Jake Costin: Drums Laurenz Harbeck: Guitar Jonathan McKay: Keys/Guitar Jack McKenzie: Bass Michael Ramsey: Guitar/Noise
Influences
The B-52s, Battles, Earth, Errors, GY!BE, Isis, Mogwai, My Bloody Valentine, NEU!, Pivot, Samuel Jackson Five, Sigur Rós, Silencio, Slint, Talk Talk, We Followed Tigers
The Silent World formed in mid-2009, when renowned physicist Laurence Harbeck, synthpop icon Jonathan McKay, theatre veteran Jack McKenzie and indie hipster Michael Ramsey synthesised their collective interests into a 12 minute sonic exploration entitled 'Integration by Parts' (a track that would later be extensively edited and re-recorded under the name 'Calculus'). Recognising potential in their early jams, the band continued to work towards finding their own sound, recruiting Icelandic environmentalist Jake Costin on the drums and bonding over a shared love of post-racial America and beer. Winter saw the Silent World represent UWA in the National Campus Bands Competition, going on to play in the State Final with some of Perth's finest young bands after only a handful of shows.
Having recorded a series of demos, the band now intends to turn their attention to live performances and further refining their sound with the aim of releasing a debut EP in the coming months.
"In the absence of a microphone, the keyboardist/guitarist from the next five-piece instrumental act provoked a few giggles as they announced with a yell that they were The Silent World. However, seriousness ensued as this intelligent outfit proved themselves masters of crescendos and ebbing dynamics. This quintet really shined in the latter parts of their atmospheric post-rock pieces, working well together to create stirring climaxes after the occasionally uncertain introductory passages" - Mia Roberts, The Drum Media
"Third band was instrumental rockers The Silent World. Their sound was really good, but they might be too heavily inspired by the amazing Scottish band Mogwai to get away with making “original Australian music”. Apparently, others in the crowd shared this opinion, since a small group in the audience cheered for Mogwai when the host read the judges’ final decision" - Anne Johnsen, FasterLouder
The synth hook at 1:22 of your secret song just caused major laughter-related road swerves. That shit needs a warning label!
Awesome night last night boys, lookin forward to the next already
Hi guys, it would be great to play support for you but its really bad timing at the mo and our drummers not back for while. We've used drum programming for our last gigs so we'd be happy to play for you in anytime in the future. Ta
Hi there, yeah we've had a few gigs here and there. Our drummers away so we're working on some more electronic soundscapes. Keep you posted if any gigs come up. Dig your sound.
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