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Cold Tape
101 Copies. Recorded in the autumn of 1980 and originally issued the same year on Andrew Cox's YHR Tapes in the United Kingdom, Cold Tape marks the moment Maurizio Bianchi's music first crossed the Channel into the British industrial underground. After a feverish run of self-released cassettes that spring and summer under the MB name, working from his home in the Mantuan town of Pomponesco, Bianchi entered into correspondence with the small network of European cassette imprints that had begun to…
Atomique Tape
Edition of 101 copies. Recorded in June 1980 and self-issued the same year on cassette, Atomique Tape belongs to the legendary first wave of releases under the MB name, the moniker Maurizio Bianchi adopted that spring after closing his earlier project Sacher-Pelz. Across roughly twelve months, working from his home in the Mantuan town of Pomponesco, Bianchi produced an extraordinary run of self-released tapes that would, almost immediately, place him at the centre of the international industrial…
Industrial tape
This is where it begins. Recorded in May 1980 and self-released the same year as catalogue number 01, Industrial Tape is the founding document of the MB project, the first cassette Maurizio Bianchi issued under his new name after closing the Sacher-Pelz chapter. Working alone in his home in the Mantuan town of Pomponesco, twenty-four years old, equipped with little more than an analogue synthesiser, a tape machine, and a small bank of effects, Bianchi laid down four pieces that would set in moti…
There is no longer any turning back
There is no longer any turning back is an excerpt from ”The Aphorisms of Zürau”, a posthumous work by Franz Kafka. The work represents a path without obstacles, a descending abyss toward ourselves, toward the roughness of our deepest selves that we cannot explain and probably cannot confess. The individual track titles make up another excerpt by David Foster Wallace from an interview with David Lipsky: «The part of me that thought I was different or smarter or whatever almost killed me.»
All tra…
Below/Light
"Below/Light" by Filer Coleman is a selection of ambient works by Jim Filer Coleman. It represents an antidote, or perhaps a counterpart, to the more aggressive music that he may be more known for such as Cop Shoot Cop and Human Impact. These tracks were recorded over a span of a few years, slowly evolving and seeking definition. Electrocoustic in nature, the approach was always exploratory and playful, searching for balance and connection with the natural world.
Jim Coleman was an instrumental …
Seti Non Tael Tene
*100 copies limited edition* The encounter between Ramona Ponzini and Maurizio Bianchi yields a work poised on the threshold between evocation and vertigo: a sonic device unfolding through stratifications, resonances, and semantic as well as acoustic collisions.Maurizio Bianchi, a pioneer of the Italian industrial scene, chisels soundscapes built from abrasive, material noises, dissonant cadences, and atmospheres both dust-laden and rarefied yet simultaneously dense. The listener moves across th…
Frequencies In The Fog
Sound trails, minimal structures built with pads, discreet electronic elements, slow, deep and enveloping bass lines, backgrounds of confused voices treated in reverse, circular movements alternating with liquid stasis and quiet... Creaks on layered sound substrates of indecipherable nature, which seem to emerge from a thick blanket of fog that reveals fragments of real landscapes here and there, ready to disappear from view again after a few moments, once more hidden by clouds of steam in const…
The Gentle Whale
The acquatic and marine imagery drawn by the titles and the artwork for “The Gentle Whale”, Francesco Lurgo’s second LP, the first one for Silentes, are a metaphor for a sound that is liquid and like the sea is constantly shifting from the quietness of intimate ambient moments to waves of maximalist sonic pressure, always looking with admiration to the creative world of contemporary soundtracks. From this sonic fluid, arpeggios and themes played by melancholic post-rock guitars and plucky synths…
The Defiance of Self
*200 copies limited edition* After "The Disintegration Of Silence", marked as a continuation of the work between visual artist Stefano Gentile and Belgian ambient musician Dirk Serries, Dirk returns to Stefano's Silentes/13 label with a new album, entitled "Defiance Of Self". In the wake of its predecessor, Dirk worked on this album in January 2024 using his motherboard of pedals and an electric guitar to create this slightly darker and experimental album. Once again performed and recorded entir…
Music For Bus Stations
Tip! Much needed repress! Music For Bus Stations is an astonishing work that pours into the soul of those allowing themselves to be transported in a dimension where sound turns into background noise. Sound becomes part of us, of our movements, our thoughts, our looks and our silences. There is no reason for resistance. Let's be silent. The noise around us is quite good.
