NEWS ARCHIVE
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March 5th 2008
VOLK TOUR - NEW DATES
Laibach's Volk tour resumes in March and April. The band will give 12 concerts in France, Switzerland, Italy, Spain, Portugal and Germany. Hladnik will skip all the performances. Benko, however, will appear in Paris. See Concerts - Related for details

BETONTANC IN DUBLIN AND LJUBLJANA, EKART IN BERLIN
Wrestling Dostoievsky, Betontanc's acclaimed 10th play, will be performed at the Dublin Dance Festival in April. Primoz Ekart's compelling one-man play I Am My Own Wife is off to Berlin in May, where it is to be performed in the illustrious Volksbühne theatre. In May, Betontanc returns on stage - this time in Ljubljana - with another play: Show Your Face!, the company's 12th project, recently awarded for collective artistic achievement at the 42. Borstnik meeting. Needless to say, all aforementioned plays feature original soundtracks written by Silence. What is more, Silence and Ugis Vitins perform live the soundtrack to Show Your Face! See Concerts - Related and Unreleased for details

LUCKY & ZORBA OPENS IN APRIL
Srecna Srecka (Lucky & Zorba), Matjaz Pograjc's new puppet play, opens on April 1st at the Lutkovno theatre in Ljubljana. The play, based on Luis Sepúlveda's bestselling book The Story of a Seagull and the Cat Who Taught Her to Fly, features seven songs (sung by the actors/pupeteers) and five instrumentals written by Silence. More info coming soon

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February 11th 2008
LJUBEZEN NA SMRT AVAILABLE IN SLOVENE STORES
Ljubezen na smrt is - from this day forth - available in all major Slovene music stores. The record is distributed by Nika Records. Find out more about Silence's latest release

WORK ON TWO PLAYS UNDERWAY
Silence are currently working on two projects: Srecna Srecka (Lucky & Zorba) and Caligula. Srecna Srecka is a puppet show / musical based on Luis Sepúlveda's fable Historia de una gaviota y del gato que le enseńó a volar (The Story of a Seagull and the Cat Who Taught Her to Fly). The play, directed by Matjaz Pograjc and produced by the Lutkovno theatre, is scheduled to open in Ljubljana (SLO) in March. Caligula, Tomaz Pandur's new project, is inspired by Albert Camus' homonymous dramatic piece. The play, produced by the Gavella theatre, will open in Budva (MNE) on July 10th and then move to Croatia. More information regarding both projects coming soon

BARROCO TO VISIT COLUMBIA
Tomaz Pandur's acclaimed new play, Barroco - the latter features an original soundtrack written by Silence - is off to Columbia in March. Five performances are to take place at the XI. Festival Iberoamericano de Teatro de Bogotá. After that, the play moves to Santander, Spain. See Concerts - Related and Unreleased for details

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December 7th 2007
LJUBEZEN NA SMRT / LOVE UNTO DEATH
On December 11th, Mladinsko Theatre will release Ljubezen na smrt - Koncert za kuharja, 6 vajencev in 3 pomivalce (Love Unto Death - Concert for a cook, 6 apprentices and 3 dish-washers), Silence's soundtrack to Matjaz Pograjc's homonymous play. The soundtrack features fifteen songs written by a bunch of deliciously amoral poets (including Baudelaire, Verlaine, Rimbaud, Bataille and others) and Silence. The soundtrack, performed by the play's cast and three unsurpassable instrumentalists: Blaz Celarec, Ziga Golob and Joze Salej, is Silence's very first release in Slovene language.

The record can be purchased (from December 11th) at two venues in Ljubljana or ordered by mail. Ljubezen na smrt will be available in major Slovene stores from February 2008.

Visit the Discography section and find out all there is to know about the soundtrack

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December 3rd 2007
NEW BETONTANC PLAY
Betontanc's explosive new play, Dance Or Die, opens on Saturday, December 22nd in Ljubljana. Silence wrote five instrumentals for the play, whilst the rest of the soundtrack was done by Jure Vlahovic.

See Unreleased for details

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November 20th 2007
CONCERT AND APPEARANCES CANCELLED
Benko will not appear on Laibach's upcoming shows in Maribor, Zagreb and Ljubljana due to laryngitis. Silence's beneficiary concert in benefit of the Dojo society - the event would've taken place on Saturday, November 24th in Koper - was cancelled due to the same reason. The duet apologizes for any inconveniences caused by the cancellation.

