Search - Supersilent :: Six

Live, Via Satellite, From The Rings Of Saturn!

Briggs May | Richmond, VA | 06/22/2004

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I can't exactly tell if this was recorded in a crater on the Moon or in some icy cavern somewhere north of the Arctic Circle. Either way, fans of Aphex Twin, GodspeedYouBlackEmperor, Sigur Ros, the soundtrack to "2001:A Space Odyssey", or any early Pink Floyd will certainly fall in love with this. Supersilent is a Group From Another Place, very spooky and mysterious, and they don't lend themselves to simple descriptions and explanations. It sounds very live and improvised, with heavy emphasis on keyboards, synths, and subtle-but-effective percussion. Yes, there actually are guitars, strings, and voices in the mix, but, more often than not, they are shy and stay hidden back in the shadows, only fully revealing themselves when all the other instruments start to get wound up into a wall of sound. This album is six tracks long, and upon first listen, it isn't until the middle of the third track do you realize how far under your skin it has gotten. Very subtle and phantasmagoric, indeed. All in all, this is nothing less than something haunting and beautiful coming from a very dark corner of our Solar System."

Breathtaking and absolutely Amazing

WelcomeTheAbyss | The Flatlands | 05/28/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This is the type of music to sit down, relax, put on a pair of headphones and let it absorb your concious. From spacey sounding electronics to soft vocals over piano to heart pounding rhythms to skittering percussion...this is just a taste of what is Supersilent, and from what I hear it is all improvised which blows my head clean off. All this coming from someone who has never heard them before...talk about a great buy! Highly, highly recommended, I close my eyes, to awaken among the cosmos traveling without a tangible body, drunk with the infinite beauty, I sigh without a mouth and think..."

Another fascinating Rune Gramophon Release

Scott Williams | Oakland, CA United States | 04/26/2008

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Trumpet player Arve Henricksen, drummer Jarle Vespestad, and mix master Helge Sten (aka Deathprod) created a whole new genre with their band super silent. This music is a mix of jazz, electronica, ambient music, and experimental noise rock. There are elements of Miles Davis, Cluster, John Cage, and M. J. Jarre in this music. It's hard to rate this music because there isn't really anything to compare it to. The liner notes which are sparse and bare leave you with nothing other than the sounds on the CD to make your impression of this music. It's music for the 22nd century, it's reflective, deep, and full of subtle surprises. To fully enjoy this CD you can't be looking for anything else. You must be ready to listen to something new and explore what it has to offer. Norway's jazz scene and label Rune Gramofon are just exploding. For anyone not initiated to this scene this is a great staring point."