The Silent Ballet: Volume 3

Winter 2007


Since the release of Volume II, much has changed at The Silent Ballet. A full website has launched, fulfilling our promise of extensive coverage of current artists working within instrumental and/or experimental frameworks, and the second half of our first year as a new entity on the internet has begun. Time sure does have a way of sneaking up on you when you least expect it. The third volume of The Silent Ballet compilation series aims to show a different side to the website’s coverage. While the first two focused primarily on instrumental rock and post-rock artists, the third compilation makes good on our claim to have interest in experimental artists, and hopefully brings some much needed variety to the series. The scope of this project was much wider than normal – some artists come from an electronic background, others focus on the art of ambience, and still others bring in a jazzy influence. This odd combination of sounds is brought together by a common thread of ”warmth” that is carried across the tracks, arguably suitable for the winter months. Many thanks go out to the people who made this compilation possible: the artists and labels involved. We do hope some pique the listener’s interests and encourage supporting them in whichever means are deemed appropriate. Jordan Volz The Silent Ballet
Barry Rogers Lost Children Net Label Download the whole release Tracklist Track 1. Mr. Wednesday: The Cargo Doors Have Requested Our Cooperation The Garden Where Parties Grow, 2006 Self-Released. website: www.mrwednesday.com.au myspace: www.myspace.com/mrwednesday Track 2. Dilatazione: Wendy Carlos Too Emotional For Maths, 2006 Slow Motion Pinguino & Hidden Shoal Recordings. website: www.dilatazione.org myspace: www.myspace.com/dilatazione Track 3. Questions in Dialect: On This Hand The Ghost Wishes to Speak, 2007 Burnt Toast Vinyl. website: www.questionsindialect.com myspace: www.myspace.com/questionsindialect Track 4. Sumner McKane: Hello Hariet or Charlotte, We Love You Two if by Sea, 2006 Don’t Hit Your Sister Recording Company. website: www.sumnermckane.com myspace: www.myspace.com/sumnermckane Track 5. Jatun: The Temptation of Joy Jatun, 2007 Other Electricities. website: www.jatunmusic.com myspace: http://www.myspace.com/jatun Track 6. Romance of Young Tigers: Long Withdrawing Roar I Have Supped Full on Horrors, 2006 Arclight Communications website: www.romanceofyoungtigers.com myspace: www.myspace.com/romanceofyoungtigers Track 7. .cut featuring Gibet: The Orange Line Unreleased, 2007 The Silent Ballet. website: www.dotcut.fr.st myspace: www.myspace.com/dotcut Track 8. Apeiron Flux: Rain Falling Like Data From a Child Unreleased, 2007 The Silent Ballet. website: www.sixteenhands.com myspace: N/A Track 9. Roncatto Braathen: Fugue Victory Advancement, 2007 Self-Released. website: www.myspace.com/roncattobraathen myspace: www.myspace.com/roncattobraathen Track 10. The American Dollar: DEA The Technicolour Sleep, 2007 Self-Released. website: www.theamericandollar.info myspace: www.myspace.com/americandollarband Track 11. Miaou: Anything Goes Painted EP, 2006 Thomason Sounds. website: www.miaoumusic.com myspace: www.myspace.com/miaoumusic Track 12. Qua: Devil Eyes Painting Monsters on Clouds, 2004 Surgery Records. website: www.quamusic.com myspace: http://www.myspace.com/quamusic Track 13. Absent Without Leave: The First Rain Unreleased, 2007 The Silent Ballet. website: www.myspace.com/geezertek myspace: www.myspace.com/geezertek Track 14. worriedaboutsatan: The Last Song (First Song Remix) EP2, 2007 Iapetus Recordings. website: www.myspace.com/worriedaboutsatan myspace: www.myspace.com/worriedaboutsatan Bands or labels wishing to be featured in the next volume should submit an inquiry to jordan@thesilentballet.com. Material must be submitted in phyiscal form. About the Artist Jonathan Brooks is an amateur Renaissance Man. Among his many artists talents lies that of photography, and a lengthy stack of frames was scoured until we finally settled on the cover art. This has been the only cover art thus far that has been selected with a working knowledge of the music contained within the cd, but we agreed that this specific photography really captured the permeating warmth of the compilation. Those interested in contacting Jonathan for other projects should do so at jonathan@thesilentballet.com.
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