Biography
Silent Circle is a German musical group that creates compositions in the genres of Evroodisco and Sinti-Pop. United in 1985, the musicians still lead joint creative activities.The history of creation and composition
Vocalist Martin Tikhsen and Keyman Axel Brightung created the duet of Silent Circle in the distance 1976. Together, they managed to win the reward on the debut musical festival and planned the conquest of the vertices of the show business, but fate ordered otherwise. Musicians broke up at the time, preferred to the device of personal life, and met only a few years later.
In 1985, the history of the creation of the team continued, as its composition replenished the drummer Jürgen Bens. The name of the group was chosen according to the principle of a longtime acquaintance. The musicians knew each other well, so they called the "Silent Circle" team.
Group members began to work and recorded the first joint single Hide Away - MAN IS COMING!. The song has become a hit and entered the top 10 popular compositions of the year. Inspired by success, artists continued to record tracks, and soon the public heard Singles Touch In The Night, Time To Love, Stop The Rain in The Night, Love Is Just A Word and others.
Music
In 1986, the premiere of the first album of the team took place. He got the name "No. 1" and included 11 songs. The compositions differed from each other in what was in a novelty for the usual groups of the 1980s. By this time, the team was replenished with a new member Harald Schaefer. He replaced Brightung at concerts, which now writing songs for the group.Artists inspired the growing popularity of their brainchild. Silent Circle was at the peak of popularity. Musicians went to the first tour of the country. In 1987, the premiere of the singles Don't Lose Your Heart Tonight and Danger Danger took place. Two years later, the team was pleased with the fans of the premiere of tracks What A Shame and I am Your Believe.
From 1987 to 1993, the Group replaced 3 label, presented 2 collection of hits and 4 singles. The release of a new album Fans Silent Circle had to wait for several years. The premiere of the plate took place in 1993. The BACK disk combined the hits of the musicians over the past years, but it turned out to be not relevant, since the fashion for disco passed, and the world of music was replenished with new trends.
By that time, Axel Brightung became a world-class star and removed from Silent Circle. He worked with DJ Bobo, was a co-generator of the Modern Talking team, and subsequently collaborated with Ace Of Base.
Musicians took a break for 3 years. The new plate has replenished the discography of artists in 1997. It was a collection of remixes and the most popular team compositions. Recalling the public, Silent Circle released the 3rd album in 1998. STORIES 'BOUT LOVE combined the bright memorable melody and dance bits, which determined the band's stylistics during this period.
The group continued the speeches, filmed clips, but passed into the category of age. Its creativity was interested in the adult public, remembered the echoes of the fashion 1980-1990. The team was among the cult teams of that era. In 2010, the trio marked the 25th anniversary of joint creative activity.
Despite prolonged cooperation, the team often experienced difficulties. Sometimes the musicians did not find a common language, with which the protracted breaks in the work and the release of new singles are connected.
In 2012, Silent Circle visited Russia. The group reunification occurred at the "Disco 80-X" festival organized by the radio station "Autoradio".
Silent Circle now
Having tried to return to the scene in 2018, the musicians released three plates, two of which were with unnecessary hits. It did not work out to repeat the past, and for the Russian public now Silent Circle remains a pleasant memories of the left musical era. In 2019, photos, clips and singles of musicians can be found on the official website.
Discography
- 1986 - No. one
- 1994 - Back!
- 1998 - STORIES 'BOUT LOVE
- 2018 - Chapter Euro Dance
- 2018 - Chapter 80ies - Unreleased
- 2018 - Chapter Italo Dance - UnreleaseED
Clips
- Hide Away, MAN IS COMMING
- Shy Girl
- LOVE IS JUST A WORD
- STOP THE RAIN IN THE NIGHT
- Touch In The Night
- I'm your believer
- Save Me.