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Silent

Profile:Deceased ambient label, starting officially with the second release (The Haters - In The Shade Of Fire) in 1986. The direction of the label changed in 1988 when label head and founder Kim Cascone helped work on the score of the movie Twin Peaks in the UK with the sound editor Jay Boekelheide.

In 1991, Kim started the distribution company Pulse Soniq after releasing the first CD on Silent. Then, in 1993, three imprints were created for different genres. Flask (beat-oriented ambient), Furnace (hard industrial, industrial dance), and Sulphur (alternative rock, noise, fusion, experimental electronics, found sound).

In 1996, Silent and its distribution company were to an employee so that Cascone could work as a sound designer for Headspace, a company founded by Thomas Dolby. Silent lived on for another two years as a completely different label, focusing on house music and other beat-oriented dance music, including co-releasing some vinyl with other companies, but the label was shuttered in 1998.

NOTE: all sub-labels of Silent include the same catalog-number format as its parent. Be careful when submitting music that strays far from ambient on the Silent label.
Sublabels:Flask, Furnace, Pulse Soniq, Sulphur Records (2)
Contact Info:340 Bryant Street, Suite 201
San Francisco, CA 94107
USA

Fax: (415) 957-0779
URLs:http://www.silentrecords.net
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Discography:
SR8501 PGR Silence (LP) 1985
SR8601 Haters, The In The Shade Of Fire (LP) 1986
SR8602 Architects Office Caswallon The Headhunter (LP) 1986
SR8704 Organum / Eddie Prévost Crux / Flayed (LP) 1987
SR8905 PGR / Thessalonians The Black Field (LP) 1989
SR8906 Meterpool Dreamtime (Cass) 1989
SR9007 PGR Euphoria / Order And Chaos (7", Single) 1990
SR9008 Haters, The Fire (7") 1990
SR9009 Arcane Device / PGR Fetish (CD, Album) 1990
SR9010 Thessalonians The Unwinding (Cass) 1986
SR9113 Hafler Trio, The Kill The King (CD, Album) 1991
SR9114 PGR / Merzbow / Asmus Tietchens Grav (CD) 1991
SR9115 Pelican Daughters Fishbones And Wishbones (CD) 1991
SR9216 Various Metro Tekno (CD) 1992
SR9217 Phauss / Karkowski* / Bilting Phauss / Karkowski / Bilting (CD) 1992
SR9218 PGR The Chemical Bride (CD) 1992
SR9219 Jeff Greinke Lost Terrain (CD, Album) 1992
SR9326 Jorge Reyes Niérika (CD) 1993
SR9331 Arcane Device Trout (CD) 1993
SR9332 Psychic TV Kondole (CD) 1993
SR9333 Various Fifty Years Of Sunshine (2xCD) 1993
SR9334 Thessalonians Soulcraft (CD) 1993
SR9335 Heavenly Music Corporation In A Garden Of Eden (CD) 1993
SR9336 Various From Here To Tranquility (CD, Comp) 1993
SR9339 Various Lotus Chill Out Volume I (CD) 1993
SR9341 Solitaire (2) Ritual Ground (CD, Album) 1993
SR9343 Various From Here To Tranquility Volume 2 (CD) 1993
SR9345 Cosmic Trigger (2) Polar Regions (CD, Album) 1993
SR9351 Illusion Of Safety Water Seeks Its Own Level (CD) 1994
SR9446 Apollo* Heaven On Earth EP (12", EP) 1994
SR9448 Earth To Infinity* Earth To Infinity (CD, Album) 1994
SR9449 Michael Mantra Sonic Alter (CD) 1994
SR9452 John C Lilly E.C.C.O. (CD) 1994
SR9453 Various Mark Riva's Metagrooves - The Silent Mix (CD, Comp, Mixed) 1994
SR9454 Various Unidentified Floating Ambience (CD) 1994
SR9456 Pelican Daughters Bliss (CD) 1994
SR9458 Heavenly Music Corporation Consciousness III (CD, Album) 1994
SR9459 Phauss GodTPhauss (CD) 1994
SR9460 Various From Here To Tranquility Volume 3 (CD) 1994
SR9462 Trancendental Anarchists Cluster Zone (CD) 1994
SR9465 Various Tox Uthat Vol. 2 - A Trance Ambient Compilation (CD) 1994
SR9466 Ambient Temple Of Imagination Mystery School: Volume One (CD) 1994
SR9467 23 Degrees ...An Endless Searching For Substance (CD) 1994
SR9469 Closedown Nearfield (CD) 1994
SR9470 Various Lost Legion Sampler - Space Log 1.1 (CD) 1994
SR9571 Heavenly Music Corporation Lunar Phase (CD, Album) 1995
SR9573 Various From Here To Tranquility Volume 4 (CD) 1995
SR9575 Alaura Sacred Dreams (CD) 1995
SR9578 Vuemorph In Expectancy Of The Monumental Awe (CD) 1995
SR9580 Earth Trance Interlude Second State (12") 1995
SR9583 Ohmega Tribe Anodyne Wisdohm (CD, Album) 1995
SR9585 Spice Barons Future Perfect State (CD) 1995
SR9586 Ambient Temple Of Imagination Sonic Acupuncture / Eleusinia (2xCD, Album) 1995
SR9589 PGR The Morning Book Of Serpents (CD) 1995
SR9592 Mantaray Numinous Island (CD, Album) 1995
SR9592 Mantaray Numinous Island (CD, Album, Promo) 1995
SR9597 23 Degrees Born Of Earth's Torments (CD) 1995
SR9599 Heavenly Music Corporation Anechoic (CD, Album) 1996
SR9600 Various From Here To Tranquility Volume 5: The Silent Channel (CD) 1996
SR9602 PGR A Hole Of Unknown Depth (CD) 1996
SR9603 Chris Meloche Distant Rituals (CD) 1996
SR9605 Waveform Transmission V 1.0-1.9 (CD) 1996
SR9606 Makyo Rasa Bhava (CD) 1996
SR9607 Various Land Of Baboon (CD) 1996
SR9708 Various Skampler (CD) 1997
SR9715 David Kristian National Kid (12") 1997
SR9719 Various Bigshots: San Francisco Drum And Bass (2x12") 1997
SR9719 Various Bigshots: San Francisco Drum And Bass (CD) 1997
SR9725 Various Spesh Spins Trip 'N Spin (CD) 1998
SR9726 Tim 'Love' Lee* Confessions Of A Selector (CD) 1997
SR9731 Astral Matrix Secret Broadcast (CD) 1998
SR9732 Westside Chemical Phibsborough (CD) 1997
SR9837 Symbiosis Meta (CD) 1998
SR-9838 Jondi & Spesh Tube Drivers (CD, Album) 1998
SR9894 Various So Far (CD, Smplr)  
VSL 101 Heavenly Music Corporation Consciousness III (12", W/Lbl)  
VSL 102 23 Degrees An Endless Searching For Substance (12", W/Lbl) 1994
User Reviews:
djmonolith, Dec 23, 2002

An important ambient music label from San Francisco, CA founded by Kim Cascone. The label folded in 1998. Silent Records was influential in helping electronic and experiemtnal music find a place in the record stores. More than that, Silent managed to perfectly capture the essence of the golden age of ambient music. Chill rooms and raves were the ideal backdrop for what Silent symbolized. The music and artwork of Silent captured a very special time in musical history. Imprint lables include Flask, Furnace, Pulse Soniq, and Sulphur. For more information, check out the Silent Records site at http://www.silentrecords.net

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