fit the soundtrack to a David Lynch film as a car ride smuggling a dead body to Florida.
LYCIA: THE BURNING CIRCLE AND THEN DUST
Here at Silber we’ve been fans of Lycia since around 1992. In fact, we started Silber always hoping to put out Lycia records & now we’re re-releasing the five Lycia studio albums re-mastered by Lycia frontman Mike VanPortfleet.  The darkwave classic The Burning Circle And Then Dust is our second installment.
The Burning Circle And Then Dust was a groundbreaking point in Lycia’s career.  It marked a shift from more atmospheric music towards song-oriented music with tracks like "Pray" & "Slip Away."  It marked the first collaborations between Mike VanPortfleet & Lycia members David Galas & Tara Vanflower.  It marked the transformation of Lycia into a honed out live touring machine.
Originally released as a double disc, VanPortfleet himself explained the truncation for the re-mastered The Burning Circle And Then Dust to a single disc.  "Shortly after recording what would become disc one of the album David Galas & I were doing so well in the studio that we went on to record another ten songs with the intent of them possibly being used for compilation appearances.  Though I thought most of the songs were stylistically different from the initial songs, when offered the possibility of releasing a double disc including the more recently recorded material I decided to go ahead & release the whole lot.  Hindsight being 20/20 I have opted to hone the disc back down to my original vision."

March 16, 2006

There’s a new Rivulets track called “Anymore” that features guitar loops by Remora.  You can get the track free on the download free sampler link at www.sunseasky.com

February 25, 2006

If Thousands have a new interview up at Grave Concerns.

Remora is on tour March 1-10.  Updated info is available on our calendar page.  Come out & hear new songs & old hits & say hello.

Please rate Lost Kisses for IFC's Medialab so we can get it on TV.

February 8, 2006

There are a number of live shows upcoming for some Silber artists including Remora & Rivulets who will both be on tour in March.  Updated info is always available on our calendar page.

January 31, 2006

Our good friends Plumerai are looking for a few remixes for an upcoming EP.  You can check out the stuff here & they want the tracks by March 15.

If you hadn't already heard, we are putting together a compilation of covers of songs by Silber artists.  Please send audio CD submissions to PO Box 18062 / Raleigh, NC 27619 / USA.  We're hoping to get it out in time for our tenth anniversary in late March.

January 28, 2006

The re-mastered Lycia – The Burning Circle And Then Dust has been sent out for manufacturing.  We’ll be taking pre-orders soon.

As some of you may have already noticed, we re-designed our catalog to make it easier to buy our releases that are available through digital distributors (like iTunes & Napster).  If you use another digital music provider that you think we should get in touch with, let us know.

January 14, 2006

There have been those of you interested in the ability to get more Silber clothing, so we have put up a bunch of stuff via Café Press (or your own printer with an iron-on transfer).  Just go here to check all the stuff out.

January 4, 2006

Jamie Barnes is currently in the studio working on a new album.

Remora is prepping for a string of live shows throughout this spring (check the calendar) as well as recording a number of tracks for compilation appearances.

The re-mastering of Lycia’s The Burning Circle And Then Dust has been completed & it’ll be shipped off for manufacturing soon.  Many have asked what’s up with it being a single disc instead of a double disc & I asked Mike VanPortfleet himself about the story of that, so here’s the story.  Shortly after recording what would become disc one of the album Mike VanPortfleet & David Galas were doing so well in the studio that they went on to record another ten songs with the intent of them possibly being used for compilation appearances.  Though Mike thought most of the songs were stylistically different from the initial songs, when he was offered the possibility of releasing a double disc including the more recently recorded material he decided to go ahead & release the whole lot.  Hindsight being 20-20 VanPortfleet has opted to hone the disc back down to his original vision.

We have a new member of the label roster, Goddakk (also on MySpace).  Some of you may recall Goddakk appearing on Silber X-mas 2000 five years ago.  We’ll have out the debut in just a couple months.  Goddakk is the more ambient & noisy side-project of Martin Newman of bliss-poppers Plumerai.  Speaking of Plumerai, they’re doing another mini-tour up & down the east coast in February.  Remora will be joining them on a few dates.  We’ll let you know the dates in a couple weeks.

After about two years with things up in the air, Vlor’s new disc is finally getting a little closer to completion with the initial mixing & mastering of quite a few of the songs.  Vlor is a bit of a super group this time out with members Brian John Mitchell, Jon DeRosa, Mike VanPortfleet, Jesse Edwards, Jessica Bailiff, Nathan Amundson, & Paolo Messere.  It’s mellow guitar based music at times & nearly rock & roll at others.

December 18, 2005

December 6, 2005

If Thousands did an interview for Amplitude Equals One Over Frequency Squared, you can check it out at here.

As some of you may know, March marks the tenth anniversary of Silber.  To celebrate we’re putting together a tribute record collecting covers of songs from any of the Silber releases from the past ten years.  We hope to hear your take on some of our music.  Deadline is February 17, 2006.  Mail submissions to Silber Tribute / PO Box 18062 / Raleigh, NC 27619 / USA

November 26, 2005

Our good friend Tara VanFlower's first novel Violent Violet is available for purchase from Publish America & Amazon.com

November 2, 2005

October 28, 2005

Our good friends at KFJC are having a fundraiser compilation that includes tracks by Remora & Rollerball from their radio sessions there.  The purchase is tax deductible as a donation.  Check them out at www.kfjc.org

October 18, 2005

October 7, 2005

The official Silber fast food restaurant is the Arby's at exit 66 on I-95 in Virginia.

September 22, 2005

August 26, 2005

Rollerball is working on part three of their three part Companion EP series that will be listed on our download page when it's ready.

The Remora track "the assault on tony's" (from reversion) got positive feedback from Erin O'Brien (co-author of The Assault on Tony's) as emotionally accurate to the story.  You can get the whole EP free from our download page.

The If Thousands disc i have nothing has been sent off for manufacturing.  There will be a free promotional EP released in association with it shortly.

The Kobi disc Dronesyndrome is back from manufacturing.  There will be a free promotional EP released in association with it shortly.

The mixing on the Vlor record has started.

July 30, 2005

Remora & Rollerball will be touring in the northwestern US in August.  Go to our calendar for exact dates.  This means orders received from August 3 - August 16 will ship a few days late.  I hope to meet some of you on the road.

Lost Kisses #2 (think Charles Schultz meets Chuck Pahlaniuk) exists now online & in physical form, whichever you prefer.

July 15, 2005

The new If Thousands should go out for manufacturing next week & also have a release date in October.

We've received a new disc from Origami Arktika.  Very soothing.  Modern Norwegian Art Music.  Probably there will be a release in early 2006.

Remora & Rollerball will be touring in the northwestern US in August.  Jamie Barnes is doing a number of shows in the Louisville area. Go to our calendar for exact dates.

Rollerball has 2 free MP3 EPs available on our download page.

Clang Quartet will be going to the studio to record in September.

Silber artists currently in the studio: Vlor, Lycia, Small Life Form, Remora, & as always Rollerball.

April 12, 2005

We have a new portion of the site we're working on of downloadable goodies like ring tones & some out of print albums.  Check it out at downloads.

March 31, 2005

March 29, 2005

March 28, 2005

March 27, 2005

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In the US by Darla, Cop International, ToneVendor, & Carrot Top
In Sweden by DOT
In Germany by Icare
In Israel by Third Ear