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as you're vanishing in silence (english)
This stands out from most other Cold Meat Industry releases in that there is little reliance
on electronic modes of producing music; the instruments used are violin, flute and piano
accompanied by (male and female) vocals. The synth is used only occasionally. But like
most other Cold Meat Industry releases, there is a strong focus on the creation of atmosphere
and distaste for conventional verse-chorus-verse song structures.
The dominant mood on this album is one of contemplative melancholia, reminiscent of bands
on the Dark Symphonies label, most notably Maudlin of the Well. The vocals are pretty
decent, but muted; presumably this is deliberately intended as a means of adding to the
atmosphere. Not only is the synth seldom used, it is also subordinate to the other
instruments -- yet I can't help but wonder whether this album would have been better off with just
analogue instruments. This is definitely not an album for head banging; nor can it be seen as
purely "wallpaper" music like label mates Raison d'Être. This is the kind of music that is best
enjoyed in solitude with a glass of fine red.
by: Quentin Kalis (8 out of 10) - www.chroniclesofchaos.com.
as you're vanishing in silence (english)
For the die-hard adulator of the gloom-shrouded industrial slaughter house of Cold Meat
Industry you could be excused for tripping upon All My Faith Lost… with the rumination of
why exactly is an eidolon of utopist Greece doing in the middle of a butcher barn, let alone
why it whispers, 'Come close my Lover'. So broaches the stillness this hushed beckoning
cradled in glazed pianoforte. It quickly becomes apparent that the album is not the familiar
demesne of the dark industrialised fane one expects, more something which is in line with
Cruel Moon International’s (pun on an acronym to the uninitiated) folk offerings.
The music unfolds sparse and doleful, swimming strains of evanescent umbrage, softened
synth masquerading as cello shimmer in motes of light under the haunting poetry of Viola
and Frederico. A majority of the tracks are without percussion, metered only by the prominent,
classically arpeggiated acoustic guitar or the pellucid pianoforte. Frederico and Viola both
solo and syncopate tracks between each other, her voice rasping delicate susurrations
while his wavers spoken word to baritone serenades. Steeped in reverie, All My Faith Lost…
would not good company beside ethereal beauty from the Projekt label, acts such as
Black Tape for a Blue Girl and Love Spirals Downwards yet this album retains its
European accent in the melodic medieval strains that intimate subtle antiquity not found in
the Americas. The instrumentation is polished yet not spectacular or experimental; the
only other natural instrument being Viola’s fluting which breathes similar lull to her vocal song.
Cold Meat Industry purists may be pleasantly surprised to find that Peter Anderson mastered
the album. Released as a digipak for the first 1000 copies.
www.auralpressure.com
as you're vanishing in silence (english)
"il silenzio di lacrime sulle foglie autunnali di un amore perduto."
All my faith lost is a discreet italian duet formed by Viola and Federico in 1999, but that originally
included two other musicians - Francis and Rafaella which both decided to let the band - taken into
account Francis recently left it ... just after the preparation made on Chamber music .
Musically defined by a lush melt of neoclassical, folk and heavenly influences, the band has been
well-acclaimed thanx to several early works - from 'Hollow Hills' you could also download for free
thanx to the courtesy of the band on their official site - to 'In a sea, in a lake, in a river' unfortunatly
sold out , but originally released through Nail records - that could be seen as a gathering of various
delicate visionary journeys into onirical lands - inhabited by imaginary fairy creatures out of time, the
ones you dreamt of when being a child hidden into your granny's dusty cellar or lonely in your
bedroom, place of magnificent neverending tales , folk country legends and mythologies which
constantly are renewed through the kaleidoscope of soul and spirit. There's strangely something
from Gerard De Nerval's poetic universes - especially thinking of 'Les filles du feu' contents and
context - from the topical themes of the preraphaelites flowing through All my faith lost songs, stories.
Also deeply inspired by poetry and literature - Keats for 'La belle dame sans merci', James Joyce
for 'Chamber music', the previous unreleased first album due to copyright problems that compelled
the band to re-write the lyrics of their finally out first lp 'As you're vanishing in silence' - all my faith lost
develops deep ,soften and definitly very sweet autumnal atmospheres, as a kinda resignation, a reserved
and intimate glance over the world, as coming from a out of sight refuge.
These feelings born from the fragile but evocative and touching Viola heavenly vocals,as gentle as a leaf on
the fresh rainy air, from Federico tactful and refined accompaniment, from these successive deeply melancholic
tapestries made of reserved soundscapes - painted with acoustic classical guitars and beautiful arpeggios, flut, unobstrusive
keyboards, piano laments, complaining violins, and well-felt arrangments - from this unique way of whispering
that veils heart and haunts the halls of memories through ballads and lullabies - 'As you're vanishing in
silence' tells us about stories of lost love, solitude, bitter pain and souvenirs lived in silent cold days, nightful
remembrances through dante's language and Shakespeare's.
Furthermore, All my faith lost' s music had something of the sad smile of La Gioconda, of the last breath
and last look on life when walking on the last path.
'As you're vanishing in silence', released by Cold Meat Industry is certainly the most meaningful, intense
and tearful album I ever listened to in these first months of 2005. I highly recommand it to everyone that
would like or need to drown into some reserved musical moments but not if into a too depressive mood
as it flows through this album something as an endless miserable and sorrowful mal-de-vivre that could
really let yourselves be moved.
At last but not least, I'd like to underline the really refined aesthetical work made by Federico on the booklet
and visuals of the album that also made of it a nice pleasant objet.