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November 15th 2007
LOVE UNTO DEATH TO BE RELEASED IN DECEMBER
Slovensko mladinsko theatre intends to release Ljubezen na smrt (Love Unto Death), Silence's soundtrack to Matjaz Pograjc's homonymous play, in December. The album will feature 15 songs performed by the play's cast and three remarkable instrumentalists: Blaz Celarec, Ziga Golob and Joze Salej. More information coming soon.

Eight performances of Love Unto Death will take place in November and December - see Concerts - Related and Unreleased for more information.

PART OF VOLK TOUR CANCELLED
Laibach's upcoming shows in Stuttgart, Paris, Nantes and Toulouse - all of which would have featured Silence - have been cancelled. Hladnik will appear in all thirteen remaining shows, whilst Benko will appear in Maribor, Zagreb and Ljubljana. See www.laibach.nsk.si for information regarding the remainder of the tour.

November 13th 2007
SILENCE TO HOLD BENEFICIARY CONCERT
Silence's last gig of 2007 - a concert in benefit of the Dojo society, an association for challenged athletes - will take place on November 24th in Koper (SLO).
See Concerts for details

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October 28th 2007
VOLK TOUR
Laibach will give 17 concerts throughout Europe in November and December. Hladnik will form part of the entire tour, whilst Benko will appear as guest vocalist (and perform the complete Volk repertoire) in Maribor (SLO), Zagreb (CRO), Ljubljana (SLO), Stuttgart (D), Paris (F), Nantes (F) and Toulouse (F). The remaining shows will feature Mina Spiler (Melodrom) as guest vocalist.

See www.laibach.nsk.si for details

More information regarding Silence's involvement in Volk

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October 25th 2007
SHOW YOUR FACE! AWARDED
Show Your Face! - the play features an original soundtrack written and performed live by Silence and Ugis Vitins - was awarded for collective artistic achievement at the central Slovene theatre festival, the 42nd Borstnik Meeting.

The jury wrote: "In Show Your Face! ... Betontanc, Umka.lv and Silence create a touching and vulnerable tale ... utilising their diverse and suggestive artistic skills. The central figure, a kind of postmodern Woyzeck ... attracts dramaturgic connotations - as well as the desires of the audience - due to the virtuosic animation, acting, choreography and music of the aforementioned collectives. It is the sinergy between the performances and the audience that turns the play into genuine theatre magic."

Find out more about the play in the Unreleased section.

NEW BETONTANC PLAY
Silence are currently working on the new Betontanc project. This is the 5th collaboration between the duet and Matjaz Pograjc's renowned theatre/dance company. The new play - the working title is Beton Totentanz - is scheduled to open in November.

THE MAKING OF BARROCO
Visit the Unreleased section and find out more about the Barroco soundtrack and its making.

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September 18th 2007
BARROCO - OPENING NIGHT
Tomaz Pandur's new play, Barroco - featuring an original soundtrack written by Silence - opened on September 12th at the Centro Cultural de la Villa in Madrid. The play's cast and creators received standing ovation.

The soundtrack, "...a tantamount 'protagonist' of the play" according to Delo (Ljubljana) and "beautiful" according to El Confidencial (Madrid), is likely to become Silence's next release. More information coming soon.

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August 23rd 2007
BARROCO PREMIERE FAST APPROACHING
Tomaz Pandur's new play, Barroco, opens on September 12th at the Centro Cultural de la Villa de Madrid. 40 performances are to take place at the venue throughout September and October. The play features renowned Spanish actors Blanca Portillo (Volver, Goya's Ghosts), Asier Etxeandia and Chema León, as well as an original score written by Silence and performed by the Orquesta Escuela de la Sinfónica de Madrid.

LAIBACH IN RUSSIA
Russia is the next stop of Laibach's Volk tour. The band - Benko and Hladnik included - will visit St. Petersburg and Moscow in late September.

SHOW YOUR FACE! - NEW DATES
In October, Silence will rejoin the cast of Show Your Face!. Five performances will take place; four in Slovenia (in Ljubljana, Maribor and Novo Mesto) and one in Germany (Bremen). This dynamic, hilarious and yet insidiously moving play features an original score - performed live - by Silence and Ugis Vitins.

