‘Pinnacle Figments,’ the new album from The Silent Committee releases 01/05/2025 via [4-D] Recordings.
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14 minutes of orchestral sound from The Silent Committee
available over @ http://thesilentcommittee.bandcamp.com
Surprise!
[4-D] Recordings is proud to present…
ANOTHER new EP of very experimental droning ambiance for your ears to feast upon.
AND
The project is entitled: Cloud Helices/Briefly Falling/Ne’er Onwards
this is the second EP of the project by Krzysztof Mahdrof featuring sprawling soundscapes, ambiance and noise in equal measure. All set to the slowest BPM possible.
You will need headphones and a quiet space for the best experience.
Tracklisting:
| 1. | the world’s a minefield |
| 2. | through the storm, through the night |
| 3. | stelele-n cer |
| 4. | of night and light and the half-light |
***as a bonus feature of this EP, it has been arranged in such a way that if you can play all 4 tracks at the same time on four different speakers, you will create an impressive yet cohesive noise.
For those who download the EP (which is FREE, did I mention?) you’ll also get a bonus 5th track that can’t be streamed – that file is the four tracks all played together and backwards! (it works, honestly)
Much love
CFx
Surprise!
[4-D] Recordings is proud to present…
a new EP of very experimental droning ambiance for your ears to feast upon.
AND
The project is entitled: Cloud Helices/Briefly Falling/Ne’er Onwards
this is the debut EP of a project by Krzysztof Mahdrof that features sprawling soundscapes, ambiance and noise in equal measure. All this set to the slowest BPM possible.
You will need headphones.
Tracklisting:
| 1. | everything passes and vanishes |
| 2. | speak my name softly after I have gone |
| 3. | no songs but sad dirges |
| 4. | the beam of a lightless star |
***as a bonus feature of this EP, it has been arranged in such a way that if you can play all 4 tracks at the same time on four different speakers, you will create an impressive yet cohesive noise.
Much love
CFx
The new album from The Silent Committee is finally here!
It is entitled; ‘One Day The Sadness Will End, But I Don’t Think Today Is The Day’.
This uplifting collection of 10 songs features ambiance, acoustic instruments and electronic experimentation in equal measures.
The album can only be found to stream/download on the BandCamp page. The download also comes with large format, high quality artwork files.
- One Day The Sadness Will End, But I Don’t Think Today Is The Day
- Lyrical and Imprecise
- Invisible Maps
- Diminished
- If You Can Forget What Hour It Is
- December ’08
- A Still, Leaden Sky
- I Will Wait, I Will Perch
- City of Reflections
- 333-2
All music written, performed, recorded, and mixed by Chris Fordham. He also did the cover artwork too.
Many thanks to Becky Fordham for putting up with me during the making of this record. Also special thanks to Jon Stolber for lending an ear in the recording phase.
The new album is entitled ‘One Day The Sadness Will End, But I Don’t Think Today Is The Day…’ and is due to be released on October 27th exclusively through the projects BandCamp.
See above the video for the lead single ‘City of Reflections’.
The single will be available to download for free on Friday October 6th and includes an extra non-album track!
The album will do all the usual TSC stuff – instruments played, sampled, broken and oddly arranged in a minimal, ambient fashion. It’s been a stop start few years in the making, but overall I’m happy with the result.
Subscribe to the blog here and/or follow @ 4DRecordings on instagram for more news on the album release as it happens.
Much love.
CFx
The Silent Committee EP, ‘Imperfect Machines’, makes it’s debut on streaming sites from today!
If you like it enough it is still available to download from Bandcamp for a very affordable price.
If you’re the streaming kind then Spotify, Apple, Tidal, YouTube etc. will see you right.
Also as with the other releases lately, you can dance to them on TikTok or soundtrack bizarre reels on Instagram.
Imperfect Machines was the last lengthy and fully conceived/planned release from the project back in 2019. It sought to be the acoustic album, utilising no synthesis or electronic instruments – heavily relying on upright piano, viola, voice and various string instruments. The acoustic were ultimately toyed with by effects pedals and laptop maniupation, but the acoustic sounds do still shine through.
Since the release of this EP the project has lay kind of dormant, releasing tunes for piano day and odd songs here and there.
But all that will change in October. Stay tuned!
CFx
Took A Walk
This song was a real slog to make. It’s lyrics are a little cliche, for sure. The tune is simple. The repetitive refrain of ‘time to save’ was sung in four part harmony without looping or pitch correcting – I sang every single one!
It wasn’t a happy time but the song, I think, kind of pulled me through.
The EP still exists on BFW Recordings website as a free download, and the music video still resides on YouTube and below. I do intend to soon either remaster or completely re-record the song with my improved recording abilities and will probably put it online sometime on or around October 10th.
For now though, ‘enjoy’ the original in all it’s awkward and difficult glory!
The Silent Committee’s 2014 album ‘zero.’ has undergone the remaster and expanded reissue treatment.
All 10 of the original tracks have been edited to boost volume, improve dynamics and just sound better than they have ever sounded before. The reissue also compiles all 3 songs recorded for the BFW Recordings series ‘Album In A Day’ and improves their audio. There are then 2 more compilation project recordings, possibly unheard of before due to their obscurity.
As always: for purchasing the album Bandcamp is your best bet – cheapest, comes with high quality artwork and liner notes, and your purchase supports the artist directly! The Bandcamp page itself features a write up on each track individually about inspiration, instrumentation and background on all the songs makings.
If you’re more the streaming kind then please support The Silent Committee over on Spotify, Apple, Tidal, YouTube etc. Any plays and shares help us out.
If you feel like setting a TikTok or Instagram reel to these strange electronic/ambient tunes then they should be available on there too! (I’d love to see what they end up soundtracking)
CFx
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