NEWS ARCHIVE
January 1st 2011
SHOW YOUR FACE! - U.S. TOUR
Silence are off to the U.S. with Show Your Face!. The play, performed by Slovene physical-theatre powerhouse Betontanc and Latvian puppet-theatre masters Umka.LV, features live music by Ugis Vitins and Silence. 13 performances are scheduled to take place in Minneapolis, New York, Chicago and Los Angeles between January 6th and January 23rd. Visit The Vault for details.
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December 10th 2010
OPENING SOON: OLIVER TWIST and TO DAMASCUS
Silence are busier than Santa! Oliver Twist, Matjaz Pograjc's staging of Charles Dickens's classic, opens tomorrow at the Mladinsko Theatre in Ljubljana (SLO). V Damask (To Damascus), Aleksandar Popovski's staging of August Strindberg's same-titled drama, opens on December 18th at the SNT Drama Ljubljana (SLO). Both plays feature original scores by Silence. See Concerts-related for upcoming performances. We also recommend a visit to The Vault, where a nifty Christmas present awaits you: three exclusive tracks from Oliver Twist and the complete Damascus score! Ho ho ho!
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October 21st 2010
THEATRE UPDATES, PART DEUX
Besides working on Matjaz Pograjc's staging of Oliver Twist (and, of course, their new album), Silence are also engaged in V Damask (To Damascus), director Aleksandar Popovski's staging of August Strindberg's same-titled drama. The play, produced by the SNT Drama Ljubljana, opens in December. More information will follow shortly.
The duet is also working with director / choreographer Irina Constantine Poulos on a day-long audience-participation reading of The Odyssey. The event, produced by the Readers of Homer, will take place on November 27th at 92nd Street Y in New York. More information: choreotheatro.org
One of Betontanc's most successful plays, Show Your Face! (with live music performed by saxophonist Ugis Vitins and Silence), will revisit Ljubljana (SLO) in mid-December, before embarking on a U.S. tour in January 2011.
Six performances of Matjaz Pograjc's classification-defying play/banquet/musical Love Unto Death (with live music written by Silence) are scheduled to take place at the Mladinsko Theatre in December.
October 8th 2010
THEATRE UPDATES
Silence are currently working on Matjaz Pograjc's delightfully tenebrous rendition of Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist. The play, produced by the Mladinsko Theatre, opens in December. More information will follow shortly.
This year's Maribor Theatre Festival will feature two plays scored by Silence: Metamorfoze (Metamorphoses) and Pes, pizda in peder (Pooch, Pussy & Poof). Croatian audiences will also have the opportunity to see Metamorphoses - at the Gavella Drama Theatre in Zagreb.
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September 4th 2010
SHYAM ft. BENKO
A new collaboration has taken place between Milos Radosavljevic (animator, illustrator, designer, matchless comics connoisseur, songwriter and frontman of Shyam, as well as author of the exquisite Runalong video) and Silence. Benko has performed C'mon, a song from Shyam's upcoming third album, Skriti sij ljudi (Mankind's Hidden Lustre). The album's release date is September 11th. Listen to C'mon
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July 27th 2010
SCULPTURED TIME
In case you find yourself in Ljubljana (SLO) this summer, be sure to take a stroll down Jakopic Promenade in Tivoli Park and enjoy Aljosa Rebolj's open-air photo exhibition Skulpturirani cas (Sculptured Time), a remarkable photographic record of director Tomaz Pandur's most recent plays: Tesla Electric Company, Caligula, Barroco, Hamlet, Medea and Symphony of Sorrowful Songs. Silence, who were part of Tesla Electric Company's cast and scored five of the six plays, also appear on Rebolj's images. The exhibition closes on August 20th. After that, Sculptured Time moves to Belgrade (SRB) and Madrid (E). The photos, accompanied by Silence's music, may also be viewed at art.aljosarebolj.com.
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June 28th 2010
MEMORIES AWARDED TWICE
Radoslaw Sienski's short feature film Memories (with music by Silence) has recently won the YobiFilm film making contest. The film also received the Best Young Filmmaker Award at the Fastnet Short Film Festival. View a featurette in which Sienski discusses various production and post production aspects of his film and explains Runalong's role in shaping the film's tone. View the film in the Videos section.
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June 13th 2010
SHOW YOUR FACE! - U.S. TOUR
Matjaz Pograjc's award winning play Show Your Face! will visit the U.S. in January 2011. 13 performances will take place in Minneapolis, New York, Chicago and Los Angeles. The play features an original score written - and performed live! - by Silence and saxophonist Ugis Vitins. This will be Silence's first visit to the U.S. since the duet's 2008 appearance at Town Hall (NY). Visit The Vault for details.
METAMORPHOSES
Metamorfoze (Metamorphoses), Aleksandar Popovski's new play, opened in Belgrade (SRB) on June 9th. The play features a score written by Silence. Find out more about the music and listen to an exclusive sound sample in The Vault.
