Kveldssanger ("Evening Songs") is a musical project primarily based on the dark sides of the Norwegian folklore. However, this is not a traditional folk music release but rather a neofolk adaptation of the feelings we carry about the magical and mythical elements of older cultural stages. Here we attempt to paint nature-mystical and sorcerous [trollish?] moods through purely acoustic instruments. What you hear here is the result of late evenings where we have been immersed in a creative longing for Norway’s grand history, its adventurous nature, and the bewitching moods it conveys.
The Romantic movement, which arose in the Germanic lands towards the end of the eighteenth century — with its emphasis on free imagination and the ability to illustrate and bind the emotional and the medieval worldview, and popular cultural life — has exerted a great influence on this album.
Although melancholy and mysticism manifest themselves strongly throughout Kveldssanger, one will also find among them distinct pieces that differ from the aforementioned with fresh, ecstatic elements, and epic harmonies. These are presented to engage varying visual impulses in the listener’s mind — and to spare them from being left with an empty impression without having felt the richness of what we are trying to express.
While we have largely adhered to Norwegian feelings and moods, this issue is not tied to any specific location. The music presented here is essentially a means to give the listeners’ imaginations wings to the old fairyland in their minds.
Beware of the light of the day…
The Evening Songs are entirely dedicated to the Dark Powers
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