Journal

a summary of reviews, articles and what-else-not published at The Silent Ballet in the last 2 weeks.

If you aren't familiar with our work, visit http://thesilentballet.com. We specialize in instrumental/experimental forms of music, ranging from post-rock to electronica.



Reviews

The American Dollar - A Memory Stream
read the review by Peter Brennan

Asva - What You Don't Know Is Frontier
read the review by Lucas Kane

Cristal - Re-Ups
read the review by Zach Mills

Darkroom - Some Of These Numbers Mean Something
rad the review by Brenton Dwyer

Detektivbyrån - Wermland
read the review by Diana Sitaru

Eliot Lipp - The Outside
read the review by Joseph Sannicandro

Erik Enocksson - With Its Dark Tail Curled ‘Round The Garage
read the review by Fred Bevan

Ezekiel Honig - Surfaces of a Broken Marching Band
read the review by Jack Britton

Fabio Orsi - Before Long, Before Anyone, The Stars Will Be Walls In My Mind
read the review by Jordan Volz

Fjordne - Stories Apart From The World
read the review by Nnayt Keane

Goddamn Electric Bill - Topics For Gossip
read the review by Tom Butcher

Goldmund - The Malady Of Elegance
read the review by Samy Bennaoui

hunz - When Victims Fight
read the review by Andy Kissner

Integral - rise
read the review by James Ould

Jesu - Why Are We Not Perfect/Split with Envy/Split with Battle of Mice
read the review by Lee Whitefield

Johann Johannsson - Fordlandia
read the review by Richard Allen

I, Octopus / Metronome The City – Split
read the review by Michael Lutomski

Kemialliset Ystavat - Harmaa Laguuni
read the review by Richard Allen

Library Tapes - a summer beneath the trees
read the review by Lee Stablein

Lindstrøm - Where You Go I Go Too
read the review by Jeremy Bye

Matthew Robert Cooper - Miniatures
read the review by Jordan Volz

Mirrored Silver Sea - Continual Ascension
read the review by Bryan Parys

Nascent - Nascent
read the review by Gabriel Bogart

New Radiant Storm King – Drinking in the Twilight
read the review by Greg Norte

Oöphoi - An Aerial View
read the review by Jurgen Verhasselt

Oppressed By The Line - Soft Focus
read the review by Jessica Reuter

organic stereo - The Stories Linger in My Mind
read the review by Jordan Volz

sgt. - Stylus Fantasticus
read the review by David Murrieta

Squarepusher - Just A Souvenir
read the review by John Kontos

Tapage – The Institute Of Random Events
read the review by Greg Norte

the tasteful nudes - The Soul of the New Machines
read the review by Richard Allen

Taylor Deupree - Sea Last
read the review by Jordan Volz

Tito Puente and His Orchestra - Live at the 1977 Monterey Jazz Festival
read the review by Tyler Fisher

Tobias Hellkvist - Transports
read the review by P. J. Stephenson

Wogulow, Taroutz, Vermo - Morok
read the review by Idris Hussain

Years & Ventoux - A Shift In Moods/The Inferno of the Living[/album]
read the review by Brendan Kraft

Recent articles


interviews:

We at The Silent Ballet have been enjoying the bliss that is Yndi Halda for what seems like an eternity now. Tom Butcher caught up with the band on their US tour to discuss beer, barns and, erm, Batman.
- read the interview by Tom Butcher


Rising stars:

miki odagiri - Flowerless Island
read the article by John Kontos


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Some Of These Numbers Mean Something by Darkroom is now available for pre-order from Burning Shed:
http://www.burningshed.com/store/darkroom/

Darkroom's new album - Some Of These Numbers Mean Something - is their 8th to date, and marks the 10th anniversary of their first (Daylight) released by 3rd Stone in 1998.

The original brief for the new album was: guitar under a microscope.

In places it's the heaviest Darkroom album yet, but also the most accessible, combining 70s space rock, 80s Sheffield electronica, 60s guitar instrumentals and 90s post rock.

Mixing classic synthesizer & guitar tones with contemporary post-production,
this album combines improvisation with carefully crafted and layered arrangement, and rewards repeated listening.

From Santana & Tangerine Dream to Cocteau Twins & Tortoise: file under ambient stadium rock.

Mastered by award-winning engineer Jon Astley (The Who, Led Zeppelin) with a classic Carl Glover sleeve.

Darkroom are
Michael Bearpark - electric guitars, pedals, loops and feedback, acoustic guitar, bass
Andrew Ostler - synthesizers, programming
with
Andrew Booker - drums

Os and Mike have made music together since 1992.

Darkroom was formed in 1996 with singer Tim Bowness (No-Man) to provide a live soundtrack at the Nevers Film Festival, France.

Since ‘Daylight’ in 1998 they have released six further albums and made numerous live appearances including Glastonbury and the Internationales Loopfestival Zürich 2005.

Os and Mike are currently mainstays of Improvizone, a regular London-based night of improvised instrumental music run by Andrew Booker.

Mike is just back from touring as a guitarist with No-Man.

Os writes music software which is a key component of the Darkroom sound.

http://www.darkroomtheband.net/

Run by artists for artists, Burning Shed is an online label and store specialising in Singer-Songwriter, Progressive, Ambient/Electronica and Art Rock music.

http://www.burningshed.com/store/darkroom/

Puddlegum will be releasing Darkroom’s Jets that Fly EP in early March, 2008. Darkroom and Puddlegum are offering a pre-release of Jets that Fly as a free download during the Holiday Season.

Darkroom’s pre-release of Jets that Fly comprise of four tracks that were recorded, mixed, mastered, and co-produced by Flick (Puddlegum) in a spacious cabin in November, 2007. The official release will include additional tracks, and will be mastered by TW Walsh (Pedro the Lion, The Soft Drugs).

Darkroom will begin touring December 28 in support of the pre-release, staying on the road until January 8. Jets that Fly will remain available as a free download until the end of the tour.

DarkroomDarkroom is an epic rock group that hails from Warsaw, Indiana. They write compelling lyrics that are full of imagery, adding color through melodies. Guitar and piano driven, Darkroom isn’t afraid to change time signatures in their songs, or mix in xylophone, horns, synth, and sleigh bells as the song requests.

Visit Darkroom’s Myspace page: http://myspace.com/darkroommusic

Download all four songs and share with your friends: [url=http://www.[spam]

I never felt much of a strong connection with the state I've lived in for the past 10 years. It's cold here in Indiana, and awfully boring in most places. Then I ran smack into the music scene and fell in love. I still want to live someplace warmer eventually, but here are some bands worth my current permanent residence.

Away With Vega,husband&wife,Margot & the Nuclear So and So's,Rodeo Ruby Love,Arrah and the Ferns,Kentucky Nightmare,Darkroom,Either/Or,Grampall Jookabox,Everthus the Deadbeats,orangeyellowred,Prizzy Prizzy Please,Either/Or,The Delicious,Alexander The Great,All Nite Skate,Busman's Holiday,The Alarmists (Calm Down.),Totally Michael,Everything, Now!,Found Objects,The Bradleys,Murder by Death,Jenn Cristy,MUDKIDS,Left Lane Cruiser, 2 Mics and a Kit, The Impossible Shapes, Eric Radoux, Good Luck

Some Great Midwest Bands
Maps & Atlases,Anathallo,All The Day Holiday,Catfish Haven,David Vandervelde,Nomo, Skybox,Jonah Malarsky,The Black Keys,Richard Flemming