Silencio

The mystery and dark intrigue surrounding the cooperative works of David Lynch and Angelo Badalamenti have mesmerized and haunted many a subconscious over the years. There's something unique about the pairing of Badalamentis musical scores to Lynch's dreamy scenery that is unsettling and simultaneously familiar. There's also an era of innocence in the music that creates a timeless appeal without regard to the modern, nightmarish and sometimes corrupt scenarios presented within the films. It's these things that keep people perpetually fascinated with the works of these genius artists, and it's these things that have initiated the project SILENCIO.

Ideas quickly took shape into material for the first SILENCIO record, released in June of 2012. The album spans 17 songs with each track drawing direct and skewed influence from the music included throughout the gamut of Mr. Lynch's films. The album's sound encompasses the air and atmosphere of noir-cinema, with obvious nods to latin jazz, lounge, rockabilly and ambient space rock. The band's original offerings seamlessly intersperse throughout the movie material and fit the occasion as if it were written as outtakes from some of Badalamenti's "Lynch-iest" sessions. If there were ever a collective to perform for an event and capture the vibe of a "damn fine cup of coffee", cherry pie and wind through the Douglas Firs, then Silencio is surely that group.