Silence (band)

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Silence
General information
origin Ljubljana , Slovenia
Genre (s) Synth pop
founding 1992
Website www.silence-zone.org
Current occupation
Boris Benko
Primož Hladnik
former members
Matjaz Ferenc (1992–1995)

Silence is a Slovenian synth-pop band.

history

In 1997, Silence released her debut album Ma Non Troppo on Chome Records. A tour with the synthpop group Distain followed! , the album Unlike a Virgin 1999 and the soundtrack for the stage play Maison des Rendez-Vous 2003.

In 2004, Silence's fourth studio album, Vain (A Tribute to a Ghost) was released . It deals with the mysterious life and death of the (hypothetical) artist Matej Smolnik, alias "Vain". It also includes a cover version of the Kraftwerk song Hall Of Mirrors starring Anne Clark .

Silence set various contemporary theater pieces to music. Among other things, the soundtrack album Veronika was created in 2005 from a ballet adaptation by Veronika decides to die . After that, Silence toured as a backing band for Diary of Dreams and switched to their label Accession.

In cooperation with the Slovenian music and art project Laibach , the album Volk was released in 2006 under the band's name - a subversive reinterpretation of the national anthems of 14 countries, with the single Anglia (England).

2012 saw the release of Musical Accompaniment for the End of the World, the first regular album after Vain from 2004. To match its dramatic atmosphere, the release was scheduled for the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic .

Others

Silence singer Boris Benko sang two songs for Helium Vola in 2006 and 2009 ( Escoutatz and Darkness, Darkness ) in addition to Laibach .

Discography

Albums

  • 1997: Ma Non Troppo
  • 1999: Unlike a Virgin
  • 2004: Vain, A Tribute to a Ghost
  • (2006: people - under the name Laibach band released cooperation with Ljubljana )
  • 2012: Musical Accompaniment for the End of the World (Songs for Two Pianos, Tactful Synths and Voice)

Soundtracks

  • 2003: Maison des Rendez-Vous
  • 2005: Veronika
  • 2008: The Passion of the Cold

Singles

  • 1996: Shut Up
  • 2000: Son of Sin
  • 2005: Skin: The Remixes
  • (2006: Anglia - under the name Laibach band released cooperation with Ljubljana )
  • 2008: The True Nature of Happiness (Digital Release)
  • 2012: Death is New York
  • 2012: Heart of Darkness

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Silence: Vain (A Tribute To A Ghost). CrossOver, accessed June 6, 2013 .
  2. ↑ http://www.silence-zone.org/discography_vain.htm
  3. ↑ http://www.silence-zone.org/discography_veronika.htm
  4. ↑ http://www.silence-zone.org/discography_volk.htm
  5. ↑ http://www.silence-zone.org/discography_accompaniment.htm
  6. ↑ Boris Benko Discography - Vocals at Discogs