Hats off !
by elysia - www.darkspiritinacandle.com
as you're vanishing in silence (italiano)
Bello, delicato e accattivante, non trovo altre parole per definire questo disco, starei ore ad ascoltarlo senza
mai stancarmi. Come affermato dal gruppo stesso, quest’album nasce da un precedente demo mai pubblicato
(Chamber music), registrando da capo le parti vocali usando testi completamente nuovi. Lo stato d’animo
dell’intero lavoro è molto vicino alla poetica tipica di Joyce. Canzoni malinconiche e mai deprimenti, canzoni
che parlano d’amori andati, sospirati e mai più ritrovati. Dal punto di vista musicale, tutte le tracce sono
acustiche, con l’utilizzo di chitarre, flauti e violini, dando all’intero lavoro un’impronta che al giorno d’oggi è
difficile trovare. Sonorità che hanno portato All My Faith Lost, assieme a Gotica e Ordo Equitum Solis, ad
essere i rappresentanti di una deriva tutta italiana del genere ethereal malinconico. Un disco lontano anni
luce dal rumore e dalla confusione imperante, il volume non è alto, le parole quasi sospirate. Un disco
fatto di velluto viola e pizzo nero. Undici bellissime tracce, tra le quali adoro “Rain has fallen all the day”, “Triste quiete”
e “Sleep now”. Sicuramente il loro miglior lavoro finora. Se vi piace la musica dark-acoustic, questo è un disco che non
può mancare nella vostra collezione di cd, che non sfigurerebbe affatto posto vicino ai dischi dei Black Tape For a Blue Girl.
Questo è un disco poetico, delicato e sognante: pericolosamente seducente
The Exploding Boy -DK666
as you're vanishing in silence (italiano)
Pochi giorni fa mi stavo appunto chiedendo cosa stessero facendo gli All My Faith Lost, fautori di quel "In a sea, in a lake, in
a river... or in a teardrop" che tanto ha stazionato nel mio lettore un paio di anni orsono. Detto fatto, ecco che appare come
per magia questo lussuoso Cd digipack e devo dire che, se l'occhio vuole la sua parte, stavolta è appagato in pieno. Ma
non vogliamo essere solo superficiali ed allora parliamo di musica, che qui si esprime ad altissimi livelli. Musica dolce,
sussurrata, con gli strumenti acustici che vengono accarezzati, sfiorati, amati e vissuti. Gli AMFL continuano per la strada
del minimalismo delicato ed
acustico, smussano ulteriormente gli angoli di un sound che era già impalpabile e dilatano le atmosfere plumbee ed eteree
per regalarci un ora di musica vera, calda, viva ed emozionante. Viola e Federico hanno questa enorme capacità evocativa, riescono
a creare, apparentemente con poco, delle atmosfere e delle emozioni uniche. E' un piacere sentire flauti, chitarre
acustiche, pianoforti, violini, sussurri, voci e tutto il mondo della Fede Perduta girare ed intrecciarsi su tappeti sonori
che non possono lasciare indifferenti. Album da prendere in toto, è un viaggio infinito che farà felici gli amanti delle
sonorità più sofisticate e soft, una conferma delle grandi qualità del duo friulano. Alla luce di tutto ciò, il fatto che il
lavoro sia uscito per un etichetta seria ed influente come la Cold Meat Industry ha il sapore, per una volta, di giustizia
nei confronti della buona musica. Buon ascolto.
[Max 13-34] - www.erbadellastrega.it
as you're vanishing in silence (italiano)
Finora il vasto catalogo della celebre Cold Meat Industry ha avuto una caratteristica particolare che non è mai stata tradita
eccetto per il fuori catalogo segnato da una X del capolavoro live del Blood Axis, un caso straordinario sotto molti punti di
vista.. Ogni uscita targat CMI era inequivocabilmente concepita da bands svedesi o almeno scandinave e la decisione
di includere la band veneta nella prestigiosa scuderia di Linkoping stupirà non poco la brigata dei fans della label nordica.
Digipack e ricco libretto, un trattamento speciale per il duo italiano, naturalmente, come comandano i Dead Can Dance
la line up è composta da una coppia, posti che in questa occasione sono occupati da Federico e Viola. Il loro sound
è un ethereal dark molto malinconico e ben strutturato, delicate e celestiali atmosfere che non mancheranno di
riscuotere ampi consensi all’interno della scena dark.
Personalmente non sono attratto dalle loro tristi melodie ma devo ammettere che nel loro campo d’azione riescono
a tessere sensuali musiche attraverso l’ausilio di viola, violino, flauti e tastiere, senza dimenticare l’uso di voci mai
invasive che non cadono in vocalizzi di dubbio gusto. Gli All My Faith Lost hanno dato alle stampe un debutto serio, privo
di facili e banali soluzioni strumentali ed il cantato di Viola in “Rain has fallen all the day” e di Federico in
“She Came To Me” ben si sposano alla tenue atmosfera evocate dalla leggerezza della strumentazione classica.
Il suono si fa più funereo in “All day I hear your voice”, fin troppo da provocare sensazioni desolanti mentre i
gentili arpeggi di “Disclose Your Eyes” unite al dialogo cantato regalano punti extra al valore finale di “As You’re
Vanishing in Silence”. Bravi e professionali. Consigliato agli estimatori del genere ed al pubblico dark.
www.exoteric-zine.com
as you're vanishing in silence (english)
All My Faith Lost is one of the latest acquisition of the Cold Meat Industry catalogue, already tasted towards the end of 2004 with a track
on the double CD sampler "Flowers Made Of Snow". The band comes from Italy and is to file under ethereal folk music, a genre which
seems to have fascinated mr. Karmanik a lot, at least since the acquisition of Ataraxia by his label.
The duo consists of Viola and Federico, who compose and play all the music using a minimal instrumentation made of flutes, piano,
violin, guitars and synths. Notes and chords are so delicate and impalpable that they sound like each instrument was caressed and
grazed, rather than played. The band is able to create great depressing atmospheres using thin and apparently simple song structures.
The CD is introduced by a short and fragile piano song, "Come Close My Lover", which reminds immediately the Current 93 of "Soft
Black Stars". The following "Your Silent Tears" melts violin and acoustic guitars in a refined and involving hymn of sadness.
Touching "Rain Has Fallen All The Day" is build around a cold and minimal synth theme, strings, and both crystal-like male and
female vocals. These are just examples of the kind of sound and atmospheres you are expected to find in the microcosmos of
All My Faith Lost. "As You're Vanishing In Silence" is preferably to be listened in its full length and to be given your whole
concentration, otherwise you will fail to get inside their music and be charmed by its delicate fragrance. This is definitely not
to be played as background noise while cleaning the house.
Listeners and lovers of the more sophisticated and refined ethereal sound can write down this name, for surely it will spread far.
