December 27th 2011
HAPPY 2012
In spite of Mayan prophecies and equally optimistic economic forecasts, we wish you an easily digestible and carefree 2012. We'd also like to announce another dramatic (although hopefully more pleasurable) event that is to take place in Q2 of 2012: the release of Silence's new album.

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December 24th 2011
NEW SITE
Dear all, seeing that we're in for an eventful 2012 (the end of the world and all), we've decided to join the party in our Sunday best. We've revamped the site, making it quite modern (meaning less substance and great to look at). For optimal viewing, use Mozilla, Safari, Chrome or IE9. The site utilizes Flash and therefore appears rather disheveled on iPads unequipped with the Cloud Browse app. We've also devised a separate, condensed version of the homepage for mobile devices. We're looking forward to your comments - if we ever manage to convince the darn Guestbook to start working, that is (please use the Message Board in the meantime). Oh, one more thing: you're kindly invited to investigate our new Soundcloud profile.

 

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November 23rd 2011
SHOW YOUR FACE! IN BELGRADE
Matjaz Pograjc's unruly play will descend upon Belgrade (RS) on Friday. The show features live music performed by Ugis Vitins and Silence. See The Vault and Events-related for more information.

"MUSICIANS" ON SLOVENE NATIONAL TV
Glasbenika s konca sveta (Musicians From the End of the World), Haidy Kancler's documentary about the making of Silence's upcoming new album, is to be broadcast on Slovene National TV on December 4th. In the unlikely case that your cable subscription does not include RTV Slovenia, don't worry - the film will be posted online as soon as the English subtitles are ready.

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Napoleon, General Kutuzov and Tsar Alexander take break from warfare in Rat i mir. Photo: Sven Jonke

 

October 13th 2011
WAR AND PEACE
Tomaz Pandur's new play, Rat i mir (War and Peace), opens tomorrow at the Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb (CRO). Recommending an author as outstanding as Pandur is somewhat silly, so I will be brief: Tolstoy has never looked sexier, folks. The play features an acoustic score by Silence. See The Vault for further information and Events-related for upcoming dates.

September 20th 2011
OXYGEN
Kisik (Oxygen), Primoz Ekart's staging of Ivan Vyrypayev's same-titled drama, opens on Saturday at the Ljubljana City Theatre. The audience is in for everything but an easy-going Saturday night: the play is both beautiful and brutal, bewitching and distressing. Needless to say, it comes highly recommended. The play features Kisik, a new song by Silence. Find out more about the play and listen to the title track in the The Vault section. See Events-related for upcoming dates.

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September 13th 2011
MUSICIANS FROM THE END OF THE WORLD
You've probably noticed the slight sparsity of news this year. For the past six months, Silence have been devoting most of their time to their one true passion: bowling. Just kidding. The true culprit for Silence's silence is the most obvious of suspects: the duet's new album. Silence's first 'regular' album since 2004 is nearing completion.

Director Haidy Kancler has chronicled the making of the new album in Silence, glasbenika s konca sveta (Silence, Musicians From the End of the World), a 30' documentary produced by Slovene National TV. The film features a number of Silence's longtime collaborators (including producer Peter Penko, pianist Igor Vicentic and others), as well as some deliciously rare video footage from Hladnik's private collection. The movie also features exclusive snippets of several tracks from the forthcoming album. The film's premiere screening will take place on October 4th in Ljubljana (SLO).

NEW SCORES
Silence are currently working on the first Slovene staging of Ivan Vyrypayev's Oxygen. The project sees Silence reunited with two old friends and outstanding artists, director Primoz Ekart and actor Gregor Gruden. Oxygen opens on September 24th at the Ljubljana City Theatre.

In addition to this tasty morsel, we're happy to announce the 6th collaboration between director Tomaz Pandur and Silence. Pandur's staging of Tolstoy's magnum opus, War and Peace, premieres on October 14th at the Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb (CRO). See Events-related for the complete list of dates. Detailed presentations of both projects will follow shortly.

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February 26th 2011
OUT NOW: THE PASSION OF THE COLD FULL SCORE
We're having troubles refraining ourselves from tap dancing. Or yodeling at the top of our lungs. Or parting with our dignity in some similarly flippant fashion. Why? Well, the Pekinpah Association has just released the full score of Silence's last album, The Passion of the Cold! Silence's very first published score, ladies and gentlemen. The edition features 24 compositions written for Tomaz Pandur's plays Baroque and Caligula. See Discography for more information about the release. Hand signed copies are available exclusively in the Store section.

NEW THEATRE SCORE
In Diva svetnica mati prasica (Diva Saint Mother Bitch), Marusa Geymayer-Oblak becomes a director in order to understand the reasons that propelled her to become an actress. The play, scored by Silence and produced by the Mladinsko Theatre, opens on March 8th in Ljubljana (SLO). See The Vault and Events-Related for details.

SILENCE ON iTUNES
Silence are finally available on iTunes. Two albums, to be precise: Vain, a Tribute to a Ghost and the Maison des rendez-vous soundtrack.

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