Silentium Amoris Explained
| Silentium Amoris |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | William Control |
| Cover: | Silentium_Amoris.jpg |
| Recorded: | The Control Room |
| Genre: | Darkwave, synthpop |
| Label: | Control Records |
| Producer: | William Control |
| Prev Title: | Novus Ordo Seclorum |
| Prev Year: | 2011 |
| Next Title: | Live In London Town |
| Next Year: | 2013 |
Silentium Amoris, the third studio album by William Control, was released on April 2, 2012 through Control Records. It was produced and engineered by William Control, and mixed by Justin Armstrong. Recording and mixing took place at the Control Room in January/February 2012. A video for the only single, Kiss Me Judas, was released on YouTube,[1] although a video was also released for The Velvet Warms And Binds.[2] A portion of the proceeds from the album was donated to the Ryther Treatment Center,[3] where Francis lived for a time as a teenager.[4]
Trivia
- The title of track 1 is German for 'attention', while the titles of tracks 9 and 13 are Latin for 'love conquers all' and 'silence of love', respectively.
- Achtung is actually dialogue taken from the 2000 film Quills, inspired by the life and work of the Marquis de Sade.
- Kiss Me, Judas is the first novel in a trilogy by American author Will Christopher Baer, and the storyline for the video for I'm Only Human Sometimes from Control's previous album Noir is based on the book's plot.
- Track 8 is a Joy Division cover.
- Track 11 is a Daniel Johnston cover.
- Track 13 is a poem by Oscar Wilde
Credits
- Photography: Lisa Johnson
- Art direction: DoubleJ - liveevildesigns.com
Notes and References
- Web site: William Control - Kiss Me Judas (2012). 27 June 2012.
- Web site: William Control - the Velvet Warms and Binds (2013). 15 March 2013.
- Web site: Home . ryther.org.
- Web site: William Control (Aiden) to donate a percentage of proceeds from upcoming record to treatment center. Alternative Press. 3 February 2012.
