Sons Of Silence, The

Profile:So, what happened was that Daniel Mudford, Pete Woodhead and Joe Gardiner were invited by Andrew Hulme to play live with O Yuki Conjugate. Perfroming and recording gave them a moment of confidence long enough to go out with their own ideas and somehow, there was a friendly 'coup' at the same time as OYC activites slowed down to Kraftwerkian-speed. Their first inspiration was the idea of Zoviet*France going to a nightclub. Their first release was "O Yuki Conjugate + The Sons of Silence=SPOKE" - a live document of music made with bicycles and electronics, still regarded very fondly by the band, albeit with a slightly rueful sense of not being able to continue combining abstract oddness and more popular idioms so starkly. After a succession of highl-regarded/critically acclaimed releases on the Leaf Label, the band have spent the last few years in the grip of a depressive inertia and frustration at not being able to chuck out the wide variety of musics they love making to a public. So what's new? October 2003 sees work start on the soundtrack to the feature film "Shaun of The Dead", while one of the Sons wonders whether the only way to get stuff released is to die in spectacular fashion. Maybe so, considering their main interest currently is making music in the Kosmische idiom and the Guitar-powered drone! Well, c'mon - you can't keep yoinking breakbeats for ever can ya?
URLs:http://www.myspace.com/thesonsofsilence
Aliases:Black Helicopters, The
Members:Andrew Hulme, Daniel Mudford, Joe Gardiner, Peter Woodhead
Name Variations: All | Sons Of Silence, The | Sons Of Silence
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Releases:
Sons Of Silence Present Spoke (7", Ltd)   Syntactic 1996
Suited And Booted EP (12", EP)   Leaf 1996
Back On Your Heads (CD, EP)   Leaf 1997
Back On Your Heads (12")   Leaf 1997
Promo FM (12", Promo)   Leaf 1997
Silence FM (CD, Album)   Leaf 1997
Silence FM (2xLP)   Leaf 1997
Spring Forward : Fall Back (12")   Leaf 1997
Spring Forward : Fall Back (CD, MiniAlbum)   Leaf 1997
The Sons Of Silence vs. Ronnie & Clyde ◄ (2 versions)   Leaf ... 1998
Bobby Dazzler (7", Ltd)   Leaf 1999
Bobby Dazzler (7", W/Lbl)   Leaf 1999
Remixes:
Occupied Territories (2xCD) The Mirror Signal Mano... Staalplaat 1996
Hate People Like Us ◄ (3 versions) Cockahoop Staalplaat ... 1999
Leaf Compilation (CD, Comp, Mixed) Fire In The Hold (Sout... Skintone 2001
Remix Party! ◄ (2 versions) Fur Teacup (Meret Oppe... Asphodel 2002
Constructions (Remixed and Dubbed) (CD, Promo) Scissors, Paper, Stone... Motor Music  
Production:
Heavyweight Rib Ticklers (CD, Comp) Silence Go Boom Unfold Recordings 2002
Appears On:
Invisible Soundtracks Macro 1 (CD, Album, Dig) The Crater Rim Café Leaf 1997
Tracks Appear On:
Essential Mix 4 (3xCD, Mixed) Silence Go Boom! FFRR 1996
The Answering Machine Solution (CD, Comp) Silansa 1 Staalplaat 1996
Vanité (7", Comp, Ltd, Red) Oh Syl Syntactic 1996
Chillout Fourever (2xCD, Comp, Mixed) A Grain Of Sand X:treme Records 1997
Invisible Soundtracks Macro 1 (CD, Album, Dig) The Crater Rim Café Leaf 1997
Chinese Whispers (CD) "Agent XX" Mix Sprawl Imprint 1998
Classic Plant (CD, Album) Silence Go Boom!, A Gr... Leaf 1998
Classic Plant (2xLP) Silence Go Boom!, A Gr... Leaf 1998
Derailed Presents Fallout (CD) It's A Bloodbath, Sile... Derailed 1998
FSUK3 (2xCD) Bobby Dazzler Ministry Of Sound 1998
The Acid House (12", Promo) Bobby Dazzler EMI Records 1998
The Acid House (Music From The Motion Picture) (CD) Bobby Dazzler EMI Records 1998
Warp Back To Earth 66/99 (Comp) ◄ (2 versions) There Is No Such Thing... Bungalow 1998
Osmosis (CD, Album, Smplr) The Sonar Song Leaf 1999
Leaf Compilation (CD, Comp, Mixed) A Grain Of Sand Skintone 2001
Spaced - Soundtrack To The TV Series (CD, Comp) Bobby Dazzler Channel Four Music 2001
Tru Thoughts Recordings (CD, Promo, Mixed, Ltd) Tom's Lovely Ladies Tru Thoughts 2001
Heavyweight Rib Ticklers (Comp) ◄ (2 versions) Silence Go Boom Unfold Recordings 2002
Lost For Words: A 17 Track Leaf Label Sampler (CD, Comp, Smplr) The Mit Out Sound Leaf 2002
Check The Water (2xCD, Comp) A Grain Of Sand Leaf 2005
User Reviews:
nebula-rasa, Oct 13, 2003

Ths Sons of Silence also took part in a live CD released by Noise Museum in France. Its called "O Yuki Conjugate + The Sons of Silence=Spoke" - and its the live recording of a concert in the beautiful old theatre in Nevers, France in 1995 or so. The "Spoke" bit refers to their making music using contacted-micd bicycles as well as that good ol electrical music sound we know and love. I am reliably informed that it represents to a far greater degree than any of the Leaf releases that the Sons of Silence always hoped to combine abstract experimental and more popular styles of music to make everyones world a better place. Its a shame that they are so useless at getting anyone to release their music, but there you go, it seems you have to be a salesman as well as a musician.

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