NEWS ARCHIVE
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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 an exclusive sound
sample in the Unreleased section. See Concerts-related
for performance dates
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.
See www.mladinsko.com
for details
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 Concerts-related and the Passion
of the Cold mini-site for details
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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). See Concerts-related
and Unreleased 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 an exclusive sound sample in the Unreleased
section.
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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).
More information: www.diabetes-zveza.si
(in Slovene)
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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).
See Unreleased and Concerts
/ Related 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). See Concerts / Related for details
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.
See Concerts / Related for details
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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 Unreleased section. Visit the
movie's official site: www.slovenka.si
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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 Unreleased section.
Check out the list of upcoming performances in the Concerts
- Related section.
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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). See www.festivaldemerida.es
for more information
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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. For
ulterior information, visit the Helium
Vola official homepage.
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Blanca Portillo as Hamlet. Photo: Aljosa Rebolj
February 1st 2009
NEW IN THE UNRELEASED SECTION: HAMLET
Find out everything there is to know regarding Silence's soundtrack
to Hamlet and listen to exclusive sound samples in the Unreleased
section.
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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 Español, opens at the
Matadero on February 12th - see Concerts-Related
for details. 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.
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November 28th 2008
OPENING SOON: FOR A FISTFUL OF SHAKESPEARE
Matjaz Pograjc's new play, Za prgisce Sekspirja
(For a Fistful of Shakespeare), opens on December 4th in
Ljubljana. This charmingly deranged comedy features six songs
(performed by the cast) and several instrumentals written by Silence. Don't
be a stranger: visit the saloon in Shakespeare Town, enjoy a cool beer and
spend some quality time with the world's favourite playwright. See Unreleased
and Concerts - related for details
HAMLET
2008 is Shakespeare's year - at least for Silence. The duet is currently
working on Hamlet, Tomaz Pandur's new play.
The latter, produced by Teatro Español / Matadero,
opens in Madrid on February 12th 2009. The
score features conductor Tomislav Facini, a 14-piece
string ensemble and pianist Srebrenka Poljak. The
recording sessions are headed by sound engineer Davor Rocco,
with whom Silence already collaborated with on Caligula.
More information coming soon
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November 7th 2008
LIVE PERFORMANCE AT THE IGOR ZABEL AWARDS
Silence will perform at the Igor Zabel Award
for Culture and Theory ceremony on Friday, November 21st.
The duet, accompanied by the Ljubljanski Madrigalisti Mixed Chamber
Choir, will perform works from Caligula and other plays. See Concerts
for details
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October 30th 2008
HELIUM VOLA FEATURING BENKO
Several tracks from the new Helium
Vola album - the latter is to be released in the beginning of
2009 - will feature Benko as guest vocalist. This is the second collaboration
between Ernst Horn, founder of Helium Vola, Qntal
and Deine Lakaien, and Benko. Their first joint effort, a
haunting piece entitled Cliffs of Norway, was released on
the Subout compilation in 2000. More
information coming soon
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October 5th 2008
ELLA
Primoz Ekart's new play, Ella, opens
on October 8th in Ljubljana (SLO). The play,
a heartrending depiction of a woman cast to the margins of society, features
music written by Silence. See Unreleased
and Concerts - related for details
FIRST MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK
The duet's very first motion picture soundtrack is nearing completion.
Slovenka (Slovenian Girl), director Damjan
Kozole's mercilessly scrupulous portrait of an unlikely prostitute
(interpreted by remarkable débutante Nina Ivanisin), is in
the final stages of production. More information coming soon
FOR A FISTFUL OF SHAKESPEARE
Silence are currently working on Za prgisce Sekspirja
(For a Fistful of Shakespeare), a rambunctious comedy directed by
Matjaz Pograjc. The play, produced by the Mladinsko
theatre, is scheduled to open in late November. The quirky illustration of
the Sheriff, one of the play's protagonists, was realized by one of the artists
responsible for the play's visual conception - Benko. More information coming
soon
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August 29th 2008
BARROCO IN LJUBLJANA, CALIGULA IN ZAGREB
Three performances of Barroco, Tomaz Pandur's
adaptation of Laclos' epistolary novel Dangerous Liaisons, will take
place at the Ljubljana Festival 2008 (SLO) between Sep
1st and Sep 3rd. Eight performances of Kaligula,
Pandur's latest play, will take place at the Gavella Theatre
in Zagreb (CRO) between Sep 12th and Sep 20th.
