“Blackjazz” out January 25th via Indie Recordings
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Fisheye (TV edit)
“A Study in Coordinated Whiplash” wrote The New York Times October 2008, after one of SHINING’s pounding concerts in Manhattan. It was obvious they were not talking about the neat old-school hair spinning, helicopter era of heavy metal bands in the 90’s; rather referring to the ice cold reality of parallel spinal injuries experienced in a sudden and unsuspected impact of a giant trailer car crash from behind. SHINING is the synchronized launch of attacks of a sci-fi drone military army; the devastating effect of all the world’s raindrops saving up their potential energy and in one co-ordinated instant hitting Earth’s surface all at once. They are an unstoppable force made out of small bits and pieces – just in the right place at the right time – to make an impact so strong you’d think it could jolt the very Earth out of it’s orbit, and spin it on a new doomed path straight on collision course for the Sun. These encounters between unsuspecting (and in recent times, more suspecting) audience and the band’s no-mercy attitude, are what has put SHINING in the very forefront of experimental extreme music.
After four previous critically acclaimed cult albums, it’s become obvious to all, that SHINING have created their own unique musical universe, which fans and journalists alike have competed in trying to name, as yet to no avail. Their 5th album is now complete and their unique universe finally has been given the name it deserves: Blackjazz.
“Shining now pushes deeper into music’s dark recesses with Blackjazz, forging a progressive industrial sound for the young century. ” ALARM Magazine
“Shining keep things brief, subtle, tight, and aesthetically on-the-mark” Best New Music – Pitchfork Media
“Oddly time-signatured jazz rock of the Henry Cow school mixes with electronics, neoclassicism and free jazz in one unholy blizzard of noise.” The WIRE
“Fisheye” live on Norwegian television
01. The Madness And The Damage Done
02. Fisheye
03. Exit Sun
04. Exit Sun
05. Healter Skelter
06. The Madness And The Damage Done
07. Blackjazz Deathtrance
08. Omen
09. 21st Century Schizoid Man
www.shining.no
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