Canadian retro-futuristic Prog project Enigmatic Sound Machines published the official visualizer for the opening track “ In Perfect Silence,” taken from new album “Imperfect Silence,” out on August 01, 2025 via ProgRock.com’s Essentials.
Based in Montreal, Canada, Enigmatic Sound Machines is a retro-futuristic project, the brainchild of two childhood friends with a common love for music, philosophy, and the arts. Jeremie Arrobas is a founding member of Men Without Hats, a pioneer of Electronic Music, a multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, writer, composer, arranger, and producer. Creator of hundreds of audio, video, and visual arts projects. Thomas Szirmay is a Prog musicologist, researcher, producer, actor, vocalist and writer. Specialist in Progressive Rock, Jazz-Fusion and Electronic, and has written over 1600 reviews on internet platforms Prog Archives, House of Prog, the French language Profil Prog as well as his FB page called Prog Rogue.
Enigmatic Sound Machines – “In Perfect Silence” is the opening instrumental track on what will introduce an 8-piece concept opus, that interfaces with one another, both musically and lyrically as well:
The band states on their official website:
“While steadfastly maintaining an emphasis on striking melodies, ESM’s third album takes you on an inner journey, infusing a higher level of symphonics in each track with layers of mellotron, saxophone, flute, lush string orchestrations, overt electric guitars, and percussions. The themes will run the gamut from the perfection of birth, through the meanderings of life and ultimately to the silence of death, forever yearning for a better future, together with the joys of living a worthy existence and enduring the trials and tribulations of a tired world of endless confusion, stress, depression, and ultimately, to reach some higher revelation. “Imperfect Silence” is meant to be listened as a whole and revealing all its intricacies.
Silence is not the absence of sound—it’s the presence of something deeper. In Perfect Silence, the soul-searching centerpiece of Enigmatic Music Machines’ third album, asks a profound question: How do you quantify silence in music?“
“Imperfect Silence“
Jeremie Arrobas and Thomas Szirmay started working on their third album having decided to venture even further down the Prog path, moving away from previous multi-level stylistics into a more homogenous instrumental sound. They decided on eight full-sized tracks, for an hour’s worth of music, that has evolved into where we wanted to go from the very beginning. They reached out to Rob Harrison, a guitar and sax maestro, who has enthusiastically added saxophone and flute throughout the album. They decided to feature the return of legendary Prog/Fusion bassist Hansford Rowe (Gong, Gongzilla, HR3 and many more) as well as guitarist Alain Roig. Finally, they also invited French guitarist Alain Bellaiche (Heldon, Richard Pinhas). The themes that were chosen were very much the sign of our times, a tired world of endless confusion, stress, depression, hardship, fear and ultimately, hope for a better future.
Tracklist:
01. In Perfect Silence (5:39)
02. The Distance Between Here and Now (8:32)
03. House of Shadows (6:14)
04. Wrapped in Black (6:43)
05. Hallow (5:32)
06. Haunted (5:40)
07. Endless Beginning (6:15)
08. Red Forest (9:58)
Lineup:
Thomas Szirmay / Sound Machines, Backing Vocals
Jeremie Arrobas / Keyboards, Synths, Hammond-B3, Piano, Guitars, Synth Bass, Lead Vocals, and Sound Machines
Guest Artists:
Hansford Rowe / Bass
Rob Harrison / Flute & Saxophone
Alain Bellaiche / Guitars
Alain Roig / Guitars