“It would be easy to assume Now That’s What I Call Silence was inspired by John Cage’s 4’33”,” declares Silber Records about its new compilation. “But the truer impetus is Blank Tapes by Reynols back in 2000.

“It was not meant to be shocking or innovative as much as an invitation to experimentation,” continues the label’s release, adding that some of the contributions had been previously rejected by Spotify for being “too silent”. Featured artists include X-Bax, Small Life Form, High Tunnels, Heavy for the Vintage, Ben Link Collins, Toni Dimitrov, Charles De Mar, Electric Bird Noise, Can Can Heads, Bodies That Matter, Subscape Annex, Heavy for the Vintage, Remora, Baptizer, Premature Burial, Goddakk, LoveyDove and Konbanwa.

The North Carolina based label has also recently released a new edition of their August field recording series.