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."

Artist:	LINDSTROM & CHRISTABELLE
Title:	Real Life Is No Cool
Label:	SMALLTOWN SUPERSOUND (NORWAY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$17.00
Catalog #:	STS 159CD

"After the release of Lindstrøm's critically acclaimed solo album Where You Go I Go Too, in 2008 and 2009's collaborative album with Prins Thomas, II, Norway's maestro of disco returns once again. This time he teams up with sultry vocalist Christabelle, to bring us Real Life Is No Cool, an edgy pop album of structured chaos and hypnotic beats. Hans-Peter Lindstrøm actually began work on Real Life Is No Cool before Where You Go I Go Too, it just so happened WYGIGT was finished first. It was his work on this new album, containing 10 short pop songs with vocals, which became the impetus behind creating the epic and colossal masterpiece, WYGIGT (with only 3 long tracks and an opening track clocking in at 28 minutes). Essentially, WYGIGT was a kind of reaction to his work on Real Life Is No Cool. When WYGIGT began making waves around the world, Lindstrøm went back into his studio to complete Real Life Is No Cool."

Artist:	K-X-P
Title:	K-X-P
Label:	SMALLTOWN SUPERSOUND (NORWAY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$17.00
Catalog #:	STS 182CD

"K-X-P is a drums, bass and synth trio from Helsinki, Finland, born out of the fire and ashes of the seminal Op:l Bastards and The Lefthanded, both of which were led by Timo Kaukolampi. The band is comprised of Timo Kaukolampi (electronics, vocals), Tuomo Puranen (bass and keyboards) and rotating drummers Anssi Nykänen and Tomi Leppanen. The band mixes electronics, Krautrock, noise, and even rockabilly into a hypnotic and minimal motorik groove inspired by Raymond Scott, Moondog and Martin Rev and mindful of Spacemen 3, This Heat, 23 Skidoo, Suicide and NEU!."

Artist:	K-X-P
Title:	K-X-P
Label:	SMALLTOWN SUPERSOUND (NORWAY)
Format:	LP
Price:	$17.00
Catalog #:	STS 182LP

LP version. "K-X-P is a drums, bass and synth trio from Helsinki, Finland, born out of the fire and ashes of the seminal Op:l Bastards and The Lefthanded, both of which were led by Timo Kaukolampi. The band is comprised of Timo Kaukolampi (electronics, vocals), Tuomo Puranen (bass and keyboards) and rotating drummers Anssi Nykänen and Tomi Leppanen. The band mixes electronics, Krautrock, noise, and even rockabilly into a hypnotic and minimal motorik groove inspired by Raymond Scott, Moondog and Martin Rev and mindful of Spacemen 3, This Heat, 23 Skidoo, Suicide and NEU!." "Spaced-out Krautrock meets drummy disco dance party." --XLR8R Magazine

Artist:	DISKJOKKE
Title:	En Fin Tid
Label:	SMALLTOWN SUPERSOUND (NORWAY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$17.00
Catalog #:	STS 184CD

"At once hypnotic, stomping and futuristic, this record maintains their trippy, epic prog-disco aesthetic without sacrificing melody or subtlety. The album flows like a journey in sound, with each song seamlessly drifting into the next. The album, recorded and entirely self-produced in Diskjokke's new studio, draws its inspiration from Holger Czukay's mid-'80s period, Brian Eno, Arthur Russell, European disco, Alan Parsons, Tangerine Dream, Arthur Lyman and Craig Leon."

Artist:	DRIVAN
Title:	Disko
Label:	SMALLTOWN SUPERSOUND (NORWAY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$17.00
Catalog #:	STS 185CD

"Drivan is a new band consisting of Kim Hiorthoy, Lisa Ostberg, Louise Peterhoff and Kristiina Viilala. Meeting in Stockholm in fall 2007, the band worked on a multi-faceted dance piece by choreographer and performance artist Gunilla Heilborn entitled The Potato Country. The moving yet humorous performance piece incorporated dance, spoken word and songs. Upon completion of its run in Stockholm, Hiorthoy asked Lisa, Louise, and Kristiina if they would be interested in collaborating further. In 2008-2009, the group met at the remote house/studio of Bebbe Risenfors. Most of the songs on Disko began their evolution as one of Hiorthoy's loops during this time, eventually being built upon by the collaborators. Drivan is a group first and foremost, with everyone cooperating on lyrics and melodies, and although there are flourishes of Hiorthoy's signature sound, the recordings' folk-oriented and organic feel has the band drawing more from Swedish folk and prog of the '70s, as well as Stina Nordenstam's People Are Strange album."

