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Unni L\u00f8vlid brings religious folk songs to a new soundscape<\/p>\n
Unni L\u00f8vlid\u2019s first release in five years, \u201cLux\u201d, is fearless, challenging and pitiless \u2013 all at the same time. Her previous album, \u201cRite\u201d, was comprised of self-composed songs in what could be called an experimental electronica landscape, and received glowing reviews both in Norway and abroad. On \u201cLux\u201d she brings religious folk songs and a lullaby from the county of Sogn og Fjordane into a completely new soundscape. Singer Unni L\u00f8vlid is one of Norway\u2019s most highly profiled folk music performers, but ever since her student days she has also been involved with contemporary music.
\nOn \u201cLux\u201d Unni\u2019s intimate, down-to-earth presentation style of the often dark and powerful religious folk songs confronts the urge for tonal exploration in contemporary music. Her texts revolve around humble people, around death and around hope. She invited her friend H\u00e5kon Thelin (Poing, Oslo Sinfonietta, Ensemble Modern), a virtuoso contemporary bass player and winner of the Spellemannspris (Norwegian Grammy), to collaborate with her on this project.
\nAnother key element of the album is the duo Draup, who play on glasses, evoking a nearly extraterrestrial atmosphere.<\/p>\n
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Unni L\u00f8vlid\u2019s first release in five years, \u201cLux\u201d, is fearless, challenging and pitiless \u2013 all at the same time. Her previous album, \u201cRite\u201d, was comprised of self-composed songs in what could be called an experimental electronica landscape, and received glowing reviews both in Norway and abroad. On \u201cLux\u201d she brings religious folk songs and a lullaby from the county of Sogn og Fjordane into a completely new soundscape.<\/p>\n
On \u201cLux\u201d Unni\u2019s intimate, down-to-earth presentation style of the often dark and powerful religious folk songs confronts the urge for tonal exploration in contemporary music. Her texts revolve around humble people, around death and around hope. She invited her friend H\u00e5kon Thelin (Poing, Oslo Sinfonietta, Ensemble Modern), a virtuoso contemporary bass player and winner of the Spellemannspris (Norwegian Grammy), to collaborate with her on this project. They have worked closely together for many years. <\/p>\n
H\u00e5kon writes in the cover notes: \u201cDespite Unni\u2019s sometimes slow and sensual way of communicating the text, the melodies retain a glowing quality, as though the word belongs to the earth while the melody stretches into a sky filled with desire. And for me, what is most beautiful about Unni\u2019s singing is that I always feel that her voice itself is smiling and casting a warm light onto the note.\u201d<\/p>\n
Another key element of the album is the duo Draup, who play on glasses, evoking a nearly extraterrestrial atmosphere. Unni has also invited the well-known contemporary composer Jon \u00d8yvind N\u00e6ss to write the arrangement for \u201cNed i Vester\u201d.<\/p>\n
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\u201cL\u00f8vlid\u2019s voice is pure and direct, completely at ease with all the changing moods.\u201d
\n Fiona Talkington, BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":27306,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[35],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-856","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-heilo","7":"product_shipping_class-cddvd-shipping","8":"uni_artist_tag-hakon-thelin","9":"uni_artist_tag-liv-jorun-bergset","10":"uni_artist_tag-randi-merete-roset","11":"uni_artist_tag-trad","12":"uni_artist_tag-unni-lovlid","13":"uni_main_artist_tag-unni-lovlid","14":"uni_artist_genre-folk-music","16":"first","17":"instock","18":"taxable","19":"shipping-taxable","20":"purchasable","21":"product-type-simple"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/grappa.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/856","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=856"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grappa.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27306"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/grappa.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=856"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grappa.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=856"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grappa.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=856"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grappa.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=856"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}