THE ART OF SILENCE

TRACKLISTING


A1. Stereo Underground - Flying Glow (Pro logue)
A2. Stereo Underground - The Art of Silence
A3. Stereo Underground feat. Sealine - Little Red Head
B1. Stereo Underground - Above The Sea Of Fog
B2. Stereo Underground - Echoes
B3. Stereo Underground - Breakfast On Mar s (Interlude)





INFO


It's often said that the gaps in between the notes are as important as the notes themselves. Stereo Underground pays homage to that attitude on his magical debut album, The Art of Silence, immersing the listener in widescreen atmospherics, succinct, spacious a rrangements and stunning melody throughout. This wonderful record for Balance Mu sic follows previous full-length artist albums on the Australian label from the likes of Clarian and Brian Cid.

Born in Haifa, in the North of Israel , the artist otherwise known as Yariv Etzion begin his musical life as a drummer , spending his younger years circulating in the city's hard rock scene. He disco vered electronic music as a teenager when he moved to Tel Aviv, and soon began w orking at a record shop and DJing. His popularity rapidly grew, and production s oon followed. His output as Stereo Underground began 2009, and in his debut year he received high praise from Mixmag and heavy DJ support for his hypnotic, prog ressive sounds. The project has always shown a great sense of musicality and amb ition, and this full-length debut album is the natural culmination of his effort s over the last decade.

"An album, in my opinion, is the holy grail f or a musician" he says. "I waited 38 years to give myself the peace of mind I ne eded to do so. It took me 10 months of writing, recording, sound design and mixi ng to create the final result." That meant doing so in both the mental and physi cal sense. He took the decision to relocate to a wooden house in the countryside to create this stunning album, turning down incredibly high-profile festival bo okings plus remix offers and release requests in order to dedicate himself to hi s vision. It's an admirable approach that has yielded dividends

From the conceptual, ambient tones of opener Flying Glow (Prologue) through to the sp ine-tingling, airy breakbeats of closer For A Moment of Truth, this is a record full of slow-burning nuance and hypnotic progressions that induce a dream-like s tate in the listener. There's mellow piano tones on The Art Of Silence, Moderat- tinged indie/dance crossover on Little Red Head and trancey euphoria on Above Th e Sea Of Fog. Echoes plunges into deeper territory and Breakfast on Mars gives a hazy, beatless breather mid-way through.