Artist:	DRIVAN
Title:	Disko
Label:	SMALLTOWN SUPERSOUND (NORWAY)
Format:	LP
Price:	$17.00
Catalog #:	STS 185LP

LP version. "Drivan is a new band consisting of Kim Hiorthoy, Lisa Ostberg, Louise Peterhoff and Kristiina Viilala. Meeting in Stockholm in fall 2007, the band worked on a multi-faceted dance piece by choreographer and performance artist Gunilla Heilborn entitled The Potato Country. The moving yet humorous performance piece incorporated dance, spoken word and songs. Upon completion of its run in Stockholm, Hiorthoy asked Lisa, Louise, and Kristiina if they would be interested in collaborating further. In 2008-2009, the group met at the remote house/studio of Bebbe Risenfors. Most of the songs on Disko began their evolution as one of Hiorthoy's loops during this time, eventually being built upon by the collaborators. Drivan is a group first and foremost, with everyone cooperating on lyrics and melodies, and although there are flourishes of Hiorthoy's signature sound, the recordings' folk-oriented and organic feel has the band drawing more from Swedish folk and prog of the '70s, as well as Stina Nordenstam's People Are Strange album."

Artist:	ARP
Title:	The Soft Wave
Label:	SMALLTOWN SUPERSOUND (NORWAY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$17.00
Catalog #:	STS 190CD

"Recorded as Alexis Georgopoulos (the man behind the music of Arp) relocated from San Francisco to New York, The Soft Wave is expansive in scope, unfolding like a collection of short stories or filmic vignettes, each piece building upon the other. The Soft Wave incorporates guitars, piano, flute, and Ebows to create a dense brocade of sound. Georgopoulos even steps up to the mic for the gorgeous centerpiece 'From A Balcony Overlooking The Sea,' calling to mind classic John Cale and Brian Eno. Though Georgopoulos still has a knack for creating environments in which you want to recline hammock-style, he's also peppered The Soft Wave with soft blasts of blessed-out fuzz. Recorded to 2-inch tape, it's warm glow and blown-out formalism will undoubtedly appeal to a broad, sophisticated range of tastes."

Artist:	MONGOLIAN JETSET
Title:	Moon Jocks N Prog Rocks
Label:	SMALLTOWN SUPERSOUND (NORWAY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$11.00
Catalog #:	STS 19412EP

"A dude of southern Norwegian origin once said this: 'Anyone can make a piece of art, but disco is for gods'. Mongolian Jetset return with the first single taken from their upcoming album Schlongs. This is their rather gloriously zonked-out tribute to every major disco act of the late 70s with feet-altering bass lines, holistic fanfares, ethereal synths, alien voices, earthly vocals, chunky brass, & enough drum breakdowns to make The Muppets' Animal blush, all brought to you in disco friendly 12" format."

Artist:	TORSKE, BJORN
Title:	Kokning
Label:	SMALLTOWN SUPERSOUND (NORWAY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$17.00
Catalog #:	STS 196CD

"Kokning was conceived between the release of Feil Knapp and the beginning of 2010. Through series of studio sessions of experimenting with different sounds; instruments, objects of different textures, whose sounds were played within different spaces of various acoustics. The results were then edited into basic rhythm tracks which then were overdubbed with new series of recordings in similar manner. The album it involves more organic/ acoustic sound basics and less programmed patterns than Feil Knapp. Since Feil Knapp he has been working on a number of remixes for other artists, including Sunburned Hand of the Man, Lindstrøm, Crimea X, Big Robot feat. Conrad Schnitzler etc. Also working with music and soundscapes for a stage production, as well as touring with my own band, Bjørn Torske Band. Kokning starts out beautifully. It's both melodic and melancholic with a warm, slow ambiance. Soft psychedelics and a Balearic rhythm are introduced before it fades into Torske's signature skrangle-house and then ends with what can only be described as 'Moondog disco' (imagine if Moondog and Count Ossie got together to make disco)."

Artist:	TORSKE, BJORN
Title:	Kokning
Label:	SMALLTOWN SUPERSOUND (NORWAY)
Format:	LP
Price:	$17.00
Catalog #:	STS 196LP

LP version. "Kokning was conceived between the release of Feil Knapp and the beginning of 2010. Through series of studio sessions of experimenting with different sounds; instruments, objects of different textures, whose sounds were played within different spaces of various acoustics. The results were then edited into basic rhythm tracks which then were overdubbed with new series of recordings in similar manner. The album it involves more organic/ acoustic sound basics and less programmed patterns than Feil Knapp. Since Feil Knapp he has been working on a number of remixes for other artists, including Sunburned Hand of the Man, Lindstrøm, Crimea X, Big Robot feat. Conrad Schnitzler etc. Also working with music and soundscapes for a stage production, as well as touring with my own band, Bjørn Torske Band. Kokning starts out beautifully. It's both melodic and melancholic with a warm, slow ambiance. Soft psychedelics and a Balearic rhythm are introduced before it fades into Torske's signature skrangle-house and then ends with what can only be described as 'Moondog disco' (imagine if Moondog and Count Ossie got together to make disco)."