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April 19th 2010
A VERY SPECIAL PERFORMANCE IN LEIPZIG
Are you busy on June 4th? Clear your calendar, folks, Silence are to give their first gig in more than a year! The duet will perform at San Diego Music's 15th anniversary celebration. The event will take place at the Moritzbastei in Leipzig (DE). It gets even better, though. The evening's playlist will consist of brand new songs, taken from Silence's upcoming new album!
TWO NEW SCORES
The duet has recently completed the score for Primoz Ekart's rendition of Gregor Fon's dramatic piece Pes, pizda in peder (Pooch, Pussy & Poof). At the moment, the duet is working on a new staging of Ovid's Metamorphoses.
Pes, pizda in peder is an acting tour de force accompanied by a minimalistic, piano-based score. The play opens on April 21st at the Ljubljana City Theatre (SLO). Visit The Vault for details.
Metamorphoses marks the first collaboration between director Aleksandar Popovski and Silence. The play will feature a selection of songs interpreted by the cast. The play opens on June 9th at the Yugoslav Drama Theatre (JDP) in Belgrade (SRB). Visit The Vault for details.
March 24th 2010
SILENCE FEATURETTE
Watch a 5-minute featurette on Silence, done by Vesna Terzan. The featurette - realized for the Slovenian Magazine show, directed by Jagoda Potokar - was aired by RTV Slovenia on March 20th.
Featurette in English
Featurette in German with Slovene subtitles
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February 21st 2010
MEMORIES
After appearing in Slovenka, Runalong continues its film career in Memories, a short feature film written, directed and edited by Radoslaw Sienski. The film recently won the Best Fiction Award at The Altered Images Student Post Production Festival in London. View the film in the Videos section.
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January 12th 2010
SLOVENKA IN U.S. THEATERS
Film Movement, an acknowledged North American distributor of critically acclaimed award-winning independent and foreign films, has acquired U.S. rights to Slovenka, director Damjan Kozole's new film, and set the theatrical release in Q2 of 2010. The movie's English title will be A Call Girl.
Slovenka - the most attended Slovene movie of 2009 - is currently showing at the Palm Springs International Film Festival. Find out more about Slovenka and Silence's involvement in the film in The Vault.
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January 9th 2010
OPENING SOON: ROMEO & JULIET
Romeo & Juliet, director Ana Tomovic's unorthodox rendition of Shakespeare's classic, opens in Oberhausen (D) on January 15th. The play features an original score by Silence. Find out more about the play and listen to exclusive sound samples in The Vault.
SILENCE TO ATTEND PANEL
Silence will attend Roman, film, gledalisce, glasba (Novel, film, theatre, music), a round table discussion on the making of Matjaz Pograjc's latest play, Peklenska Pomaranca (A Clockwork Orange). The panel will be moderated by the play's dramaturge, dr. Tomaz Toporisic, and will feature Matjaz Pograjc and Silence. The event will take place at the SMG Club in Ljubljana (SLO) on January 14th at 17h.
CALIGULA IN COLOMBIA
Four performances of Tomaz Pandur's play Caligula are scheduled to take place at this year's Festival de Teatro de Bogotá in Colombia. The play features an original score by Silence. See Discography for details
December 11th 2009
A CLOCKWORK ORANGE OPENS TONIGHT
Peklenska pomaranca (A Clockwork Orange) - Matjaz Pograjc's interpretation of Anthony Burgess' notorious meditation on freedom of choice (garnished with large amounts of juvenile delinquency, bizarre slang and Beethoven) - opens tonight at the Mladinsko Theatre in Ljubljana (SLO). Visit The Vault for details
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December 6th 2009
A CLOCKWORK ORANGE POSTPONED
Tonight's premiere of Peklenska pomaranca (A Clockwork Orange) was postponed due to an injury in the ensemble. A new date will be presented shortly. The play, directed by Matjaz Pograjc, features an original soundtrack by Silence. Find out more about the play and listen to exclusive sound samples.
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December 1st 2009
VOLK in MOJO
The January 2010 issue of MOJO Music Magazine rediscovers Volk - Laibach's 12th studio album - in the Buried Treasure section. The article, written by Roy Wilkinson, features statements by Laibach and Benko regarding the making of the album and Silence's involvement in the project. According to Wilkinson, Volk is: "...a beautiful, profound, engaging album... a marvelously listenable whole." He also mentions Benko's vocals: "...a gorgeous, virtuoso instrument, like a Mitteleuropean Billy Mackenzie."
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November 29th 2009
SWEET LIFE
The variegated program of Sladko zivljenje (Sweet Life), a fundraiser concert organized by the Slovenian Diabetes Association, will include music by Silence. Violinist Anja Bukovec, pianist Igor Vicentic and the Dolce vita symphonic orchestra will perform Religion of Lust from Silence's last album, The Passion of the Cold. The day's takings will help equip the new diabetes department at the University Medical Centre Ljubljana. The event will take place on December 8th at Cankarjev dom in Ljubljana (SLO).
