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“the Norwegian’s second album opens a new world of possibilities” (Allmusic.com, 4/5)

“Nes’ songs filter the steady repetitions and gradual transformations of minimalist music through the aesthetics and instrumentation of bedroom electronica and dreamy indie rock … " (Pitchfork, 7,3/10)

“It’s an album with it’s own strongly beating heart … It encapsulates every season, every landscape, every pace. " (Consequence Of Sound, 4/5)


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16 Feb – Garage, Bergen
17 Feb – Sogndal kulturhus, Veka i Sogndal
18 Feb – By:larm, Oslo
19 Feb – Blæst, Trondheim
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24 Feb – Luigi’s, Sacramento CA (w/Odawas)
25 Feb – Noise Pop Festival @ Swedish American Hall, San Francisco CA (w/Alexi Murdoch)
26 Feb – The Abbey Lounge, Santa Cruz CA
27 Feb – Lot 1 Cafe, Los Angeles CA
28 Feb – Saint Rocke, Hermosa Beach CA
01 Mar – Soda Bar, San Diego CA
03 Mar – Trunk Space, Phoenix AZ
04 Mar – Solar Culture, Tucson AZ
06 Mar – Hi Dive, Denver CO
08 Mar – Replay Lounge, Lawrence, KS
09 Mar – The Conservatory, Oklahoma City OK
10 Mar – Club Dada, Dallas TX
12 Mar – Festival Nrmal, San Pedro Garza, MX (w/Thee Oh Sees, Surf City,Bare Wires)
13 Mar – Padre’s, Marfa TX
15 Mar – SXSW Panache Pre Party @scoot Inn Austin TX w/Thee Oh Sees, Surf City, Bare Wires
16 Mar – SXSW anso Party @spider House Austin TX w/Mark Eitzel, Sea of Bees, Carletta Sue Kay
18 Mar – SXSW Sheraton Austin (Capitol) Austin TX
19 Mar – SXSW Showcase @st David’s Bethell Hall Austin TX
23 Mar – Cake Shop, New York NY
24 Mar – Glasslands Gallery, Brooklyn NY

Silje Nes | A Take Away Show | Symmetry Of Empty Space from La Blogotheque on Vimeo.

Norwegian multi-instrumentalist / singer / songwriter Silje Nes grew up in the tiny town of Leikanger, in Sognefjord, Norway’s largest fjord, before moving to Bergen in 2000. Having previously been in an indie pop band, played timpani in an orchestra and bass drum in a marching band, Silje began making her own music in 2001, recording on 4-track demo software through a tiny inbuilt microphone on a laptop. Guided by the excitement of discovering interesting new sounds and instruments, she made use of whatever equipment she could get hold of – guitars, an old synth, a cello, a drum kit, a laptop, as well as loop pedals to build layers of her own playing. Little by little she also found ways of including her own voice, both as texture and song, and her music has organically evolved from there.
First coming to FatCat’s attention via a unique, utterly charming demo received out of the blue in 2005, her quirky, adventurous debut album, ‘Ames Room’, opened out like a series of intricate constructions, the whole teeming with a playful sense of life. Followed shortly by a 4-track EP, ‘Yellow’, Silje subsequently embarked on tours of the UK / Europe / USA, but after that has remained quiet for a while, spending her time in her new home in Berlin, constructing the beautiful follow-up “Opticks”. Nevertheless, it has been worth waiting, since every song on the record, which has been created between autumn 2008 and winter 2009 and mixed with Tarwater’s Bernd Jestram, sounds remarkably coherent and never over the top. Silje knows how to develop her very own type of song, using her undeniable skills in stringing together loops and strange particles of noise. The soundscapes built up in this manner, create a weird but comfortable feeling of eternalness, which is hard to put into words. Both recorded and performed on stage, her work unfolds itself slow, but in the same way thrilling.