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August 6th 2007
BENKO JOINS LAIBACH TOUR
Benko is to join Laibach's Volk tour. Whilst Hladnik is part of the tour since its beginning in November 2006, Benko joined in only occasionally, usually performing two tracks as special guest. This time, however, he is to perform the entire Volk repertoire. The first opportunity to experience Laibach's new line-up is fast approaching: the band is to appear at the Sarajevo Film Festival on August 18th. After that, the band moves to Croatia.

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July 15th 2007
BARROCO
Silence are about to complete the score for Tomaz Pandur's new play, Barroco. The latter, based on Choderlos de Laclos' Les Liaisions Dangereuses and Heiner Müller's Quartet, opens on September 12th at the Centro Cultural de la Villa de Madrid.

The duet is currently in Madrid, supervising the recording of the score. The recording sessions are taking place at the renowned Teatro Real. The score, conducted by José Antonio Montańo and performed by Margarita Sikoeva (violin), Dragos Balan (cello), Riccardo Bini (piano) and the Orquesta escuela de la Sinfonica de Madrid, marks Silence's first venture into the realm of classical music. Talks regarding the release of the soundtrack are currently underway. More information coming soon.

KEY FINALLY AVAILABLE IN SLOVENIA
Key Silence is finally available - through Nika Records - in major stores across Slovenia.

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June 4th 2007
TESLA ON TOUR
Busy summer for Tesla Electric Company. The play is to visit Montenegro, Croatia and FRY Macedonia in July and August.

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May 19th 2007
SILENCE TO WRITE FOR PANDUR'S NEW PLAY
Silence are to write the soundtrack for Barroco, Tomaz Pandur's new play, produced by the Centro Cultural de la Villa de Madrid. This will be the second collaboration between the duet and the acclaimed director after the resounding success of last year's Tesla Electric Company. The new play, inspired by Choderlos de Laclos' epistolary novel Les Liaisions Dangereuses and Heiner Müller's adaptation of the latter, Quartet, is scheduled to open on September 12th in Madrid. More information coming soon.

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April 18th 2007
TESLA ELECTRIC COMPANY IN SLOVENIA
After a single performance at last year's Ljubljana Summer Festival, Tomaz Pandur's acclaimed play finally returns to Slovenia. Four performances will take place in Maribor and Ljubljana. The play will also revisit Croatia in the summer - more information coming soon.

BENKO TO APPEAR AS GODALIKA'S GUEST
Benko will appear at this year's Druga godba festival as Godalika's guest. The renowned string quartet will open the festival on May 21st, accompanied by Nino de Gleria (upright bass), Drago Ivanusa (Rhodes), Ales Rendla (drums) and Neza Trobec - Teropsic (voice).

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March 28th 2007
LOVE UNTO DEATH
Ljubezen na smrt - Koncert za kuharja, 6 vajencev in 3 pomivalce (Love Unto Death - Concert for a cook, 6 apprentices and 3 dish-washers), Matjaz Pograjc's new play, opens on Thursday, April the 12th at the Mladinsko theatre in Ljubljana. The play's versatile cast acts, cooks and sings. The actors will prepare numerous delicious specialities under the supervision of chef Danilo Ivanusa. In case you're wondering: yes, viewers get served. The only downside is that, due to the limited amount of grub, only 78 viewers are admitted per show. Heed our advice: reserve your tickets in time.

The actors will also perform - live - 15 songs written by Silence. The lyricists, albeit new in the music business, were all remarkable talents and jolly good fellows; Baudelaire, Rimbaud, Verlaine, Bataille, Heym, Trakl, Benn, Poe, Lorca, Lasker-Schuler and Wilde. The songs are performed - in pure musical style - by the play's cast and three remarkable musicians - Blaz Celarec (drums, percussion, clarinet), Ziga Golob (double bass, steel guitar, ukulele, singing saw) and Joze Salej (upright piano).

HLADNIK REJOINS VOLK TOUR, BENKO TO APPEAR IN UK
Laibach's Volk tour resumes on April 8th in Fribourg. The upcoming leg of the tour includes eleven cities in five countries: Switzerland, Germany, Holland, UK and Italy. Hladnik (who's been part of the tour since its beginning) remains part of the ensemble, whilst Benko will appear in Colchester and London as special guest.

View photos taken at Laibach's recent concert in Trbovlje

Find out more regarding Silence's involvement in the project

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March 5th, 2007
CONGRATULATIONS
Two days ago, the Hladnik family received a new member, a healthy baby girl. Congratulations!

