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A Collection of Songs About Norway

photo by sverre kvalvik

2008 | CD-R | 50 copies | not for sale

A record full of norwegian folk songs, limited to 50 numbered discs in full colored folder with handdrawed disc.

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Think of „Norwegian Wood“ by The Beatles, think of Sigur Rós and Station 17 did a jam together, feel your heart is taken away to norway in the wintertime.

A collection of 8 songs, 35:07 minutes

afflicted, recorded and mixed summer 2008
all instruments by mo, shrutibox played by the lucky mu
coverphoto by sverre kvalvik

this is full of pure imperfectness and beauty like the first kiss and the first sign of farewell.
when something is tearing apart there is always a pain and the idea of the beginning of something new.
It hurts, like false notes and wrong timing in a piece of music, because you know it better, you know how it should be.
But it is not. There is just the moment and everything between happiness and pain.

Take care of your sheeps

Reviews

Foxy Digitalis

Initially I was debating about reviewing this disc because it is basically unattainable, given the fact that were only 50 copies pressed and a private pressing at that, with no copies for sale. That would have been a shame, as this is a touching, personal piece of music. However, when perusing Dronæment’s website, I noticed that it’s available for download, so here we go.

“A Collection Of Songs About Norway” is a pleasant little record with echoes of Sigur Ros, Bjorn Olsson and The Cocteau Twins. Mostly instrumental, with a smattering of vocalizing low in the mix, this offering from Marcus Obst is less electronic and more guitar-based than what else I’ve heard from alter ego Dronæment (which admittedly isn’t a ton). Nicely treated melodic acoustics blend with lovely swelling drones and field recordings. The processed strumming approaches shoegazing occasionally and there is simple tuneful finger-picking on other tracks.

Obst paints a melancholy, wintry picture of Norway, conjuring images of the aurora borealis and ice floes. Even though the air is chilly, a campfire nearby provides warmth amongst the glacial spaces. Throughout, the majestic feel of the album is grounded with field recordings of sheep and cats intertwined with warm folk tunes. The sheep return at the end of the record in mutated form to give it a somewhat bizarre coda. Some very nice moments here; I guess you could call it Scandinavian folky-drone pop with a homemade, outdoorsy touch. 7/10 -- Kirk Van Husen (24 March, 2010)


Elektrische Zone – Ox-Fanzine

Was ist das nun: Weird Folk, Post-Independent-New-Age, Field-Recordings meets Neo-Folk, die Enkel des Krautrocks...  Man könnte diese Liste unendlich fortsetzen um diese sehr intime und wunderschöne Musik versuchen zu beschreiben oder ihrer Magie zu berauben. Es ist wohlvon allem etwas. Singer-/Songwriter, die sich schon lange von den traditionellen Strukturen und auch dem konkreten Wort gelöst haben und einfach Geschichten ohne jeden Anfang und mit offenen Ende erzählen. So frei wie ihre Reisen sind, so frei sind sie auch in der Wahl ihrer musikalischen Mittel. Es gibt keine Logik sich auf Instrumente oder vorgefertigte Systeme festzulegen. Genutzt wird was vorhanden ist und den Klang erzweugt, den man im Kopf hat. Die Grenzen sind endgültig verschwunden. In dieser auf leider nur 50 Stück limitierten Edition zeigt Marcus Obst erneut unterstützt von seinem Freund Mirko Uhlig das im deutschen Untergrund wieder ein ganz spezieller und zukunftsweisender Sound entsteht. (9)
Ox-Fanzine