Supersilent "6" C/D

The feature about them in the Wire was interesting. Seems Helge Sten always fields the interviews. He spoke with Julian Cowley and bragged that some of his older equipment used to be owned by Jimmy Page. But the best is that they use a synth that's built around the sound processor chip of a Commodore 64 - explaining that raw-as-hell lo-fi sound they get.

"6.4" includes a guitar and sounds very different from their other stuff: almost post-rocky, and I know they're aiming at the GY!BE and Sigur Ros crowd now, but I don't see how this can't wipe those bands off the slate.

if you didn't know supersilent were fusion when you bought them......

i love all of them, but from this description (post rock, ick) it might not be my favorite

I think "post-rock" only describes "6.4." But that track was so different from anything I'd heard that I almost thought it was a different band.

"6.2" is close to (to use Julian Cowley's analogy) Miles' "He Loved Him Madly."

"6.1," "6.3" and "6.5" are synth-heavy - closer to the 1-3 and 4 stuff, but not as aggressive.

I think I prefer it to 5 if only because it's tighter and has more variety. I think 5 is actually the easier listen, end to end. In that Wire interview, Sten definitely used the words "epic" and "accessible" a few times, but the end result doesn't strike me as weak the way those words would suggest.

hard to believe these people can improvise this stuff. one weak link in the chain and it's all fucked. congrats to them.

ben

ps that 'commodre chip' synth he's talking about is probably the 'quadraSID'. it's a software synthesizer (i.e. you play it from your computer, mate!) and is rather fun.

Just picked this up the other night and I'm finding it unfocused and uninteresting. What could I be missing?

a brain lol

Thanks!!! Now I get it!

Anyone else?

sorry i have nothing to say to force you to like this record. i think 6 is great stuff, if you are into this type of improvisation.

im shocked that a piece of unrehearsed free-improv could come across as unfocused.

i don't know, 6 seems pretty focused to me, in the sense that it's not some guys all playing different, random squiggles but sounds pretty coherent even at its free-est.

Oooh, my favorite by far. Lurve it.

First question is, do you like other Supersilent?

yeah, I was gonna say a) this record does sound pretty focused b) lots of free improv sounds pretty foucsed!

lots of good free improv, anyway.

First question is, do you like other Supersilent?

Haven't heard other Supersilent, and not rushing out to do so after hearing this one.

reviving a thread about an album that a lot of people like to say you don't get it and to ask "what could i be missing" is always a good idea and totally does not deserve someone questioning your intelligence, at all.

fwiw i think it's pretty focused compared to comparable music and if "gorgeous" is uninteresting to you then.

I really like 6 a lot. I like the catchier more accessible Supersilent best generally though.

Their three-disc debut is WAY more interesting, this one is generally a bore.

Give the debut a try, ilxor. Has its own pretty moments, if you are looking for that.

yea, supersilent 1-3 is really good. way more aggressive, if that's what you're into.