A true virtuoso on piano and synth, Vikram Shankar talked to us about how difficult it is to write shorter songs, how you definitely can’t unburn a piano and making Raphael Weinroth-Browne’s  Cello-playing a little less pretty. Silent Skies’ sophomore album “Nectar” is out right now via Napalm Records and Threads of Fate’s debut full length “The Cold Embrace of the Light” is coming through Layered Reality Productions on March 11.

Chapters:

01:08 A wild day in Silent Skies land

02:00 2021 Vikram Shankar releases

05:00 Silent Skies - Nectar: a quick follow-up to Satellites

10:10 The origins of a Silent Skies song

16:28 flying to Sweden, shooting the video for Leaving and burning a piano

22:40 Raphael Weinroth-Browne’s Cello contributions to Nectar

26:35 Choosing synth sounds

30:00 Threads of Fate’s The Cold Embrace of Light

33:22 More from Vikram in 2022?! (Redemption, Lux Terminus)

🎵 Silent Skies is:

Vikram Shankar - piano, keyboards, production

Tom S. Englund - vocals, production

💿 Silent Skies Discography:

Satellites (2020)

Nectar (2022)

🎵 Threads of Fate is:

John Pyres - vocals

Jack Kosto - guitars

Vikram Shankar - keyboards

💿 Threads of Fate Discography:

A Funeral for the Virtuous EP (2018)

The Cold Embrace of the Light (2022)

✔️ Follow Vikram Shankar:

Website: http://www.vikramshankar.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/VikramShankarMusic

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vikramshankarmusic/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/vikramshankar_

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/VikramShankarMusic

Bandcamp: https://thevikramshankarorchestra.bandcamp.com/

Spotify: https://spoti.fi/36hcejI

✔️ Follow Silent Skies:

Website: https://smarturl.it/SilentSkies-Nectar

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/silentskiesband

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/silent_skie_s/

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/SilentSkiesBand

Bandcamp: https://silentskiessweden.bandcamp.com/

Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3GLXkP3

✔️ Follow Threads of Fate:

Website: threadsoffate.net

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ThreadsOfFateMusic

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/threads_of_fate_music

Youtube: https://bit.ly/threadsoffateYT

Bandcamp: https://threadsoffate.bandcamp.com/

Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3oQI2m2

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