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 BalletBarry Rogers
Lost Children Net Label
TracklistTrack 1.
Mr. Wednesday:
The Cargo Doors Have Requested Our CooperationThe Garden Where Parties Grow, 2006 Self-Released.
website:
www.mrwednesday.com.aumyspace:
www.myspace.com/mrwednesdayTrack 2.
Dilatazione:
Wendy CarlosToo Emotional For Maths, 2006 Slow Motion Pinguino & Hidden Shoal Recordings (digital only).
website:
www.dilatazione.orgmyspace:
www.myspace.com/dilatazioneTrack 3.
Questions in Dialect:
On This HandThe Ghost Wishes to Speak, 2007 Burnt Toast Vinyl.
website:
www.questionsindialect.commyspace:
www.myspace.com/questionsindialectTrack 4.
Sumner McKane:
Hello Hariet or Charlotte, We Love YouTwo if by Sea, 2006 Don’t Hit Your Sister Recording Company.
website:
www.sumnermckane.commyspace:
www.myspace.com/sumnermckaneTrack 5.
Jatun:
The Temptation of JoyJatun, 2007 Other Electricities.
website:
www.jatunmusic.commyspace:
http://www.myspace.com/jatunTrack 6.
Romance of Young Tigers:
Long Withdrawing RoarI Have Supped Full on Horrors, 2006 Arclight Communications
website:
www.romanceofyoungtigers.commyspace:
www.myspace.com/romanceofyoungtigersTrack 7.
.cut featuring Gibet:
The Orange LineUnreleased, 2007 The Silent Ballet.
website:
www.dotcut.fr.stmyspace:
www.myspace.com/dotcutTrack 8.
Apeiron Flux:
Rain Falling Like Data From a ChildUnreleased, 2007 The Silent Ballet.
website:
www.sixteenhands.commyspace: N/A
Track 9.
Roncatto Braathen:
FugueVictory Advancement, 2007 Self-Released.
website:
www.myspace.com/roncattobraathenmyspace:
www.myspace.com/roncattobraathenTrack 10.
The American Dollar:
DEAThe Technicolour Sleep, 2007 Self-Released.
website:
www.theamericandollar.infomyspace:
www.myspace.com/americandollarbandTrack 11.
Miaou:
Anything GoesPainted EP, 2006 Thomason Sounds.
website:
www.miaoumusic.commyspace:
www.myspace.com/miaoumusicTrack 12.
Qua:
Devil EyesPainting Monsters on Clouds, 2004 Surgery Records.
website:
www.quamusic.commyspace:
http://www.myspace.com/quamusicTrack 13.
Absent Without Leave:
The First RainUnreleased, 2007 The Silent Ballet.
website:
www.myspace.com/geezertekmyspace:
www.myspace.com/geezertekTrack 14.
worriedaboutstan:
The Last Song (First Song Remix)EP2, 2007 Iapetus Recordings.
website:
www.myspace.com/worriedaboutsatanmyspace:
www.myspace.com/worriedaboutsatanBands 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 ArtistJonathan Brooks is an amateur Renaissance Man. Among his many
artistic 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.