A proof of this is that "As You're Vanishing In Silence" is released by Cold Meat Industry, and is also the very first CD by a
non-Scandinavian band to get the CMI. catalogue number! If you enjoyed Ataraxia, Gothica, Ordo Equitum Solis and the
Projekt school of Black Tape For A Blue Girl, then your heart won't escape the dark charm of All My Faith Lost.
The only slightly disappointing aspect of this release is the package: while the digipack is luxurious and beautiful as
usual, the images chosen (all potraing the band and assorted goth clothing) are not quite matching the high standars
of Cold Meat Industry releases.
www.filthforge.net
as you're vanishing in silence (english)
These are the sounds I like best from Cold Meat Industry: dark, melancholy, moody, gloomy and tranquil.
In short, All My Faith Lost has produced a beautiful album.
The sound of this band is dominated by acoustic instruments. What you will hear are down-tempo melodies
played on piano, violin, guitar and flute. These sounds are supported by subtle synthesizer sounds.
While listening to As Your’re Vanishing In Silence you will enter another state of mind. For a moment the world
just stops. It is as if you enter a sphere of total tranquility. No more words could describe or explain this.
So, just stop reading, get this record and listen. Happy dreaming...
www.funprox.com
as you're vanishing in silence (english)
I first heard a selection from this album on the Cold Meat Industry label's double-cd sampler Flowers Made Of Snow.
The selection was "Sleep Now" and after hearing it I picked up this album and have heard it several times over and
enjoy every minute of it. If you've heard the sampler I refer to, then you've heard something from this group.
While the referenced track is incredible itself, the entire album pretty much defies description and has to be experienced.
"Come Close My Love" kicks off the album with a beautiful piano piece and whispered vocals draped over a
backdrop of beautiful synths and strings. This tapestry provides the setting for many of the selections on this
album as it drifts through a number of melancholy pieces with eleven tracks in all.
The mixture of alternating male and female vocals provide a soft ethereal masterpiece.
Federico takes the lead as vocalist on songs like "Your Silent Tears", "She Came To Me" and "Disclose
Your Eyes". These tracks show how ethereal male vocals can be captivating and smooth and provide
an incredible mood combined with this type of minimal music with acoustic guitar and beautiful piano.
Fans of the soft female-fronted ethereal music will also enjoy this album with the incredible selections
that Viola provides her vocals. When I first heard "Rain Has Fallen All The Day" I was spellbound and held
captive by her siren-like vocals. But once I got to "All Day I Hear Your Voice", all hope was lost. I knew I
was hopelessly hypnotized by this duo's incredible talents. The melancholy nature of the simple and
minimalistic style on this track is incredible with the soft synths and strings in the background, the s
oft plucked guitar and the vocals smoothly layered over it all for something truly spectacular.
This album is something that people who love the minimalistic nature of Faith & Disease and the
romantic elements of Gothica will enjoy. It's definitely worth tracking down and picking up and cherishing for a very long time.
Rating: 5/5
www.gothicparadise.com
as you're vanishing in silence
All My Faith Lost bestaat uit Viola en Federico en maakt mooie liedjes. Hierbij wordt gebruik gemaakt van akoestische
instrumentatie zoals fluit, piano en viool. De muziek die ze maken zou je kunnen vergelijken met andere Italiaanse projecten
als Chirleison, Gothica of Ordo Equitum Solis maar ook met sommige muziek van het Projekt label of The Fossil Dungeon label.
Dit is een erg lekkere cd om gewoon bij te ontspannen. Rustige etherische muziek, zonder dat je echt in slaap gewiegd wordt.
Precies goed dus. Viola zingt soms met een fluisterende stem, en Federico wisselt dit af met zijn warme stemgeluid en dat
klinkt heel puur en haast verleidelijk in combinatie met de zeker wel levendige muziek. De sfeer van de muziek reflecteert
haast de feeërieke wereld die een rol speelt in de folklore van haast elk Europees land. Dit is echt mooi.
All My Faith Lost consists of Viola and Federico and make beautiful songs. For this they use various acoustic instruments
like a flute, piano and violin. The music they make could be compared to other Italian projects like Chirleison, Gothica or
Ordo Equitum Solis but also with some of the music of the Projekt or The Fossil Dungeon label. This is a very nice cd to
relax with. Down volumed ethereal music, that also doesn’t rock you asleep. It hits exactly the right snare. Viola sometimes
sings with a whispering voice, and Federico brings in the warm sound his voice has and this sounds very pure and almost
seductive in combination with the yet lively music. The atmosphere of the music perfectly reflects the fairy world that plays a
role in the folklore of almost every European country. This is beautiful.
TekNoir 8.0
www.gothtronic.com
as you're vanishing in silence (french)
Toujour découvreur de talent avisé, Roger Karmanik agrandit sa section heavenly dark avec All My Faith Lost, que l'on
pouvait déjà entendre sur le dernier sampler en date, 'Flowers made of snow'. Cette jeune formation italienne a déjà
quelques cd-r démos à son actif et leur arrivée sur le label suédois est donc une sacrée aubaine pour bénéficier de
conditions de travail optimales. Et cela devient évident à l'écoute de ce 'As you're vanishing in silence', qui offre la
part belle aux atmosphères heavenly très mélancoliques relevant d'un romantisme des plus délicats, triste et plutôt noir.
En évitant les clichés gothiques qui sont souvent l'apanage de ces formations, les italiens font dans la sobriété.
Point d'arrangements pompeux ou de voix ridicules : bien au contraire le mariage des guitares classiques et folk,
du piano et des chants langoureux ou éthérés nous transporte dans un univers intime d'une émouvante sincérité.