Artist:	PECHENGA
Title:	Helt Borte
Label:	SMALLTOWN SUPERSOUND (NORWAY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$17.00
Catalog #:	STS 202CD

"In the winter of 2007, bonding over a mutual respect & admiration for each other's work & love for old synth music, prog rock, & ambient music, Rune Lindbæk (who has remixed tracks for Lindstrom, Idjut Boys & The Knife) & Cato Farstad hunkered down in Lindbæk's grandmother's house in Vardø to work on music together, & Pechenga was born. Surrounded by the dark of the season, the flickering northern lights, cold storms & heavy snow, Helt Borte was born in an intense 2 weeks. They cite ambient masters Stars of the Lid, Dead Texans, Peter Namlook, Brian Eno, Steve Roach, & Biosphere (Lindbæk's old Tromsø neighbor) as a massive inspiration in creating this album."

Artist:	DISKJOKKE
Title:	Sagara
Label:	SMALLTOWN SUPERSOUND (NORWAY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$17.00
Catalog #:	STS 204CD

"The Sagara project began life in 2009 when Diskjokke was commissioned to create a one off piece for top Norwegian festival Øya. He was given free reign as to what this project might entail, & encouraged to travel almost anywhere to find the right people to work with. He researched the Indonesian Gamelan tradition, & reached out to a group called Sambasunda (led by Ismit Rutchimat). Diskjokke then spent two weeks in Bandung, Java, staying in their studio recording traditional instruments, sounds & ideas. Written, produced and recorded in Oslo, many of the sounds on Sagara were recorded various places in Indonesia, like the crickets from the Bandung jungle, the waves of Bali, etc."

Artist:	MONGOLIAN JETSET
Title:	Moon Jocks N Prog Rocks
Label:	SMALLTOWN SUPERSOUND (NORWAY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$11.00
Catalog #:	STS 20712EP

"It only happens occasionally, but it DOES happen. You've probably heard rumors, or read about it somewhere. Maybe it even happened to YOU? With Moon Jocks n Prog Rocks, Mungolian Jetset have put it, literally, on the record: abductions by beat mongering disco aliens with prog-rock fetishes are on the rise, sometimes with hilariously fatal consequences, such as this tale of one unfortunate individual`s meeting with the more funky forces of the Cosmos. This 12" slab is a limited edition version of 500 copies, no repress."

Artist:	MUNGOLIAN JETSET
Title:	Schlungs
Label:	SMALLTOWN SUPERSOUND (NORWAY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$17.00
Catalog #:	STS 209CD

"Mungolian Jetset presents their first album of totally original compositions. Rather than delivering another take on the epic entertainments that have become the staple of their reputation, they have now taken more scoops of melody, poptastic whimsy and lighter shades of oddness, to hybridize with their already mutated sound. The result is full of drunken synths, obscure samples of the psychedelic past, bleeping & squeaking, contemporary choirs alongside funky guitars, ethereal landscapes & chipmunked vocals, as well as guest vocals from Dominique Leone & Cartsen Loly. Tunes you can chew your bubblegum to."

Artist:	MUNGOLIAN JETSET
Title:	Schlungs
Label:	SMALLTOWN SUPERSOUND (NORWAY)
Format:	2LP
Price:	$17.00
Catalog #:	STS 209LP

2LP version. "Mungolian Jetset presents their first album of totally original compositions. Rather than delivering another take on the epic entertainments that have become the staple of their reputation, they have now taken more scoops of melody, poptastic whimsy and lighter shades of oddness, to hybridize with their already mutated sound. The result is full of drunken synths, obscure samples of the psychedelic past, bleeping & squeaking, contemporary choirs alongside funky guitars, ethereal landscapes & chipmunked vocals, as well as guest vocals from Dominique Leone & Cartsen Loly. Tunes you can chew your bubblegum to."

Artist:	TERJE, TODD
Title:	It's The Arps EP
Label:	SMALLTOWN SUPERSOUND (NORWAY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$11.00
Catalog #:	STS 21912EP

Smalltown Supersound split release with Terje's Olsen Records. "His debut EP is a badly-punned tribute to the Monty Python's It's The Arts. It's an experimental EP entirely based on the multi-faceted abilities of the ARP2600, one of the finest analogue synthesisers ever built. Endearing Monty Python punning? Check. Top synth-nerd action? Check. Illustrator and Norwegian superstar Bendik Kaltenborn did the amazing artwork. It's a thing of beauty."

Artist:	LINDSTROM
Title:	Six Cups Of Rebel
Label:	SMALLTOWN SUPERSOUND (NORWAY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$17.00
Catalog #:	STS 221CD

"With the latest album from dance producer Hans-Peter Lindstrom, Norway's latest entry in the space race has been launched out of the wooded outskirts of Oslo. Six Cups Of Rebel, Lindstrom's fourth solo album (his first to feature vocals), is a super-sized cosmic disco rocket that burns up a galaxy of eclectic influences in its wake, from Bach to Deep Purple, from prog rock and arpeggiator disco to acid house, while sounding sleek and utterly contemporary."

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

Artist:	JAGA JAZZIST
Title:	Live At Cosmopolite
Label:	SMALLTOWN SUPERSOUND (NORWAY)
Format:	DVD
Price:	$17.00
Catalog #:	STS 123DVD

Artist:	MEANDERTHALS
Title:	Andromeda
Label:	SMALLTOWN SUPERSOUND (NORWAY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$12.00
Catalog #:	STS 15612EP