LISTENING SESSION #04 :

DEAF CENTER - THROUGH TIME (SONIC PIECES, 2026)

RESERVE

APRIL. 17, 2026 @ 20.00h (BOOKED)

Doors open an hour before listening.

This Friday, April 17th, we will have a listening session for Deaf Center's new album, Through Time We had originally planned this for two weeks ago when Otto was visiting, which would have been the perfect occasion. Unfortunately, due to problems with the first shipment, we had to have the vinyl repressed, so we didn’t have finished LPs yet. But now a new pressing has finally arrived, and we can offer you not only a first listen to the album but also LP and CD copies.

We welcome you to a listening session this Friday evening, prior to album´s official release at the end of this month. Doors open at 7pm and we start listening at 8pm. Unfortunately, Otto is back in Norway by now, but Erik and Monique will of course be present and answer your questions.

  • This event is FREE & limited to 10 seats. RSVP here

  • We listen together in silence for the duration of the record on our unique, Japanese handmade Listude speakers.

  • We welcome you to browse records before & after listening.

  • Please arrive on time to avoid disturbing the listening experience.

  • Drinks will be available on donation.

Deaf Center travel through quiet pathways and grand boulevards in their fourth studio album “Through Time”.

Since their last full-length LP, “Low Distance” (2019), the duo has gradually shifted towards a more long-form electroacoustic sound which perhaps makes for their most immersive listening experience so far. Otto A Totland’s piano travels in less frequent rhythms than before, yet is felt even more as a relief in the quieter moments that contrast with Erik K Skodvin’s deep atmospheric worlds. There’s a searching quality within the record which feels like slow movements on the way towards something meaningful, capturing a sense of both peace and awe.

The latter part of the album takes a different turn: fluctuating electronic rhythms over deep strings create an ecstatic yet haunting duality. It is the first time a guest musician appears on a Deaf Center record: British composer and musician Simon Goff joins with violin and viola in the finale, “Further”, a hypnotising piece submerged in layers of strings and drones.

The subject of time is an ambitious one, yet Deaf Center manage to balance the humble with the grand in great warmth as seconds become minutes, hours become days and time seemingly freezes as a still-life moment.