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The sore and raw poetry of Lars Saabye Christensen, sung and delivered by the beautiful voice of Anneli Drecker and accompaniment by the expressive piano tones of Ketil Bj\u00f8rnstad.<\/p>\n
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It is not always the case, especially when it comes to art, but sometimes one can sense the meaning of a friendship \u2013 everything one doesn\u2019t need to say, but that has been there, unsaid, for years. \u00a0\u00abBetween Hotels and Time\u00bb marks the friendship between three outstanding artists.<\/p>\n
The result is a timeless and divine album with 18 original songs. The three exceptional Norwegian artists are masters in their fields. Coming together creatively in this release, really enhances their different strengths and complement each other.<\/p>\n
The record consists of slow and atmospheric songs both blue, sore and heartfelt but also tasteful, nifty and rhythmic tunes like in songs like \u201cThe Pawn Shop Band\u201d and \u201cTheif\u201d. The more dark and melancholic side of the album shines through in tracks like \u201cThe Finder\u201d and \u201cSerbelloni Memories\u201d. The musical landscape is at times dreamy and mellow, \u00a0making the listener become almost nostalgic.<\/p>\n
Anneli Drecker is known to most for being the singer in the electronic dream pop band \u201cBel Canto\u201d. On this record, it\u00b4s a different kind of musical expression, with only clean piano as accompaniment. Dreckers voice is full of contrast \u2013 sometimes light and airing, and sometimes grounded and warm. Like in the song \u201cName\u201d, she has a pure and almost angelic voice while her voice is dark and supportive in songs like \u201cWinter Drama\u201d.<\/p>\n
The Norwegian writer and poet Lars Saabye Christensen has been acknowledged both in Norway and abroad for his texts, but he also has a strong passion for music and has been a musical lyricist for many years.<\/p>\n
It\u00b4s been 44 years since Ketil Bj\u00f8rnstad met Lars Saabye Christensen for the first time, and together they\u00b4ve created music before, with Anneli Drecker on vocals. \u201cSuite Of Poems\u201d was released in in 2018, and there\u00b4s no doubting their collaboration has been and still is a success.<\/p>\n
Ketil Bj\u00f8rnstad says this about the process of making \u201cBetween Hotels and Time\u201d:<\/p>\n
–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0All art arises from experience, from dreams, from a lived life, grief, loss and fear. And<\/em><\/address>\nnevertheless we find our way back to art, again and again, to gain new comfort and new insight. Lars and I barely exchange a word while I was setting these poems to music, which was both disquieting and consoling. This is the way it has always been between us. A few brief sentences. Mutual agreement. Always trust. Never upsetting discussions. When I was finished with the songs, they were accepted by Lars. That was the way it had to be. There was never any doubt that we wanted this song cycle to be sung by Anneli Drecker.<\/em><\/address>\nThe authentic feel comes from the live recording and with a trust between the artists, Ketil Bj\u00f8rnstad explains:<\/p>\n
–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0We recorded the album live, without a rehearsal, without any other practising than what we had done on our own, each in a different part of the country, and with the enthusiasm that arose from hearing these songs emerge in the space between us. We recognised how well we knew each other. I knew exactly how she was going to phrase a melodic line seconds before she did it. It was perhaps the most remarkable studio experience I have had in my life. And Lars was at home, in quarantine with Covid, and had complete faith in both of us. This is how the spirit of our friendship is.<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A timeless and divine album created by three exceptional artists and friends.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":39951,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[6],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-39950","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-grappa","7":"product_shipping_class-cddvd-shipping","8":"uni_artist_tag-anneli-drecker","9":"uni_artist_tag-ketil-bjornstad","10":"uni_artist_tag-lars-saabye-christensen","11":"uni_main_artist_tag-bjornstad-christensen-drecker","12":"uni_artist_genre-jazz","14":"first","15":"instock","16":"taxable","17":"shipping-taxable","18":"purchasable","19":"product-type-simple"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/grappa.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/39950","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/grappa.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/grappa.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grappa.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39950"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grappa.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39951"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/grappa.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39950"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grappa.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=39950"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grappa.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=39950"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grappa.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=39950"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}