Track Listing

1. St Tropez - ARP (2)
2. Come Out Come Down - 120 Days
3. Warning - Tussle
4. Half Under - Sunburned Hand Of The Man
5. Spooks - Mental Overdrive
6. Contemporary Fix - Lindstrom
7. Dinner That Never Happened - Diskjokke
8. Anarchy Way - Lift Boys
9. Hatten Passer - Torske, Bjorn
10. Don't Be - Toy (3)
11. Tics - Horntveth, Lars

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #196838 in Music
• Released on: 2007-10-22
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .24 pounds

Customer Reviews

The Portable Supersound Review (8/10)
`The Portable Supersound' is the latest compilation CD from one of Norway's hottest labels, Smalltown Supersound. You might remember our high scoring reviews of Arp's `In Light' and Kim Hiorthøy's `My Last Day' earlier on in the year, well, the quality of these artists are representative of Smalltown's roster. The 12 tracks on this compilation therefore presents an eclectic look into some of Norway's finest acts and listeners are treated to a wide range of experimental (yet melodious) soundscapes ranging from acid-folk to shimmering electronica and electro-rock to space-disco. The tracks on this release include pre-released album tracks, forthcoming tracks and rarities.

The compilation opens with Arp who contributes an Seventies inspired analogue slab of kosmiche minimalism which drifts past slowly with a tangible air of enchanted mysticism. 120 Days' `Come Out, Come Down, Fade Out, Be Gone' is a stomping 7minute serving of eclectic and progressive disco-rock which sounds like something the late 60's psychedelic rockers would have come up with if they had a Mac Pro and Logic. Dig further and you will stumble upon a rare Sunburned Hand of The Man track entitled `Half-Under' which was made in collaboration with Four Tet and sounds like a majestic and hypnotic, all-enveloping resonance of tribal free-folk on major acid.

Elsewhere, expect to find a dazzling array of spaced-out, future disco music. Mental Overdrive contribute a constantly shifting and ultra-hypnotic slice of stomping analogue disco which meanders through an electro netherworld whilst Lindstøm ups the stakes with a mesmerizing piece of spaced-out, perpetual, Nordic tech-house which will have you bobbing your head into oblivion. diskJokke is a new signing that might be familiar to people thanks to his extensive remix repertoire which includes remixes for Bloc Party and Lindstøm. With his track `The Dinner That Never Happened' he provides an intimate yet euphoric slice of atmospheric and melodic tech-house which whet's the appetite for his forthcoming debut release `Staying In'. Towards the end of the CD, one will find Kim Hiorthoy's `Goodbye to Song' which is a keen slice of vintage Jazz put through an electro blender. Four Tet appears on the closing track with a remix of Lars Horntveth's `Tics' which contains spurts of haphazard micro-instrumental clusters over an expanding backdrop of shuffling percussion and deep bass. The end result is a dreamy, subtle yet energetic piece of pure Four Tet magic.

This is one fine compilation CD that consistently delivers with every track. Smalltown Supersound is evidently a label that knows good, innovative music and this CD comes highly recommended, especially considering its modest price. Be warned however that this compilation (like all good compilations) will end up costing you a lot more as you will undoubtedly start to furiously collect the whole Supersound discography on the basis of the tracks included on `The Portable Supersound'!


For fans of: Scandinavian Experitronica at its most vivid and imaginative