Artist : Veronique Vaka
Album : Erlendis
Year : 2015
Genre : Instrumental
Quality : 226kbps / 48.0KHz / Joint Stereo
Source : Webshop / FLAC
Playtime : 0h 27m
Size : 47.83mb
Label : Moderna Records
Catalognr : MR001
Tracklist:
01. Minning Um Himinn 6:31
02. Verndari 6:50
03. Hv÷nn 8:29
04. Gµtni 4:32
05. Vestur 1:28
Releasenotes:
Composed and produced by Veronique Vaka
Recorded by Paul Evans at the Greenhouse Studios, Reykjavik
Additional production and engineering by Alex Somers
Mixed by Alex Somers
Mastered by Paul Evans
Artwork by Urban9
The title of Veronique Vaka's album Erlendis is an Icelandic word and would
translate to English as a place that is foreign to you. Moving to a different
country made her rethink the relation between classical music and soundscape. In
this project, string ensemble, piano and field recording are at the core of her
research. She explored the use of these elements, working with them as a living
organism and experiencing them as a whole. The piece Hvonn was especially
written for the pianist and composer Bjorn Palmi Palmason, with whom she also
co-wrote the piano score of Verndari.
After a year of work, capturing sounds from her new environment and composing
the scores of Erlendis, she went to the Greenhouse Studios in Reykjavik. There,
she recorded string ensemble, piano and wind section with local musicians and
Paul Evans as sound engineer, who later mastered the project. Veronique Vaka
teamed up with Alex Somers for the mixing of the album. Their work together
quickly became part of the creative process as Alex recorded Veronique's voice
on Minning um himinn and put a few additional instruments into the production.
They kept in mind the purity and breathing of acoustic instruments and their
sensibility.
Erlendis by Veronique Vaka is a five title album of ambient and classical music,
composed and recorded in Iceland during 2014. The artwork is made by Urban9, an
artist from Montreal who brought the final touch to this project.
http://modernarecords.bandcamp.com/album/erlendis