Smalltown Supersound
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Smalltown Supersound is an independent record label
Independent record label
An independent record label is a record label operating without the funding of or outside the organizations of the major record labels. A great number of bands and musical acts begin on independent labels.-Overview:...

 based in Oslo
Oslo
Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...

, Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

, and dedicated to new forms of jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...

, rock
Rock and roll
Rock and roll is a genre of popular music that originated and evolved in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950s, primarily from a combination of African American blues, country, jazz, and gospel music...

 and electronic music
Electronic music
Electronic music is music that employs electronic musical instruments and electronic music technology in its production. In general a distinction can be made between sound produced using electromechanical means and that produced using electronic technology. Examples of electromechanical sound...

.

Their catalog features albums by Annie, Jaga Jazzist
Jaga Jazzist
Jaga Jazzist is an experimental jazz band from Norway that rose to prominence when the BBC named their first album, A Livingroom Hush , the best jazz album of 2002. The core of the band are brothers and main songwriters Lars and Martin Horntveth...

, 120 Days
120 Days
120 Days is a Norwegian band. The group consists of Jonas Dahl, Arne Kvalvik, Kjetil Ovesen, and Ådne Meisfjord, and was formed in 2001 under the name 'The Beautiful People'. Originally based in their hometown of Kristiansund, they moved to Oslo in 2002. After two EPs on the Public Demand label,...

, Mental Overdrive
Mental Overdrive
Mental Overdrive is Per Martinsen , an electronic music artist from Tromsø, Norway. He is often mentioned as one of the most influential electronic musicians in Norway...

, Bjørn Torske
Bjørn Torske
Bjørn Torske is a house music producer. Born in 1971 in Tromsø, Norway, Torske became involved with producing music and local radio before moving to Bergen, Norway. He has collaborated on many occasions with Röyksopp.-Disco Members:...

, Mats Gustafsson
Mats Gustafsson
Mats Olof Gustafsson is a Swedish saxophone player and a stalwart on the Scandinavian free jazz scene. He is known for his tonal belligerence and intensity when improvising....

 and Sonic Youth
Sonic Youth
Sonic Youth is an American alternative rock band from New York City, formed in 1981. The current lineup consists of Thurston Moore , Kim Gordon , Lee Ranaldo , Steve Shelley , and Mark Ibold .In their early career, Sonic Youth was associated with the No Wave art and music scene in New York City...

, amongst others.

In 2004, the company launched the sub-label Smalltown Superjazzz
Smalltown Superjazzz
Smalltown Superjazzz is an independent record label based in Oslo, Norway, and dedicated to new forms of jazz. It is a subsidiary of the label Smalltown Supersound.Their catalog features albums by The Thing, Mats Gustafsson and Free Fall....

which is intended to release "jazz with a punk attitude".

Catalog

Catalog
Number
Artist Album Format
STS017 Echo Troopers/Slowburn  Untitled Split 7"
STS018 Stuntbike  Stuntbike 7"
STS022 Brandsdal/Brandal  How to Deal with the Evil Alpha LP
STS023 Bruce Russell/Andreas Brandal  Untitled Split 7"
STS024 Continental Fruit  Riviera 7"
STS025 Stuntbike Sometimes 7"
STS026 Epikurs Euforie  Side A Side B 10"
STS027 Stuntbike Gone CD
STS028 Echo Troopers They Said I Shouldn't Care, but I Did 7"
STS029 Elektro Nova/Electro Nova  Trans-Inter-Ference 10"
STS030 Elektro Nova/Electro Nova Elektro Nova/Electro Nova 2xCD
STS031 Thee Unmist  28:59+ LP
STS032 Brandal/Nordvik  Untitled Split 7"
STS033 Epikurs Euforie Heart Sounds
Heart sounds
Heart sounds, or heartbeats, are the noises generated by the beating heart and the resultant flow of blood through it...

CD
STS034 Various Artists Le Jazz Non: A Compilation of Norwegian Noise
Le Jazz Non: A Compilation of Norwegian Noise
Le Jazz Non: A Compilation of Norwegian Noise is a compilation album of experimental Norwegian music, released on the Smalltown Supersound label in 2000...

CD
STS035 Monopot  Once 7"
STS036 Monopot Something Is Like Nothing Was CD
STS037 Continental Fruit Mentor Mentee CD
STS039 Hello Goodbye  African Nights 7"
STS040 Larmoyant  Push Here for Tiger LP
STS041 Kjetil D. Brandsdal & Mickaël Tremél  Kjetil D Brandsdal & Mickaël Tremél LP
STS042 Fibo Trespo  EZ AZ Elektromos LP
STS043 Kim Hiorthøy
Kim Hiorthøy
Kim Hiorthøy is a Norwegian electronic musician, graphic designer, illustrator, filmmaker and writer.-Biography:Hiorthøy was born and raised in Trondheim, Norway, and studied at the Trondheim Academy of Fine Art as well as the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen...

