Biography
Biography
Silverkeim directing Bandcamp revenue to Black Lives Matter organization
Pittsburgh, PA – June 4, 2020 – Silverkeim announced it is participating in Bandcamp's campaign to direct revenues from music sales to Black Lives Matter organizations in support of justice, equality and anti-racism. All proceeds from sales of Silverkeim music on Bandcamp during their "Bandcamp Fridays" campaign days will be donated to the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (DLF). We stand with those rightfully demanding justice, equality, and change, and people of color everywhere who live with racism every single day.
Silverkeim's The Company You Keep in the Empty Moments is a full, instrumental narrative
Pittsburgh, PA – Dec 12, 2019 – Josh Oswald of Pittsburgh City Paper reviews Silverkeim's debut album in depth as part of their series on local Pittsburgh musicians featured on Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh's STACKS music streaming platform. Josh writes "... Deft use of harmonized guitar solos, surprising time signature changes, and chunky distorted rhythm guitar and synthesizers help carry the weight of the effervescent melodies found throughout the album and define the cinematic qualities of Silverkeim’s sound..."
Silverkeim selected by curators of Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh to be showcased on STACKS
Pittsburgh, PA - July 22, 2019 - Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh (CLP) has recently announced that it has selected Silverkeim's debut album "The Company You Keep in the Empty Moments" to be showcased on its interactive music streaming and downloading platform STACKS.
STACKS is a free music streaming service focused on Pittsburgh's thriving and lively music scene. A select group of CLP library staff and local music industry veterans curate the list of showcased musicians. Music in the STACKS collection is free to stream with an embedded web player. Just click on a track to listen. To download a track, you need a CLP library card which can be obtained at any CLP location.
Silverkeim reminds us it's OK to spend time alone with his debut album, "The Company You Keep in the Empty Moments"
Pittsburgh, PA – Jan 16, 2019 – Pittsburgh City Paper reviews Silverkeim's debut album in both their online and print magazine edition. It calls the album's sound "sometimes soulful, sometimes cinematic, and sometimes gloomy [...] The entirety of the album is so artfully blended together that it’s hard to tell where one track ends and another begins."
Silverkeim releases debut album "The Company You Keep in the Empty Moments"
Pittsburgh, PA – Dec 10, 2018 – Silverkeim, the alternative post-rock music project created by Pittsburgh-based artist Juergen Fritsch, is releasing its highly anticipated debut album titled “The Company You Keep in the Empty Moments” on January 17, 2019. To help support the local community, all proceeds from physical album sales will be donated to Rainbow Kitchen Community Services, a Pittsburgh-based food bank.