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The Absent Sound
12+ albums
Canadianpost-rock
about
Absent Sound are powerfully eclectic and engaging musicians, spanning from record skip world dub to heavy electronic post rock with eerie yet festive four part harmonies. These puppet masters wield a musical arsenal creating huge dramatic worlds of sound with organic chants, colossal guitars, hypnotic off-time record scratches, beats, loops, and Lesley speaker organ drones: ears open and eyes closed is all the flight attendant requests. ----Absent Sound began as a solo project of Robert G. Menard around 1995 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada with friends helping him produce the home recordings in a live setting. In 2002, David Fort joined as a permanent member to take the band into a much more serious mode. Menard (guitars, samples/loops, electronics, vocals and keys) and Fort (guitars, bass, vocals and keys) secluded themselves in the wilds of north-central Manitoba. Over the next year the pair hid from all distractions, meditating solely on the rise and fall of the earth's respirating chest. What emerged a year later was a treasure chest full of ideas and music that are still being explored six years later. Their innate community building skills have allowed them to become the hub of one of the more vibrant progressive art and music scenes in Canada. ----The Absent Sound have now evolved into a full production joining forces with Kelly Castle (Little Buddies, former National Monument, Room 237) on drums, percussion and vocals, Josh Butcher on organ, vocals, bugle, performance p
top songs
albums
Music to Live and Die to
It's All True
Another Chapter
Gathering of the Clan Mothers
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The Silent Ballet, Volume X: 私たちの暗い未来
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The Absent Sound
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New Noise of the North
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The Silent Ballet: Volume 10
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Last.fm free recommended downloads for dvoinik's
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The Silent Ballet Volume X: 私たちの暗い未来
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Gathering of the Clan Mothers EP
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The Silent Ballet, Volume X: ?