 
Torture Happiness 7"
STS044 Bruce Russell The Movement of the Free Spirit 10"
STS045 Jazzkammer  Rolex CD
STS046 Kim Hiorthøy Hei CD
STS047 Lasse Marhaug
Lasse Marhaug
Lasse Marhaug is a Norwegian musician who primarily works in the field of noise music but frequently drifts into other areas such as improvisation, jazz, rock and extreme metal. Marhaug has also been involved in creating music for theatre, dance, art installations and video art...

 
Nothing but Sound from Now On CD
STS048 Monopot Taran EP CD
STS049 Alexander Rishaug  Panorama CD
STS050 Various Artists The Smalltown Supersampler CD
STS051 Kim Hiorthøy Nu Kommer Cathrine Inn Hon Lutar Sig Mot Dörrporten 7"
STS052 Jazzkammer Turntable/Surface Fireball 2 12"
STS053 Jaga Jazzist
Jaga Jazzist
Jaga Jazzist is an experimental jazz band from Norway that rose to prominence when the BBC named their first album, A Livingroom Hush , the best jazz album of 2002. The core of the band are brothers and main songwriters Lars and Martin Horntveth...

 
Going Down 12"
STS054 Kim Hiorthøy Hei Remixes Part 1 12"
STS055 Merzbow
Merzbow
is the main recording name of the Japanese noise musician , born in 1956. Since 1979 he has released in excess of 350 recordings.The name "Merzbow" comes from German artist Kurt Schwitters' artwork, "Merzbau”. This was chosen to reflect Akita's dada influence and junk art aesthetic...

/Jazzkammer
Live at Molde International Jazz Festival 7"
STS056 Jaga Jazzist A Living Room Hush CD
STS057 Martin Horntveth  Fast Motion CD
STS058 Monopot Optipess CD
STS059 Kevin Drumm
Kevin Drumm
-Biography:Emerging from the city's improvised music scene, in the 1990s he became one of the world's pre-eminent prepared guitar players. Since then his work has expanded to include electroacoustic compositions and live electronic music made with laptop computers and analog modular synthesizers...

 & Lasse Marhaug
Frozen by Blizzard Winds CD
STS060 Kim Hiorthøy For the Ladies CD
STS061 Kim Hiorthøy Melke CD
STS062 Sir Dupermann  Sir Dupermann CD
STS063 Mats Gustafsson
Mats Gustafsson
Mats Olof Gustafsson is a Swedish saxophone player and a stalwart on the Scandinavian free jazz scene. He is known for his tonal belligerence and intensity when improvising....

 & Paal Nilssen-Love
Paal Nilssen-Love
Paal Nilssen-Love is a Norwegian drummer active in the jazz and free jazz genres.Nilssen-Love was raised at a jazz club in Stavanger, run by his mother, and his father, who was also a drummer...

 
I Love It When You Snore CD
STS064 Jazzkammer Pancakes CD
STS066 Jaga Jazzist Days
Days (album)
Days is the second full length album from indie rock band Real Estate. Paste placed it at number 47 on their "Top 50 Albums of 2011" list....

12"
STS067 Martin Horntveth Skull EP CD
STS068 Paal Nilssen-Love/Ken Vandermark
Ken Vandermark
Ken Vandermark is an American jazz composer and saxophone and clarinet player.A fixture on the Chicago-area music scene since the 1990s, Vandermark has earned wide critical praise for his playing and his multilayered compositions, which typically balance intricate orchestration with passionate...

 
Dual Pleasure CD
STS069 Yuichiro Fujimoto  Komorebi CD
STS070 Kim Hiorthøy Hopeness EP CD
STS071 The Thing
The Thing (jazz band)
The Thing is a Norwegian/Swedish jazz band, consisting of Mats Gustafsson , Ingebrigt Håker Flaten , and Paal Nilssen-Love ....

 
Artstar 7"
STS073 Martin Horntveth Fast Motion/Skull LP
STS074 Jazzkammer & Sir Dupermann Duperkammer Remixes EP CD
STS075 Lars Horntveth  The Joker CD
STS076 Mental Overdrive
Mental Overdrive
Mental Overdrive is Per Martinsen , an electronic music artist from Tromsø, Norway. He is often mentioned as one of the most influential electronic musicians in Norway...

 
Diskodans CD
STS077 Paal Nilssen-Love/Håkon Kornstad  Schlinger CD
STS078 The Thing Garage CD
STS079 Lars Horntveth Pooka CD
STS080 Mats Gustafsson / Sonic Youth
Sonic Youth
Sonic Youth is an American alternative rock band from New York City, formed in 1981. The current lineup consists of Thurston Moore , Kim Gordon , Lee Ranaldo , Steve Shelley , and Mark Ibold .In their early career, Sonic Youth was associated with the No Wave art and music scene in New York City...

 with Friends
Hidros 3 CD
STS081 Kim Hiorthøy Live Shet CD
STS082 Jaga Jazzist Magazine CD
STS083 Mental Overdrive
Mental Overdrive
Mental Overdrive is Per Martinsen , an electronic music artist from Tromsø, Norway. He is often mentioned as one of the most influential electronic musicians in Norway...