BENKO JOINS LAIBACH ON STAGE
Trbovlje, Laibach's hometown, is the next stop of the group's extensive Volk tour. Two concerts will take place there, the first on March 23rd and the second a day later. Laibach and Hladnik (who's been part of the tour since its beginning in November) will be joined by Benko for the very first time.

Find out more regarding Silence's involvement in the project

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February 24th, 2007
FASSBINDER REPLACED BY POETS
Unfortunately, the Fassbinder Foundation denied Mladinsko theatre the right to use Rainer Werner Fassbinder's lyrics for the purposes of Matjaz Pograjc's new play. Even though replacement lyrics had to be found, the concept of the play - theatre, cuisine & live music - remains unchanged. Silence will therefore set to music a selection of equally sinister poems written by Baudelaire, Rimbaud, Bataille, Verlaine, Trakl, Lorca, Poe and others. The opening night is still scheduled for April. More information coming soon.

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February 14th, 2007
SILENCE & FASSBINDER
Silence are to set to music thirteen songs inspired by the work of Rainer Werner Fassbinder, acclaimed author of Katzelmacher, The Marriage of Maria Braun and Berlin Alexanderplatz. The occasion is Matjaz Pograjc's new play (as yet untitled). The performance, an unorthodoxe fusion of theatre, cuisine and live music produced by the Mladinsko theatre, is scheduled to open in April. More information coming soon.

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January 28th, 2007
WORK ON NEW ALBUM UNDERWAY
It's safe to say that 2005 and 2006 were Silence's busiest years so far. Not busy enough, apparently, as the band wrote a dozen new songs between various assignments. We're happy to report that the recording of these songs - they will form part of Silence's first LP since the 2004 Vain, A Tribute To A Ghost album - is currently underway. More information coming soon.

I AM MY OWN WIFE
Silence wrote the soundtrack for I Am My Own Wife (Porocena s seboj), a one-man play directed and performed by Primoz Ekart. The performance, based on Doug Wright's acclaimed play, opens on February 8th in Ljubljana. See Unreleased for more information.

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November 27th, 2006
THE VAIN CASE FINALLY ONLINE
Check out The Vain Case, a 14' short film / documentary directed by Ursa Menart. The film - equipped with English subtitles - provides exclusive insight into the life and work of Matej Smolnik - Vain, the mysterious figure behind Silence's Vain - A Tribute To A Ghost album. The film also features guest appearances by Hladnik and Benko, as well as a couple of previously unreleased Silence tracks.

Find out more about Vain: visit The Vain Tribute Site and The Vain Archives

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October 21st, 2006
ANGLIA - THE VIDEO
The video for Anglia, the first single from Laibach's new album, Volk, is out. The video - the ultimate proof of the irresistible appeal of English cuisine - features Benko.

Click here to view the video

Find out all there is to know regarding Silence's involvement in Volk

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October 13th, 2006
WRESTLING DOSTOIEVSKY - U.S. TOUR
Betontanc, Matjaz Pograjc's acclaimed theatre group, is embarking on a short US tour. The group will perform its tenth play, Wrestling Dostoievsky, in New York, Los Angeles and San Diego. The play features an original soundtrack written by Silence.

Find out more about the play

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October 10th, 2006
ANGLIA
On October 9th, Mute Records released Anglia, the first single from Laibach's forthcoming new album, Volk. The single, composed and produced by Silence, features Benko as guest vocalist. Released on 12" and CD, the single also features remixes of the album tracks Anglia and Espańa done by Peter Penko, DJ Bizzy and iTurk.

Benko will also appear in the single's video, which was shot on October 4th in Ljubljana. The video, directed by Saso Podgorsek, is currently in post-production.

Click here to view photos taken at the video shoot

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September 25th, 2006
SILENCE TO JOIN LAIBACH ON TOUR
Silence will join Laibach on their upcoming world tour in order to promote the songs from their joint venture album, Volk. The record, a collection of radically transmuted national anthems, is to be released by Mute Records on October 23rd.

The first (European) leg of the tour starts on November 24th and consists of 18 livedates. The tour includes the following countries: Belgium, UK, France, Sweden, Finland, Norway, Germany, Holland, Poland, the Czech Republic, Austria and Italy.

The new material will be first presented in Trbovlje, Slovenia - on October 27th, 28th and 29th.

