Archives for category: Chris Fordham

New music from The Silent Committee

06/03/2026 //

‘Occam’ is the new EP of classical music from

Available to stream/download from today over at the Bandcamp site

A new orchestral work composed by Chris Fordham and released under The Silent Committee moniker.

The 1st track, Occam II, is a complete movement of music centred primarily around piano and viola but also features a wider orchestral pallette than on previous works, introducing percussive and wind elements into the mixture.

As with Chris’s previous orchestral release, restrictions of access/funding to musicians means the majority of instrumentation is midi based, excluding some live elements of viola, piano and bowed bass played by Chris himself.

Occam III is an experiment in orchestral ambience – long drawn notes that interweave and create moments of peace and discomfort in equal measure.

Download of the full EP includes high a resolution image of the full original artwork ‘Occam IV’

I hope you enjoy the sounds!

CFx

Tags 4drecordings, ambient, chris fordham, chrisfordham, classical, contemporary, contemporary classical, minimalist, music, neo classical, neo-classical, northampton, northamptonshire, The Silent Committee, thesilentcommittee, uk

Categories Chris Fordham, Classical, Divided Records, Release, Soundtrack, The Silent Committee

Occam

27/02/2026 //

New music from The Silent Committee due to release on March 6th 2026!

14 minutes of new orchestral sound.

Available to stream/download from the Bandcamp March 6th 2026

http://thesilentcommittee.bandcamp.com

Tags 4drecordings, abstract, ambient, artist, chris fordham, chrisfordham, classical, classical music, contemporary, minimalist, music, northampton, northamptonshire, The Silent Committee, uk

Categories Chris Fordham, Classical, Divided Records, Production, Release, The Silent Committee

Pont Tombé

01/12/2025 //

[Pyxis] have a 3rd and final release in 2025!

Pont Tombé is another 9-track song collection.

This one is a little quieter than normal for [Pyxis]…

It is focused mainly on a raw piano sound and the songs stem from improvised playing and building the songs up around the initial recording.

Pont Tombé is available to stream or download (for only £2!) over at the BandCamp.

If you’re new to this project and like what you hear, there is currently a 30% discount option when downloading the entire discography of 4 albums that’ll cost you a reasonable £5.60.

We’re still not on streaming yet, so BandCamp is THE only place to go hear it…working on that though.

1.	interesting distinction 02:57
2.	set the Penfield to ‘C’ 03:11
3.	home in a hundred years 03:39
4.	a duel between professor and poet 04:00
5.	the perfume of a sad, sleepless evening 04:20
6.	little rock 02:18
7.	hat, ribbon, bird, rose 01:29
8.	not fences but a wall 03:58
9.	losing leaves 01:48

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Thank you for joining us on our musical adventures this year.

[4-D] Recordings has some new items lined up for 2026 too, watch this space.

CFx

Tags 4drecordings, ambient, chrisfordham, electronic music, minimalist, music, noise, northampton, northamptonshire, piano, pyxis, sound design, synthesiser, uk

Categories Chris Fordham, Divided Records, In The Studio, pyxis, Release, Soundtrack

Pinnacle Figments

01/05/2025 //

The Silent Committee is back!

‘Pinnacle Figments’ marks [4-D] recordings 1st release of 2025 and the first new full length album of music from TSC in almost 2 years. The album is available from 01/05/2025.

The album is currently only available on Bandcamp, free to stream or £4 to download and keep.

Returning to his musical beginnings, Chris Fordham has produced an album of thought provoking, minimalist, instrumental music under the moniker ‘The Silent Committee’. Recent releases had involved attentions to detail and experimentation with odd timings and orchestral arrangements, these songs however, all began more freely as pure improvisations and grew from there with the majority of elements being recorded live on the fly.

The album explores the theme of aiming to constantly climb and the setbacks that includes on the way.

1.	Sea Level Dream 07:32
2.	Foothold 05:28
3.	A Peaceful Plateau 02:34
4.	The Cascade 03:00
5.	Overlooking the Precipice 10:52
6.	Shelf Pause 06:02
7.	Spur 01:43
8.	Throwing Paper Planes from the Summit 04:24