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2010 july 19th
A week of creativity
Lately I've had my hands full with a lot of different stuff.
First of all I've send Jesper a 51 minutes long audio file of what we've got so far of our collaborative album 'Second Dream : Two Suns'. It isn't finished yet, but now it actually resembles an album.
Then I've been to the Forsakar waterfall in southern Sweden with Edith Tvede, to film the third part of the music video for 'Cloudberries'. The video features Edith as the mythological lady of the woods Huldra from the scandinavian folklore. The video is divided into four parts showing the changing of seasons, and will not be finished until october. We started filming in february when the land was covered in snow, and the last part will be filmed when the forest is saturated with autumn colors. So it is quite time consuming.
Edith as Huldra at Forsakar
Last but not least we've had the mansion filled for the weekend with a lot of creative people, talented within a lot of different fields. It has certainly been a weekend to remember, and I am very grateful that the arrangement was a success. The weather was good too!
It is my belief, at the artists involved left the experiment with a lot of ideas for future works. I did.
Breakfast at day two of the Creative Weekend
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2010 june 8th
Odyssey Revamp released
After being unavailable and forgotten for just about seven years, my debut album 'Odyssey' will now become available once again. This time through iTunes, cdon.com, skivbolaget.se and a few other online music stores.
As with the 2008 rerelease of 'Tabula Rasa', 'Odyssey' has had a slight makeover. This time the changes are fewer and more subtle than the 'Tabula Rasa' revamp. But I couldn't resist making changes. Like for instance removing my own voice from the transition sections and replacing it with a synthetic one. Also new guitars have been added along with delay effects and a new mastering.
I have had a lot of second thoughts about this rerelease, and for a long time I didn't think it would be a good idea. Being the first album I recorded and produced, for a long time 'Odyssey' sounded very immature to me. It still does. However it may serve very well as a document of where I was at the time. Both sonically and technically.
'Odyssey' was created through a series of improvisations I did in year 2000. I used to work on it late at night, and for most part I switched all my synths on, hit some keys and let myself go with whatever came out.
Originally 'Odyssey' was released in january 2001.
The revamp can be purchased 'here'.
Me in my studio recording 'Odyssey'. Probably october or november 2000
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2010 March 24th
An update - finally
After having had a very minimalistic homepage since the release of 'Anyway' back in november, I now once again have a more informative website.
Welcome back!
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2009 Oct. 29th
It's been a while
It has been so long since I've written anything here. The thing is, that I've been more than busy. And another thing is that I was without internet for three months.
I've moved to a new place, and has had a lot to do painting and renovating the house.
I have also found time to record a lot, and new the new album is very close to completion. The penultimate session was held two weeks ago, and featured Ann Reena, the fourth and final singer to perform on the album.
Ann Reena in the new studio.
The tracklist is done, and I'm currently working on the sleeve and on the first promotional video.
The Tracklist:
'Parcel'
'Sleepwalking'
'The Trench'
'Garden of Exile'
'The Invention'
'Cloudberries'
'Euphoria'
'Blue Sky Café'
'The Glow and its Shadow'
'Where are you now?'
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2009 Jul. 9th
Hjortron
Today Edith Tvede and I had waffles with cloudberry jam and a cloudberry cider. The reason for this cloudy snack was the recording of a new song called... Can you guess it??? 'Cloudberries'!
Cloudberries are a boreal delicacy and one of the symbols of Säpmi (that used to be called Lapland). A cold, windswept place too far north to care for some, perhaps, but to me it'a an enchanted place that I daydream about a lot.
The session was very relaxed, and I think Edith's voice suited the track perfectly.
Now I have to edit Edith's session... Sorry, couldn't help the pun...
Edith with a cloudberry jammed waffle.
Cloudberry jam and empty cloudberry cider bottle.
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