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the silk demise

"When will you hit zero again?"

About Me


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...Hailing from Toronto, Canda [the] silk.demise offer up sensual, stripped-down trip-hop on their self-titled debut. Combining the talents of songwriter/multi-instrumentalist/producer Bill Litshauer and lyricist/vocalist Olivia Zielinski, the band's sound falls somewhere between…say…Massive Attack and the moody trip-hop found on Akira Yamaoka's soundtracks to the later Silent Hill games.
Blending sultry female vocals, occasional half-whispered male vocals a la Tricky, and music that emphasizes atmospheric sound with sometimes sparser melodic work, the work is a blend of dark, electronic-yet-organic trip-hop with a slightly experimental slant...

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Instrumental work, production, and some lyrics and vocals are done by Bill, while Olivia offers her angelic voice, enticing lyrics, and creative editing.

Special collaborations with Edie Marshall of The Sleeper's Opera (formerly of Beauty's Confusion fame) provide the tracks "Heroin Chic", "Sioux", "Being" and "Invalidate". The sophomore album is in production with Edie Marshall again on vocals, and several instrumental tracks.

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the silk demise - Bound - Directed by Graham Misiurak

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For the latest news and updates, visit www.thesilkdemise.com

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 8/27/2004
Band Website: thesilkdemise.com
Band Members: Bill Litshauer, Olivia Zielinski (on the self titled debut), Edie Marshall (collaborations, and featured on the new album).
Influences: A Perfect Circle, Air, Airlock, Afterlife, Aniie, Anthea, Andrea Parker, Apartment 26, Archive, Arovane, Artefact, Asobi Seksu, Astaire, Atari Teenage Riot, Athlete, Auf Der Maur, Biosphere, Bjork, Blue Foundation, Blue States, Boards of Canada, Bowery Electric, Breakbeat Era, Broadcast, Broken Social Scene, Bows, The Cardigans, Celldweller, Chicane, Chevelle, Coldplay, Codeseven, Collide, Conjure One, The Controls, Crustation, Curve, Delerium, Deftones, Departure Lounge, Depeche Mode, DJ Krush, DJ Rap, DJ Shadow, DJ Vadim, Dollshead, Dredg, Drome, Earshot, Editors, Elbow, Emiliana Torrini, Enigma, Eskobar, Esthero, Etro Anime, Explosions in the Sky, Everything but the Girl, Filter, Fluke, Flunk, Front Line Assembly, Gus Gus, Franz Ferdinand, Garbage, Halou, The Herbalizer, Highspire, Hooverphonic, I AM X, Interpol, Iris, Iron & Wine, Jody Quine, Juno Reactor, Kasabian, Kid Koala, Kid Loco, Kidneythieves, Ladytron, Laika, Lali Puna, Lamb, Lennon Murphy, Lo-Pro, M83, Mandalay, Massive Attack, Meat Beat Manifesto, Mellowdrone, Metric, Mlada Fronta, Moby, Mogwai, Moloko, Morcheeba, Mum, Muse, My Bloody Valentine, New Order, Nicole Blackman, Nine Inch Nails, Oceansize, Photek, Poe, Portishead, Psychic Cat, Puracane, Project 86, Quitter, Radiohead, Razed in Black, Robots in Disguise, Royksopp, Sigur Ros, Silent Hill, Soma Sonic, Skindive, Smashing Pumpkins, Snake River Conspiracy, Sneaker Pimps, Stabbing Westward, Stars, St. Etienne, Stove, Tori Amos, Trespassers William, Tricky, Quitter, Ultraspank, Urchin, Underworld, Unkle, V.A.S.T., Violet Indiana, Vitalic, Wild Srawberries, Zero 7, Zeromancer...
Sounds Like: Massive Attack, Blue Foundation, Delerium, Hooverphonic, Sneaker Pimps, Portishead, Conjure One, Bowery Electric, Jon Hopkins, Mogwai, Puscifer...
Record Label: [none]
Type of Label: None

My Blog

2009

So I'm shooting for a 2009 release of the new material (still untitled)... probably Feb/March...  Just in the midst of editing vocals, touching up some new tracks, and revitalizing others. On a s...
Posted by the silk demise on Wed, 04 Jun 2008 05:09:00 PST

In time...

It's been a long time since an update, but there's still lots happening behind the scenes...Work is well underway on the new album, with a few tracks already named:  Wildfire, Heroin Chic (r...
Posted by the silk demise on Sat, 09 Jun 2007 09:02:00 PST

New album: "unlocked" officially release

the silk demise:  unlocked  - a collection of unreleased material and including the all new track 'Pincushion' has been released!  The album is a free download at www.thesilkdemise.com....
Posted by the silk demise on Thu, 24 Aug 2006 02:52:00 PST

"Bound" music video...

Well, the goal is to have it done by this Saturday, March 4th!  If that's the case, we'll have it up on our MySpace page and on our official website by next week! It will be free to download in v...
Posted by the silk demise on Thu, 02 Mar 2006 06:51:00 PST

Official website officially updated...

Hello, So the website is finally redone... it loads 10x faster, has some of my own photography, and is totally redone behind the scenes.  Phew...  now I can sleep.  Check out the link b...
Posted by the silk demise on Sun, 05 Feb 2006 10:15:00 PST

Looking to collaborate? Vocalist wanted...

Hey Everyone, The Silk Demise is looking to expand its horizons by adding a new vocalist to the mix.  Applicants should have an appreciation for trip-hop and down-tempo music in general.  I'...
Posted by the silk demise on Mon, 29 Aug 2005 10:05:00 PST

Wanna buy the mp3s?

Well now you can folks!  The Silk Demise self-titled debut is now available for digital download on Puretracks.com (the Canadian version of iTunes) and will soon be available on all major digital...
Posted by the silk demise on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Some changes...

Hey!  So I added a ton of new influences just so you can see where we are coming from... changed the colours of our myspace page... added a new track off our album named The Garden... and we hit ...
Posted by the silk demise on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

"Bound" video in the works...

Stuck In Time productions will be producing the video for "Bound", due out sometime this summer.  Check out www.thesilkdemise.com to check out some set pics.  Filming is still underway, then...
Posted by the silk demise on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

New clip

Check out the track "Seduisante" - we just posted a short clip up on MySpace for you all to hear. It's a preview of what's to come - lots of new songs are in the works, so check back soon for more up...
Posted by the silk demise on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST