the silk demise - Official Band Site - trip-hop, downtempo,&dark ambience

..."The Silk Demise began four years ago as a solo experiment by Bill Litshauer. At first, the project was music only, but as the tracks developed, Bill decided he wanted to incorporate vocals.

He worked with Edie Marshall (formerly of Beauty’s Confusion) and Anna Ivanova on some tracks. Then he met Olivia Zeilinski, who would become the lead vocalist for The Silk Demise’s self-titled debut and full-length release.

Olivia’s voice, and her inspired creative lyrics, compliment Bill's moody melodies perfectly; making their songs simply intoxicating. This debut brings The Silk Demise to the next level. We look forward to hearing what will come next as the duo refine their styles."
[Church of Girl]

..."Bill Litshauer and Olivia Zielinski's debut album is an impressive foray into the ambient world. 8 Tracks may not be much by today's standards – but each is rich with flavour. Tracks 2-5 are especially noteworthy drifting from the isolated sounding ‘The Garden', the moody ‘Lamia' through to an almost instantly recognisable ‘Corridor Fog'. If the band knows anyone in television advertising then ‘Corridor Fog' would be well suited to one of those car ads with chilled music in the background.

There is certainly a constant imprint placed across most tracks, but don't confuse this for repetition; The Silk Demise just know how to produce a body of work that is constant and strong. Fans of the once great Sneaker Pimps are advised to check this out – they even give Leftfield a run for the money. It's going to be interesting to see where they go from here." [Steven Hurst @ www.glasswerk.co.uk]

Check out the silk demise on the online show "The Scene". the silk demise contributed 4 tracks to the sountrack:

- Afterthought
- Corridor Fog
- The Garden
- Bound

The show aired December 20th, 2004 and was produced by Jun Group

The Scene is also on Wikipedia (with the silk demise mentioned as a contributing artist).

..."This atmosphere of ambient and down-tempo soothe the heavy bass rhythms as a divine voice floats along the red ribbons of your heart..."

[www.newmusiccanada.com (CBC Radio)]

..."Formalizing with a delicously bouncey down-tempo attidude, The Silk Demise also incorporates a erogenously trip-hop flavor.

The amatory tune of the vocals leads you to a demention of surreal emotion. Using the slick catchy vibes, they immobilze you to be drawn into the song.

This is a recommended band for listeners of Portishead and Massive Attack, and taking elements of Solar Twins."

Dawn Morris
www.fishcomcollective.net
[dark digital grl]

"... Hailing from Toronto, The Silk Demise offer up sensual, stripped-down trip-hop on their self-titled debut. Combining the talents of songwriter/multi-instrumentalist/producer Bill Litshauer and lyricist/vocalist Olivia Zielinski, the band's sound falls somewhere between…say…Massive Attack and the moody trip-hop found on Akira Yamaoka's soundtracks to the later Silent Hill games.

Blending sultry female vocals, occasional half-whispered male vocals a la Tricky, and music that emphasizes atmospheric sound with sometimes sparser melodic work, the album is an extremely competent and immaculately produced blend of dark, electronic-yet-organic trip-hop with a slightly experimental slant ... "

[Grave Concerns webzine review]