At 3:40 drum kit and pulsing electronic bass line fills the soundscape as choir of Warbles that are not typical in Western European singing traditions (as far as I know). The vocal melody lines here are a bit foreign to Western 12-note scales, using semi-tones and "Ni Mødre av Sol" (5:55) opens with multiple bowed instruments setting the melodic and harmonic stage forĭrum and vocals. Selvik has an extraordinarily engaging voice-as do the choir with his choral arrangements.
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Guitars, and full drum kit support simple folk melodies and both solo and choral vocal sections. "Ni Døtre av Hav" (6:02) big drums, low droning horn-like thrum, berimbau-like stringed instrument, electric The chorus "dance" section uses deep backgroundĬhoir voices to anesthetize the listener. Multiple drums, and acoustic guitars before solo voice sings. "WulthuR" (4:16) opens with a solo horn whose sound is unfamiliar to me. Quite enthralling, mesmerizing, even consuming-like a spiritualĢ. Throat singing?) which sounds almost like chant. "Hugsjá" (4:35) Celtic melodies with deep bass thrum and lower register multi-voice singing (are they using some Western European folk rock the further you get into the album.ġ. This isĪ stunning album that starts out more regional Nordic folk but then begins to sound and feel more familiar The word 'Hugsjá' means to see with, or within, the mind - and it reflects the idea that one's mind has the potential to see further than the eyes can reachĬlever and transporting "Viking folk music" from Norwegian artists Ivar Bjørnson (guitarist for ENSLAVED) andĭrummer/singer Einar Selvik (aka "Kvitrafn" in the black metal band GOGOROTH and folk band WARDRUNA). The band released in April 2018 the album "Hugsjá" under the new band's name Ivar Bjørnson & Einar Selvik. In a magnificent tapestry of metal instrumentation, a wide variety of Norway and Scandinavia?s oldest instruments, and poetry in Proto-Scandinavian, Norse and Norwegian, SKUGGSJÁ fuses past and present, both lyrically and musically, and reflects on themselves as a people and nation. Further performances have followed and the two released an album of the music in 2016.SKUGGSJÁ tells the history of Norway to the present day by highlighting ideas, traditions and instruments of their Norse past. The project began life as a commissioned musical work written by the two musicians and was originally performed by Enslaved and Wardruna on September 13th, 2014 at 200th anniversary of the Norwegian constitution at the Eidsivablot festival in Eidsvoll, Norway. Ivar Bjørnson & Einar Selvik's Skuggsjá, or just Skuggsjá, is a collaboration between Norwegian musicians Ivar BJORNSON (ENSLAVED) and Einar SELVIK (WARDRUNA).