Browse by Label: SMALLTOWN SUPERSOUND (NORWAY)

Artist:	HIORTHØY, KIM
Title:	My Last Day
Label:	SMALLTOWN SUPERSOUND (NORWAY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$17.00
Catalog #:	STS 087CD

"Second full-length album since his critically acclaimed debut Hei in 2000. Compared to Hei, My Last Day is less fragmented & more song based. It is also more melodic & complete, all with Kim's characteristic sound. He often has an organic & folk-like tone to his music which XLR8R magazine recognized when they placed him in the forefront of the new electronic folk music movement. On My Last Day Hiorthøy continues to create great electronic pop music all in his distinct way & style, and all in his very own universe."

Artist:	TORSKE, BJORN
Title:	Feil Knapp
Label:	SMALLTOWN SUPERSOUND (NORWAY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$17.00
Catalog #:	STS 117CD

"This is his first album since Trøbbel in 2001 (on Telle Records). In many ways Feil Knapp (Norwegian for 'wrong button') represents a sound that sits somewhere in between Trøbbel, 1999's seminal Nedi Myra on Ferox and his underground cult hit Søppelmann on Svek. With influences ranging to everything from Count Ossie and The Residents via 22 Skidoo to Idut Boys, Torske has created his very own and characteristic signature sound, a unique blend of warm and melancholic house, quirky avant-disco, leftfield electronica and dark, heavy psychedelic dub. In other words; this album has everything that we have learned to love Bjørn for. Weirdly melodic and wonderfully groovy."

Artist:	VA
Title:	The Portable Supersound
Label:	SMALLTOWN SUPERSOUND (NORWAY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$11.00
Catalog #:	STS 122CD

"Label compilation showcasing the current & future sounds of Smalltown Supersound. Features new signing ARP from San Francisco & the new Norwegian disco master, Diskjokke. Other artists with fresh material are the more established artists such as Lindstrøm, Kim Hiorthøy, Björn Torske, 120 Days, Mental Overdrive (with a track that is soon to be released on 12" by DFAbroad in the U.S. and by Prins Thomas' Full Pupp label in Europe), Lars Horntveth (Four Tet remix) & Toy. The compilation also premieres the much talked-about collaboration between Four Tet & Sunburned Hand of the Man, as well as a track from a Smalltown Supersound 12" by the label's big hero, Yamataka Eye (of the mighty Boredoms) aka The Lift Boys."

Artist:	LINDSTROM
Title:	It's a Feedelity Affair
Label:	SMALLTOWN SUPERSOUND (NORWAY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$17.00
Catalog #:	STS 126CD

"Both Smalltown Supersound and Lindstrøm/Feedelity are from Norway and a mutual trust, respect and understanding led to this collaboration. Lindstrøm has obviously got many offers from record labels around the world, but he chose to stay independent and have control of his own music. Smalltown Supersound, on the other hand, found a soulmate in Lindstrøm and the perfect sound for the label in Lindstrøm's music. Lindstrøm fit perfectly with the label's electro/electronica/pop roster with artists such as Bjørn Torske, Tussle, 120 Days, Kim Hiorthøy, Toy, Lars Horntveth, Jaga Jazzist and Mental Overdrive, the core of the label being Norwegian electronic music. Lindstrøm's career took off after a string of critically-acclaimed 12" singles that alone started a movement the press later would call 'space disco.' He is also well known for his remixes and has among others remixed LCD Soundsystem, Roxy Music, Franz Ferdinand, Annie and DFA's Juan McLean. Last year Lindstrøm also released a duo album with Norwegian DJ and friend Prins Thomas, titled Lindstrøm and Prins Thomas, an album that was released on Eskimo Records to wide critical acclaim. His most famous track and 12", I Feel Space (released on both Playhouse and Feedelity), has now sold 17,000 copies, an impressive number these days for a vinyl-only release. But now it's finally time to compile all of Lindstrøm's seminal 12" on CD for the first time."

Artist:	ARP
Title:	In Light
Label:	SMALLTOWN SUPERSOUND (NORWAY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$17.00
Catalog #:	STS 133CD

"Arp is the most recent project of Alexis Georgopoulos, formerly of Tussle & The Alps. As an emblem of Alexis' commitment to 'natural electronic music' (bridging the natural and electronic worlds), nearly all of In Light was recorded live. Very few loops were used -- in fact, only one. This gesture was meant to bring back some of the rough (re: natural) edges that have been lost in so much electronic music today. In Light is a luminous album of warm, pulsing music. Like dreams or rich, saturated moments that make one lose sense of time, they are grainy snapshots, like old films of one's own experiences, elevated moments. Call it pop minimalism. Call it cosmic pop. Call it cosmic minimalism. Call it what you will."

