The Silent Season
Si·lent ~ making no sound; quiet; still: a silent forest.
Sea·son ~ One of the four periods of the year (spring, summer, autumn, and winter), beginning
astronomically at an equinox or solstice, but geographically at different dates in different climates.
Silent Season is a dub influenced ambient and techno netlabel based on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. We aim to give exposure to talented musicians, photographers, and non-profit organizations who share a passion for music and our environment.
Silent Season grew out of the connection between deep music and our natural surroundings here in B.C. Our lush rainforests and coastline offers some of the most radiant and aural beauty in the world. These special places can be found in many corners around the world which is why we are happy to have such a global group of friends who contribute to the label.
Sit back, close your eyes and listen.
Vancouver Island Forests
Vancouver Island lies in the temperate rainforest biome. On the southern and eastern portions of the island, this is characterized by Douglas-fir, western red cedar, arbutus, Garry oak, salal, Oregon-grape, and manzanita. This is the heavily populated region of Vancouver Island, and a major area for recreation. The northern, western, and most of the central portions of the island are home to the coniferous "big trees" associated with British Columbia's coast, hemlock, western red cedar, amabilis fir, yellow cedar, Douglas-fir, grand fir, Sitka spruce, and western white pine. It is also characterised by broadleaf maple, red alder, sword fern, and red huckleberry.
British Columbia Links of Interest
Releases
OVERCAST - Changeling
The Beast
The Pursuit
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OVERCAST is electronic music project formed by Michael Pettit and Jamie Drouin in 2005. Centering their
compositions around the sparse arrangements of minimal techno, the repetitive chords of dub, and fragments
of field recordings, OVERCAST present an intense and introspective vision of modern electronic music.
In their influential live performances, OVERCAST focuses on a fluid interaction between the two members,
creating a unique performance each time by relying on improvisation and randomness within their distinct style.
Submersion - Cicada
Horizon Wave
Interstate at Night
Before Life
Lucky
Still Life
Tornado
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"If I pay close attention, I can feel something strange. Like when seeing vegetation growing through cracked pavement, or the smell of the
air before a thunderstorm on a hot day. Or the lake shore -- the water lapping onto eroding blocks of concrete. The humming of distant highway
traffic, the sound of trees in the wind, rolling clouds, or quiet train horns. It's an irrational and intangible feeling, and the cicada's call
epitomizes it. That feeling is embedded into this music."
-Submersion
Organon - Fragment
01. Pure
02. Timeless
03. Void
04. Illusion
05. Infinite
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A few minutes ago every tree was excited, bowing to the roaring storm, waving, swirling, tossing
their branches in glorious enthusiasm like worship. But though to the outer ear these trees are
now silent, their songs never cease. - John Muir
Wolf and Bird Fragment
Submersion - Cicada
Submersion - Cicada
"If I pay close attention, I can feel something strange. Like when seeing vegetation growing through cracked pavement, or the smell of the
air before a thunderstorm on a hot day. Or the lake shore -- the water lapping onto eroding blocks of concrete. The humming of distant highway
traffic, the sound of trees in the wind, rolling clouds, or quiet train horns. It's an irrational and intangible feeling, and the cicada's call
epitomizes it. That feeling is embedded into this music."
-Submersion
15 Limited edition, hand numbered & signed CD-r
Horizon Wave [audio]
Interstate at Night
Before Life
Lucky
Still Life
Tornado [audio]
First cds are sold out but if your interested additional copies will be available soon. Email
Vitalis Popoff - Valley Of The Shadows
18930: Frogs by inchadney
19493: Mountainstream by inchadney
11732: Blackbird in backyard by inchadney
14901: Raindrops on umbrella by dobroide
17156: Rain and thunder (03.18.2006) by dobroide
27340: A walk in he forest by micndom (used without official permission but with author's informed)
18929: Blackcap by inchadney
27077: Clock ticks by daveincamas
09379: spanish banks by 833_45
09380: spanish banks by 833_45
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All external samples (soundscapes) were taken from the freesoundproject and used under the creative commons license. http://freesound.iua.upf.edu
Ambient parts (soundscapes) were recorded in binaural and album is to be listened to with headphones or headphones.
