Drifting in Silence
Drifting in Silence is the name of a longstanding ambient and industrial musical project undertaken by multi-instrumentalist and composer Derrick Stembridge. Stembridge chose the name as "a description of the feeling evoked by the music," intended to create the sensation of movement through regions of light and shadow. Stembridge has described the music of Drifting in Silence as "post-ambient."
The sound of Drifting in Silence is characterized by layered ambiences driven by groove rhythms, and punctuated by instrumental riffs and snatches of concrete sounds. Individual tracks range from meditative tone poems to high-energy groove.
As musical influences behind Drifting in Silence, Stembridge cites Robin Guthrie, Brian Eno, Harold Budd, and the music of Skinny Puppy, among others.
Drifting in Silence discography[edit]
The first three Drifting in Silence volumes fit together as a trilogy. 2007's Chameleon began a new work cycle, with a harder sound.
- Ladderdown (Labile Records, 2005)
- Truth (Labile Records, 2006)
- Fallto (Labile Records, 2007)
- Chameleon EP (Labile Records, 2007)
- Facewithin (Labile Records, 2009)
- Lifesounds (Labile Records, 2011)
- Longthenight (Labile Records, 2012)
- Place In Time (Labile Records, 2013)
- Desire (Labile Records, 2014)
- Artificial (Labile Records, 2016)
Drifting in Silence has collaborated on several occasions with artists such as 3l3tronic, Drev, Anthony Baldino, and Her Odd Fist.
Drifting in Silence has also remixed two tracks on the Maelstrom video game bonus DVD, and composed and scored the soundtrack for the video game Ninjatown by Southpeak Games.
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