SUPERSILENT
8
RCD2067
Rune Grammofon 2007
08 Tracks. 68mins17secs

Norwegian entity Supersilent have become master at confusion. With albums and tracks carrying chronological numbers as sole mean of identification, it should be quite easy to keep up with the band’s progress, yet 8 is only their fifth album in the traditional sense, their fifth if 7, which, despite featuring all new material, was only released as a DVD, is to be counted. They have, over the years, unashamedly treaded the boundaries of jazz and avant-garde and thrived on the energy they have drawn from both, without ever committing to any. The only constant in their work, apart from personnel head count and the aforementioned numerical cataloguing, is the way each of their record has been built from lengthy improv sessions, with no overdubs, and usually recorded in a handful of days. Continue Reading »

Rune Grammofon have announced release details of the new Supersilent album. Entitled 8, the follow-up to the band’s 2005 DVD is due out on 17 September. Details about the record itself are still very sketchy. The band will be playing a string of live dates during Septembre and October.

Current confirmed dates:

September:
14/09 – Budapest, Hungary (Mol Jazz Festival)
17/09 – Tilburg, Netherlands
18-20/09 – Olso, Norway
21/09 – Bergen, Norway
22/09 – Paris, France

October:
04/10 – Shanghai, China
05/10 – Guanzhou, China
06/10 – Beijing, China.

All Chinese dates with Susanna & The Magical Orchestra.

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