Artist:	SUNBURNED HAND OF THE MAN
Title:	Fire Escape
Label:	SMALLTOWN SUPERSOUND (NORWAY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$17.00
Catalog #:	STS 134CD

"Produced by Four Tet with artwork by Eye. The relationship between Four Tet & SHOTM began in August 2003 when Kieran Hebden read the cover story of The Wire, which touted SHOTM as leaders of the 'new weird America.' That story sent Hebden on a search for Sunburned records & he's been a fan ever since. In 2004, Hebden asked Sunburned to tour with him. A couple of years later in March 2006, Hebden asked the band if they would like him to record them with the idea that he would take the recordings & construct his vision of a Sunburned record."

Artist:	SUNBURNED HAND OF THE MAN
Title:	Fire Escape
Label:	SMALLTOWN SUPERSOUND (NORWAY)
Format:	2LP
Price:	$24.00
Catalog #:	STS 134LP

2LP version, with artwork by Eye. "Produced by Four Tet with artwork by Eye. The relationship between Four Tet & SHOTM began in August 2003 when Kieran Hebden read the cover story of The Wire, which touted SHOTM as leaders of the 'new weird America.' That story sent Hebden on a search for Sunburned records & he's been a fan ever since. In 2004, Hebden asked Sunburned to tour with him. A couple of years later in March 2006, Hebden asked the band if they would like him to record them with the idea that he would take the recordings & construct his vision of a Sunburned record."

Artist:	VA
Title:	Sunkissed
Label:	SMALLTOWN SUPERSOUND (NORWAY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$17.00
Catalog #:	STS 136CD

"Sunkissed is Oslo's most popular club-concept & has been running for over 8 years with resident DJs G-Ha & Olanskii inviting friends & artists. This mix presents their Norwegian friends with both tracks & remixes. In many ways the perfect document of the Norwegian electronic music scene. It features the ones who started the whole Norwegian electronic music scene back in the late 80s: Mental Overdrive & Rune Lindbaek, to the guys who took it further, Erot (Rip) & Bjorn Torske. To what became known as space disco or cosmic disco with the stars of the scene today, Lindstrom & Prins Thomas. Till the next generation & tomorrows stars Todd Terje, Disk Jokke, Blackbelt Anderson & Magnus Internasjonal. The mix also features the new wave of cosmic rock coming out of Norway with 120 Days & Serena-Maneesh."

Artist:	LINDSTROM
Title:	Contemporary Fix
Label:	SMALLTOWN SUPERSOUND (NORWAY)
Format:	CD EP
Price:	$13.00
Catalog #:	STS 139CD

"After the critically-acclaimed album A Feedelity Affair that compiled all of Lindstrøm's seminal 12"s, Smalltown Supersound follows up with this EP. The EP features the original version of 'The Contemporary Fix' as well as an alternative version by Lindstrøm himself called 'Serious Syntoms' version. Also features a fantastic remix from Eye of The Boredoms who delivers a raving tribal-disco mix that none other than Eye could produce, and a remix by the innovator of the Norwegian disco scene, Bjørn Torske. With this 10-minute long mix, Bjørn Torske proofs why he is one of the most talented disco/house producers in Norway, ever. The innovator & the star of the Norwegian disco/house scene, together, for the first time. And it is just beautiful!"

Artist:	TUSSLE
Title:	Warning EP
Label:	SMALLTOWN SUPERSOUND (NORWAY)
Format:	CD EP
Price:	$13.00
Catalog #:	STS 141CD

"Tussle remix EP with remixes by Hot Chip, Optimo, Dennis Young (Liquid Liquid) and Kango & Torkill! The opening 'Warning' track is lifted from the album Telescope Mind. The EP also contains a fantastic 10-minute long Kraut/groove remix of the track 'Flicker33.3' by their friends in Hot Chip. The Tusslers also gets remix treatment by Glasgow's JD Twitch from Optimo who has mixed different parts of the Telescope Mind album into one 7-minute long mix titled 'JD Twitch's Optimo Fuckhead Mix.' Dennis Young of legendary NYC band Liquid Liquid has done a remix of the track 'Elephants,' and Norwegian underground house/disco star Kango is joined by his new musical partner Torkill with an edit/remix of 'The Warning.'"

Artist:	DISKJOKKE
Title:	Staying In
Label:	SMALLTOWN SUPERSOUND (NORWAY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$17.00
Catalog #:	STS 145CD

"Staying In, diskJokke's debut release, is a tripped out mastodon of an album. This is the sound of Norwegian disco taken to its farthest, futuristic limits. It's epic, groovy, cinematic, poppy & most of all, melodic. But at the same time, it is melancholic, and as the title suggests, staying inside the dark winter & autumn nights to make music certainly reflects the mood of the album. For years, diskJokke has been closely connected to Norway's premiere club night, Sunkissed, where he is resident DJ with G-HA, Olanskii & VinnyVillbass."

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Artist:	TOY
Title:	Half Baked Alaska
Label:	SMALLTOWN SUPERSOUND (NORWAY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$13.00
Catalog #:	STS 102CD