"Generative sonic backdrop for bus stations. Designed to enhance space and portray a mod of progressiveness, grandeur, and ethe…
5 Marzo
*200 copies limited edition* Out today, March 5, 2026, a very special project by Paolo L. Bandera (Sigillum S, Sshe Retina Stimulants, The Sodality, Ensemble Sacré Garçons, etc.) and Devis Granziera (Teatro Satanico, Lunus, etc), released on CD by Silentes on the day of their birthday.“...we were both born on the fifth of March, even if in different years... after having been friends for a long time, we started discussing a possible collaboration in late 2024 and Devis came up with the intriguin…
Monastir
*250 copies limited edition*
- SynopsisA cosmic operator (Edward Ka-Spel), tasked with cleansing the Universe, stumbles upon the remains of a mysterious monastery scattered in Jupiter’s skies during his work shift. The monastery once housed a community of cloistered nuns devoted to cosmic solitude. Among the ruins, he discovers the diary of Suona Menfrem (Dorothy Moskowitz). Through her words, he uncovers the secrets of her soul—her love for a woman millions of light years away—and learns why t…
Orizzonti e coincidenze
Horizons or coincidences: there is nothing left but to choose. The passing skies, which never disappoint, or the many quartz movements in the streets, said to split the minute, even though a memory far outlasts the hour, once it has lingered amid the exhausting hope of finding that face again. In truth, one chooses a coincidence in order not to remember. But what counts is the beach and the unforgettable sea, the bather's calm step and the solar excellence of her slowness. What counts are the la…
T.M.C.T.B.
*42 copies limited edition*
Handmade packaging.The CDr is contained in a 14x20 cm embossed black cardboard envelope. A sticker is attached to the envelope.A small caution/danger sign printed on PVC is in turn attached to the sticker.Inside the envelope are:- a printed CDr- a full-color tri-fold cover- a bookmark- a sticker- a printed front and back page of Les Chants De Maldoror by Le Comte De Lautréamont. The front features the original title page from the first printing of the work, while the …
Konkrete Klaenge
*42 copies limited edition*
Handmade packaging.All materials are recycled.The CDR is contained in a striped plastic (black or transparent). The plastic bag is closed with metal staples.The plastic bag has pieces of metal wire attached to the bag with a length of gray cloth tape. A sticker is attached to the tape.Inside the bag are:- a small white bag containing the black vinyl-like polycarbonate CDR. A sticker is attached to the bag.- a black and white tri-fold cover- a small sticker
Zyklusters
*36 copies limited edition*
Handmade packaging.The CD-R is contained in a 14x20 cm embossed black cardboard envelope. A sticker is attached to the envelope.The envelope has a hole closed with a piece of white satin ribbon holding three steel washers (rings/clusters).Inside the envelope are:- a black envelope containing the black vinyl-like polycarbonate CD-R. The CD-R is printed- a full-color bi-fold cover- a bookmark- a sticker
Loopspool
*36 copies limited edition*
Handmade packaging.The CD-R is contained in a 14x20 cm embossed beige cardboard envelope. A sticker is attached to the envelope.The envelope has a hole closed with two pieces of satin ribbon (grey and blue) holding a charm in silver metal wich represents the symbol of infinity.Inside the envelope are:- a plastic envelope containing the black vinyl-like polycarbonate CD-R. The CD-R is printed- a full-color tri-fold cover (13x13 cm. closed, 39x13 cm. developed)- a minip…
Verfall
*30 copies limited edition*
The CDr is contained in a black cardboard envelope measuring 13x13 cm. about (250 grams thick) with a 3x13,50 cm sticker on the front. The CDr has a small sticker, and inside the envelope there is a photocopied insert in the format of a mini poster of the dimensions of 22x33cm. open and 11x11 cm. closed, approximately (paper 80 gr. thick). Inside there is also a 12x12 cm. insert (200 grams thick) that reproduces in front and back two collages of M.B.
Decanemia
*36 copies limited edition*
Reissue of a tape made by M.B. in 2021. Over 50 minutes of hypnotic ambient sounds, as bright as light refracting in waterfalls and mosaic stones!
Professionally printed CDr inserted in a professionally printed cover.The cover is made of high quality embossed cardboard (250 grams thick) and is approximately 13x15 cm in size.The edition is accompanied by a postcard featuring a reworked collage by M.B.
Organemia
*42 copies limited edition*
Handmade packaging.The CD-R is contained in a 13x13 cm brown cardboard archival sleeve. A sticker is placed on the sleeve.Inside the sleeve are:- a sleeve containing a black polycarbonate CD-R, which resembles vinyl. The CD-R is printed. The sleeve is a random color: yellow, green, orange, or blue.- a full-color bi-fold cover.- three bookmarks.- a mini poster.Layout – Antonio Benini