BJORN TORSKE 12″ COMPETITION WINNER:
August 30, 2006Comments Off
Is Nick Howells from New Zealand. Congratulations. We will send you the Bjorn Torske 12″ test-pressing, edition of 10 (!). Hope you like it Nick! And thanks to all of you who sent us e-mails for this competition.
TUSSLE ALBUM FOR SALE AT THE SUPERSTORE NOW!
August 25, 2006Comments Off
Tussle`s masterpiece “Telescope Mind” has just arrived from the pressing plant. As always we make it available through our online Superstore right away. The official release date is the 30th of October. So to get it fast and first go to the Superstore http://www.sts.musiconline.no/shop/displayAlbum.asp?id=31332&cid=&sid= here.
120 DAYS ALBUM
August 21, 2006Comments Off
120 Days` eponymous debut album will be released the 10th of October 2006 by NYC`s Vice Records in collaboration with the band`s home label, Smalltown Supersound. As a taster of this upcoming masterpiece, Vice and Smalltown Supersound will release the limited edition 12
SMALLTOWN SUPERSOUND: JAPAN TOUR IN NOVEMBER
August 21, 2006Comments Off
Just to let all our friends in Japan know that Smalltown Supersound will do a Japan label tour early November. Dates and venues TBA. The artists that are coming are: Kim Hiorthøy (live), Toy (live), Bjørn Torske (DJ), Mental Overdrive (laptop set) and Joakim Haugland (DJ). Both Kim and Bjorn will have their new albums ready for the tour (at least they say so…). We look forward returning to our favourite country after the great sucess of our 2004 tour. More info and details soon!
120 DAYS: 12″ SINGLE FOR SALE AT THE SUPERSTORE NOW!
August 15, 2006Comments Off
Lots of interest for 120 Days after great reviews at both Pitchfork and Stereogum the last couple of days. The track that has been reviewed is now available on 12″ vinyl only single and it contains the track “Come Out, Come Down, Fade Out, Be Gone” as well as a great remix of the same track by the mighty Mental Overdrive. The 12″ is not out in the shops yet, so the only place you can get it is at our Superstore http://www.sts.musiconline.no/shop/displayMerchandise.asp?id=277&aid=25308 here
120 DAYS: GREAT PITCHFORK TRACK REVIEW
August 14, 2006Comments Off
Our new signing 120 Days which we co-release with Vice Records in USA gets 4,5 out of 5 in todays trackreview on Pitchfork. The track that is reviewed is the album opening track and first 12″ single “Come Out, Come Down, Fade Out, Be Gone”. And here`s the review: “For once, why don’t we elide the obvious– in this case, Norwegian band and recent Vice signees 120 Days’ superficial resemblance to certain electro-and-Krautrock forebears– and experience “Come Out (Come Down, Fade Out, Be Gone)” as a first-order phenomenon, with its own heat and light. A lopsided parabola than spans nine tautly thrumming minutes, “Come Out” is a marvel of ethereal precision, immaculate pacing, Teutonic austerity, trance-inducing miasma, and dark euphoria. A supple motorik cadence and concentrated volleys of staccato bass inscribe concise glyphs on the air; iridescent analog synths leave ghostly phosphene trails; sine-wave guitars and judiciously deployed yet emphatic vocals push the rhythmic urgency into the steam-gouting red zone. There’s a lot of song here, but no excess– each strand is counterbalanced by another, so “Come Out” holds its perilous spin around a stable axis, twisting methodically skyward until, finally escaping gravity, it soars.” (4,5 PITCHFORK)
TOY: GUARDIAN REVIEW
August 4, 2006Comments Off
“It’s impossible not to admire the ingenuity of Alisdair Stirling and Jorgen Traeen, the Anglo-Norwegian duo known as Toy. On the other hand, it’s hard to take a whole album of their relentlessly cheerful electronica. The music they make is tuneful and up-tempo, and underpinned by a delight in childish things such as Stylophones and toy organs. Tunes such as Realistic Martian Landing Set and Sedan Through Tunnel show a mastery of arrangement and orchestration that recalls the glory days of the Yellow Magic Orchestra (recently revived by Se
LARS HORNTVETH ON FOUR TET REMIX ALBUM
August 4, 2006Comments Off
Domino Records are releasing a double remix album with Four Tet remixes. Four Tet`s great remix of Lars`s Tics track (taken from The Joker EP) is the opening track on the album, an album that also features mixes by Radiohead, Block Party, Beth Orton, Madvillain and Aphex Twin among others. For more info check out the Pitchfork newspiece http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/page/news/Four_Tet_to_Release_Remix_LP#37724 here.
WIN RARE BJORN TORSKE 12″ (WHITE-LABEL)
August 4, 2006Comments Off
Bjorn Torske is returning with another super smashing 12″ single, this time titled “Kokt Kveite”. We`ve made 10 white-label test pressings of the 12″ and we are giving away one of these to a lucky bastard. This is a collectors item as there is only 10 of the single out there. The only thing you`ll have to do is to send an e-mail to info@smalltownsupersound.com with “Bjorn Torske” in subject and your adress in the mail. Then we`ll pull a winner out of the hat in a couple of weeks time. The 12″ will be out commercially in about a month or so.
TUSSLE TO REMIX DENNIS YOUNG FOR RELISH RECORDS
August 1, 2006Comments Off
Tussle has remixed Dennis Young of Liquid Liquid for an upcoming 12″ single on Headman`s Relish label. The 12″ will also feature a mix by Hot Chip. Check out Tussle`s new website for updated info http://www.tussle.org here
