What the press have written about Quiet Records  

Jon Dalton - Another Mistake

Ah, the piano. Five octaves of hammers striking strings. Jon Dalton's Another Mistake (selected release on Quiet Records) explores the instruments jazz/improvised/contemporary possibilities. The two pieces are a daunting hour long, but both are subtle works of gradual musical shifts. Different tonalities, tempos, dynamics and registers alter as slowly as the sunrise over Gleadless. Mourning occasionally struggles to maintain the idea of an expanding motif but includes a rare glimpse of melody. Vision includes a sudden Pink Floyd-esque section, yet the influence s mainly of twentieth century composers. The brief intro is a typically jazz influenced few minutes of walking bass and blues scale inflections but it feels more of an afterthought than overture, even limping to a fade-out. Another Mistake captures a sparkling performance and captivating composition, although the appeal is probably limited to those who like that Michael Nyman / Steve Reich sort of thing.

Review by Jacky Hall
Sandman March 2004

Fandango Brothers Gig?? Sandman April 2003

We're not sure we should be promoting this but we got sent a CD upon which this lot performed autopsy style carnage on The Beatles, The Beach Boys, Charles (no, not the deathwish one, the bald bearded nutter one) Bronson's autobiography. We understand that some things are morally wrong and are essentially morally indefensible and...no let's not beat around the bush are just wrong. It's piss funny though and we haven't got a clue what they'll do on a stage so we'll be there playing with our rosaries
and leave it to our readers to decide

(note: this was a huge mistake - The Fandango Brothers are a ZZ Top covers band)

Sheffield Labels Feature - Sandman April 2003

Alright, what prompted us, other than the flood of new releases coming our way was one of our writers asking if he could review soemthign on the Quiet label. Of which we'd never heard. Upon further investigation we discovered that Quiet is basically a guy called Ian Baxter who, so far has taken it upon himself to make available to those who want them a couple of CD-Rs, one of which is 4 pieces of Brian Eno influenced ambient music by himself and the other a devastatingly funny cut and paste excerise by the Fandango Brothers (sic) which combines the themes of everyday old skool gangster life, domestic violence and The Beatles. Is it really a label? Well theres a website and something to listen to so, yes it is...

The Fandango Boys - Those Fandango Boys

From Alanis Morisette to Richard Rorty, irony is a much loved thing. Now here comes The Fandango Boys to create more Chris Morris styled extreme art irony. An obsession with Charles Bronson, prisons and the disabled are unlikely influences but they create music unlike anything I've heard before. Post-modern musical magpieisms litter the record - a reworking of 'Paperback Writer' to interludes of Sisqo and Sophie Ellis-Bextor. 'Erotic Christmas' even manages to incorporate 'God Only Knows'. The lyrical content
is darker than dark and not really suitable for quoting in public. This is an incredibly shocking and funny record but, above all, it is bloody good.

Review by Ben Slee
Sandman Magazine, March 2003