Find out all there is to know regarding Silence's involvement in the project

Click here to view Volk press photos

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September 8th, 2006
THE VAIN CASE
The Vain Case (Primer: Vain), a 14' documentary written and directed by a young graduate of the Ljubljana Academy of Theatre, Radio, Film and Television, Ursa Menart, will be screened at this year's Festival of Slovenian Film in Portoroz. The film sheds light on Vain, the abstruse figure behind Silence's fourth album. The movie also features special guest appearances by Hladnik and Benko, as well as a couple of previously unreleased Silence tracks. The screening will take place on Saturday, September 16th.

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September 3rd, 2006
VOLK, THE NEW LAIBACH ALBUM
Laibach announce a brand new album release, Volk. The album, composed and produced by Silence, is to be released by Mute Records on October 23rd. The album will be preceded by a single release, Anglia, on October 9th. The single, as well as 9 other tracks from the album, feature Benko as guest vocalist. Each of the album's 14 tracks is based on and inspired by an original anthem. The album will come in a limited edition hardback book format with watercolour artwork by Laibach as well as full sleeve notes explaining each track.

Find out all there is to know regarding Silence's involvement in the project

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August 23rd, 2006
TESLA ELECTRIC COMPANY IN CROATIA
Tomaz Pandur's new play was performed nine times at the Minor fortress on the Mali Brijun island between August 11th and August 21st. The performances - all sold out - received the warmest of receptions by the public and rave reviews in the media. Silence's contribution did not go unnoticed:

Novi List (Croatia): "Silence's music, performed live by Hladnik and Benko, provides a special poetic dimension..."
Nedjeljni Jutarnji (Croatia): "... Benko's and Hladnik's excellent music stood out."
Glas Istre (Croatia) noticed "... the beautiful music performed live by pianist Hladnik and Benko, singer with a magical voice... Their music is the perfect counterpoint to stage action..."
Jutarnji List - Vecernje izdanje (Croatia): "Two elements of the play are extraordinary: scenography and music... The duet Silence deserves to be seen. Hladnik and Benko... transmute the play into a pop-spectacle."
Vecer (Slovenia) stated: "Benko has a wonderful voice. Together with pianist Hladnik, they created mystic, emotive music..."

The Slovene premiere of Tesla Electric Company is scheduled for August 30th. The play will be one of the closing acts of this year's Ljubljana festival.

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July 25th, 2006
TESLA ELECTRIC COMPANY - FIRST REVIEWS
Tomaz Pandur's new play, Tesla Electric Company - which features a soundtrack written and performed live by Silence - opened on July 19th at the Teatro Nuovo Giovanni in Udine. The first reviews are in:

Delo (Slovenia) described the play as "...an artistically unbounded and authorially sovereign stage poem..." in which Silence "...are elemental in acoustically shaping the melancholy emotional feel of the play..."
Il Gazzetino (Italy) perceives Tesla Electric Company as a play "...that remains impressed in the spectator's memory. Not only because of the excellence of the actors, the beauty of the music performed live or the ingenuity of the lighting solutions. It is the blending of all these - and other - elements, the effectiveness of their composition and the strong artistic vision that Tomaz Pandur brings to life with his direction."
Novi List (Croatia) stated: "...we watched a mature Tomaz Pandur, ...calm and exceedingly poetic" and noticed "...the play's recurrent gentle theme, imposingly executed by Benko and Hladnik."
Primorski Dnevnik (Slovenia) noted "...the music, masterly performed live by pianist Hladnik and singer Benko. The excellent pop style of the soundtrack, to which the director assigned the fundamental role in creating the emotive mood, is worthy of independent promotion."



The play now moves to an idyllic Croatian island, Mali Brijun, where ten performances are to be held between August 11th and August 21st. Spectators are in for a memorable experience - a ferry ride to the island and a spectacular open-air performance in the atrium of the picturesque Minor fortress.




