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Leikanger, Norway
Silje Nes is a multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter from Leikanger, Norway. FatCat Records first became aware of her through a unique and charming demo she sent them in early 2006. Silje grew up in the tiny town of Leikanger, in Sognefjord, the largest fjord in Norway. In 2000, she moved to the rainy town of Bergen, and for the past few years has been living in Berlin. Silje has previously played in an indie pop band, and other highlights from a diverse musical background include playing timpani in an orchestra and bass drum in a marching band.
Starting making her own music around 2001, Silje began by recording on 4-track demo software through a tiny inbuilt microphone on her laptop. Though she’d previously studied classical piano, when she started recording, she did so with guitars and instruments she had no previous experience of playing. In this she was simply guided by the sounds she loved, and the excitement of discovering new instruments and sounds without learned conventions. Starting out by working purely instrumentally, she made use of whatever equipment she could get hold of - guitars and 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 in the mix, both as texture and song, and her music has organically evolved from there.
Her first album for FatCat, the quirky, adventurous ‘Ames Room’, was released in January 2008 to widespread critical acclaim, being described by Mojo as “enchanting… one to lose yourself in time and time again”.
Starting making her own music around 2001, Silje began by recording on 4-track demo software through a tiny inbuilt microphone on her laptop. Though she’d previously studied classical piano, when she started recording, she did so with guitars and instruments she had no previous experience of playing. In this she was simply guided by the sounds she loved, and the excitement of discovering new instruments and sounds without learned conventions. Starting out by working purely instrumentally, she made use of whatever equipment she could get hold of - guitars and 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 in the mix, both as texture and song, and her music has organically evolved from there.
Her first album for FatCat, the quirky, adventurous ‘Ames Room’, was released in January 2008 to widespread critical acclaim, being described by Mojo as “enchanting… one to lose yourself in time and time again”.
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europe tour in october
15 Sep 2011 | from blog.myspace.com/siljenes
Going on tour in Europe in October!
01 October - Eastern Promise, GLASGOW (UK)
20 October - Yellowstage FRANKFURT (DE)
21 October - Kraftfeld, WINTERTHUR (CH)
22 October - Festival Novosonic, D...
- touring the US/Mexico feb&march 21 Feb 2011 | from blog.myspace.com/siljenes
- Download Silje Nes Podcast 21 Sep 2010 | from blog.myspace.com/siljenes
- Opticks out in UK / Europe! 13 Sep 2010 | from blog.myspace.com/siljenes
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