Tag: Chvad SB

  • The new Chvad SB EP “Outside the Shadow of an Aliquot Tree” is NOW AVAILABLE!

    The new Chvad SB E.P. Outside the  Shadow of an Aliquot Tree is now available on Silber Records! As a part of Silber’s 5 in 5 series… this E.P. is 5 songs in 5 minutes and it’s only $1.00 or free to stream! In contrast to 2014’s Cricket’s Were the Compass’ synthesizer dominated landscapes, Outside…

  • Chain D.L.K. – Chvad SB “Crickets Were the Compass” (2014)

    The cover art of Crickets Were The Compass depicts beautifully in ink and watercolour a grainy, post-apocalyptic landscape strewn with grim, colourless debris. A solitary dog stands in the foreground, dolefully glancing about; after an unspecified disaster, life has inevitably found a way. As much is reinforced by brief elaborations upon each of the tracks’…

  • Beach Sloth – Chvad SB “Crickets Were the Compass” (2014)

    Chvad SB knows what it means to be harsh. On Crickets Were The Compass Chvad SB makes sure to keep things distorted. Everything filters through a similar sound of slow collapse like at any moment true hell could be potentially unleashed. Thanks to Chvad SB’s idea of restraint this never quite happens. Instead the pieces…

  • Staf Magazine – Chvad SB “Crickets Were the Compass” (2014)

    En seis canciones Chvad SB establece un tono de mal humor lleno de vibraciones misteriosas que en su mayoría son inquietantes y a veces, melódicas. Los paisajes sonoros cuentan una historia. Sobre todo un sutil zumbido establece el tono, mientras que los sonidos posteriores parecen como el de las películas de terror. Creando una corriente…

  • Ox Fanzine – Chvad SB “Crickets Were the Compass” (2014)

    Musiker und Label schätzen sich. Keine Selbstverständlichkeit. Das Menschliche, so der Info-Text weiter, stehe in seiner Musik genauso im Vordergrund wie das Akustische. Und dann: Die Veröffentlichung beinhalte ein Testament des Verlusts und beschäftige sich mit lieb gewonnenen Erinnerungen und wie diese loszulassen seien. Ich verstehe nicht, warum ein Mensch das als handelnde Person überhaupt…

  • Independent Review – Chvad SB “Crickets Were the Compass” (2014)

    “Uses for Insects and Magnetic Fields”Silber Media, 2014Review by Kent Manthie Out now, on the Silber Media label, run by Brian Silber, Chvad SB’s newest disc is Crickets Were the Compass, the third album he’s put out under his own moniker, as opposed to the various projects with which he’s been involved since back in…