The Silent Ballet & Lost Children: Volume III
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
Download Now
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 (digital only).
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. worriedaboutstan: 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 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.