Qu'il s'agisse des pièces atmosphériques 'Come closer my lover' ou le superbe 'All day I hear your voice', de
'sérénades' romantico-médiévales empreintes d'humilité et de poésie avec 'Triste quiete', 'Your silent tears'
ou encore 'Rain has fallen...' All My Faith Lost charme par son habileté à atteindre l'essentiel. On pense parfois
au défunt et culte (bien qu'inégal) label Hyperium (Stoa, Chandeen) mais aussi au prestigieux catalogue des
américains de Projekt (Black Tape For A Blue Girl, Lycia) dans cette capacité à créer des atmosphères marquées
musicalement mais intemporelles grâces aux émotions véhiculées. Voilà longtemps que je n'avais pas apprécié
un disque de ce genre, ou même été touché par autant de simplicité et de beauté. Très vivement recommandé !
www.gutsofdarkness.com
as you're vanishing in silence (italiano)
Languide melodie di piano adagiate su sinuosi archi, una voce maschile appena sussurrata ad aprirsi la strada
in punta di piedi, posandosi lievemente sulle note come una piuma cullata da un dolce vento. Ed ancora, alternarsi
di melodie vocali angeliche e caldi recitati in una continua ricerca della poesia in note, della sintonia perfetta tra strumenti e
voci, del culmine ultimo di questo inno all'etereo tout court, senza pomposità né barocchismi, semplicemente adagiando
le sensazioni sullo spartito con calma, pacatezza ed infinita dolcezza. Ballate semplici per un duo italiano sbarcato alla
corte svedese senza suoni di fanfare o schiamazzi di trombe, ballate dotate di quel magnetismo naturale che differenzia
la poesia dalla pretenziosa ricerca dell'arte a tutti i costi, dal colpo di scena da circo dell'effimero, dalla sagra di paese
tutta fumo e niente arrosto. Non siamo di fronte al capolavoro ovviamente, né riteniamo sia questa la pretesa di musicisti
troppo discreti per avanzare proclami da quattro soldi: qui si ha piuttosto l'impressione di avere a che fare con una
lunga dichiarazione d'amore diretta all'oggetto del proprio desiderio, del tutto indifferente alla necessità di compiacere
un pubblico più vasto. Non è semplice stabilire dei metri oggettivi per simili composizioni, né decidere a priori se
queste note riusciranno o meno a toccare le corde interne del singolo ascoltatore: troppo soggettiva la
predisposizione al riceverle, troppo personale la scelta di lasciarsi ammaliare o meno. Molto meglio
consigliarne l'ascolto, lasciando poi che sia la sensibilità dei singoli a compiere la successiva scelta.
Musica in punta di piedi
Michele Giorgi - www.hmp.it
as you're vanishing in silence
Dass Herr Karmanik, der Chef des prominenten Industrial- und Dark-Ambient-Label COLD MEAT INDUSTRY, ein
Herz für sentimentale Gruftballaden hat, ist nicht wirklich ein Geheimnis. So kam es auch zu Veröffentlichungen von
Projekten wie GOTHICA, die gewiss mit den harscheren oder düsteren Tönen, die zum Ruhm des Labels beigetragen
haben, gewaltig kontrastieren. Nichtsdestotrotz wird das vorliegende Werk, das zweite Album des italienischen Duos
ALL MY FAITH LOST (das einige CMI-Fans durch deren Beitrag zum Label-Sampler „Flowers Made Of Snow“ schon
kennen werden), für Überraschungen sorgen, da das Label (meines Erachtens nach) noch nie einen so poppigen Schritt gewagt hat.
Mit „poppig“ darf nicht verstanden werden, dass das italienische Pärchen etwa fröhliche oder gar tanzbare Musik macht.
Ganz in Gegenteil bleibt das Album, seine elf Stücke lang, konsequent in tiefster Trauer versunken. Aber nicht jene trockene, ernste
Hoffnungslosigkeit die keine Heilung kennt und auf jeden Ausbruch verzichtet, sondern eine süße, vorübergehende Traurigkeit, in
der schon die heilenden Tränen geborgen sind. „As you’re vanishing in silence“ bildet den perfekten Soundtrack für das Leiden „junger
Werther“, für verletzte Herzen, denen Eros einen bösen Trick gespielt hat, und die in den minimalen, melancholischen Wiegeliedern
von ALL MY FAITH LOST ganz bestimmt eine wunderbare Tröstung finden werden. Daher das sehr große Mainstream-Potential
der so „poppigen“ Platte, da jeder, der den großen Liebeskummer kennt (am besten mit 15 oder 16), sich in der jugendlichen, flüsternden
Stimmen Federicos und Violas wieder erkennen könnte. Musikalisch gesehen ist die Instrumentierung zum größten Teil
akustisch (Klavier, Gitarre, Violine und Flaute), die Melodien einfach aber effektiv. Der gesamte Eindruck ist teils einer von
Authentizität und teils einer gewissen Naivität, die zweifellos zum Charme des Projektes beiträgt. Leider erweist sich das
Album auf Dauer recht eintönig. Man hätte sich mehr ausgeglichene Stücke, wie das sehr schöne „Your Silent Tears“ gewünscht, bei
weitem das stärkste Lied des Albums, wo der fragile, ungewöhnliche weibliche Gesang à la Mylène Farmer am besten zur Geltung kommt.
Nichtsdestotrotz sollte diese Veröffentlichung ein breites Publikum erobern können, von der Hörerschaft mancher Folk-Projekte à la
BACKWORLD, OTWATM oder derer MAZZY STARs, auf dem Umwege des Mainstream Goth-Publikum. Wer jedoch mehr zu den ,
experimentellen oder anspruchsvolleren Veröffentlichungen CMIs tendiert, sollte am besten die Finger hiervon lassen…
ifriess
www.musik.terrorverlag.de
as you're vanishing in silence (english)
Released on the Cold Meat Industry label, All My Faith Lost's new CD is a brilliant mix of acoustic instruments and synths, with songs
that are packed with beauty, intensity, and melancholia.
With the release of "As You're Vanishing in Silence", Italian band All My Faith Lost has sparked, what I hope is, a revolutionary approach
in developing the relationship between acoustic instrumentation within the wide-ranging electronic music scene.
Now this sounds like a bold statement to make. And it is, but only because this is a courageous album in the sense that it is both deeply
personal and artistically sincere, all the while shaking away the current musical trends.
This CD also questions the notion of power and intensity, simply by relegating the electronic contributions to the background, where the
more human aspects of instrument and voice carry the brunt of the musical responsibility. It is because of these aspects that the great label
CMI chose to release this CD in the first place, even though the label is mostly known for its dark ambient and electronic noise releases.
