Thurston Moore dream team at Nighttime Øya

THURSTON MOORE’S ORIGINAL SILENCE – AUG. 7
THE GRAND ARCHIVES PERFORM WITH THE NOTWIST – AUG. 8

A real tidbit for this year’s Nighttime segment of the Øya Festival has now been confirmed. Like last time, Thurston Moore will not be content with playing only a Sonic Youth gig. This time he’ll bring along a selection of skilled musicians flown in from all across the globe to make delightful noise way into the wee hours on Thursday Aug. 7. In addition, you’ll be able to see the Japanese trio Nisennenmondai the same evening.
We’ve earlier announced that the German act The Notwist will be playing at Nighttime Øya on August 8. It’s now been affirmed that they’ll be accompanied by Grand Archives, led by Band of Horses ex-member Matt Brooke.
Nighttime Øya is a selection of parties and gigs that’ll take place across Oslo after the Medieval Park closes at 11 p.m. Common for all the events is the discount on admission that you’ll get when showing a valid Øya wrist band.

ORIGINAL SILENCE (US/NO/SE/IT)
NISENNENMONDAI (JP)

Rockefeller
Thursday Aug. 7
Nighttime Øya
Original Silence
Feat.: MATS GUSTAFSSON, THURSTON MOORE, PAAL NILSEN-LOVE, TERRIE EX, MASSIMO PUPILLO, et al.
+ Support: Nisennenmondai

Not only will Thurston Moore be playing the Øya Festival with his legendary Sonic Youth, he’ll also bring along some other friends of his and conjure up more magical stuff!
Original Silence will be out with the album ’The Second Original Silence’ – recorded in Rome last fall and released on Smalltown Superjazz – on August 11, and it will probably be just as great as we imagine. Just look what Pitchfork Media wrote:
“Picture Ornette Coleman sitting in with the Stooges (the old Stooges, that is) as they tear through ‘L.A. Blues’, and you’d be in the neighborhood of free jazz/noise rock/construction noise hybrid Original Silence.” (8,0 Pitchfork)
The Original Silence line-up consists of dream team Mats Gustafsson (saxophone, electronics), Massimo Pupillo (bass), Terrie Ex (guitar), Thurston Moore (guitar), Jim O’Rourke (electronics), and Paal Nilssen-Love (percussion).

The Japanese girls in the instrumental trio Nisennenmondai are out with ‘Tori/Neji’ (also on Smalltown Supersound) and have bands like No Age, Battles, and Prefuse 73 as fans. They’ve also charmed Dazed & Confused:
“With walls of distortion and a pummeling rhythmic backbone that fluctuates between krautrock`s repetition and free-rock calamity, bassist Zai, guitarist Ma-Chan, and drummer Hime have formed an unassuming juggernaut.” (Dazed & Confused)

Tickets are available from Saturday May 31, 10 a.m. Advance booking at www.rockefeller.no and www.ticketservice.no
Discount w/valid Øya wrist band. 18 year age limit, ID mandatory. Note! Doors open at 10 p.m.

THE NOTWIST (DE)
GRAND ARCHIVES (US)

Rockefeller
Friday Aug. 8
Nighttime Øya

Grand Archives, led by Matt Brooke from Band of Horses, play charming West Coast pop and have probably listened a bit to The Eagles as well as Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. Their out now with an album that got a 5/6 on the Norwegian national music show Lydverket, on which the following was said: “’The Grand Archives’ is the harmonious sound of a late summer car ride with the top down.”

The Notwist are out with their new album ‘The Devil, You + Me”, which got a 5/6 in Norwegian national newspaper Aftenposten, where it was referred to as “tantalizingly beautiful”. They started out as a hardcore band, but have gradually become much harder to apply a genre label to. And praise be for that! They move effortlessly between guitar-driven pop, rock, and modern electronica.

Tickets available now.
Discount w/valid Øya wrist band. 18 year age limit, ID mandatory.