The Silent Ballet

A mostly defunct online magazine dedicated to instrumental and experimental music.

[The Silent Ballet @thesilentballet]

Our End of Year List is Live!

Find out what you missed:
Albums: https://t.co/ulIP9LpsVl
Tracks: https://t.co/Y5WBCaNA1d

Playlists can be found in the links above.

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Possibly along with some color commentary. Because writing about music should be fun.

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As we close the book on 2025, it's time for our annual period of reflection.

Did you know: The Silent Ballet launched 20 years ago? We're planning to celebrate this year by revisiting years past. We'll be starting in 1980 and publishing "Best of" lists for each year.

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@moramedia It's in progress! Takes time to create a great list.

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Santa had a rough year.

#TSB2025

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@garydavidson83 grok made us do it.

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Finally, the top tracks of 2000.
List: https://t.co/pAkvblwXXr
Playlist: https://t.co/aGpprYCXN0

Once again, most of this list was created during the classic TSB days. Enjoy.

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And here we have the top tracks of 2001.
List: https://t.co/Cl2EPq7CY7
Playlist: https://t.co/Gtxxe3wDWc

Unfortunately, we never took a staff survey on tracks for 2001. So this is a list I did solo (mostly about 15 years ago).

[Arms and Sleepers @armsandsleepers]

2nd in a series of 4 EPs will be released on 4/17

This one is titled ALIEN and the lead single (which you can hear a snippet of here) is out this Friday 🤘🏼

#armsandsleepers #alien #tunis

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Definitely some foreshadowing (or maybe backshadowing? 🤔) to what's coming up in the 90s lists in here.

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And here we have the top tracks of 2001.
List: https://t.co/Cl2EPq7CY7
Playlist: https://t.co/Gtxxe3wDWc

Unfortunately, we never took a staff survey on tracks for 2001. So this is a list I did solo (mostly about 15 years ago).

[The Silent Ballet @thesilentballet]

2001 & 2000 tracks should be coming soon, then we'll start digging into the trendy 90s.

The 90s lists have been slightly delayed as I have decided that I need to listen to a lot of 80s music lately...

[The Silent Ballet @thesilentballet]

2001 & 2000 tracks should be coming soon, then we'll start digging into the trendy 90s.

The 90s lists have been slightly delayed as I have decided that I need to listen to a lot of 80s music lately...

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2002 tracks list has been posted.
Link: https://t.co/lpum1TXcQC
Playlist: https://t.co/jQF7hEspbE

This list is primarily based on the votes of TSB staff, circa the late 2000s, with some minor updates in 2024.

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The 2000-2002 lists will also feature a full 50 tracks. Which is something that all the lists will feature at some point in the near future

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@gemsofgodcom haha, i wouldn't go that far but we did strive to be decent at writing reviews.

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As we start posting "best of" lists for the 90s what direction would people like to see: 90 to 99 or 99 to 90???

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The 2000-2002 lists will also feature a full 50 tracks. Which is something that all the lists will feature at some point in the near future

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Back in 2012, we posted a list of the year's top albums, but never top tracks. Which is odd because a list was made. In any case, this has now been posted on the website: https://t.co/CFD669eUqY

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As we continue doing house cleaning as we head to the "best of the 90s", we'll be posting lists of the top tracks of 2000-2002 shortly. Again, these were created quite a while ago but never posted for some reason. 🤷

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@cityofechoes I knew someone would say that 😆

[Anoice @anoice_japan]

OUT TODAY:
We released the 20th track 'hommage' from the pianist of Anoice, Yuki Murata's new solo album '24 Piano Sketches' which will add ultimately 24 songs in one year. This is a beautiful piano solo song which its melodies flow right into your heart.
https://t.co/ar50LCSA58

[Richard Knox / A-Sun Amissa @aslowsecret]

Hitting the road again with A-Sun Amissa in April with the most extensive UK tour we’ve done in years. Along for the ride are our fine friends Aidan Baker & @sulkrooms

Tickets are available here:
https://t.co/0gVaSn6tQB