Deaf Center
Deaf Center is the musical project of two Norwegian friends Erik Skodvin and Otto Totland, after a six year break the duo have just released their dark textured orchestral third album “Owl Splinters” on respected independent imprint Type. In contrast to their previous two albums – “Pale Ravine (2005) and “Levende” (2006), “Owl Splinters” (2011) sees the duo leaving behind the lo-fidelity, haphazard techniques of their early murky compositions for highly-engineered glorious widescreen spectacles. The blackened, scraping tone of Skodvin’s strings ring out before seismic bass drones push up from beneath with a cacophonous, earthy clarity. This is the same Deaf Center fans fell in love with all those years ago, but bigger and more powerful than ever before. On “Owl Splinters” the two musicians also take time to give their own solo instruments the time to breathe – Totland with the piano and Skodvin on the cello. These small vignettes bookend more epic pieces and present yet another dimension to the new sound of Deaf Center. “Owl Splinters” is already being called the duo’s “most defining moment to date” and a “truly accomplished collection of timeless cinematic music”. Their rare New York appearance will give fans a chance to see the duo present their new sound live. Skodvin is also appearing under his alias Svarte Greiner during Unsound Festival New York performing a live soundtrack to the film “Nosferatu”, alongside Polish-German percussionist Paul Wirkus on Monday April 4 th at BAMcinématek.