Silence's upcoming release, The Passion of the
Cold - a double album containing music from or inspired by Barroco and
Kaligula - will be available at both venues. See Concerts
- related for details
VOLK - DEAD IN TRBOVLJE
Mute Records has recently released Volk: Dead
in Trbovlje, a recording of Laibach's March
2007 concert in Trbovlje - on DVD. The release features the
entire Volk repertoire performed live by Laibach and Silence, as well as some
enticing bonuses. See Discography for details
WRESTLING DOSTOIEVSKY CANCELLED
Betontanc's upcoming performance at the 7.
Internationalen Tanzmesse nrw in Düsseldorf
(D) has been cancelled due to illness.
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August 15th 2008
THE PASSION OF THE COLD MINI-SITE
Here it is, folks: the mini-site dedicated to Silence's upcoming double
album, The Passion of the Cold. Click
here and gain exclusive insight into Silence's new release: you're in
for a profusion of texts, photos, and videos. And, as if that wasn't enough,
the site also features some seriously enticing sound samples: 8 entire
tracks. The Passion of the Cold will be sold exclusively on the mini-site
(from September 1st). Only 500 hand signed copies
will be available - secure your copy in time.
UPCOMING GIG IN GERMANY
The duet will give an acoustic performance in Chemnitz
(D) on October 2nd. See Concerts
for details
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August 11th 2008
NEW: SILENCE BOARD AND TRI-TONE'S INFO-SITE
IN RUSSIAN
We are proud to introduce the very first message board dedicated to
all matters concerning Silence: http://silencefans.proboards105.com.
The site was realized by Magda and Kacie. SkY and Evereve from Tri-Tone,
on the other hand, have created an exhaustive Silence info-site in Russian:
http://www.tri-tone.ru/silence.
Thank you very much, guys!
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July 28th 2008
UPCOMING LIVE APPEARANCES
Silence are off to Koper (SLO), where they are to perform
twice in the span of four days. On August 30th, the duet
will perform live the soundtrack to Tomaz Pandur's acclaimed
play Tesla Electric Company.
The latter is guest of this year's Festiko. Two days later,
the duet will give an acoustic concert at the Taverna, an
open-air venue. Another acoustic performance will take place on August
12th, this time in Kamnik's (SLO)
picturesque Mali grad castle. The duet is then off to Holland.
Two performances of Show Your
Face! - the play features live music performed by Silence and
Ugis Vitins - are to take place at the Noorderzon
festival in Groningen. See Concerts
for details
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July 16th 2008
UPCOMING RELEASE: THE PASSION OF THE COLD
On September 1st, the Pekinpah
Association will release the new Silence album, The Passion of
the Cold, a 2CD collection featuring 30
tracks from (or inspired by) Tomaz Pandur's latest
plays, Barroco and Kaligula. The album,
printed as a hard-covered 32-page book, will feature a selection of Silence's
most ambitious works to date - orchestral pieces performed by the Orquesta
Escuela de la Sinfónica de Madrid (The Young Symphonic Orchestra
of Madrid) and choral works performed by the Cantanti Trasfigurati
choir - as well as lyrics, photos, and two essays. The album will also feature
performances by four remarkable soloists (Dragos Balan, Riccardo
Bini, Margarita Sikoeva, and
Igor Vicentic), 7 songs performed by Benko (3 of which are in Italian)
and 4 electronic adaptations of the main themes. The Passion of the Cold will
be available exclusively online. A mini site with detailed information is
to be launched soon.
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June 15th 2008
ACOUSTIC PERFORMANCE IN CELJE
Silence will give an acoustic performance at the Electric
Rats Dream Video Dreams Video Festival in Celje on
July 5th. Two reasons as to why one shouldn't miss this event:
the picturesque, open-air venue (the lapidary of the town's Provincial museum)
and the staggering frequence of Silence's live appearances (in Slovenia, the
duet was last seen on stage in May 2007). See Concerts
for details
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June 4th 2008
VAIN SECOND, UNLIKE A VIRGIN FIFTH ACCORDING
TO RSQ POLL
The editorial board and staff of the RSQ
magazine voted for the best Slovene album since the republic's declaration
of independence in 1991. Silence's 3rd studio album, Vain - A Tribute
to a Ghost, placed second, whilst Unlike
a Virgin - the duet's 2nd record - placed fifth.
