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, United Future Organization, DJ Cam, etc. Among the characteristic features the deep piano parts, rich colourful orchestra sound and undulating charming rhythm could be highlighted. The Silent Poets collaborate with such electronic / pop / rap music stars as ACO, Port Of Notes,

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, and Ursula Rucker. The Silent Poets speak the universal language of music, whether amongst themselves on the instrumental "Mass" (off 1996's ''Firm Roots'') or supported by guests such as Last Poets Jalaluddin Mansur Nuriddin and Sulieman El-Hadi on "Inquizative, Derivative" (off 1994's ''Words and Silence'').

History

Silent Poets was formed by Michiharu Shimoda in 1991. Their first meaningful work was the album ''Potential Meeting'' released in 1992 on

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. After releasing their fifth album ''To Come...'', Haruno left the group and Silent Poets became Shimoda's solo project. After that Shimoda composed music for fashion shows, released a huge number of remixes. The 2005 album, ''Sun'', was released after a six year gap in recordings. In 2018, Silent Poets released the album ''dawn'', featuring the song "Asylums for the Feeling." The song would be used in

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's game ''

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'', appearing both in marketing and in the final game. Silent Poets would also compose one of the songs for the end credits. Silent Poets currently composes the music for Kojima's weekly

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podcast ''Hideo Kojima presents Brain Structure''.

Discography

CD

* ''Potential Meeting'' (1993,

) * ''Words and Silence'' (1994, Toy's Factory) * ''drawing'' (1995 Toy's Factory) * ''Firm Roots'' (1996, Toy's Factory) * ''For Nothing'' (1997, Toy's Factory) * ''To Come...'' (1999, Toy's Factory) * ''Sun'' (2005, Rush! Production) * ''Another Trip from Sun'' (2013, Another Trip) * ''dawn'' (2018, Another Trip)

Singles and EPs

* "La Vie"/"Shalom" 12“ (1994, Bellissima Records) * "Drawing" CD/LP (1995, Toy's Factory) * ''Cherry Tree EP'' CD/12 (1997, Toy's Factory) * ''Sugar Man EP'' CD (1999, Toy's Factory) * "Save the Day" 12“ (2000, Yellow Productions) * "Someday" 12“ (2000, Yellow Productions) * "Almost Nothing" feat. Okay Kaya (2019, Another Trip)

Soundtrack

* ''A Woman Like You'' (1993) * ''Tori'' (2004) * ''

'' (2019) * ''Hideo Kojima presents Brain Structure'' (2022)

Compilations

* Cafe Del Mar vol 2 (dos), 1995 * Funkungfusion from Ninja Tunes, 1998 * X-Mix: Fast Forward & Rewind

References

External links

Official website
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