ACCESSION RECORDS vol. 3
On July 14th, Accession Records released the third volume of its annual compilation. The compilation features new tracks from Diary Of Dreams, Diorama, Assemblage 23 and many others, as well as two Silence tracks: Present, Unexistent and Veronika - End Score.
Find out more about the compilation

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July 2nd, 2006
TESLA ELECTRIC COMPANY
Silence are currently working on Tomaz Pandur's new play, Tesla Electric Company. The play, inspired by the life and work of the great inventor, opens on July 19th in Udine. Silence will perform most of the soundtrack live on stage. See Unreleased for details

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May 16th, 2006
NEW LAIBACH ALBUM
For the past ten months, Silence have been busy writing and producing the new Laibach project. The album is currently in post-production. More information coming soon

NEW COLLABORATION WITH BETONTANC
Silence will appear in Show Your Face, a theatre play directed by Matjaz Pograjc. The play, a collaboration between the Umka and Betontanc theatre companies, opens on May 25th in Riga and then moves to Ljubljana. Silence, accompanied by saxophone player Ugis Vitins, will join the actors on stage and perform the soundtrack live.

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April 23rd, 2006
KEY SILENCE COMPETITION: WINNERS
The results of the Key Silence Competition are in. Who won Ma Non Troppo, Unlike A Virgin, Vain - A Tribute To A Ghost and Key Silence, all at once? Click here and find out

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April 14th, 2006
KEY SILENCE: OUT NOW
From this day forth, Key Silence is available in German stores. The record can be ordered at various online shops - see Mail Order for details. Visit www.silence-zone.com/key and find out all there is to know about the new release

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January 23rd, 2006
COMING SOON: KEY SILENCE
On April 14th, Accession Records will release Key Silence, a 2CD collection (CD1: Anthology, CD2: Rarities) of the band's quintessential works. The collection will feature 23 tracks - 10 of which previously unreleased - ranging from popular songs to theatre pieces. A special mini-site, dedicated entirely to the upcoming release, is in preparation. More information coming soon

ARSOV: MINDLESS
Aaugh! Records recently released Mindless, the remarkable international debut of songwriter Aleksander Arsov. The album contains 14 tracks, five of which sung by Benko.
More information: www.aaughrecords.net and www.arsov.net (both in English)

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December 23rd, 2005
RUINS MATADOR
Ruins Matador's debut album, The Girls Seem Happy The World Seems Dead, is out. Never heard of RM? I guess it's time to discover a great band, then. Silence produced two tracks from the album, El Dia Que Me Quiras and Destination Tokyo.
More info: www.ruinsmatador.com (in English and Slovene)

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December 22nd, 2005
RUNALONG (ACOUSTIC): THE ENTIRE VIDEO
Ho ho ho, Santa's a bit early this year! Here's the Runalong (acoustic) video. In its entirety.
Watch the video
Read an exclusive interview with director Milos Radosavljevic

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November 26th, 2005
SILENCE SIGN TO ACCESSION RECORDS
Last week, Silence signed to Accession Records, a prominent German independent label. A new Silence release, scheduled for spring 2006, is in preparation. More information coming soon.

October 11th, 2005
VAIN ENTERS THE EE-AC
Vain, A Tribute To A Ghost entered the East European Alternative Charts at number 4.
More information: www.ee-ac.org

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October 5th, 2005
VERONIKA FINALLY INTERNATIONALLY AVAILABLE!
Silence's latest release, the Veronika soundtrack, is finally available at the Chrom Records on-line shop (use the 'Search' option). The number of copies available is extremely limited, so place your order immediately. Find out more about Veronika

NEW SILENCE SOUNDTRACK: PETER RABBIT
For the past two months, Silence have been busy writing quirky tunes for a puppet show based on one of the best-loved children's stories of all time - Beatrix Potter's Peter Rabbit. The play, directed by Matjaz Pograjc and produced by Lutkovno gledalisce Ljubljana, is to open in Ljubljana on October 14th. See Concerts and Unreleased for more information

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September 13th, 2005
UMEK, VALENTINO KANZYANI AND RANDOM LOGIC Vs. SILENCE
On October 5th, Matrix Music will release Skin: The Remixes, a 12'' vinyl containing three mesmerizing remixes of the opening track from the Vain - A Tribute To A Ghost album. The remixes, done by Umek, Valentino Kanzyani and Random Logic, will be available worldwide in specialized stores.

