What's The Story?
Paul Hartnoll was one of a brother-formed duo called Orbital. For Silence is an ambient symphonic electro track that is best known for its appearance in the Xbox 360 downloadable game Chime.
Who's To Blame?
Captain N's closest competition.
Why ♥ It?
This track has a number of different feels to it.
It begins by sounding like a tribal beat with bells. Quickly, upon entrance of vocals (which sound remarkably like you'd hear in a Cranberries track), the feel of the song starts moving from tribal and more towards that of a classic songstress.
The part at 2:15 is something that Clint Mansell would respect for its use of strings to create intensity.
Upon reaching 3:00, it doesn't feel like the song has evolved, but a fun exercise is to rewind the track to 1:00 or 1:20 and see how much the soundscape has erupted. It's surprising. The build is subtle but constant, turning an ambient tribal groove into a requiem.
For the best experience, I'd recommend tracking down the aforementioned Xbox 360 download. Being able to throw various notes over the versatile skeleton of For Silence gives it an even greater lustre than the track has as a standalone. It's only $5, and some of that gets donated to charity. So it isn't a waste per se.
Do it! Seriously, don't tell me you're out reading music blogs on the internet, but also thinking that you couldn't give an electro track a compelling voice using a simple game interface. That's just silly!
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