NKM010
Christian Meaas Svendsen
Avin
Artist: Christian Meaas Svendsen
Album title: Avin
Label: Nakama Records
Catalog number: NKM010LP / NKM010CD
Release: 11th May 2017
Formats and pricing:
- LP from €12
- CD from €5
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- From Norway to Norway
- From Slovenia to EU and rest of the world
Press
Avin is the solo project of musician Christian Meaas Svendsen. The album consists of Norwegian lyrics in a traditional singer/songwriter-style wrapped in a somewhat challenging and unconventional format. The music is arranged for an 8-piece band consisting of some of Norway’s finest musicians.
Avin is a Kurdish maiden name meaning love. Avin is also the name of Svendsen’s girlfriend at the time. The central theme on the album is their unfinished love, and the texts and the music describe Svendsen’s feelings and reflections in the turbulent phases of the relationship. Loss, anger and despair are repeating themes, but amidst it all there is hope and a strange kind of underlying positivism. The music is inspired from early American contemporary music, modern nordic improvised music and different types of folk songs. The result is a more meek version of the modern contemporary music, a slightly more strict version of improvised music and jazz, and a somewhat detached way of presenting conventional singer/songwriter material. It is creative music with some healthy resistance presented in an earnest, convincing and personal way.
Irresistible
- Adam Barch, Soundtrack of my Life
A kind of moder Nick Drake
- Eyal Hareuveni, Salt Peanuts
Among the most unique albums I’ve heard lately
- Creaig Dunton, Brainwashed
A mix of Charles Ives, Moondog and Avant-folk-lyricism
- Lukas Komla, Nowa Muzyka
Artist bio
Christian Meaas Svendsen is normally playing bass, leading his own projects or functioning as a sideman in countless other creative projects. But on this recording he is singing his own lyrics and playing the guitar himself.
Credits
Christian Meaas Svendsen - vocals, guitar
Vilde Alnæs - violin
Adrian Løseth Waade - viola
Kaja Fjellberg Pettersen - cello
Inga Aas - double bass
Henrik Munkeby Nørstebø - trombone
Espen Reinertsen - saxophone
Agnes Hvizdalek - vocal
Producer - Christian Meaas Svendsen
Recordin - Dag Erik Johansen, Athletic Sound
Mix - Aleksander Sjølie
Master - Morgan Nicolaysen
Album photo - Emil Gurvin
Cover design - Christian Meaas Svendsen