A limited edition of Vain, A Tribute To A Ghost containing an extra CD with the remixes will be also available from October 5th. To order the record (pay on delivery), contact Matrix Music: matrixmusik@siol.net

See Discography for more information and audio excerpts

August 10th, 2005
TRANS SLOVENIA EXPRESS REVIEWS
The first reviews of Trans Slovenia Express vol. 2 are in. A couple of Silence related excerpts:

"...a new, magnificent digital - analogue interpretation of Hall Of Mirrors. The great voice of Silence's singer, lyrist and composer Boris Benko comes through once again - in a very successful version of Radioactivity..."
Katarina Mazurkiewicz, Satt.org

"More pleasing for me, however, is the darkly prodigious, cello scraping gothic of Rozmarinke’s take on Radioactivity..."
Alan Sargeant, 2-4-7-music.com (Crud Magazine)

"...Rozmarinke provide a wake-up call with Radioactivity, complete with cello, pizzicato violin and piano over breakbeats and loops. It's the best cover of one of Kraftwerk's finest pieces since The Divine Comedy's epic take back in the late '90s".
Michael Hubbard, MusicOMH.com

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May 18th, 2005
TRANS SLOVENIA EXPRESS VOL. 2
On July 25th, Mute Records is to release Trans Slovenia Express vol. 2, the long awaited follow up to 1994's critically acclaimed collection of Kraftwerk classics re-interpreted by Slovene artists. The new compilation features 14 tracks, two of which arranged, recorded and produced by Silence: Hall Of Mirrors (the previously released duet with Anne Clark) and Radioactivity (performed by the Rozmarinke string quartet). Read the Mute Records press release (Microsoft Word Document, 40 KB)

VAIN FINALIST AT MAGDALENA
The Vain tribute site is one of the finalists (in the Websites category) of this year's Magdalena festival.

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May 4th, 2005
NEW IN THE VAIN ARCHIVES
The Interviews section is finally up. Check it out

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April 9th, 2005
OUT-OF-THIS-WORLD PRICES!
Perfect time to complete your Silence collection, folks. You may order Ma Non Troppo and Unlike A Virgin for 5.20 EUR, the Son Of Sin Maxi Single for 1.99 EUR, the Maison des rendez-vous soundtrack for 9.80 EUR... Only in the Chrom Records on-line shop.

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March 23rd, 2005
VERONIKA, THE NEW SILENCE SOUNDTRACK
On March 17th, the Slovene National Theatre Opera and Ballet Ljubljana released an exclusive, limited edition of Silence's latest soundtrack, Veronika. The soundtrack, written for Gagik Ismailian's contemporary dance performance Veronika Decides..., contains 12 new tracks. Read more about the album and listen to excerpts in the Discography section

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January 22nd, 2005
VAIN - SLOVENE REVIEWS
Sobotna priloga (the renowned weekly supplement of the biggest Slovene daily, Delo) listed Patetico, Melodrom and Silence's new album, Vain - A Tribute To A Ghost, as the best Slovene releases of 2004.

The January / February edition of Muska features a three-page interview with the band, as well as a rave review of the album. The latter states, quote; "Vain is an extraordinary conceptual album with an ambitious, consistent and professionally executed idea... In my opinion, Slovene album of the year"

Music sites RockOnNet and Rock Obrobje also voted Silence's new album as the best Slovene release of 2004.

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December 30th, 2004
LULUBAJ
Silence wrote and produced the soundtrack for Lulubaj, a theatre play based on Frank Wedekind's expressionist drama Lulu. The play opened on December 28th at the Mladinsko theatre in Ljubljana. Read more about the play and listen to excerpts from the soundtrack in the Unreleased section.

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November 30th, 2004
VAIN - GERMAN REVIEWS
The first German reviews are in. In the latest issue of Orkus, the leading German electro/industrial/gothic magazine, a selection of reviewers compared ten brand new releases. Silence's new record, Vain - A Tribute To A Ghost, ranked second with 8,17 points out of 10.

The album did even better in Orkus' review. It received 9,5 points out of 10. "...For the third time in a role, Silence created an insuperable album"

Here's what the reviewers of Zillo's Soundcheck had to say about the album;
- Dirk Hoffman: "...convincing and sensitive compositions, organic arrangements and warm vocals" (8 points out of 10)
- Elmar Klemm: "...first class Emo-Electronics, including an excellent Kraftwerk interpretation by Mrs. Clark" (8 points out of 10)
- Kirsten Borchardt: "...brave and good" (8 points out of 10)

Zillo's review defined Vain as "...a mature and pretentious album... After Laibach, Silence are undoubtedly the most interesting Slovenian export"

The album received excellent reviews in Mucke Und Mehr, Music Outlook, Terrorverlag, Scoolz, Powermetal, Walls Of Fire, Medienkonverter, Hoerspiegel, Videothek...

