Artist.......: Highasakite
Album........: Live at Bi Nuu (Berlin)
Label........: n/a
Genre........: Pop
Catnr........: n/a
Source.......: DVBS
Rip.date.....: 2014-07-06
Str.date.....: 2014-00-00
Quality......: 201kbps/48.0kHz/Joint Stereo
Url..........: http://www.highasakite.no/
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1. Live at Bi Nuu (Berlin) 34:43
Runtime 34:43
Size 50.02
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Silent Treatment, the debut long player from justifiably tipped Norwegian
quintet Highasakite will be released Worldwide 7th April on Propeller
Recordings.
Highasakite make pop music, but an adventurous brand of indie pop full of
contrasts. Once you hear Highasakite youÆll wonder how you ever got by without
them, theirs is an endless sound oscillating between density and spaciousness.
Silent Treatment is filled with radical texture and startling immediacy, Ingrid
Helene HσvikÆs idiosyncratic vocals perfectly joins the albums eccentricity and
accessibility.
The band now all reside in Oslo however the origins of the group can be found at
the Trondheim Jazz Conservatory, where singer and songwriter Hσvik met drummer
Trond Bersu and began to write, record and perform together. However, the pair
felt that they needed an extra something to give their performances the sound
they desired. As a result, ╪ystein Skar on synthesizers was added, before the
more recent arrivals of Marte Eberson, also on synths, and Kristoffer Lo on
guitar, flugabone and percussion. All of this has combined to give the band a
richer texture and more potent sound.
Silent Treatment, produced by acclaimed Norwegian producer, Kσre Chr. Vestrheim,
is perceived by Hσvik as a very romantic album,, with many of its themes
existing in the realm of relationships behind closed doors. Yet for all the
lyrical depth and layered compositions, the one thing that Highasakite do
exceedingly well is enveloping choruses, which instantly take root and resonate,
perhaps no more so than in lead single Since Last Wednesday.
Hσvik cites Mary Margaret OÆHara, Fever Ray and Diamanda Galßs as some of her
favourite musicians as well as being touched by Bulgarian vocal choirs. Many
other non-musical reference points have helped inform Silent Treatment such as
HσvikÆs time in New York and Istanbul.
Highasakite have spent the last few months wowing audiences at numerous
international festival, including tastemakers at this yearÆs OYA Festival, UK
audiences are in for an equally memorable experience when Highasakite play their
first UK show at LondonÆs BirthdayÆs on the 19th February. A US tour including
SXSW is planned in March prior to a full UK/EU tour set for April.