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title: Supersilent : 7

street date: 02/09/2005
release date: 12/11/2005
size: 700MB
runtime: 1:48:39
source: DVD9

audio: AC3 2.0 224kbit
video: XviD 1.0.3, 679kbit, 528x336

notes: Yes it's the seventh and if rumours are to
be believed final Supersilent album. This
probably explains the grand label gesture
to deliver this album on DVD.

For this special concert all new music is
delivered, part composed part improv, by
Arve Henrikson (trumpet, electronics),
St le Storl kken (keyboards, electronics),
Jarle Vespestad (drums) and Deathprod aka
Helge Sten on audio virus, aka knobs,
slides and switches.

The first two tracks alone take up 40 mins, both starting with the faint
gentle flow of patient melody from either Arve's trumpet or St le's
keyboard. Both these tracks then take an upward turn as Deathprod's noise
grain lurches into the soundframe as the drums find their way through the
increasingly abstract avenues of sound. The three instruemntalists sound
like they are powered by the forces of nature while Deathprod unleashes the
electric shocks that send the other members into ever more diverse areas of
sound. The music alone in these first two tracks would finish off most
bands, it's that intense, no wonder they all seem set to collapse as each
performance finishes. 7.3 is a more searching modalesque composition built
around Arve's rich harmonius vocalese with the airy keyboard patterns and
haunting repetitive motifs before it ventures forth into the unknown. 7.4
centres around the eastern melodies from the solo trumpet, before the other
members gradually enter the frame in a tranced out state - I'm tempted to
compare this track to Miles's 'In A Silent Way' but considering this is
Supersilent comparisons are futile. The rest of the concert continues in
more astonishing fashion. The camera work is sublime as well, shot in the
blackest of black and white by Kim Hiorthoy, think 'Eraserhead', the fire
extinguished only after 1 hour and 48 minutes have passed. Incredible. The
concert recorded 16.08.2004 at Parkteatret, Oslo. Truly shocking music from
one the worlds most original bands on frightening form.