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SECRET VOICES : NO TIME FOR SILENCE
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A world collective of poets and musicians colliding classical, ambient, free jazz, dub, and electronics with eclectic and sublime poetry.mesmerizing results.
Genre: Electronic: Experimental
Release Date: 2006
NO TIME FOR SILENCE Record Label: 1K RECORDINGS
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Preview Song Name Time Format Price Select
The Chain Chant 7:50 Album Only
Tristan Fragment 0:55 Album Only
Finally Without Chains 4:46 Album Only
To Be Perfectly...frank 7:59 Album Only
Deja Vu Dued All Over Again 1:41 Album Only
Displaced By the Blink of a Third Eye 8:49 Album Only
A Silence Invades Me 14:26 Album Only
What Can They Do? 6:47 Album Only
I Am That Little Girl Again 8:10 Album Only
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Album Notes

SECRET VOICES - NO TIME FOR SILENCE (1K) Epic compositions, potent improvisations, and amazing wordplay from a world collective of poets, artists, and musicians--conceived by producers tim motzer(philadelphia)and enrico marani (reggio emilia, italy)—colliding ambient, classical, free jazz, dub, and electronics laced with guitar feedback and loops along with the eclectic and sublime poetry of ursula rucker, rich medina, elliott levin (philadelphia), kalaf angelo (lisbon, portugal), and adriano englebrecht (rome) with mesmerizing results. musicians elliott levin, tim motzer, enrico marani, barry meehan, jeremy carlstedt, and gloria justen all contribute tremendous musical expression to this momentous dark cinematic vision. produced and arranged by tim motzer for one k music group with enrico marani for movingbox soundproducktions. cover paintings by stefano ricci. mix translation by jeff chestek with tim motzer. secret voices was recorded between 2004 to 2006 in philadelphia at nautica by tim motzer. additional recording in reggio emilia, italy by enrico marani at movingbox lab and in lisbon, portugal by joao 'lil john' barbosa at get plugged studio. mixed april-may 2006 at the attic and at nautica, philadelphia. design by benjamin langsfeld for eneone.com executive producer: tim motzer for one k music group the chain chant 13:27 interpolating tristan fragment, and finally without chains adriano englebrecht - voice,poem, viola, and violino enrico marani - elctronics, beat programming tim motzer - electric and slide guitar barry meehan - bass elliott levin - flutes to be perfectly...frank 18:58 interpolating deja vu dued all over again, and displaced by the blink of a third eye elliott levin - voice, poem, saxophones tim motzer - guitar loops, frequency guitar enrico marani - electronics, strings, piano samples barry meehan - bass loops jeremy carlstedt - drums and mallets a silence invades me 14:27 kalaf angelo - voice, poem - 'lisbon conferene' benedicte de dorlodot - voice, cross culural echo tim motzer - electric guitars, loops, beat programming enrico marani - electronics barry meehan - bass what can they do? rich medina - voice, poem - 'untitled poem' ursula rucker - voice, poem - 'i am that little girl again' tim motzer - feedback guitars, guitar loops enrico marani - electronics barry meehan - bass, bass loops jeremy carlstedt - drums gloria justen - violin

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Like a soundtrack to a film that's yet to be made, "No Time For Silence" evokes
author: Gazeta
Secret Voices is a project by Tim Motzer along with Italian electronics guru Enrico Marani. Together, they meddle through an hour long journey and create a cinematic work of enigmatic proportions. The four longish pieces [each clocking in around the 15 minute mark] extend ensemble's technique and push the boundaries just a bit further into "out-there" regions of ambient-instrumental territory. Each one features snippets of conversation and read poetry courtesy of various individuals. Ursula Rucker recites a lovely "I Am a Little Girl Again" on the sultry "What Can They Do?", while Elliot Levin recites some free-wheeling word dabbles on "To Be Perfectly?.Frank". If only to prove this is no pure ambient record, the band is heavy on the saxophones [played by Levin]. When he starts going, it's a free-for-all fest that features outstanding duo head-to-head with percussionist Jeremy Carlstedt. Though much of this music is calming, the words and flurry of instrumentation make things all too interesting to label this "sleep-inducing" music. Motzer's guitar loops reap intricate paths of wonder while stillness is rare when they're around. . Like a soundtrack to a film that's yet to be made, "No Time For Silence" evokes strong imagery that's rich in purpose and defining in mission. - Tom Sekowski (Gazeta)
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like a David Lynch film
author: the aquarian
secret voices/no time for silence/1k recordings a hypnotizing, intriguing listen, No Time For Silence is long stretches of electronica and avant-jazz supporting poem readings. But it's not entirely a beat coffeehouse type of affair. It often feels more like a David Lynch film, with Angelo Badalamenti-esque tones and timing. Plus electronic drums and feedback, that is. If that sounds terribly abrasive, it's not. Most of the rough edges are meant to serve the poetry, which is well-read, but also in a few different languages (Italian, Portuguese and English at least), which makes the timbre more charming than the words for the average monolingual listener. Each of the readers (Ursula Rucker, Rich Medina, Elliott Levin, Kalaf Angelo, Adriano Engelbrecht) is uniquely suited to the task. Clocking in at over an hour, there's an awful lot to take in, with poems varying in seriousness and tone. But if there's one issue with No Time For Silence, it's the lack of the poems themselves in the liner notes, which would seem a logical inclusion. A rewarding experience. In a fake Genre: post-post Grade: A --by Patrick Slevin (the Aquarian)
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transporting, inspired, hauntingly creative music
author: matt davis
textures upon textures of all things sonic. there's a lot going on in this music - elements of western classical, electronic, various ethnic traditions, pop, ambient, spoken words of absurd and sacred truths... amazingly it all exists and grows together in a beautifully clear sonic path. such imaginative music. I'm inspired by it and expect it to stay in my rotation for a long time
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