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Video / Visual for "Eventual" is now available

16/12/2022

Today the "Eventual" video / visuals is "released". "Eventual" is the tenth (10) and last track from my new album "Getting Closer", which was released Friday, 18th of November.

This track is not an alternative version, it is a short and concise conclusion of the album. It takes the listener on a last "reshaped" journey through my landscape of samples and musical parts from Phase One and the recorded live sessions from 2018-2019. all stretched, manipulated and processed in the same spirit as for all the other 9 tracks on the album.

Next year January will see the release of the video / visuals for Correlations Part One and Two. I have deliberately chosen to release the video / visuals for "Eventual" before those 2 tracks. In March / April 2023 I will be releasing an EP called Correlations, and Part One and Two will be used to introduce the listeners / viewers to this EP.

This is my last post regarding videos / visuals for my music, this year. I wish you all a merry X-mas and a happy new year.

All the the best for 2023 and thanks for watching and listening in 2022.

Cheers, Carsten / Njordlyd

Video / Visual for "Fog, Mist & Haze" is now available

9/12/2022

“Fog, Mist and Haze” is the sixth track on the album "Getting Closer"s. It is also the last alternative version of the tracks from Phase One.

The track is an alternative version of “Clouds” from March 2022. For more information about the story for “Clouds”, please click here: This link will take you to the full story on the this website.

Video / Visual for "Endlessly" is now available

2/12/2022

“Endlessly” is the fifth track on the album "Getting Closer".

The track is an alternative version of “Voices” from December 2021. In short, this track is merely a confirmation of all the “voices” and triggers in my head, which goes on endlessly. There is hardly a day without ideas and inspirations being triggered. That might sounds like a sort of "good" thing, and it is, but it is also a burden, as I never have the time to do "something" with all of it.

For more information about the story for “Voices”, please click here.

Video / Visual for "Defined Sensibility" is now available

25/11/2022

“Defined Sensibility” is the fourth track on the album "Getting Closer". The track is an alternative version of “Perception” from October 2021.

Sensibility is the ability to receive sensation and in this case a “defined sensibility” in the shape of music. It continues to surprise and amaze me what music can do to trigger emotions, feelings, ….. sensations.

In the promotion for “Clouds” I am referring to Nietzsche quote / statement: “a life without music would be a mistake”. To me a very true and appropriate statement. Music is like a key that opens the door to emotions, but also to receive sensation, a possibility to tell stories and define sensations in a very unique way.

For more information about the story for “Perception”, please click here.

New album "Getting Closer" is out now!

18/11/2022

“Getting Closer” is my first full album as Njordlyd. It is an industrial and dark ambient-styled concept album featuring 10 tracks with an extensive selection of samples, stretched sounds and field recordings. Track 1 is an introduction to the album, and contains elements and samples from Circles (the first single from phase 1), as well as it is an introduction to “reshaping”. Track 2-6 are all alternative versions of each of the 5 singles from Phase One (April 2021 to March 2022), in chronological order, starting with “Dark Ride” (which is the alternative version of Circles). Track 7 is a bridge between track 1-6 and the remainder of the album, taking the concept of “reshaping” further, with track 10 closing off the album. I have deliberately chosen not to make the album a continuous piece of music, where all tracks are interwoven. Instead I have used short fades (in and out), to give it some sort of transition between the tracks and many distinctive sections.

When creating “Getting Closer” I was inspired by KLFs “Chill Out” album and Burials latest release “Antidawn”. Both albums also contains an extensive selection of samples. I have always been fascinated by the endless possibilities that sampled, stretched and pitched sounds provides (especially in combination with field recordings). The field recordings plays an important role on this album. It gives all the tracks a sort of lively feeling and provides many distinctive soundscapes. Moving vehicles such as trains, trams, metros and cars (amongst others). Water dripping, rain falling, braking waves and birds pitched beyond recognition. I am fully aware that there is not a lot new to this, that it has been used many times before. I just find it amazing how these type of samples and sounds can be used to blend into “something” like this, how a sample of e.g. a train approaching or leaving, can sound like a filtered synth sound.

The album title “Getting Closer” is simply a reference to getting closer to how I want to create music (way of working) and what kind of music (style). I hope this “collection” of tracks and soundscapes will bring you as much pleasure as it was for me to make it. I cannot remember having enjoyed making music as much as with this album and the forthcoming EP “Correlations” (March 2023).

Click here for the full album details including a description of each individual track.

