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/:: Artist :: Burzum ::\
:: Album :: S⌠l austan, MΓni vestan ::
:: Year :: 2013 ::
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:: . Genre :: Ambient Source :: CDDA . ::
:: Label :: Byelobog Productions R.date :: 27.05.2013 ::
_::__ Cat.nr. :: BYE011CDS Size :: 94,2 MB __::_
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/: Encoder :: LAME 3.98.4 -V0 :\
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. Quality :: 44,1kHz/Joint-Stereo .
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Website :: http://www.burzum.org/
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:: 01. S⌠l austan 04:22 ::
:: 02. R√nar munt ■√ finna 03:28 ::
:: 03. S⌠larrΓs 04:04 ::
:: 04. Haugaeldr 07:26 ::
:: 05. Fe≡rahellir 05:21 ::
:: 06. S⌠largu≡i 07:12 ::
:: 07. Ganga at s⌠lu 05:58 ::
:: 08. Hε≡ 06:23 ::
:: 09. Heljarmyrkr 04:02 ::
:: 10. MΓni vestan 05:55 ::
:: 11. S⌠lbj÷rg 04:00 ::
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:: East of the Sun, West of the Moon ::
:: ::
:: As many of you know I am a musician by trade. I do other ::
:: things as well, none of them very profitable or good for my ::
:: reputation amongst those who rule our world, but music is ::
:: what brings food on my table. I feel very privileged by ::
:: this and wish to thank everyone who helps me continue this ::
:: privileged existence. I am very grateful for your honest ::
:: support. ::
:: ::
:: As some of you might know I have released about one album ::
:: every year since I in 2009 was forced out of Norway, by ::
:: greedy lawyers representing the "once-upon-a-time- ::
:: Norwegian" state, who claim I owe their clients some tens ::
:: of millions of NOK (ÿsome millions of EUROs) - after ::
:: fortunate circumstances led to several Satanic temples ::
:: being burned down all over Norway in the early 90ies. So ::
:: even though I managed to sneak back into Norway fairly ::
:: undetected and record these three Burzum albums, "Belus", ::
:: "Fallen" and "Umskiptar", the music on them were in fact ::
:: fabriquΘ en France, or in the case of "Belus" made partly ::
:: in France (in Brittany), where I have lived most of the ::
:: time since then. ::
:: ::
:: Being a musician I have kept making music, and recently ::
:: surprised my manager with a question regarding the release ::
:: of a new album. He didn't know by then that I had in fact ::
:: made a new album. Unfortunately I hadn't told anybody else ::
:: either, so my label and distributors were caught off guard ::
:: as well, and as it turns out they need about three months ::
:: to release the next Burzum album. And they do a bit ::
:: reluctantly I think, because apparently it is not a good ::
:: business idea to release an album every year. Ah, well; I ::
:: think that will go just fine, so around this Summer I will ::
:: release a new Burzum album, with the title "S⌠l austan, ::
:: MΓni vestan" (translation found in the title of this post). ::
:: ::
:: "S⌠l austan, MΓni vestan" will feature ÿ58 minutes of ::
:: instrumental electronic music, that can best be described ::
:: as relaxing, slow-paced, contemplative and very much ::
:: original. You have not heard anything like this before, ::
:: although we can compare it to other electronic music, such ::
:: as Tangerine Dream - and I guess to old electronic Burzum ::
:: music as well. ::
:: ::
:: Much of the skaldic music of this album is used as a ::
:: soundtrack for the "ForeBears" film that my wife has now ::
:: finished. In this film there will also be a few tracks not ::
:: to be found on the next album, and that I will instead ::
:: simply make available as free and downloadable tracks, or ::
:: possibly as YouTube videos or something like that. They are ::
:: not in the same style as the rest of the tracks on "S⌠l ::
:: austan, MΓni vestan" - one is even a "fairly acoustic" ::
:: guitar & bass track - so they didn't fit in, and I see no ::
:: reason for me not to give some music away for free as well. ::
:: I will probably be able to feed my family nevertheless, and ::
:: hopefully even have money for butter and salt as well. ::
:: ::
:: "S⌠l austan, MΓni vestan" is, just like the other three ::
:: so-called post-prison Burzum albums were, a concept album. ::
:: I have still not been able to leave behind the Pagan ::
:: religious-spiritual concept of a descent into darkness and ::
:: the following ascend back into the light; the Pagan ::
:: initiation, the elevation of man to the divine, the ::
:: enlightenment of the mind, the feeding of the elven light ::
:: in man. Nor have I been able to leave behind the Old ::
:: Norwegian (i. e. Norse) language, although, since the album ::
:: is instrumental, it is used only for track titles this ::
:: time. ::
:: ::
:: The track list for "S⌠l austan, MΓni vestan" is as follows; ::
:: ::
:: S⌠l austan ("East of the Sun") ::
:: R√nar munt ■√ finna ("You shall find Secrets") ::
:: S⌠larrΓs ("Sun-journey") ::
:: Haugaeldr ("Burial Mound Fire") ::
:: Fe≡rahellir ("Forebear-Cave") ::
:: S⌠largu≡i ("Sun-god") ::
:: Ganga at s⌠lu ("Deasil") ::
:: Hε≡ ("Bear's Lair") ::
:: Heljarmyrkr ("Death's Darkness") ::
:: MΓni vestan ("West of the Moon") ::
:: S⌠lbj÷rg ("Sunset") ::
:: ::
:: Being an instrumental album, and a purely electronic album ::
:: too, "S⌠l austan, MΓni vestan" is naturally very different ::
:: from e.g. "Umskiptar", my latest metal album. Yet again I ::
:: have left behind the metal genre and have chosen a ::
:: different path - but for no other reason than me following ::
:: my Pagan spirit willingly to wherever it takes me. This ::
:: time it kindly took me to East of the Sun and West of the ::
:: Moon. ::
:: ::
:: Varg Vikernes ::
:: Tellus, 11.02.2013 ::
:: ::
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