Nathan Hicks

Having spent most of his childhood immersed in art, it was only natural that Nate Hicks would eventually dabble in music. He quickly went through the docket of band instruments available to him and ended up on electric guitar. This pushed him to get more into punk rock and eventually start his first band with his best friend. However, he soon found his first synthesizer and almost immediately started Silence_Castor as his primary creative outlet. His influences start in the grime of the 80's underground (Black Flag, Big Black), stretch into the industrial wonder of the 90's (Nine Inch Nails, Ministry), and even feature some of today's more mainstream electronic acts (Lorn, Jon Hopkins, Thom Yorke). These inspirations led Nate to find a love for samplers very quickly, as they allowed him to sample in bits and pieces of the records he already owned and loved. This gave him a perfect middle ground between samplers, sequencers, and synthesizers. His live shows are usually a mix of these two worlds drenched in reverb and delicious tape saturation. Staying liquid has been an important part of Silence_Castor's progress, leaving room to stretch into other genres and really push what "electronic music" means. This gives his music and ever changing quality and allows him to keep his genre and aesthetic tastefully fresh.