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We'll be taking down this blog in a short while and moving everything over to our newly revamped site.
We'll be taking down this blog in a short while and moving everything over to our newly revamped site. 0
New Facebook Page Is Up
Our new Facebook page is up and Live - follow the widget on the right hand sidebar to become a fan!0
" [TRIP HOP] The Silk Demise: “Element of Red” — Lush trip-hop vibes out of Toronto characterizes The Silk Demise, combining the production talents of multi-instrumentalist Bill Litshauer and the vocal stylings of Olivia Zielinski. Atmospheric and prolific, the group offers a full download of the albums Music for a Film and Unlocked from their MP3s page; check out “Element of Red” on the latter work and more. Discover more about the group on their website. "
The Silk Demise on Mashable
Check out The Silk Demise on Mashable's Free Music Monday!
" [TRIP HOP] The Silk Demise: “Element of Red” — Lush trip-hop vibes out of Toronto characterizes The Silk Demise, combining the production talents of multi-instrumentalist Bill Litshauer and the vocal stylings of Olivia Zielinski. Atmospheric and prolific, the group offers a full download of the albums Music for a Film and Unlocked from their MP3s page; check out “Element of Red” on the latter work and more. Discover more about the group on their website. "0
Midnight Eyes, now available on CD BABY
Midnight Eyes is now (finally) available for purchase at CD Baby.com. What does this mean to you? Cheap shipping to the USA!0
Download "Trails - fork in the road" mix for free
Download the b-side "Trails - Fork in the Road Mix" off our site for free. The track Trails went through many revisions before going on Midnight Eyes. Take a listen to this version, changed up right before the album went out.0
The Silk Demise: trip-hop/electronica/downtempo
"Few artists have been able to recreate the nineties trip hop greats like Massive Attack and Portishead, but out of Toronto comes a brilliantly heady mix of dark downtempo electronica. Bill Litshauer entered into an interesting cooperative with two vocalists, Edie Marshall and Olivia Zielinski. Music and vocals were conceived independentl. and even though these artists have never met in real life - a strong and talented working bond was established between Bill, Edie and Olivia. Admittedly, even though co-creating on something so personal with complete strangers sounded difficult to me, what drew them together were their musical affinities and influences, creating a perfect mix of brooding and sensuous melodies. What had started off as instrumental project was too richly exotic to leave alone, and vocals were born.
Inspired by The Nine Inch Nails, Mogwai, Hooverphonic and Massive Attack, crystal clean harmonies evolved over their nine year working period. Perhaps this had been a saving grace, allowing them to work together over longer periods of time, with no real time constraints, a sweetly indulgent and successful artistic endeavour.
Bill started playing on the keys when he was in University, and is self-taught. He started producing his first instrumental release in 2003. ‘The Silk Demise’ is a chthonic sounding debut, intelligently composed with a hypnotic ambience. The bass is palpable and deep, the rhythm tasty, and the piano beautifully organic with occasional carefully treated synths.
Their second album ‘Unlocked’ becomes more organic and elegantly continues working within the vocal realm with Edie Marshall’s voice beautifully delivering the foreboding taste that filters throughout their music . Having collaborated, Edie wrote the lyrics herself to the titles that Bill supplied. ‘Midnight Eyes’ seemed to be a prelude to their recent album ‘Music for A Film’ which turns into a beautiful late night listen, with shadows and echoes of sound effects, tribal sounding rhythms, a seamless flow from song to song, and outstanding production...to me these releases are timeless."
You can read the entire post here.
Minnie Musique Review
The Silk Demise: trip-hop/electronica/downtempo "Few artists have been able to recreate the nineties trip hop greats like Massive Attack and Portishead, but out of Toronto comes a brilliantly heady mix of dark downtempo electronica. Bill Litshauer entered into an interesting cooperative with two vocalists, Edie Marshall and Olivia Zielinski. Music and vocals were conceived independentl. and even though these artists have never met in real life - a strong and talented working bond was established between Bill, Edie and Olivia. Admittedly, even though co-creating on something so personal with complete strangers sounded difficult to me, what drew them together were their musical affinities and influences, creating a perfect mix of brooding and sensuous melodies. What had started off as instrumental project was too richly exotic to leave alone, and vocals were born.
Inspired by The Nine Inch Nails, Mogwai, Hooverphonic and Massive Attack, crystal clean harmonies evolved over their nine year working period. Perhaps this had been a saving grace, allowing them to work together over longer periods of time, with no real time constraints, a sweetly indulgent and successful artistic endeavour.
Bill started playing on the keys when he was in University, and is self-taught. He started producing his first instrumental release in 2003. ‘The Silk Demise’ is a chthonic sounding debut, intelligently composed with a hypnotic ambience. The bass is palpable and deep, the rhythm tasty, and the piano beautifully organic with occasional carefully treated synths.
Their second album ‘Unlocked’ becomes more organic and elegantly continues working within the vocal realm with Edie Marshall’s voice beautifully delivering the foreboding taste that filters throughout their music . Having collaborated, Edie wrote the lyrics herself to the titles that Bill supplied. ‘Midnight Eyes’ seemed to be a prelude to their recent album ‘Music for A Film’ which turns into a beautiful late night listen, with shadows and echoes of sound effects, tribal sounding rhythms, a seamless flow from song to song, and outstanding production...to me these releases are timeless."
You can read the entire post here.
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02.13.