It could be worse, I guess...
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Recording Caligula: Hladnik and pianist Igor Vicentic
May 16th 2008
CALIGULA NEARING COMPLETION
A couple of days ago, Silence recorded more than 60' of music for Tomaz
Pandur's new play, Caligula, at the Rocco&Partner
studio in Zagreb. The works were performed by pianist Igor Vicentic
and a 15-member choir led by choirmaster Ivana Srbljan.
The duet is currently finalizing the recordings at the Daily
Girl studio.
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April 28th 2008
IN THE MAKING: CALIGULA
Silence are currently working on Caligula - Tomaz
Pandur's new play - a joint effort between several international
institutions: Gavella
(CRO), Pandur.Theaters
(SLO), Ulysses Theatre
(CRO), Theatre
City Budva (MNE), and Mittelfest
(I). The play will tackle the myth of Caligula, the infamous Roman emperor
portrayed by Albert Camus' notorious dramatic piece.
Collaborating for the third time, Pandur and Silence opted for a predominantly
acoustic score based on two elements: piano and mixed choir. Caligula is a
challenge for Silence, as it will feature the duet's very first choral works
- with lyrics in Italian. The score will also feature a couple of songs performed
by Benko. Yep, in Italian.
The play will open on July 2nd at the Theatre City
Budva festival in Montenegro. During the following
two months, the play will visit Mali Brijun (CRO),
Udine (I), and Ohrid (MK) - see Concerts
for details. More information coming soon
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April 23rd 2008
SILENCE IN NEW YORK
Silence will visit the US in May - for the very first time. The duet
will perform within the framework of A Night in Slovenia,
a presentation of Silence's homeland organized by the National Geographic
Traveler. The two-day event will feature Laibach,
Godalika, Fake Orchestra, Katalena,
and many others. Silence will give a short acoustic performance
and perform part of the Volk repertoire with
Laibach. Benko will also appear as Godalika's guest. See Concerts
for details
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April 16th 2008
LOVE UNTO DEATH: NEW DATES
Ljubezen na smrt (Love Unto Death), Matjaz
Pograjc's acclaimed gastronomical musical, is finally back on the
repertoire of the Mladinsko theatre. Ten performances will
take place in May and June. The play features 15 songs written by Silence,
performed live by Ziga Golob, Blaz Celarec
/ Gasper Persl, Joze Salej, and the play's
cast. The soundtrack, recently released by the Mladinsko theatre, will be
available at the venue. A word of advice: be swift, tickets are much in demand.
See Discography and Concerts
for details
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March 28th 2008
LUCKY & ZORBA: OPENING NIGHT
Srecna Srecka (Lucky & Zorba), a puppet
show / musical based on Luis Sepúlveda's fable The
Story of a Seagull and the Cat Who Taught Her to Fly, opens on April
1st at the Lutkovno theatre in Ljubljana.
Seven more performances will take place in April. This quirky feline play
features an original soundtrack written by Silence. For ulterior information,
see Unreleased and Concerts
BETONTANC IN DÜSSELDORF, BARROCO
IN LJUBLJANA
Wrestling Dostoievsky is off to Düsseldorf
in August, as guest of the 7. Internationalen
Tanzmesse nrw. Three performances of Barroco,
Tomaz Pandur's latest play, will take place at the Ljubljana
Festival 2008 in September. Both plays feature scores
written by Silence. See Concerts and Unreleased
for details
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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 enseñó 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.
____
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.
____
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 Montaño 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.
____
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.
____
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.
____
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).
____
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
____
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
____
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.
____
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.
____
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.
____
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
____
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
____
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
____
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 España 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
____
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
____
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.
____
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
____
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.
____
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
____
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
____
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.
____
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
____
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
____
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)
____
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)
____
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
____
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
____
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
____
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
____
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.
____
May 4th, 2005
NEW IN THE VAIN
ARCHIVES
The Interviews section is finally up. Check
it out
____
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.
____
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
____
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.
____
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.
____
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...
___
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).
___
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).
___
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
___
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)
___
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.
___
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).
___
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
___
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.
___
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.
___
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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