Federico and Viola, who are both responsible for the lyrical content, also share the lead vocal duties. The vocals are used like instruments, in
that they are whispered and subdued, so that the narrative becomes secondary to the texture and tone. The synths are used to fill out the
overall sound, but the acoustic guitar, flute, piano, violin, and viola are the true driving forces. Mastered by Peter Andersson, this CD is
for times of solitude and quiet introspection that will take you far away from the madding crowd.
Michael Casano - www.virus-mag.com
as you're vanishing in silence (english)
Released on the Cold Meat Industry label, All My Faith Lost's new CD is a brilliant mix of acoustic instruments and synths, with songs
that are packed with beauty, intensity, and melancholia.
With the release of "As You're Vanishing in Silence", Italian band All My Faith Lost has sparked, what I hope is, a revolutionary approach
in developing the relationship between acoustic instrumentation within the wide-ranging electronic music scene.
Now this sounds like a bold statement to make. And it is, but only because this is a courageous album in the sense that it is both deeply
personal and artistically sincere, all the while shaking away the current musical trends.
This CD also questions the notion of power and intensity, simply by relegating the electronic contributions to the background, where the
more human aspects of instrument and voice carry the brunt of the musical responsibility. It is because of these aspects that the great label
CMI chose to release this CD in the first place, even though the label is mostly known for its dark ambient and electronic noise releases.
Federico and Viola, who are both responsible for the lyrical content, also share the lead vocal duties. The vocals are used like instruments, in
that they are whispered and subdued, so that the narrative becomes secondary to the texture and tone. The synths are used to fill out the
overall sound, but the acoustic guitar, flute, piano, violin, and viola are the true driving forces. Mastered by Peter Andersson, this CD is
for times of solitude and quiet introspection that will take you far away from the madding crowd.
Michael Casano - www.virus-mag.com
as you're vanishing in silence (english)
I knew these Italians for not such a long time, but still enough to dig their work a little more. First, I'm telling that newest release had been
so patiently prepared and in the end gave good result. It is slow, silent, whispered... admirable. Great vocal lines and really fascinating
melodies, being on guitar, keys, violin... No stress here, only meant for diving you into the spheres of extensive solitude, long thinking
and finally a calm end. Very enjoyable lyrics, very well thoughtout part on the album as well... This may not go for everyone, but I just felt
tired of all the annoying bands around, so All My Faith Lost came like a perfect group for this moment.
Invidia Zine Serbia
as you're vanishing in silence
Los italianos All my Faith Lost practican un sonido ambiental, relajado y atmosférico en el que las dulces voces y las bellas melodías
están siempre presentes. De la facción más ambiental y menos ruidista de Cold Meat Industry nos llega ahora este “As you´re Vanishing
in Silence” para demostrarnos que los de la carnicería sueca también tienen su corazoncito. All my Faith Lost elaboran la evolución natural
de los Heavenly Voices dándole al subgenera un sello personal y difícil de describir. Es como si a Ataraxia les quitas las ínfulas
medievales y dejas sólo las melodías desnudas. En definitiva, un disco plagado de momentos para el disfrute tranquilo, para el deleite
solitario y bastante más lejos de las siestas inducidas de muchos grupos que envuelven su no-tengo-nada-que-decir en falsa armonía.
www.laletracapital.com
as you're vanishing in silence (german)
Wurde ich in letzter Zeit des Öfteren mit hervorragenden Tonträgern zum Rezensieren verwöhnt, so habe ich mit dem hier vorliegenden neuesten
Produkt des schwedischen Kaltfleisch Betriebes meine Schwierigkeiten. Seit vielen Jahren empfinde ich eine tiefe Verbundenheit mit den meisten
Veröffentlichungen dieses Labels, dass mittlerweile zurecht Kultstatus besitzt. Aber dennoch möchte ich mich eher zu den Liebhabern der so
genannten alten Garde von CMI zählen. Meine persönlichen Favoriten sind bis zum heutigen Tage definitiv DEUTSCH NEPAL, MZ.412 und
MEGAPTERA. Aber auch Projekte der Neuzeit konnten mich vollends überzeugen, hier sollen SKIN AREA, BEYOND SENSORY EXPERIENCE
oder SEPHIROTH genannt werden. CMI stand für mich immer für kalte synthetische Klänge, welche mit einer ordentlichen Portion NOISE
garniert wurden und so wird es auch immer sein. Und genau da liegt der tote Hund begraben.
ALL MY FAITH LOST ist ein Duo aus dem wunderschönen Italien, bestehend aus Federico und Viola, und bei eben diesem Projekt handelt
es sich um eine Produktion der jüngst von Roger Karmanik kreierten „neuen Generation“ seines Labels, wobei der Schwerpunkt auf
handgemachte, sozusagen ehrliche Musik, gelegt wird. Im Falle des in dieser Rezension zu besprechenden Projektes bedeutet dies
akustische Gitarre, Flöte, Piano und Violine. Schlagwerk wird an keiner Stelle des Albums eingesetzt! Dies hat allerdings den Effekt, dass
die Lieder etwas eintönig und langweilig daher kommen. Ob diese CD wirklich für den typischen CMI-Freak oder meinetwegen auch für den
durchschnittlichen Neofolk Hörer geeignet ist, möchte ich definitiv in Frage stellen. Ich denke das Album tendiert mehr in die Romantik - Wave – Gothic
Ecke und genau dort wird auch das angestrebte Zielpublikum zu finden sein. Natürlich wird der ein oder andere Anhänger unserer Szene, oder
Besucher von Lichttaufe, gefallen daran finden, aber es wird eine deutliche Minderheit sein, die sich für diesen Output begeistern können.
Die Kompositionen an sich sind gekonnt umgesetzt, die CD klingt jederzeit professionell und überzeugend. Dabei handelt es sich um
melancholische Songs, bei denen stets die Gitarrenarbeit im Vordergrund steht. „As you`re vanishing in silence“ hätte genauso gut beim
amerikanischen Projekt Label veröffentlicht werden können und hätte dort auch wesentlich besser hineingepasst. Als musikalischer
Einfluss wird im Labelflyer unter anderen AIN SOPH genannt, dies ist aber eine Einstellung, die ich nicht teilen kann. Das Stück „All day I hear your voice“ erinnert
mich doch sehr an die Titelmelodie der Fernsehserie Twin Peaks, nur wurde damals der Gesang von Julee Cruise überzeugender umgesetzt.