 
083 CD
STS084 Lasse Marhaug The Shape of Rock to Come CD
STS085 Paal Nilssen-Love/Ken Vandermark Dual Pleasure 2 CD
STS087 Kim Hiorthøy My Last Day CD
STS090 Various Artists Where We're At CD
STS092 Kim Hiorthøy This Record Can Not Set Me on Fire 12"
STS094 Toy  Sedan through Tunnel 7"
STS096 Mental Overdrive
Mental Overdrive
Mental Overdrive is Per Martinsen , an electronic music artist from Tromsø, Norway. He is often mentioned as one of the most influential electronic musicians in Norway...

 
The Phuture That Never Happened CD
STS098 Whitest Boy Alive
The Whitest Boy Alive
The Whitest Boy Alive is a German-Norwegian musical group based in Berlin. The band comprises singer/guitarist Erlend Øye of Kings of Convenience, bassist Marcin Öz, drummer Sebastian Maschat, and Daniel Nentwig on Rhodes piano and Crumar.- History :...

 
Dreams
Dreams (The Whitest Boy Alive album)
-Asounds/Bubbles song order:The Asound/Bubbles CD song order is:...

CD
STS101 Mental Overdrive
Mental Overdrive
Mental Overdrive is Per Martinsen , an electronic music artist from Tromsø, Norway. He is often mentioned as one of the most influential electronic musicians in Norway...

 
Diskodans (Remixes) 12"
STS109 Tussle
Tussle
Tussle is a four-piece band from San Francisco, USA, formed in 2001. The band released its first album, Kling Klang, in 2004 on Troubleman Unlimited records.- Discography :* Frisco Styles, compilation , 2003...

 
Kling Klang CD
STS110 Toy Toy CD
STS111 Bjørn Torske
Bjørn Torske
Bjørn Torske is a house music producer. Born in 1971 in Tromsø, Norway, Torske became involved with producing music and local radio before moving to Bergen, Norway. He has collaborated on many occasions with Röyksopp.-Disco Members:...

 
Ny Lugg (Kort Bak/Lang På Siden) 12"
STS112 120 Days
120 Days
120 Days is a Norwegian band. The group consists of Jonas Dahl, Arne Kvalvik, Kjetil Ovesen, and Ådne Meisfjord, and was formed in 2001 under the name 'The Beautiful People'. Originally based in their hometown of Kristiansund, they moved to Oslo in 2002. After two EPs on the Public Demand label,...

 
Come Out, Come Down, Fade Out, Be Gone CD
STS116 Tussle Telescope Mind CD
STS117 Bjørn Torske
Bjørn Torske
Bjørn Torske is a house music producer. Born in 1971 in Tromsø, Norway, Torske became involved with producing music and local radio before moving to Bergen, Norway. He has collaborated on many occasions with Röyksopp.-Disco Members:...

 
Feil Knapp CD
STS120 120 Days 120 Days
120 Days
120 Days is a Norwegian band. The group consists of Jonas Dahl, Arne Kvalvik, Kjetil Ovesen, and Ådne Meisfjord, and was formed in 2001 under the name 'The Beautiful People'. Originally based in their hometown of Kristiansund, they moved to Oslo in 2002. After two EPs on the Public Demand label,...

CD
STS122 Various Artists The Portable Supersound CD
STS125 Kim Hiorthøy I'm This I'm That 7"
STS126 Lindstrøm
Hans-Peter Lindstrøm
Hans-Peter Lindstrøm is a Norwegian producer who works under the name Lindstrøm. He often collaborates with fellow producer Prins Thomas . Lindstrøm won a Spellemannsprisen in 2008 for Where You Go I Go Too...

 
It's a Feedelity Affair
It's a Feedelity Affair
It's a Feedelity Affair is a compilation of some of Lindstrøm's previous Feedelity 12" along with his latest single "The Contemporary Fix".-Track listing:#"Fast & Delirious" - 6:10#"Limitations" - 4:55#"Music " - 4:50...

CD
STS128 120 Days Come Out, Come Down, Fade Out, Be Gone 12"
STS129 Bjørn Torske
Bjørn Torske
Bjørn Torske is a house music producer. Born in 1971 in Tromsø, Norway, Torske became involved with producing music and local radio before moving to Bergen, Norway. He has collaborated on many occasions with Röyksopp.-Disco Members:...

 
Kokt Kveite 12"
STS133 Arp  In Light CD
STS134 Sunburned Hand of the Man
Sunburned Hand of the Man
Sunburned Hand of the Man are a band from Massachusetts that formed in 1997 from the remnants of the Boston psychedelic punk trio Shit Spangled Banner....

 
Fire Escape
Fire Escape (album)
Fire Escape is an album by Sunburned Hand of the Man, released in 2007 on Smalltown Supersound Records and featuring production from Kieran Hebden....

CD
STS136 Various Artists Sunkissed CD
STS141 Tussle Warning CD
STS184 Diskjokke En fin tid CD
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