Video / Visual for "Reshaping" is now available

4/11/2022

“Reshaping” .... "to give a new form or orientation to ….. something, to shape something again and / or differently."

"Reshaping" is the first track on the album "Getting Closer", my first album as Njordlyd. The whole album is based on reshaping, which has become a sort of guidance for me in my creative process and way of working. Something I think about when start working on track(s) / concept(s), and something I intend to continue with for the coming years ahead.

The album "Getting Closer" consists of 10 tracks, where 5 of them are reshaped versions of each of the singles from Phase One (April 21 - April 22).

To reflect the concept of reshaping I have chosen a simple pattern for the video / visual, which is constantly taking new form, orientation and shape, constantly changing into something differently.

I hope you enjoy it. I recommend to watch it with no lights on and with headphones (for the best experience).

"Getting Closer" ready for release

16/10/2022

My album "Getting Closer" is ready for release Friday, 18th of November 2022

Video / Visual for "Interlaced" is now available

14/10/2022

Interlaced is the second track from the 2-song “single” or EP by the same name. Interlaced is correlating with Dark Ride and therefore I deliberately chose to continue with the circles theme. However, in this one, the circles are more centred and distinct moving in and out of each other, which in combination with the moving lines as a contrast, creates some quite unique shapes and figures.

The visual is a bit more hectic than the one for Dark Ride, which to me just feels right for this track. This video / visual also has a bit of "graininess" to it (edges are not "sharp"), which is on purpose. My music has a lot of grains and glitches to it, and that should also be reflected a bit.

I hope you enjoy it. I recommend to watch it with no lights on and with headphones (for the best experience).

Video / Visual for "Dark Ride" is now available

1/10/2022

Dark Ride is a sort of "reshaped" version of " Circles" and is the first track on the “Interlaced” 2-song “single” or EP.

For the video / visuals for "Circles", the intention was to create something like this. However, Circles is a quite long track (almost 12 minutes), hence I decided for something different, as this type of video / visual would not have worked with it. Click this link to listen and watch the video / visuals for "Circles": link.

For the Dark Ride video / visuals I am using Resolume Avenue and a shape tool / source (that has circle shapes, amongst others). I really like to use audio reactive effects, to make a link between the music and the visuals. However, this time a bit more subtle compare to the last couple of videos / visuals.

The video has a bit of "graininess" to it (edges are not "sharp"), which is on purpose. My music has a lot of grains and glitches to it, and that should also be reflected a bit.

I hope you enjoy it. I recommend to watch it with no lights on and with headphones (for the best experience).

"Interlaced is out now"

30/9/2022

"Interlaced" is now available in most digital music stores and streaming platforms, including Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube, Amazon, Bandcamp, Deezer, etc.

Interlaced” is a 2-song “single” or EP consisting of Dark Ride (track one) and Interlaced (track two). Both tracks will be on the upcoming album “Getting Closer”. I have deliberately chosen to release a single with 2 songs, to introduce the listeners to the concept for the upcoming album. I have also deliberately chosen to call the Single “Interlaced”, even though the main track and story is related to “Dark Ride”. Interlaced is to me spot on, because the story and concept around this and the coming releases, are interwoven and crossed intricately together.

“Dark Ride” is an alternative and slightly darker version of "Circles”. It is much shorter, more minimal and has a sort of "dusty" and organic feel to it. It is “reshaped” based on sampled and stretched pieces from the original track and further combined with additional samples, effects, etc. One of the additional samples is a field recording of breaking waves (breakers). The original track has a quite long and complex story to it, one of them being a combination of a few sounds, which gives a sort of “circling” effect. I did not include this in the original story, as it would make it too complex. However, these sounds also gives me the sensation of water. It makes me think about breaking waves, harbours and the sound (noise) of wire on masts. A quite distinct memory from my childhood and my parents, which is also why I decided to incorporate this field recording into the soundscape. This alternative version and little extra story makes everything around “Circles” complete (for me personally). For more information about the story of “Circles”, please click this link http://njordlyd.com/circles.html. This link will take you to the full story on the Njordlyd website.

Track two (Interlaced) is a new track that continues the concept of reshaping existing tracks and sounds. This track contains sampled and stretched sounds from some of the previous releases, as well as a live recording from an improvised session in 2019. As for "Dark Ride", it has also been combined with additional samples, effects, etc. The track is less dusty, quite organic and has a sort of sweeping repetition to it.

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