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Nykomlingen

by Erlend Viken Trio

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1.
Erlandsson/Pål Karl 04:06
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2.
Nykomlingen 03:28
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3.
Soløye 04:16
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4.
Borte/Vakaren 04:47
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5.
Endelig Frisk/Jonah in the Windstorm 03:39
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6.
Frie Tøyler 03:17
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7.
Fossegangar 04:02
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8.
Oppdal 04:56
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9.
Treets hemmelighet 05:03
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10.
Hvor det blir godt at lande/Troskari 04:37
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Erlend Viken enjoyed great success with his trio album “Frie Tøyler” in 2014. Now, three years later, a year after winning first prize in the elite Category A in the National Contest for Traditional Music, Viken is returning with a new album and a new trio. The instrumentation is the same as before – fiddle, guitar and cello – but the music takes us to constantly new places. The wide-ranging experience these three musicians have from a number of different genres is clearly evident. On three of the tracks the group is augmented by drummer and percussionist Øyvind Skarbø (1982, Håkon Kornstad Tenor Battle). “Nykomlingen” emerges as yet another original album that is bursting with enthusiasm, interaction and musical inquisitiveness.

In addition to Erlend Viken himself, the new trio comprises Marius Graff (guitars, banjo, mandolin, vocals) and Leo Svensson Sander (cello), the latter from Sweden. All the members of the trio are sought-after musicians, and play or have played with some of the most influential rock, pop, jazz, hip-hop and folk music artists in Scandinavia. Marius Graff has been extremely active as a pop and folk musician, working both on stage and as a studio musician with artists such as Marit Larsen and Lillebjørn Nilsen. He is also involved in his own projects as a songwriter and vocalist. Leo Svensson Sander began as a classical performer but eventually began to pursue other musical paths. For many years he has been intensely interested in Scandinavian folk music and experimental music in a number of genres, resulting in the establishment of his avant-pop band The Tiny. He has also composed music for films, theatre and dance, and has participated on recordings and in tours with Lena Willemark, Ane Brun, Skogen and Anne Ternheim, to mention only a few.

Fiddler and composer Erlend Viken was already an established and prize-winning musician when he released his debut album, the critically acclaimed “Frie Tøyler”, in 2014. The Norwegian newspaper Adresseavisen called the album “the most exciting folk music album this year”, and wrote that “this is music that will touch you whether you are a folk, rock or blues fan”. According to the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation’s radio station P2, “The Erlend Viken trio has created an original mode of expression that stands out from the crowd”, and the newspaper Dagbladet wrote that the album “like a lot of good music is virtually impossible to define as belonging to a specific genre”.

Uncharted waters
Erlend wants all the musicians to have free rein in their approach to the music. “It’s important for me to have a certain amount of openness in the music, with space for variations and impulsive ideas, and I think we have managed to move out into more uncharted waters on this album. The tunes are more or less based on melodies on this album, too, but on several of them we have worked in a more fragmentary and improvisational way than before,” says Viken. All three members of the trio propose material, and all of them contribute ideas for the arrangements.

Part of the material on “Nykomlingen” is traditional music, hand-picked from sources in Norway, Sweden and North America. The music Alf Cranner composed for Henrik Ibsen’s poem “Borte”, which first appeared on Cranner’s classic album “Rosemalt Sound”, is presented here in a different version, as is Magnus Stinnerbom’s composition “Fossegangar”, which was composed for the play “Fossegrimen” at Det Norske Teatret. Leo Svensson Sander has contributed his own tune, “Vakaren”, and Erlend Viken presents five freshly written tunes. “When I look for something and can’t find it in the existing material, I get the urge to create it myself. I’m inspired and influenced by personal relationships, social themes and the great outdoors. I’m very fond of the various types of dance tunes and the formal structures of traditional music, and am often inspired by specific dance forms. At the same time I try to liberate myself from the rules and standards that exist in nearly all musical genres, while I also want to avoid making new rules for what I myself can create.” Viken is an outstanding musical storyteller with a unique ability to write gripping and catchy tunes.

“Nykomling” was recorded in Ocean Sound Recordings on the island of Giske, off the west coast of Norway, with technician Roar Nilsen and producer Sjur Viken. The recording was mixed by Roar Nilsen at Nabolaget and mastered by Georg Tanderø at Livingroom Studios.

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released March 10, 2017

Erlend Viken: fiddle, Hardanger fiddle and vocals
Marius Graff: guitar, electric guitar, banjo and lead vocals
Leo Svensson Sander: cello and vocals
Guest artist: Tracks 7, 8 and 9: Øyvind Skarbø – drums

Producer: Sjur Viken
Sound technician, co-producer and mixing: Roar Nilsen.
Recorded at Ocean Sound Recordings. Mixed at Nabolaget.
Mastering: George Tanderø, Livingroom Studio

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As invigorating as breathing in the air of a crisp Nordic morning, the Erlend Viken Trio introduce a fresh new approach to Scandinavian folk music, blending elements of desert blues, old-time American music and folk-rock energy into a vibrant collection of roots-based compositions. ... more

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