''6'' is the fourth album by the Norwegian

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Supersilent Supersilent is a Norwegian avant-garde-improvisational music group formed at Nattjazz in Bergen in 1997. The trio Veslefrekk was asked to play with electronic musician Helge "Deathprod" Stein. The fusion of the experimental jazz group with Ste ...

. The album was recorded live in the studio over the course of five days and has no

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s. ''6'' is among the most acclaimed and well-known Supersilent releases. Supersilent's Allmusic page/ref>

Track listing

# "6.1" – 11:06 # "6.2" – 9:57 # "6.3" – 13:32 # "6.4" – 9:30 # "6.5" – 5:03 # "6.6" – 8:40 Vinyl track listing

Personnel

Arve Henriksen Arve Henriksen (born 22 March 1968) is a Norwegian trumpeter. Career Henriksen was born in Stranda Municipality and educated on the Jazz program at Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskapelige Universitet, Trondheim Musikkonservatorium; he later studie ...

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vocals Singing is the art of creating music with the voice. It is the oldest form of musical expression, and the human voice can be considered the first musical instrument. The definition of singing varies across sources. Some sources define sing ...

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*Helge Sten – live electronics,

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*Ståle Storløkken –

Jarle Vespestad Jarle Vespestad (born 16 April 1966) is a Norwegian jazz musician (percussion), the younger brother of jazz musician Liz Tove Vespestad, and a central member of Tord Gustavsen's projects. Career Vespestad was born in Kirkenes and picked up ...

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Release history

References

External links

Rune Grammofon RLP 3029 – Supersilent: 6

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