BBC Radio 3 will broadcast some live material from Nordic jazz improvising innovators Supersilent on New Year's Day, January 1 at 10pm GMT. It will include material from this past year's Molde Jazzfestival and will be available online after the fact.

Ariel Kill Him will release a new CDEP/12" of all-new material in February/early March called "Labyrinths". Here's the tracklist:

01. Popka
02. Leland
03. It Was You
04. Up and Down
05. Yellow, Brown and Green
06. Hold On/Labyrinths

As mentioned before, Norweigan singer/songwriter Askil Holm1 has a bunch of dates coming up in both Norway and Japan. He's also got a couple more confirmed gigs with Martin Hagfors and Cream of the Crop, who he plays guitar for. Here's the latest confirmed details (all dates in Norway unless otherwise noted):

12/03 - Cafe Kaos, Oslo (Thorvald meyers gate 58)
12/04 - Namsos - Event: Release of new book
12/09 - Ikenoue Bobtail, Tokyo (JAP) (acoustic)
12/11 - Dig me out cafe, Minami-Horie, Osaka (JAP)
12/12 - Club Acid, Shinjuku, Tokyo (JAP) (acoustic)
12/13 - HMV Shinjuku, Tokyo (JAP) (acoustic)
12/13 - Club Dawn, Osaka (JAP) (acoustic)
12/14 - Virgin Megastore, Shin-Saibashi, Osaka (JAP)
12/17 - Trondheim w/Martin Hagfors and Cream of the Crop
12/18 - Concert for Frelsesarmeen at Egertorget, Oslo w/Martin Hagfors and Cream of the Crop
12/18 - Blå, Oslo w/Martin Hagfors and Cream of the Crop
12/19 - tba w/Martin Hagfors and Cream of the Crop
12/20 - tba w/Martin Hagfors and Cream of the Crop
12/22 - Kaffebaren, Namsos
12/25 - Pub 1030, Verdal
12/26 - Sjøåsen Hotell
12/30 - Vik, Flatanger