The River (EP)

The River
EP by CFCF
Released	October 12, 2010
Recorded	Fall 2009–winter 2010
Studio	Silver's home and various trains
Genre	New age electronic downtempo experimental psychedelic ambient kosmische
Length	32:27
Label	RVNG Intl.
Producer	CFCF
CFCF chronology
CFCF c28 (2010) The River (2010) Exercises (2012)
Singles from The River
"Before and After Light" Released: September 28, 2010 "It Was Never Meant to Be This Way (Games Remix)" Released: October 11, 2010

The River is an extended play written and produced from 2009 to 2010 by Canadian electronic musician Michael Silver, known by his stage name as CFCF. It was inspired by Werner Herzog's 1982 film Fitzcarraldo. Described by RVNG Intl.'s press release as a series of "lucid sound sequences from a lunatic mind," the experimental downtempo psychedelic new age EP was analyzed by music journalist Jonny Coleman as the story of a character who is stranded in a rural, tribal land. The River is a set of six original tracks by Silver with digital download versions of the record containing four remixes of songs from the EP by acts such as Jacques Renault, Coyote, and Games. The River was released by label RVNG Intl. on October 12, 2010 to generally positive reviews from critics, some reviewers calling its more modern-sounding cuts to be the best of the entire record.