Surrounded by Silence

Electronic · 2005 · 22 tracks

Surrounded by Silence

A dense, collaborative maze of micro-edited hip-hop beats and shimmering glitch. Scott Herren’s most ambitious fusion of rap, indie rock, and digital decay.

It's like Ghostface Killah and a bunch of indie rockers got sucked into a beautiful, malfunctioning computer.

A restless, urban energy that feels both technologically advanced and deeply nostalgic.

Surrounded by Silence · vs · Prefuse 73

Restless+0.6σ

Restless saturates this record a touch more than the artist's norm.

Tracklist · 22 Tracks

01

I’ve Said All I Need to Say About Them Intro

3:33

02

Hide Ya Face

3:13

03

Bad Memory Interlude One

0:41

04

Ty versus Detchibe

3:22

05

Expressing Views Is Obviously Illegal

3:41

06

Pastel Assassins

4:26

07

Pagina dos

2:28

08

Silence Interlude

0:56

09

Now You’re Leaving

2:39

10

Gratis

4:52

11

We Got Our Own Way

3:19

12

Mantra

1:06

13

Sabbatical With Options

2:44

14

It’s Crowded

4:53

15

Just the Thought

3:38

16

La Correcion Exchange

4:16

17

Hide Ya Face (Reminder version)

1:34

18

Morale Crusher

1:14

19

Minutes Away Without You

3:48

20

Rain Edit Interlude

1:36

21

And I’m Gone

3:03

22

Travel Journal

2:19

Moments Worth Waiting For

The aggressive, stuttering vocal interplay between Ghostface Killah and the fractured beat on Hide Ya Face.

The transition from the organic, acoustic guitar strumming into digital disintegration on Pastel Assassins.

The way the drums suddenly lock into a heavy, head-nodding groove after a minute of abstract drift in Pagina dos.

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