Silence_Castor
Having spent most of his childhood immersed in art, it was only natural that Nate Hicks would eventually dabble in music. He quickly went through the docket of band instruments available to him and ended up on electric guitar. This pushed him to get more into punk rock and eventually start his first band with his best friend. However, he soon found his first synthesizer and almost immediately started Silence_Castor as his primary creative outlet.
His influences start in the grime of the 80's underground (Black Flag, Big Black), stretch into the industrial wonder of the 90's (Nine Inch Nails, Ministry), and even feature some of today's more mainstream electronic acts (Lorn, Jon Hopkins, Thom Yorke). These inspirations led Nate to find a love for samplers very quickly, as they allowed him to sample in bits and pieces of the records he already owned and loved. This gave him a perfect middle ground between samplers, sequencers, and synthesizers. His live shows are usually a mix of these two worlds drenched in reverb and delicious tape saturation.
Staying liquid has been an important part of Silence_Castor's progress, leaving room to stretch into other genres and really push what "electronic music" means. This gives his music and ever changing quality and allows him to keep his genre and aesthetic tastefully fresh.
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Attack/Release Hour Live Jam
“I've been sitting on this set for awhile now, but since it will likely never see the light of day, I wanted to post it here at least. This was a set I recorded for my friends Cat Breath and Prole Volt and their since defunct A/R Hour. Artists get to record a 10-15 min set and then we have a round table to discuss music and interview each artist. Since the time slot was relatively small for this set, I decided to make an extended version of Blind Ascension from Void Castor's first album. This allowed me to stretch the one track to a 10 min long experience.” - Silence Castor
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