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November 22nd, 2004
VAIN - GERMAN RELEASE
Silence's new album, Vain - A Tribute To A Ghost, is available in major stores across Germany from this day forward. The German edition of the album is released by Chrom Records. The record is also available by mail-order in the Chrom Records on-line shop or at Amazon.de (international orders are accepted as well).

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November 6th, 2004
VAIN ON TELSTAR
Listen to Telstar's feature about Vain in the Media section of the Vain Archives - 40 minutes of exclusive insight into Vain's life and work - realized by Jure Longyka and broadcast on November 1st on Radio Slovenija - Val 202 (in Slovenian).

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October 18th, 2004
VAIN - THE NEW SILENCE ALBUM
Silence's long awaited new album, intitled Vain - a tribute to a ghost, is now available in all major record stores in Slovenia. The German release is scheduled for November 22nd 2004. Released by Matrix Music in Slovenia and Chrom Records in Germany, the album consists of 15 tracks that represent the musical legacy of Matej Smolnik a.k.a. Vain, an arcane individual whose connection to Silence is undeniable yet unclear.

Visit the Vain tribute site and become part of the myth
Visit the Vain Archives micro site and read about the project's background

Check Discography for more Vain-related news
Check out the band's new promotional photos

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June 9th, 2004
KRAFTWERK COMMENT ON SILENCE COVER VERSION
Kraftwerk, who are currently finishing the European leg of their mastodon 2004 world tour, performed in Ljubljana on May 24th. In a subsequent interview with a local magazine, Stop, Ralf Hutter was asked to comment the material that is to be released on Trans Slovenia Express volume 2, a compilation featuring cover versions of Kraftwerk classics realized by various Slovenian groups. Despite their proverbial dislike for cover versions, his reply was; "I especially like Silence's duet with Anne Clark."



ROZMARINKE'S DEBUT
The Rozmarinke string quartet released its first album a couple of days ago. A limited edition of the album - containing an extra disc with two songs written and produced by Silence, Klise and God Forsaken Country - was also released. The album is available in major stores across Slovenia. More info: www.rozmarinke.com (in Slovenian)

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May 5th, 2004
SILENCE IN LISBON
On April 30th, Silence (accompanied by the Betontanc dance company) performed at the Enlargement Gala in Lisbon. The festivity, held in occasion of the latest enlargement of the European Union, was broadcast on Portguese national TV.

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March 28th, 2004
MAISON DES RENDEZ-VOUS INTERNATIONALLY AVAILABLE
The Maison des rendez-vous soundtrack is now internationally available (by mail order) in the Chrom Records on-line shop (in German and English).

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February 25th, 2004
WINNIE THE POOH



Silence wrote and produced the soundtrack for Winnie The Pooh, a puppet show based on A. A. Milne's classic novels. The play, directed by Matjaz Pograjc, opened on February 25th at the Lutkovno theater in Ljubljana. Read more about the play in the Unreleased section.
More info (in Slovenian):
Lutkovno gledalisce Ljubljana

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February 17th, 2004
ROZMARINKE: SECOND PLACE

photo: RTV Slovenia archive

Klisé (Cliché), a rather unconventional instrumental piece written by Silence and performed by the Rozmarinke string trio, achieved a remarkable second place at this year's Slovenian selection for the Eurovision song contest.

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January 4th, 2004
"WRESTLING DOSTOIEVSKY", THE NEW BETONTANC PLAY


photo: Primoz Bizjak, design: Phant&Puntza

Wrestling Dostoievsky, the third collaboration between Matjaz Pograjc's acclaimed dance company and Silence, is now in theatres. Read more about the play and listen to excerpts from the soundtrack in the Unreleased section.

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April 7th, 2003
IN STUDIO WITH ANNE CLARK

photo: Norbert Gebauer

In the beginning of April, Silence were in Germany, where they met and recorded with a very special guest - Anne Clark. Anne (she recently re-released a remix of her 80's hit single Sleeper In Metropolis) interpreted Hall Of Mirrors, Silence's cover version of the Kraftwerk classic and one new song from Silence's upcoming fourth album. Hall Of Mirrors is to be released on Trans Slovenia Express vol.2 - the sequel to the renowned compilation featuring Kraftwerk classics reinterpreted by acclaimed Slovenian acts.

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