''Silhouettes'' is the third studio album by Dutch

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band Textures. It was released on May 5, 2008, by

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. The first single from the album, "Old Days Born Anew" was released digitally on 14 March 2008 to the band's MySpace. On 1 April 2008 the second single, "Storm Warning" was released. It was announced on 11 April 2008 that due to a manufacturing delay, the album would not be released until 5 May 2008, except in

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, where the album was released on 21 April 2008. This is the second and last album to feature Eric Kalsbeek on vocals, the third and last album to feature Richard Rietdijk on synthesizer, and the first album to feature bassist Remko Tielemans.

Track listing

*All Songs Written & Arranged By Textures.

Personnel

;Textures *Eric Kalsbeek -

vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or without ...

Jochem Jacobs Jochem Jacobs (born 26 March 1977) is a Dutch guitarist, producer and recording engineer, noted for his work as founder, guitarist and producer for Textures. He works at Split Second Sound, a studio in Amsterdam, Netherlands. He has been involv ...

guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected stri ...

backing vocals A backing vocalist is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists. A backing vocalist may also sing alone as a lead-in to the main vocalist's entry or to sing a counter-melody. Backing vocalists are use ...

*Bart Hennephof -

, backing vocals *Richard Rietdijk -

synthesizer A synthesizer (also spelled synthesiser) is an electronic musical instrument that generates audio signals. Synthesizers typically create sounds by generating waveforms through methods including subtractive synthesis, additive synthesis and ...

, keyboards *Remko Tielemans -

bass Bass or Basses may refer to: Fish * Bass (fish), various saltwater and freshwater species Music * Bass (sound), describing low-frequency sound or one of several instruments in the bass range: ** Bass (instrument), including: ** Acoustic bass gui ...

Stef Broks Stef Broks (born 1 May 1981 in Etten-Leur, Netherlands) is a Dutch drummer best known for his work with Textures. He is known for playing rock and metal with a fusion touch and an extensive use of polyrhythms. He also had success with the fusio ...

drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other Percussion instrument, auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair o ...

;Production *

- recording, mixing, mastering *Bart Hennephof - recording

External links

"Silhouettes" at discogs
{{DEFAULTSORT:Silhouettes (Album) Textures (band) albums 2008 albums Listenable Records albums