Silian Rail

Bio:

FOR BOOKING AND OTHER INQUIRIES PLEASE CONTACT US AT: silianrailmusic@gmail.com. THANKS.... http://www.signalandnoise.com/2010/09/silian-rail/ Silian Rail is Robin (guitar) and Eric (drums, foot synth, glockenspiel). They play instrumental music which combines richly complex, open-tuning, finger picked guitar playing with aggressive, intricate drumming. Story—Eric and Robin are long lost friends who grew up together in Durham, North Carolina and parted ways at 13, only to re-meet by chance years later in California. Drawn together by the shared history of their musically rich hometown and the sheer oddball luck of the situation, they began playing music together. The connection was immediate, and they soon found themselves warmly welcomed by the Bay Area music scene; garnering critical acclaim for their debut record (And I You, To Pieces) and dynamic live show, forming alliances with local music media like the Bay Bridged and The Deli SF, and co-founding an award winning music collective (Thread Productions) with local heroes Tartufi and Low Red Land. They have shared the stage with numerous incredible bands, including Maserati, Caspian, Efterklang and From Monument to Masses; playing everywhere from the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco to the Sunset Tavern in Seattle, with more than a few church basements, former mortuaries, beaches, forests and tiny, sweaty houses in between. The band has also written and performed original film scores for the MadCat International Women's Film Festival four years in a row, featured songs in several independent films, and continues to work on a variety of film projects and collaborate with multimedia artists (such as Luke Judd, Jon Fischer, Klea McKenna). Their second album "Parhelion" was released in July by Bay Area eco-conscious label Parks and Records. It is available at www.parksandrecords.com and these places: iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/parhelion/id379388360?i=379388383. amazon mp3: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003TWCVH6/ref=dm_sp_alb?ie=UTF8&qid=1279137865&sr=8-3. Their split 7" with By Sunlight is available at www.sidewithus.com/records. ..   I edited my profile with Thomas Myspace Editor V4.4 (www.strikefile.com/myspace)

Member Since:

January 24, 2006

Members:

robin l. plays guitar. eric k. plays drums, foot synth, guitar. extended band family: Luke Judd (visual artist), Matthew Solberg (From Monument to Masses), Dina Maccabee (solo, Ramon and Jessica, Michael Musika), Jon Latimer (the Aimless Never Miss), Andrew Macy (TANM, Tall Grass, B. Hamilton), Anton and Lewis Patzner (Judgement Day) ..

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Influences:

Ganger, Polvo, From Monument to Masses, Faraquet, Elliott Smith, Worker Bee, Broken Social Scene, Summer Darling, Blonde Redhead, Tom Petty, Jay-Z, Aphex Twin, Secret Chiefs 3, Prince, Cocorosie, D'angelo, Tartufi, Two Sheds, Birds & Batteries, Low Red Land, The Aimless Never Miss, Michael Musika, By Sunlight, Shuteye Unison, Hammer No More the Fingers, Invisible, Tiger Bear Wolf

Sounds Like:

"...for half an hour, the Bay Area duo’s dazzling post-rock put into a play a ’78 Van Halen vs. Sabbath scenario (albeit on a fraction of the scale): the talented, no-name undercard blows away the headliner with technical ecstasy. Robin Landy and Eric Kuhn simultaneously played more instruments than the limitations of four limbs usually allow. Landy crafted stuttering, bass-like guitar lines drenched in spacey atmosphere; Kuhn played everything else – tat-tat drums, synths, guitar, glockenspiel – and sometimes all at once. Unburdened by vocals, the guitar (the spitting image of Lennon’s B&W Rickenbacker) spoke volumes, periodically constructing heavy walls of sound via lose-yourself, blitzkrieg riffing." - Performer Magazine

Record Label:

Parks and Records, Side With Us, 500 Records