The Silk Demise released 'Music For A Film' very fast after their latest 'Midnight Eyes'. And it's nowhere near a B-sides or a collection of remixes: it's a 18-track strong, completely new work. Its title tells it all, expect diverse moody background tracks which could very well emerge from a film production. TSD seems to have found its true voice with great soundscapes ('Sightless', '...And No One Else', 'Pincushion') and the catching theme ('Terra Cotta'). If I would be a film producer, The Silk Demise would be the one to go for my soundtrack.
read more at TripHop.hu and download the album for free at thesilkdemise.com
Music For A Film review on TripHop.hu
The Silk Demise: Music For A Film02.13.
The Silk Demise released 'Music For A Film' very fast after their latest 'Midnight Eyes'. And it's nowhere near a B-sides or a collection of remixes: it's a 18-track strong, completely new work. Its title tells it all, expect diverse moody background tracks which could very well emerge from a film production. TSD seems to have found its true voice with great soundscapes ('Sightless', '...And No One Else', 'Pincushion') and the catching theme ('Terra Cotta'). If I would be a film producer, The Silk Demise would be the one to go for my soundtrack.
read more at TripHop.hu and download the album for free at thesilkdemise.com
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Music For A Film - download the album for FREE
Music For A Film, a companion disk to Midnight Eyes, has been released. This is a FREE download off the website, but it will also be available on iTunes in the near future. The album spans the last 5 years, from 2004 through till 2009.Download it HERE
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New Photo Gallery added...
I've added a gallery of photos that I've taken over the years... you can view it here:http://www.thesilkdemise.com/galleries.htm
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Here's one of the reviews thus far, from writer Steven Hurst, at Glasswerk.co.uk:
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"It has been almost 4 years since the music of The Silk Demise has graced my desk. Back then the 8 track self-titled album was a welcome diversion from the British music scene.
Here it is almost like De-Ja-Vu as not a heck of a lot changed on our shores, so another diversion is always welcome. Bill Litshauer has found new female lead in the form of Edie Marshall to take on the vocal work. He’s also almost double his output as this new album as it boasts 14 tracks of dreamy ambience.
This album has more than its fair share of moments. “Heroin Chic” and “Smoke and Mirrors” bring a lot of vibe to the early part of the album; Litshauer demonstrating his potential range from the ambient and pop sensibilities he lives in. The album remains within the electronic realms for its duration, and for the most of it is primarily a ‘chilled’ album. If you prefer something a bit more dance then you’ll have to skip forward to track “Black Majik” to see how well Litshauer tackles that world.
There are moments when the music threatens to really let loose and become something that is a lot less refined than the finished product. Litshauer understands his music and his audience perfectly well, but that audience is ever growing, but also evolving, so odd distorted tweak and harder edged sound wouldn’t go amiss. Although it is fair to point out that he ramps up the volume on closing track “Trails” to send listeners off with more of a bang.
Marshall is a more than competent vocalist, but so much so that perhaps it is a bit much sometimes to double up her efforts on certain songs when one vocal layer is more than enough. Perhaps “Mystic” would have been more of a brooding haunted track if one was stripped back.
These minor quibbles aside; Midnight Eyes is a huge step onwards for The Silk Demise, and one that has been due for a while. For something more relaxing and easy to get along with, they are an ideal choice. "
Thursday 30th July 2009
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Be sure to check out www.thesilkdemise.com for all the details, to preview and/or purchase the album, and be sure to sign the Guestbook, follow us on Twitter, add us on MySpace and Facebook - we'd love to hear what you think!
Cheers,
Bill
WWW.THESILKDEMISE.COM
Midnight Eyes: in stores now!
After nearly 5 years, our new album, Midnight Eyes, is available in stores in all major retailers: iTunes, Amazon, HMV, Napster, etc... visit www.thesilkdemise.com to preview/purchase.Here's one of the reviews thus far, from writer Steven Hurst, at Glasswerk.co.uk:
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"It has been almost 4 years since the music of The Silk Demise has graced my desk. Back then the 8 track self-titled album was a welcome diversion from the British music scene.
Here it is almost like De-Ja-Vu as not a heck of a lot changed on our shores, so another diversion is always welcome. Bill Litshauer has found new female lead in the form of Edie Marshall to take on the vocal work. He’s also almost double his output as this new album as it boasts 14 tracks of dreamy ambience.
This album has more than its fair share of moments. “Heroin Chic” and “Smoke and Mirrors” bring a lot of vibe to the early part of the album; Litshauer demonstrating his potential range from the ambient and pop sensibilities he lives in. The album remains within the electronic realms for its duration, and for the most of it is primarily a ‘chilled’ album. If you prefer something a bit more dance then you’ll have to skip forward to track “Black Majik” to see how well Litshauer tackles that world.
There are moments when the music threatens to really let loose and become something that is a lot less refined than the finished product. Litshauer understands his music and his audience perfectly well, but that audience is ever growing, but also evolving, so odd distorted tweak and harder edged sound wouldn’t go amiss. Although it is fair to point out that he ramps up the volume on closing track “Trails” to send listeners off with more of a bang.
Marshall is a more than competent vocalist, but so much so that perhaps it is a bit much sometimes to double up her efforts on certain songs when one vocal layer is more than enough. Perhaps “Mystic” would have been more of a brooding haunted track if one was stripped back.
These minor quibbles aside; Midnight Eyes is a huge step onwards for The Silk Demise, and one that has been due for a while. For something more relaxing and easy to get along with, they are an ideal choice. "
Thursday 30th July 2009
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Be sure to check out www.thesilkdemise.com for all the details, to preview and/or purchase the album, and be sure to sign the Guestbook, follow us on Twitter, add us on MySpace and Facebook - we'd love to hear what you think!
Cheers,
Bill
WWW.THESILKDEMISE.COM