Das Booklet erscheint in seiner Art und Aufmachung im erwartungsgemäßen CMI-Stiel und schlägt durchaus gelungen eine Brücke zur Gothic Szene.
Da mein individueller Musikgeschmack nicht allmächtig ist, aber mich persönlich Letzendes dieses Album nicht überzeugen konnte, ich die CD einfach
nur langweilig finde und mir das mehrfache Anhören für diese Rezi enorme Schwierigkeiten bereitete, möchte ich jedem Interessenten dazu raten, vorher
die Möglichkeit zu suchen, in die CD hinein zu hören.
Fazit:
Ich habe meinen Glauben an Cold Meat Industry auch trotz dieser Veröffentlichung nicht Verlohren und freue mich auf die bereits angekündigte
CD von BEYOND SENSORY EXPERIENCE, denn dann wird es hoffentlich wieder richtig zur Sache gehen.
Jens - www.lichttaufe.com
as you're vanishing in silence (english)
We have met the Italians in question in Cold Meat’s recent delectable collection “Flowers made of snow”, while some may remember them from
their few participations in music collections of magazines of the gothic field. Relatively remote from the musical style that the Swedish company of
cosmo-terror has been invariably entertaining, ALL MY FAITH take delight in melancholic tunes, basing their pessimism on acoustic sounds
originating mostly from the acoustic guitar and the piano and less from the violin, the flute and the synths that play a secondary part. Viola
(the name of the female singer) and Federico share the vocals, both of them moving in nerveless scales, their ulterior goal of which is the
sensitive side of the listener. The almost simple material convince us for its romantic wills and in no way can it be characterized as kitsch, but
it needs further improving in order to stand side by side with ATARAXIA worthily (at least in their recent acoustic musical period of the Italians)
or AION SOPH that are also mentioned as an influence of theirs. Their tactic (enough sorrow to classify them in the commercial bands of the
atmospheric music, but not enough “blackness” if we want to talk about a new revelation of Cold Meat) inevitably puts the triad (include the
aforementioned as well as Francis/Guitar/Piano/Synthe) in the promising crews that will probably trouble us pleasantly in the future. I hope
this will happen and that they will not vanish in silence as indicated by the title of the album.
Andreas Stasinopoulos - www.metal-invader.com
as you're vanishing in silence (english)
All right, from Italy comes this band named All My Faith Lost..., and with a name like this, what music style could you expect? Since we have
mostely Metal reviews here, you'd probably figure them as a Doom Metal band, right? Well, their style has nothing to do with Metal, really, which
is fine because we're also interested in other genres like Atmospheric music, for example. Well these kinds of bands are also hard to label, as far
as the music genre comes. I usually just describe them as Atmospheric because that covers a lot of areas, and only afterwards I get into the music
itself, specially the instruments.
As I read the bio sheet that came with this album entitled "As you're Vanishing in Silence", I felt that it described the music perfectly, which makes my
task here a little harder. Nonetheless, what matters is that more people can discover what this band is all about, regardless of the person who said or wrote it.
All My Faith Lost... is a two person band, Viola and Frederico. The music is very calm and it paints a perfect landscape of something tragic, yet beautiful
at the same time. The vocals are both male and female, and they are mostely whispered, which enlightens even more the dark gloomy feeling of the album.
There are several instruments, but all acoustic, which doesn't come as a surprise at all, given the fact that they almost seem to intend to seduct the listener with their melodies. For such purpose you have guitars, flute, piano and even some violins.
There are two ways that one can go when listening to this album. You either lack yourself in words due the music which sometimes can be even hypnotic,
or you feel like speaking your heart out with memories from your life, solitude, missing of a loved one, whatever comes to mind, really, there's no boundaries
if you just let yourself go.
I guess I'm somewhere in between, don't really want to remind myself of tragic moments which unfortunately I've delt with a couple of times in the past,
but that's just the road one must take when listening to "As you're Vanishing in Silence".
Crepusculo- www.metalmarch.com
as you're vanishing in silence (english)
When All My Faith Lost does a gig, you can bet there is no pit involved. In fact, I’d be surprised if any of the “guests” (as opposed to drunken, sweaty fans)
even leave their seats. Not only is this band not metal, it’s not even remotely heavy. That doesn’t mean that metal fans that have a taste for unusual music
from other genres won’t find As You’re Vanishing In Silence appealing though, as sometimes completely non-metal stuff is more appreciated around
here than the not-quite metal bands.
All My Faith Lost is an Italian duo that plays gentle and ethereal acoustic material consisting of guitar, flute, violin, piano, and a bit of synth, and includes
no percussion of any kind. Calling this music mellow is on par with saying the Pope is a little under the weather--this is background music for studying/working,
going to sleep, or trying to ride out an anxiety attack. The instrumentation is often sparse and quiet, but more frequently intricately layered. The vocals are
evenly split between the male and female members, although one or the other sometimes plays a more prominent role on any given song. The fragile
compositions develop and swell, becoming more intense and interwoven, almost like Isis overdosed on Percoset, poetry, and Windam Hill. Without
question, As You’re Vanishing In Silence is artsy as hell, and some will also find it annoyingly pretentious. To wit, some of the band’s past work has
been based on the poetry of James Joyce and John Keats.
I wouldn’t recommend that anyone buy this without first checking out the mp3 samples available at Cold Meat Industry’s website. At nearly an hour
long, few will be able to get through As You’re Vanishing In Silence in a single sitting. Still, this is an interesting selection as a palate cleansing album,
and if nothing else you can use it to try to trick your family into thinking you’re a highbrow artistic type, rather than a belligerent, knuckle dragging heathen.
But we all know differently, don’t we?
Matt Moorning - www.metalreview.com
as you're vanishing in silence (italiano)
"Chi pensava che il movimento dark fosse ormai estinto si deve ricredere. Quel movimento musicale e stilistico è ancora vivo e vegeto e continua
ogni anno a produrre musica di un buon livello. Ultimo lavoro che conferma questo è relativo alla band degli “ALL MY FAITH LOST …” che prodotti
dalla etichetta svedese “Cold Meat Industry” sono da poco usciti con il loro album d’esordio “AS YOU’RE VANISHING IN SILENCE” del quale nelle
prime due settimane sono state già vendute oltre 1000 copie.
