Taciturn
Formed at the beginning of 2000 by brothers Todd and Shaun Riekena, Taciturn has been together as an instrumental band for nine years. Through that time they have created a unique style of dynamic, instrumental, atmospheric rock that draws the listener into a dark, aural world of surging sound waves and haunting melodies and intense rhythms full of odd time signatures and textured with electronic sampling. In those past years the duo have created their first demo, released a single on Dustin Latimer’s skate video, “Quality”, have played many well-received live performances and have released their first full-length album.
In the middle of 2007, while Todd and Shaun wrapped up the work on their first full-length album, they welcomed bassist Nick Borror into the mix, to add a new dimension to their unique and vibrant, live sound and performances. The duo’s first full-length album, “Secret Messages in Impermanence,” which the Riekena brothers produced entirely by themselves, with Todd at the recording helm, was released in November 2007. The album was mastered at Sound Farm Studio by Matt Sepanic.
“Secret Messages in Impermanence” is a dark, emotionally charged album, with tension-escalating dynamics and soaring waves of haunting guitar melodies, cycles of arppegiated patterns, intricate drum rhythms blended with natural, acoustic drums and textured, electronic samples.
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