Tarja 'Frisson Noir'

Tarja 'Frisson Noir'

Please arrive by event start time as latecomers will not be admitted and refunds will not be offered.

The legendary Tarja returns with her first new album since 2019, and Pitchblack Playback are giving you an exclusive pre-release first listen. Immerse yourself in the powerful ‘Frisson Noir’ at their listening premiere in the dark. Hear this stunning album played loud in uncompressed audio on a powerful cinema sound system.

Album duration: 63 minutes

By pre-ordering Frisson Noir you can buy your ticket to this session for a discounted price “Ennakkotilaajan alennushinta”. Please show a receipt for your pre-order upon entrance.

 

What they say about Pitchblack Playback:

“This sounds great” — Rick Rubin
“A fabulous idea” — Jay Kay, Jamiroquai
“The optimal way to experience an album” — Max Richter
“This might just be my new favourite thing to do” — Nihal, BBC Radio 5 Live

Ticket includes recycled cotton Pitchblack Playback eye mask for extra darkness.

Pitchblack Playback hosts listening sessions in the dark on great sound systems around the world for upcoming and classic albums and curated mixtapes.

As recommended by The Guardian, GQ, Time Out and BBC 6 Music.

The word frisson describes the moment when music sends a shiver through the body. It is the instant when sound stops being just sound and becomes emotion, memory, and physical sensation. Frisson Noir was created around this idea. In an era where technology can generate songs instantly, the album celebrates the human element in music: real performances, breath, imperfection, uncontrolled emotion, and the unpredictable spark that turns a song into an experience. Every song on the album was written, recorded, produced, and mixed with that intention. From the first note to the final orchestral swell, the music is designed to trigger that unmistakable sensation, the moment when sound becomes something you don’t just hear but feel: to give the listener chills. Seven years after her last full studio release in the heavier spectrum, Tarja returns with renewed intensity and deeper poetry. Frisson Noir is, without a shadow of a doubt, the heaviest record of Tarja’s career and a powerful statement of identity, strength, and belonging. When the right combination of sound, performance, and emotion occurs, something extraordinary happens, and you feel the shiver. The Frisson Noir.

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