Si tratta di un folk acustico dalle sonorità dolci, velate di tristezza e riflessione. I testi sono in inglese. La splendida voce di Viola s’alterna in modo
omogeneo alla voce, spesso sussurrata, di Federico e d’unione con tastiere, chitarra classica e flauto traverso bastano a riempire l’atmosfera generale
dell’album di mille sensazioni. Gli arrangiamenti e anche la fase esecutiva del cd sono molto ben congeniati e il lavoro nel suo complesso è di un ottimo livello.
Giuliano Biasin - www.musicheart.it
as you're vanishing in silence (italiano)
È con estremo piacere che mi appresto a recensire il nuovo lavoro di questo gruppo di Valvasone. Risolti i problemi di diritti d’autore che avevano
segnato il precedente Chamber Music, i nostri tornano con delle grandissime novità. Un contratto con la Cold Meat Industry del grandissimo Roger
Karmanik (unico titolare anche di Brighter Death Now), ed una distribuzione nazionale ad opera della Audiglobe! Agli avezzi a certe sonorità come il
folk apocalittico, il power electronics o noise, un contratto con la C.M.I. non può che far rendere conto subito del valore assoluto di questa formazione
friulana. Gli All My Fiath Lost ci propongono un dark-ethereal di alta qualità tecnica, maneggiando con padronanza assoluta strumenti acustici come
chitarre, flauto traverso, piano e violino: difendono bene il genere in Italia assieme a formazioni come Gotica, Ordo Equitum Solis e Ain Soph. Il suono
che Viola e Federico riescono a creare è qualche cosa di raro al tempo d’oggi. Musica malinconica e dolorosamente intensa. Le due voci che ci sussurrano
sono spettacolari, entrano nel cuore e nelle orecchie come un sentimento puro. Le linee strumentali funzionano alla perfezione, trasportando l’ascoltatore
in una dimensione fatta di tranquilla tristezza, senza mai cadere nel banale o nel già sentito: veramente un’esperienza da provare. Segnalo in modo
particolare Triste quiete che a mio avviso è una delle più belle canzoni che io ho mai sentito. E non scherzo. Gli All My Faith Lost... sono riusciti dove
centinaia di altri gruppi hanno fallito. Un disco così non usciva da anni dal Friuli e perché no, anche dall’Italia. Non dimentichiamo che il disco è stato
masterizzato da Peter Anderson: chi segue il genere sa di cosa sto parlando.
Adriano - www.musicologi.it
as you're vanishing in silence (german)
Neues Blut strömt in die Adern von Cold Meat Industry, was sich mit Erscheinen des Labelsamplers "Flowers made of Snow" schon abzeichnete.
Die erste Veröffentlichung der Neuzugänge ist das Album "As you're vanishing in silence" der aus Italien stammenden ALL MY FAITH LOST ... . Deren
Musik läßt sich in den Gefilden des Neo-/Dark-Folk ansiedeln, und bedient sich daher vorrangig der klassischen Instrumente Flöte, Piano, Violine und
akkustischer Gitarre.
Nachdem "Sleep now" auf dem Sampler eine sehr gute Figur machte legte ich das mittlerweile vierte All my Faith lost ... Album voller Erwartungen in meinen
CD-Player. Das Intro "Come close my lover" konnte mich auch gleich fesseln: ein schlichtes Pianospiel, untermalt von einer flüsternden weiblichen
Stimme, das ist alles was es für diesen schönen Track braucht. Das darauffolgende "Your silent tears" wartet ebenfalls mit einer sehr eingängigen
Gitarren-Melodie auf, die später dezente Unterstützung von Seiten der Flöte und Violine bekommt. Darüber liegt ein angenehmer Gesang, der dem
ganzen Titel eine sehr melancholische Stimmung verleiht. Doch nach diesem guten Anfang geht es steil bergab. Alle folgenden Titel, bis auf "Sleep
now", klingen äußerst uninspiriert, eintönig und können wahrscheinlich nur eingefleischte Fans dieses Genres begeistern. Die Stimme von Viola
klingt zumeist wie beim Vorsingen in der Schule: unmotiviert, lustlos und ohne Tiefe und Kraft. Auch Fredericos Gesang klingt stellenweise so
stümperhaft, daß man am liebsten die Karaoke-Funktion an der HiFi-Anlage anschalten möchte um davor verschont zu bleiben. Von Track zu Track
bekommt der Hörer immer das selbe Gitarrengezupfe zu hören, nur minimale Veränderungen an Melodie, Instrumentalisierung oder Songstruktur
sind zu vernehmen. So ließ ich mich sogar beim 2. Durchlauf dazu verleiten den knapp eineinhalb-minütigen einfallslosen 'aaaaaaAAAAAAAaaaaa'-
Gesang am Ende von "She came to me" zu skippen. Auch wenn das Piano-Intro von "Disclose your eyes" schön klingt, bekommt man unweigerlich
Krämpfe sobald der Gesang einsetzt. So kann ich auch singen, aber darum lass ich das Singen auch lieber sein.
Diese Platte ist wirklich nur was für absolute Fans des Dark-Folk-Genres, alle anderen werden kaum Freude an dem Album haben. Wem Bands wie
Dies Natalis oder Ataraxia gefallen kann wohl auch dieser Band eine Chance geben. Wem die genannten Bands jedoch nicht gefallen sollte lieber
gleich die Finger davon lassen.
www.necroweb.de
as you're vanishing in silence (french)
Premier opus officiel du duo italien All My Faith Lost, "As You’re Vanishing In Silence" offre une collection de chansons sensibles et acoustiques.
