Silvis Records is excited to jump aboard the COVID-19 announcement bandwagon by making a Friday the 13th proclamation that it has been making progress in several areas:
- Around 50% of the S.R. catalogue has been migrated over to Bandcamp, where it is available for free. You'll see these changes reflected in the URLs within the links on the right. (If you're using a phone, switch to "full site" mode.). We are doing this because CDBaby disabled half of the albums we made available for free under their prior "free distribution" agreement, unless we agreed to an outrageous demand to pay CDBaby additional money. Meanwhile, Bandcamp is way easier to use and enjoy.
- Expect another new Masquerade Generation album to go up this month.
- Asenath Anyox albums are in progress. There is a very large amount of material; A.A. essentially used the Masquerade Generation approach of recording the entire catalogue at once.
With society shutting down and "social distancing" becoming mainstream (we have been practicing it for years while living on an island in Alaska), we anticipate there will be fantastic opportunities for Silvis Records to stay on top of things and get more music out there. Who knows - maybe we'll get some interviews up, as well.
Friday, March 13, 2020
Sunday, February 2, 2020
Tuesday, December 31, 2019
We are Migrating to Bandcamp!
We uploaded a single Masquerade Generation album to Bandcamp, and literally within two days:
1. We earned more more than we did all of last year with CDBaby
2. Masquerade Generation was selected for inclusion on a multinational goth compilation from Germany (more info to come)
3. Darkpage Records of Moscow, Russia contacted us and reached an agreement for distribution in Russia
4. Huge numbers of listens from individual listeners
This is shockingly more successful than CDBaby. So, we checked CDBaby, and learned that CDBABY TOOK DOWN ALL OF OUR FREE ALBUMS and is welching on their agreement to make music available at no cost. CDBaby is attempting to get around the whole "free" deal by requiring you to buy a barcode.
Also, Bandcamp is much more user-friendly on both the artist and the listener side. We probably should have realized this 10 years ago, but living on an island in Alaska, you miss out on numerous important trends and technological developments sometimes.
Needless to say, due to this astonishing discrepancy in user experience we will be moving all material from CDBaby to Bandcamp within the coming weeks. In the meantime, some of the links on our site may take you to empty CDBaby pages for albums for which we have not "bought a bar code."
Thanks for your patience!
The most recent three Young Vulgarians albums are available at youngvulgarians.bandcamp.com, and Masquerade Generation is at masqueradegeneration.bandcamp.com
Saturday, December 28, 2019
Sunday, December 15, 2019
Six New Masquerade Generation Albums Complete and Upcoming
Masquerade Generation has fully completed six albums - five LPs, and an EP (in French) which will be released incrementally in the months which follow. The first release, Autumn Witch, will be forthcoming prior to the end of the year.
A vampiric successor to Young Vulgarians, Masquerade Generation uses a library of vintage synthesizers to craft sensual, nostalgic post-mortems of forsaken 80s / early 90s goth. Recorded in cultural isolation on an island in Alaska.
For fans of Sisters of Mercy, vintage perfumes, Euroshima, darker Suede, shou puerh tea, Star Trek TNG synths, early White Wolf Publishing, management accounting, etc.
We enjoyed the approach used on the last 3 YV albums - delving deeper into the being of the band/project by creating a series of albums at once, and pushing concepts to their spiritual and philosophical depths - so decided to double that approach and create 6 albums. Except this approach to guide future releases.
Silvis Record's 50th album - "L" (the roman numeral for 50), is scheduled to appear in 2020 as a compilation.
A vampiric successor to Young Vulgarians, Masquerade Generation uses a library of vintage synthesizers to craft sensual, nostalgic post-mortems of forsaken 80s / early 90s goth. Recorded in cultural isolation on an island in Alaska.
For fans of Sisters of Mercy, vintage perfumes, Euroshima, darker Suede, shou puerh tea, Star Trek TNG synths, early White Wolf Publishing, management accounting, etc.
We enjoyed the approach used on the last 3 YV albums - delving deeper into the being of the band/project by creating a series of albums at once, and pushing concepts to their spiritual and philosophical depths - so decided to double that approach and create 6 albums. Except this approach to guide future releases.
Silvis Record's 50th album - "L" (the roman numeral for 50), is scheduled to appear in 2020 as a compilation.
Sunday, January 27, 2019
What's Going on at Silvis Records?
If it's felt relatively quiet at the Silvis Records website recently, it's because there's a lot of work going on behind the scenes involving bands/albums which will materialize in 2019.
- Silvis Studios has been going through a process of total reconstruction which began in 2018. We've massively upgraded the core of the studio, have done a dramatic microphone cabinet overhaul, and are most recently installing new lighting and security systems.
- We currently have two new bands working in the studio:
Asenath Anyox - Dark shoegaze; imagine MBV tapping into their gothic roots. Asenath is putting together a massive amount of content that we expect will be released over multiple albums.
Masquerade Generation - Late 80s / early 90s style goth/darkwave in peak form. Currently in song-writing mode. Lots of synth. We are extremely excited about this addition to our roster.
- Additionally, Naukati is working on a piece of music that will be longer than Wagner's "Ring of the Nibelung" cycle.
In the meantime, definitely be sure to catch up on the recent releases by Young Vulgarians and Naukati, and get your pre-order in for Anathema Publishing's "Pillars: Circling the Compass."
- Silvis Studios has been going through a process of total reconstruction which began in 2018. We've massively upgraded the core of the studio, have done a dramatic microphone cabinet overhaul, and are most recently installing new lighting and security systems.
- We currently have two new bands working in the studio:
Asenath Anyox - Dark shoegaze; imagine MBV tapping into their gothic roots. Asenath is putting together a massive amount of content that we expect will be released over multiple albums.
Masquerade Generation - Late 80s / early 90s style goth/darkwave in peak form. Currently in song-writing mode. Lots of synth. We are extremely excited about this addition to our roster.
- Additionally, Naukati is working on a piece of music that will be longer than Wagner's "Ring of the Nibelung" cycle.
In the meantime, definitely be sure to catch up on the recent releases by Young Vulgarians and Naukati, and get your pre-order in for Anathema Publishing's "Pillars: Circling the Compass."
Monday, January 14, 2019
Xenotime Compass by Naukati: Available Now
Silvis Records is proud to present our first album of 2019: "Xenotime Compass" by Naukati, which is available completely for free at CDBaby.com . This ~2 hour composition serves as a musical companion for the latest issue of Anathema Publishing's exceptional occult / esoteric / left hand path journal "Pillars."
Vol. 2, Issue one of Pillars, titled "Circling the Compass," is available now at www.anathemapublishing.com , and features a piece on deer carcass-based divination written by Nukshean (of Naukati, Skaltros, Kuundlaan, Ataxeta, etc.). Everything about Pillars is of outstanding quality, and is definitely worthy of your fullest consideration. Check it out, and add some amazing depth and spirituality to your 2019!
Vol. 2, Issue one of Pillars, titled "Circling the Compass," is available now at www.anathemapublishing.com , and features a piece on deer carcass-based divination written by Nukshean (of Naukati, Skaltros, Kuundlaan, Ataxeta, etc.). Everything about Pillars is of outstanding quality, and is definitely worthy of your fullest consideration. Check it out, and add some amazing depth and spirituality to your 2019!
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