Silent Chaos [NoOne: modular synthesizer, vocals, FX, mixing, mastering, video programming –
Ugo Vantini: electronic and acoustic drums and percussions, loops, samplers, field recordings
manipulation, graphics] is an experimental audiovisual project founded in Rome, Italy, in 2016.
They moved to Scotland, UK, in 2018, searching for inspiration and new challenges.
“Pure Chaos” is Silent Chaos’ 4th studio album. Composed of released singles, unreleased tracks, and works for installations, this 8-track album is incredibly organic and transports the listener on a deep journey into darkness, with cinematic obscure sounds and sepulchral drums, ancient rituals for this new era, Crowleyan influences and suggestions from the deep space. Silent Chaos’ composition is based on performative improvisation framed in a pre-decided structure, thus their sound appears organised even if unpredictable, with ever-changing textured drones that hypnotise the listener.
The tracks that compose “Pure Chaos” have been created with a broad range of techniques: from
improvisation to classical composition methods, as well as acoustic instruments synthesis, electroacoustic techniques, autogenerative music, field recording manipulation, granular synthesis, modular synthesis.
Pure Chaos is going to be released in physical format, a 12-page booklet digipack, through Code 7 universal distribution and Cold Spring Records warehouse and mailorder, and in digital format on all the usual platforms and on Bandcamp for WDGAF.
Silent Chaos released their debut album “Micro” through Eclectic Productions (Italy) in 2017, and they were featured in four international compilations; the second album “Osclltr 012” was released in 2018 through the Berlin label Osclltr Records. Their third studio album “Macro”, has been released on Spring Equinox 2020 for the label WDGAF (UK).
Silent Chaos did sonorizations for art exhibitions, composed for experimental theatre and live radio performances, and performed, with their audiovisual projects, at the Italian contemporary art museum MAAM and in various other venues between Italy and UK. Currently based in the North East of Scotland, Silent Chaos presented their composition “Schizophrenia in Schizophonia” in a live performance at the SERG Sonic Realities International Postgraduate Research Conference 2018 in Aberdeen, and performed at the King’s College Chapel of The University of Aberdeen; they performed with the A/V site-specific work “Permutations”, at the Kirk of St Nicholas in Aberdeen, in Autumn 2018 for sonADA inTransit III; they performed at the Glasgow’s CCA for Cryptic Nights on March 2019 with the A/V project “Origins”; they’ve also performed “Origins” at Anatomy Rooms in Aberdeen for Listen Again Festival 2019, the fringe of Look Again Festival. “Origins” radio edit has been broadcast for Radiophrenia 2019. They performed for WAGON in the Japanese Garden of Duthie Park “The secret music of plants”, an electroacoustic performance which involves a plant connected to the modular synthesizer with biofeedback sensors, letting the plant generate music through the synthesizer. In October 2019 they performed “Origins” at Soundfestival in Aberdeen.
In October 2021 they participated with the composition “L’Oscuro Oceano dello Spazio Infinito“, originally commissioned by Soundfestival for the 2020 Festival, in the event Surroundsound: Sound Fountain at Marischal College, hosted by Soundfestival for British Art Show 9.
In Summer 2019 they were awarded the Alt-W Fund by New Media Scotland and Aberdeen Performing Arts, to produce a generative artwork for Aberdeen’s Music Hall giant LED screen. The exhibition has been postponed to 1 November 2021 because of the lockdown. With “Human AutomatArt” Silent Chaos fill the Music Hall with a bespoke network of different types of sensors, whose gathered data drive the digital painting visualised live on the screen. Human AutomatArt has also been in Edinburgh in April 2022 for the DataSphere exhibition, for Edinburgh Science Festival, at the National Museums of Scotland. It is going to be displayed again in Aberdeen for Spectra 2023 – Festival of Light.
“Fear and elevation. That’s what this sounds like. It seems that Silent Chaos are attempting to bring the listener into their own brand of higher consciousness. The realm of metaphysics interpreted as a listening experience. Many artists have attempted this idea for many years… but few have been as successful as Silent Chaos.” Corey Philips
SILENT CHAOS – PURE CHAOS
01 – Silent Chaos – Cotard’s Syndrome – The waking dead
02 – Silent Chaos – Chains of Abyss
03 – Silent Chaos – Meditation of the Middle Pillar
04 – Silent Chaos – Ritual for a New Era
05 – Silent Chaos – Synbals
06 – Silent Chaos – Daedalus of Possibilities
07 – Silent Chaos – The Autogenerative Secret Music of Plants
08 – Silent Chaos – L’Oscuro Oceano dello Spazio Infinito
Silent Chaos “Pure Chaos”: performed, recorded, mixed and mastered by Silent Chaos
Artwork by Silent Chaos + Artificial Intelligence, digipack format, 12 pages booklet
Produced by We Don’t Give A Fuck
Distributed by Code 7 – Plastic Head
Releases on 23-01-23
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Silent Chaos contact: silentchaosproject [at] gmail [dot] com
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