February15,2017
ForImmediateRelease
SUPERSILENTANNOUNCEFIRSTUSSHOWSSINCE2004,
PLAYINGBIGEARSFESTIVALONSAT.MARCH25THANDNEWYORKONMON.MARCH27TH
13OUTNOWONSMALLTOWNSUPERSOUND
(photocredit:CarstenAniksdal)
“FreeimprovisaDonhasoEenbeenassociatedwithanacousDcjazzpaleIe,butSupersilent—adeeplyserious
bandformedalmost20yearsagoinOslo—makesmusicofsyntheDc,oEenalieneffect.”—TheNewYorkTimes
“With13albumsundertheirbelt,theNorwegianexperimentalistsconDnuetohauntthedark,underexplored
basementsofelectro-improvisaDonalmusic.”—Pitchfork
“NorwegianbandSupersilenthavemaintainedacertainlevelofqualitythroughouttheir18-yearlifespan.They’ve
putouttenalbums(includingDVD7)andeachonehasapproachedadifferentsound–someDmesradically
different,someDmesmoresubtly.”—FACT
“EachtrackisorganicandfullyrealizedinacomposiDonalsense,realizedinawaythatemphasizesclarityand
separaDonofsoundsasanintegralpartoftheformitself.”—Exclaim!
Nextmonth,Norway’sfinestfreemusicou`it,Supersilent,willmaketheirlong-awaitedreturnstatesidefortwo
veryspecialperformances.TheirfirstshowsintheUSsince2004,thetrio—featuringHelgeSten,ArveHenriksen,
andStåleStorløkken—willplayBigEarsFesOvalinKnoxville,TNonSat.March25thandLePoissonRougein
NewYorkonMon.March27th.Thefollowingnight,Tue.March28th,HelgeSten’ssoloendeavorasDeathprod
willmakeit’sfirst-everperformanceintheUSatIssueProjectRoom.Ticketsforthethreeshowsareavailable
now.
Purveyorsintheworldofimprovisedmusic,allofSupersilent’sperformancesbothliveandinthestudioare
enDrelyunplanned;thethreemusicaladventurersthrowthemselvesintoamomentfilledoutbyunpredictable
noisesandrapturoustexturesexperiencedonlybythoseinthegroup’spresence.
Supersilent’snewalbum,13,isoutnowviaOslo’sSmalltownSupersound,theirfirstalbumforthelabelaEeryears
ontheRuneGrammofonlabel.OnSmalltownSupersound,theyjointhelikesofLindstrom,DJHarvey,Prins
Thomas,AndreBra]en,andBiosphereaslabelmates.Aweekbefore13’srelease,Supersilentalsoreleasedtheir
extensivebackcatalogueinitsenDretyacrossdigitalpla`orms.ThisisthefirstDmethesealbumshaveeverbeen
madeavailabletothepublicdigitally.
SUPERSILENTTOURDATES:
Sat.March25—Knoxville,TN@BigEarsFesOval[Ox]
Mon.March27—NewYork,NY@LePoissonRouge[Ox]
Tue.March28—NewYork,NY@IssueProjectRoom(Deathprod—firsteverUSshow)[Ox]
LISTEN/SHARE:
“13.5”stream—hIps://soundcloud.com/smalltownsupersound/supersilent-135
“13.9”stream—hIps://soundcloud.com/smalltownsupersound/supersilent-139
Downloadhi-resimages&albumart—www.pitchperfectpr.com/supersilent/
Purchase13(2XLPwithCDinsert/Digital/CD)—hIp://smarturl.it/sts282-sts
Supersilentonline:
facebook.com/supersilentofficial/
twiIer.com/Deathprod
smalltownsupersound.com
pitchperfectpr.com/supersilent/
FormoreinformaDon,pleasecontact:
SamMcAllister|PitchPerfectPR—[email protected],773-271-6844
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