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Romanian producer
Silent Strike (born Ioan Titu) debuted in the tradition of
instrumental hip-hop
with Silent Strike (2005). The album contains 17
ambient tableaux motorized with delicate hip-hop beats and covered with machine-generated orchestral arrangements (Deasupra, Worlds, Dus Sus, Contactor).
A sense of mystery and desolation emanates from
Floating Sadness, for vocal samples and skittish beats,
and the exotic pieces akin to
Jon Hassell's "fourth world" strategy:
the African-tinged shuffle Ego and the
Chinese-tinged collage The Eye.
Alb (2009) feels less accomplished, despite occasional flashes of
genius in the mostly beat-less pieces Alb and Levels.
Singularity (2012) is his most inventive and atmospheric collection,
with eccentric creations like Stay Silent, Singularity, Romania and especially Harem Surpriz, a collaboration with the electronic duo Makunouchi Bento.
After the five-song EP Simtetizator (2014) of dissonant ambient hip-hop
and neosoul melodies,
he collaborated again with Makunouchi Bento (Romanian producers Felix Petrescu and Valentin Toma) but this time for a full album,
Ghostophonia (2020), basically a remix of century-old recordings of
folk music made by classical composer Bela Bartok.
The result is more sophisticated and sinister (and beat-less) collages like
Break From The Cellars
Rhythm Of The Noose
Sun Falls Silent
and
Fallen Hunters.
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