Ohrwert - Ranges
01 King's Peak
02 Insular Mountains
03 Beaufort Range
04 Phillips Ridge
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The Insular Mountains is a mountain range on the coast of British Columbia, Canada. This mountain range is not yet fully emerged above sea level, and Vancouver Island and the Queen Charlotte Islands are just the higher elevations of the range, which was in fact fully exposed during the last ice age when the continental shelf in this area was a broad coastal plain. The mountain range formed when a chain of active volcanic islands called the Insular Islands, collided against North America during the Mid-Cretaceous time. The type of rocks that form the Insular Mountains are turbidites and pillow lavas. Granitic plutons are relatively uncommon in the Insular Mountains, unlike the Coast Mountains. The mountain range has an area of 133,879 sq km and much seismic activity, with the Pacific Plate and the Juan de Fuca Plate being subducted into the earth's mantle. Large earthquakes have led to collapsing mountains, landslides, and the development of fissures.
Electribalt - Beneath the Sky
01 Luryken XIX
02 Menkar III
03 Phecda II
04 Procyon III
05 Procyon V
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"The boundary condition of the universe is that it has no boundary." The universe would be completely self-contained and not affected by anything outside itself. It would neither be created nor destroyed. It would just BE. - Stephen W. Hawking
The Wolves Outside meets the pigeon park strangler
Fake jazz, peripheral back alley techno, dysptopian post-consumer hangover, the wolves outside meets the pigeon park strangler.
01 A Macross Erotic
02 Carrall
03 Fight Scene
04 Inhale Guns
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Niklas Nummelin - Observation
01 Patience
02 Lucid
03 Focal
04 Centric
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Segue - Nostalgia
01. Battersea Dub
02. Segue Deep in Dub
03. Segue Monomodal
04. Segue Sunset Trail
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Segue is the moniker of Jordan Sauer from Vancouver B.C., Canada. He began making
electronic music a few years back when he discovered more danceable forms of music, but since then he has
moved on to experiment and develop his own style of dub inspired electronic/ambient music. With a background
in classical violin, piano and guitar, he aims to infuse instrumentation with field samples in his own
inventive way. Much of the time the resulting sounds are unrecognizable from their sample sources; this
experimental side of electronic music, which gives the artist complete control over the resulting sound-scape
is what keeps him listening and exploring.
For the Silent Season project, notable musical influences are the electronic/dub artists Pole and Deadbeat
(Scape Records), Hieronymus and Xoki (Kyoto Digital), Si-Cut.db, and Rhythm and Sound. Despite living
primarily in dense, urban environments (Vancouver, London), Jordan derives much inspiration from the
countless experiences he has been fortunate enough to have in the pristine natural environment of
South-western British Columbia.
Krezmuzik - Dubpression remix
Dubpression Remix
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KREZMUZIK is UK Based DJ / Producer Paul Moore Jr.
From a young age Paul was intrigued by the chicago house sound and quickly started searching records, discovering detroit techno and other
underground styles on the journey.
Armed with his Amiga computer Paul started sampling kicks, stabs and other sounds to create his own music. As his production skills
progressed he started buying studio equiptment and moved to Cubase on the Atari ST triggering various hardware synths and samplers.
In 2001 Paul co-founded Soultrap Records releasing a string of disco influenced deep house EPs.
November 2007 sees the arrival of Netlabel MICROTRAX (http://www.microtrax.org) a concept netlabel allowing direct output of rawly arranged loop
based tracks for use by creative digial djs.
2007 also see's the arrival of SUBSIGNAL a netradio staion broacasting deep house, techno and minimal 24/7. (http://www.subsignal.net)
http://www.krezmuzik.com
http://www.microtrax.org
http://www.subsignal.net
http://www.vetdiep.nl
Rasmus Hedlund - Dubpression
01. Kilkutus
02. Bumdabum
03. Dubpression
Dubpression Remix - Krezmuzik
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Nearly 10 years of producing has taken Rasmus Hedlund up to a completely new level in music and the
biggest electronic music events in Finland. Previously known for a strictly hardware-based liveact
called Technical Directors, Rasmus nowadays mainly concentrates on his solo project.
The 12" solo-debut EP Pacific was released in 2005 on Iron Box Music. Both the first release and
live performances have received amazing feedback and shown what there really is to expect from
this hot finnish talent in the near future.
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All photos by Danthon unless noted. Project by Architexture.ca
Copying, selling and using these MP3 files for commercial purpose is not allowed. All Tracks Copyright © Silent Season 2008.