Silence (Silence Records AB), is a Swedish record company located outside

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in Sweden. Silence was started in 1970 in Stockholm and released records by, amongst others: Bo Hansson, Philemon Arthur and the Dung, Samla Mammas Manna, and other

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acts. In 1977, Silence moved to a new studio in Värmland, in a converted school, where artists and bands like Twice a Man, Ebba Grön, Dag Vag, Hellacopters,

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, and

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recorded several albums. Some notable artists currently signed to Silence are

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, and Fint Tillsammans. Silence is also one of the larger record labels included in the Svenska oberoende musikproducenter (Swedish independent music producers).

External links

Silence official homepage
{{Authority control Swedish independent record labels Record labels established in 1970 Progressive rock record labels

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