Silent Uprising
General
| Oct 2005
Reviews
Your Imaginary Friend
Reviewed 2005-10-31
Reviewed 2005-10-31
Dark experimental/ambient noise from a Wisconsin duo that is half staffed by a former member of Oakland outfit Noisegate. This stuff is very soundtrack’ish, like perfect for a Gus Van Zandt or early David Lynch film, incorporating low drones w/ organic sounds along w/ spooky yet pretty guitars, flutes. Really good stuff, evolving, taking the art form to new heights. (CAUTION: as all tracks fade together narcotically some end cold more than others. Watch endings or put on continuous mode and use the faders)
1) very soundtracky: a beautiful drone w/ industrial percussive embellishments then a mystic gothy guitar/flute melody rises from the fog covered waters, at 8 minutes intensifies, speeds up
2) rain/fire crackling over low drone, ominous repeating minimal guitar notes, thunder later turns fire into water and the piece becomes more echoey guitar centered
3) rain fades and a lush overtoned drone envelopes, beautiful scrapes and distant thundering and howls, builds into a near swirl
4) tow pieces in one: creepy bent synth tones overlayed, pensive haunting and crazy, after 11 minutes devolves into a pure low drone that thickens slowly, after ~14 min a new overtone arises, more upfront pitched and complex, random, evolving into swirling white noise
5) white swirls slowly chill out become industrial pulse, after ~8 min minimal guitar chords appear
1) very soundtracky: a beautiful drone w/ industrial percussive embellishments then a mystic gothy guitar/flute melody rises from the fog covered waters, at 8 minutes intensifies, speeds up
2) rain/fire crackling over low drone, ominous repeating minimal guitar notes, thunder later turns fire into water and the piece becomes more echoey guitar centered
3) rain fades and a lush overtoned drone envelopes, beautiful scrapes and distant thundering and howls, builds into a near swirl
4) tow pieces in one: creepy bent synth tones overlayed, pensive haunting and crazy, after 11 minutes devolves into a pure low drone that thickens slowly, after ~14 min a new overtone arises, more upfront pitched and complex, random, evolving into swirling white noise
5) white swirls slowly chill out become industrial pulse, after ~8 min minimal guitar chords appear
Recent airplay
Fire Rain
Baptism of Solitude (Favorite of 2005 non-heavy) — Jan 26, 2006
Silent Uprising
Baptism of Solitude — Dec 15, 2005
Silent Uprising
beat.net chapter 26.0: winter — Nov 18, 2005
Silent Uprising
Baptism of Solitude — Nov 17, 2005
Empty City
On The Warpath — Nov 12, 2005
Silent Uprising
Brownian Motion — Nov 09, 2005
Charting
2005-10-30 — 2006-01-01
Classical/Experimental
| Week Ending | Airplays |
|---|---|
| Dec 18 | 1 |
| Nov 20 | 2 |
| Nov 13 | 2 |
| Nov 6 | 3 |
Track listing
| 1. | Empty City | ||
| 2. | Fire Rain | ||
| 3. | Silent Uprising | ||
| 4. | Chasm | ||
| 5. | Blind Inspiration |