The Missing (MMXXIII), by The Silent Committee

The Missing (MMXXIII)

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1.	Theme for The Missing 01:31	info	buy track
2.	Finale 02:26	info	buy track
3.	Reminisce 02:45	info	buy track
4.	Vio 03:04	info	buy track
5.	Low 04:20	info	buy track
6.	Portrait Of A Girl In Glass 02:53	info	buy track
7.	Melancholy March 04:27	info	buy track
8.	Outside 02:41	info	buy track
9.	Fainter 02:40	info	buy track
10.	The Last High 02:43	info	buy track
11.	hæglátur 03:00	info	buy track
12.	vielä 02:00	info	buy track
13.	kyrrð 03:00	info	buy track
14.	linişte 03:00	info	buy track
15.	安生 01:00	info	buy track
16.	A Vespers Lullaby 02:43	info	buy track
17.	Elegy 04:52	info	buy track
18.	Heroes Lament 04:08	info	buy track
19.	Morning Haze/Breaking Hearts and Shattered Dreams 05:40	info	buy track
20.	March of the Toy Soldiers 01:30	info	buy track
21.	Elusive Air 01:35	info	buy track
22.	Sweet Misery #1 05:04	info	buy track
23.	Sweet Misery #2 03:09	info	buy track
24.	Lament 02:55	info	buy track
25.	Löra's Theme 02:48	info	buy track
26.	Shapes/Descent/Awakening 03:37	info	buy track

about

The debut album by The Silent Committee was first released in 2008.
I had only just begun to make recorded music at home and the mixes and quality of sound in these songs demonstrates some of that youthful naivety and creative fun. I didn't own a music interface of any kind, just a cheap four channel mixer and the microphone socket leading into a £5 primitive DAW software.
It certainly started a fair run of producing instrumental music and meeting lots of like-minded musicians online. I think as I set about the original recording I was listening to so much ambient and minimalist music that I sought to emulate it as best I could. Inspiration from the likes of Brian Eno, Penguin Cafe Orchestra, Sigur Ros and Nine Inch Nails are obviously all here and I could only hope to have distantly reached at brushing the quality of those performers.

The original files for the songs are LONG gone so a full remix of the album is sadly not possible, but what I could do was revise the final mastering. More access to mastering software and hardware has resulted in this! The speakers no longer pop and hiss, hi-hats don't pierce your eardrums and things generally sound a little more rounded.

The rolig. ep that preceded the album launch was merely a collection of live guitar loops and soundscapes; I've bundled them into the re-release, again with similar remastering touches to the main album. There are a few unheard things and other polished up sound experiments from the time included here to complete a document of what was happening with me musically in '08. This is how a ten track album, becomes twenty-six on the remaster!

It was fun to revisit and I believe it's certainly wise to retrace your steps to where you come from and think about where it's led.

*If you visit each songs link separately, I offer a little insight into instruments, techniques, influences and background to each song in turn.

CF 24/06/2023

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released August 4, 2023

Chris Fordham - writing, performance, recording, production, artwork, everything

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The Silent Committee is the ambient/experimental instrumental side project of singer-songwriter Chris Fordham.

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