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r e l e a s e . i n f o
Artist.....: The Silverman
Title......: Nature of Illusion
Rip Date...: Jun-17-2006 Cat.No.....: mt096a
Style......: Ambient Label......: Beta Lactam Ring
Quality....: VBRkbps Type.......: Album
Size.......: 143,3 MB Source.....: CDDA
r e l e a s e . n o t e s
Note: this is the limited edition 2cd version of the album. Enjoy!
Although Phil Knight's intermittant solo albums are much less
structured and more organic than the work he does with the
Legendary Pink Dots, they might answer some questions about his
work.
LPD fans might be excused for sometimes wondering just what the
heck Philip Knight does. We know he picked up his "Silverman"
moniker in the early '80s and spent his public time on stage with
the Pink Dots, fiddling with odd electronic instruments,
triggering samples, and sometimes covering his face with
reflective greasepaint. Bandmates April Iliffe, Graham Whitehead
and Edward Ka-Spel tended to pick out the catchy keyboard lines on
stage (when they weren't simply pre-recorded). What the hell was
The Silverman doing in the studio, anyway? Did he just make funny
noises for the band?
Nature of Illusion is not only a double-length expose, butùto help
answer the "what does he do" questionùit also contains a witty,
pretension-shattering diagram of how the album came together:
through the auspices of "Old & Unpredictable" and "Slightly Newer"
synthesisers, a "Recording Machine," and...well, "Water" from the
Czech Republic. So now we know.
There are two long tracks on the first CD. One is busier, has a
lot of unidentifiable sound sources, and features the wordless
ululations of Edward Ka-Spel (who is powered by "Wind", if you
believe that handy diagram I mentioned before). Leisurely organ
drones make up the second track, which is a bit like a Pink Floyd
freakout with three of the band members out for a half-hour tea
break. The first 700 copies of Nature of Illusion also include an
hour-long single-track bonus disk ("Woodland Calling") which is an
EXTREMELY sparse layer of evolving chimes and bell tones. I'm
listening to it as I write this; it slips in and out of my
awareness, and every time I notice it again I get a fresh feeling
of relaxed pleasure.
I can't describe this music any better than to say that it is
abstract, quiet and slow, unobtrusive and hypnotic, and best
listened to when you've either got something else on your mind or
you are trying to reach a state of total concentration. Its ideas
and techniques are subtle. It is beautiful and challenging, even
quieter and more personal than his previous work. I love it, but
then I've always enjoyed the "hours of ambiance" genre. I hope to
find more time to listen to Nature Of Illusion while staring at
the beautiful cover art. It's an album that will mean even more to
me after repeated listenings.
-Muffy St. Bernard @ brainwashed.com
p l a y l i s t
cd1 ..
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01 part_1 22:46
02 part_2 21:50
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cd2 ..
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01 c d m s 65:24
110:00 min
g r e e t i n g s
1real - 1way - aes - amok - bcc - bex - boss - cmg - cmc - cms
def - dh - disc0 - emp - drum - ftd - fwyh - gxe - hit2k - jfk
jrp - just - kinky - kw - om - rac - radial - sb - sfe - soup
sour - tr - trt - ube - uki // respect to music lovers worldwide
never forget : go to the show. buy the t-shirt. order the vinyl