Andrew Downing is a double bass player, composer, bandleader and cellist living and working in the creative music community in Toronto. Called a "21st Century Voyageur" (Geoff Chapman, Toronto Star), Andrew finds himself in some of the more interesting cross-genre musical situations in the Canadian music scene.

His most recent musical project is a seven-piece chamber ensemble in which Andrew's cello is joined by Aleksandar Gajic (violin), Joe Phillips (double bass), Kevin Turcotte (trumpet), William Carn (trombone), Peter Lutek (bassoon and clarinet) and David Occhipinti (guitar). The album also enlists the help of Quinsin Nachoff (clarinet), Jesse Zubot (violin), Tania Gill (celeste, pump organ) and Mark Duggan. 'Silents' features music written to accompany the silent films The Cabinet of Dr Caligari and Impossible Voyage.

As a composer, Andrew's style is influenced by artists such as Igor Stravinsky, Duke Ellington, Olivier Messiaen, Bill Frisell and Charlie Haden, with a healthy dose of country music, Turkish music, Jazz and The Blues. In addition to writing for his own group, he has composed or arranged music for The Prince George Symphony, The Art of Time Ensemble, Toca Loca, The Urban Arts Brass Ensemble and Runcible Spoon.

Track Listing:
Impossible Voyage
1. Meeting 
2. Train Station 
3. Train Trip 
4. Hospital 
5. On The Sun 
6. Parade 

The Cabinet of Dr Caligari
7. Introduction 
8. Holstenwall 
9. Clerk's Office 
10. Inside the Booth 
11. Outside the Booth 
12. Police Station 
13. When Shadows Lay Darkest 
14. Back At Caligari's 
15. Asylum Head 
16. Night Again 
17. Police Station Again 
18. Flashback