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Ivan Peternelj, Primoz Bezjak, Uros Kaurin and Blaz Sef in Clockwork Orange. Photo: Ziga Koritnik
October 30th 2009
WORK ON THREE PROJECTS UNDERWAY
Silence is currently working on three projects. The first is Peklenska pomaranca (A Clockwork Orange), director Matjaz Pograjc's rendition of Anthony Burgess' celebrated novel. The play, produced by Mladinsko theatre, opens on December 6th in Ljubljana (SLO). Visit The Vault for details
The second project is an unconventional adaptation of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. The production marks the first collaboration between director Ana Tomovic and Silence. The music is... well, Italian. The duet drew inspiration from Italian Neorealist films, especially Federico Fellini's La strada and Nino Rota's score for the movie. The play, produced by Theater.Oberhausen, opens on January 15th 2010 in Oberhausen (D).
Last (but not least) is - Silence's new studio album. The duet has been working on new songs intermittently over the past two years. We'd love to tell you more about the album, but we love teasing you even more. More information regarding all three projects will follow shortly.
SHOW YOUR FACE! and LOVE UNTO DEATH: NEW DATES
Three performances of Show Your Face! will take place in Maribor and Ljubljana (SLO) in November. The play features live music performed by saxophonist Ugis Vitins and Silence. The performances - most likely the last opportunities to see the play in Slovenia - will be Silence's first live appearances since November 2008. Boy, time sure does fly.
Ljubezen na smrt (Love Unto Death), the only play / musical / banquet in the world that placates both spiritual and physical hunger (and features live music written by Silence) is back! Eight performances will take place in December (in Ljubljana). A word of advice: book the tickets as soon as possible, only 78 viewers are admitted per play.
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September 22nd 2009
SLOVENKA
The protagonist of Slovenka (Slovenian Girl), Damjan Kozole's new film, is a young student with a secret source of income: prostitution. Interpreted by debutante Nina Ivanisin, Slovenka features Silence's very first motion picture soundtrack.
The world premiere of Slovenka took place at this year's Sarajevo Film Festival (August 12-20). The film is scheduled to appear at numerous festivals, including the Toronto Int. Film Festival (September 10-19), the Reykjavik Int. Film Festival (September 17-27), the Pusan Int. Film Festival (October 8-16), the 25th Warsaw Film Festival (October 9-18), the XXIX Mostra de Valencia (October 14-22), the Leeds Young People's Film Festival (April 2-10 2010), the Göteborg Int. Film Festival (January 2010) and the Int. Film Festival Rotterdam (January 27th - February 7th 2010).
Slovenka opens in (Slovene) theaters on October 1st. The movie will also appear at the 12th Festival of Slovenian Film (October 1-3). Learn more about the soundtrack and listen to three exclusive sound samples in The Vault. Visit the movie's official site: www.slovenka.si
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Blanca Portillo as Medea. Photo: Aljosa Rebolj
August 8th 2009
OPENING SOON: MEDEA
Medea, the latest collaboration between director Tomaz Pandur and Silence, opens on August 20th in Mérida (E). Learn more about Medea and listen to five exclusive sound samples in The Vault.
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April 14th 2009
MEDEA
The duet is currently working on Medea, Tomaz Pandur's new play. Pandur's rendition of Euripides' classic will feature Blanca Portillo (recently seen in Pedro Almodóvar's Los Abrazos Rotos) in the role of the infamous childmurderess. The play, produced by the Centro de Producción del Festival de Mérida, opens on August 20th at the picturesque Teatro Romano in Mérida (E).
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March 8th 2009
HELIUM VOLA feat. BENKO
On March 27th, Chrom Records will release Helium Vola's highly anticipated third album, Für Euch, die Ihr Liebt. The double album features two songs interpreted by Benko: Escoutatz (in Old French!) and Darkness, Darkness, the "anthem" of U.S. troops during the Vietnam War, originally written by Jesse Colin Young. Listen to Darkness, Darkness
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Blanca Portillo as Hamlet. Photo: Aljosa Rebolj
February 1st 2009
HAMLET
Find out everything there is to know regarding Silence's soundtrack to Hamlet and listen to exclusive sound samples in The Vault.
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January 24th 2009
OPENING SOON: HAMLET
Silence are off to Madrid, where they will finalize the score for Tomaz Pandur's new project, Hamlet, and attend the play's premiere. Hamlet, produced by Teatro Espańol, opens at the Matadero on February 12th. The play features a cast of acclaimed Spanish players led by Blanca Portillo... yup, as Hamlet.
Hamlet is, beyond doubt, Silence's most pretending and heterogeneous assignment to date. The four-hour play required an equally mammoth soundtrack. Nearly five months of work were required for the 90 minutes of original music featured in the play. The score features a multitude of remarkable instrumentalists: pianist Srebrenka Poljak, cellist Igor Mitrovic, contrabassist Ziga Golob, saxophonist Primoz Fleischman, drummer Janez Gabric and, last but not least, a 14-piece string orchestra conducted by Tomislav Facini. The score also contains a selection of previously released Silence songs and one new track, Mousetrap, interpreted by actor Asier Etxeandia.