La grande mélancolie qui se dégage de ces formats - somme toute assez classiques - dévoile une forme d’Heavenly sage et baladeuse, construite
autour d’instruments classiques et peu prolixes : flûte, piano, violon et guitare acoustique n’égrènent qu’une matière filandreuse et peuplée de fantômes,
sur laquelle les voix jouent aussi l’économie, histoire de toucher l’émotion la plus simple. Viola et Federico, impliqués tous deux dans cette exécution,
laissent les contrastes s’exprimer : elle, une voix d’ange moins enfantine que celle d’Alison Shaw (Cranes) ; lui, un peu plus de coffre pour une pose
sûre d’elle-même mais qui ne s’aventure jamais dans l’effort, lui préférant une retenue ferme.
C’est ainsi bien davantage la mélancolie que la souffrance qui germe de ces litanies faussement légères, pour offrir au final la photographie d’une
écriture faite de sobriété, l’expression en toute simplicité d’une humanité en questions.
Chroniqué par Emmanüel pour www.obskure.com
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As You’re Vanishing In Silence is Italian duo All My Faith Is Lost…’s first proper outing, having previously been released only on CDR and compilations.
Yet the maturity, depth and richness of their sound suggest a long-time musical partnership, as they gently compose ethereal, solitary melancholia with
haunting, gothic overtones.
Delicate acoustics are intertwined with strings, synths and woodwinds, along with lilting vocals and regular spoken word, creating a post-classical mix of
sombre poetry and mournful compositions.
Lyrics alternate between English and Italian, but consistently maintain a beautiful sadness conducive to late night reflections.
The darkness-associated fragility would interest fans of Ain Soph, Gothica, Eva O, Rachel’s and various Projekt artists, though fans of Cold Meat’s harsher
industrialists may find little in common with the duo.
By Warren - www.screamingbloodymess.com.
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as you're vanishing in silence (english)
if you have read the review I did of the FLOWERS MADE OF SNOW sampler you will remember that precisely ALL MY FAITH LOST... was the only band I
raised an objection to, what I exactly said was "melancholic and sleepy folk with guitar, flute, cello and voice; a little insipid track I would say" and I must
more or less maintain my opinion, but making clear now that fortunately this is only a lesser evil, I explain it better: this record has some excellent aspects,
firstly starting with the nude and pure emotion of the music and moments of doubtless beauty, beauty in the company of melancholy, with piano, guitar
and voices as protagonists of a very simple music where the notes and the silence are almost equally important; the rest of instruments make the music
more rich; more smooth in some moments (the flutes), more intense in others (the strings) or ethereal and dark (the synths); together with the whispering
voices and those beautiful melodies that here and there appears to become frontal attraction, and this people have talent for this, since some of these
sudden or waited melodies are marvellous, specially with the guitars. I used before the term folk but maybe this is not the best word, this is more just
(acoustic) music with guitar, piano... But then come the problems: with such a nude and simple proposal often the resources used are not enough
and the tracks become diluted or simply boring, sometimes you can use the same few notes in the same track, but some others not... and the voices...
let's say that at times they lack a little definition..., With all the faults I thank the purity and the melancholic emotion present in their sound, it is totally
sincere and in specific moments the music is really magnificent, but maybe I have needed too many listenings to appreciate it (something not bad at all)
and generous indulgence to ignore all those defectiveness (and this is not so good...).
GLOBAL GRADE: 6,8/10
Review by Héctor Noble Fernández.-www.shedivine.com
as you're vanishing in silence (english)
This is the official debut-cd of the Italian duo All My Faith Lost. It’s a quite unusual release on CMI, but definitely a great one. AMFL moves miles away
from the usual dark ambient horrorscapes of the CMI-bands to explore refined fields full of sad ballads. The main mood of the band is for sure dark,
but it has been composed with such great serenity. They mainly use an acoustic guitar, a flute, a piano and a violin to create their stylish melancholic
songs. The spooky female way of singing has been constantly intermixed by the clear and enigmatic male vocals. AMFL explores different horizons,
which can be now into certain forms of neo-classical (cf. “Your silence tears”), but mostly into sensitive dark ballads full of sadness. The “Triste quiete”-
track is definitely a little jewel. There’s such a sensibility emerging from the song that really catches the listener. It’s just a beautiful piece of music! It’s
for sure one of the first times a band seems like embracing and loving that much the melancholic side of life. It’s not tormenting at all, but just enlightening
like darkness can be beautiful as well! This is simply a masterpiece! (DP:9)DP.
Cedric - www.side-line.com
as you're vanishing in silence (german)
Cold Meat Industry graben immer mal wieder irgendwo Bands aus, und sie haben dabei eigentlich immer ein unglaubliches Gespür für Qualität bewiesen.
Mit "All My Faith Is Lost" stellt sich – mal wieder – eine italienische Band vor, die sich der Neoklassik verschrieben haben.
Irgendwo zwischen Ataraxia und Dark Sanctuary bewegen sich die beiden Italiener. Es gibt eine unglaublich ruhige, sanfte Männerstimme die klagend und
schön melancholisch wirkt. Dazu gibt es dezente Gitarren, etwas Streicher, viel Klavier, düstere Klangteppiche.
Das alles ist allerdings in einer recht getragenen Geschwindigkeit gehalten, die Musik wirkt mehr wie Litanien als wie Musikstücke. Natürlich ist das
wunderschön, aber die Melodien sind so zurückhaltend, daß man ihnen manchmal gerne auf die Sprünge helfen würde. Der Bombast, der Pathos, der den
meisten Releases dieses Genres das Leben einhaucht, fehlt völlig.
Es wirkt eher so, als hätten sich ein paar Musiker zusammengefunden, um gemeinsam in ihrem stillen Kämmerlein zu musizieren. Das macht den Charme
dieser CD aus, aber irgendwie hat man die ganze Zeit den Eindruck, daß irgendetwas fehlt. Die Melodien sind schön, aber bar jeden Wiedererkennungswertes,
und die Stimme ist ruhig und sanft, wirkt aber so, als würde ein Hypnotiseur mit dem Pendel vor einem sitzen.
Auf jeden Fall eine CD für ein Glas Rotwein und Kerzenschein im tiefen Winter, ein Kriterium, zu dem ein durchschnittlicher Musikfan dann "laaaangweilig"
sagen würde. Und ganz unrecht würde er damit nicht haben. Es gibt in diesem Genre gerade auch von Cold Meat Industry grandiose Releases. Gegen
diese fällt All My Faith Is Lost schon etwas ab.
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