Susanna - Jeg vil hjem til menneskene - demoer '2021
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| Artist | Susanna Related artists |
| Album name | Jeg vil hjem til menneskene - demoer |
| Country | |
| Date | 2021 |
| Genre | folk |
| Play time | 00:45:10 |
| Format / Bitrate | 24 BIT Stereo 1420 Kbps / 44.1 kHz |
| Media | CD |
| Size | 179; 401 MB |
| Price | Download $3.95 |
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Originally a rare but typically enchanting away day for Susanna from her
usual labels, ‘Jeg vil hjem til menneskene - demoer’ was issued in
2011 by the Grappa label, now reissued by Susanna herself with extra songs.
Originally arriving at an early crest of her powers, the album depicts Susanna
at her most stripped back, occupying the piano stool and singing in her living
room at Bygdøy, an island next to Oslo where she lived at the time, and also
her rehearsal space in Teglverksgata, with accompaniment on one song
(‘Døden er ikke till!’) by Ståle Storløkken ov Supersilent
esteem. The recording revolves around Susanna’s reading of modernist
Norwegian poet Gunvor Hofmo, wreathed in solo piano, Rhodes and her godly vocals
at their most forlorn and captivating.
Unavailable to ears online since 2018, the recordings follow one of
Susanna’s most prolific periods with a return to what first caught our
ears circa her ECM record with Giovanna Pessi, ‘If Grief Could
Wait’. Modest in the folksy sense that has always informed her work, but
with a classical poise, it’s Susanna at her purest, locating strength in
vulnerability and Hofmo’s poetry, itself inspired by experiences of being
raised in a working class, socialist, anti-nazi family during WWII and in a
lesbian relationship with Ruth Maier, who was deported and murdered during the
Holocaust at Auschwitz.
Hofmo would later become one of the first Norwegians in an openly lesbian
relationship, travelled extensively, and, ultimately, spent 16 years
institutionalised with mental health issues. Although we can’t translate
the Norwegian lyrics, Susanna patently reflects the pathos of her subject that
endures thru these starkly beautiful recordings.
Tracklist:
1 01. Susanna - Ensomhet II (02:02)
1 02. Susanna - Døden er ikke til! (02:14)
1 03. Susanna - Er jeg? (02:14)
1 04. Susanna - Til stillheten (02:15)
1 05. Susanna - Kjenner du ditt hjerte (03:19)
1 06. Susanna - Nattens veier (05:39)
1 07. Susanna - I en mørk natt (02:50)
1 08. Susanna - Det skjer (02:52)
1 09. Susanna - Rop ikke etter ilden (02:24)
1 10. Susanna - Hva fanger natten (03:11)
1 11. Susanna - Jeg vil hjem (02:17)
1 12. Susanna - Vinterkveld (03:44)
1 13. Susanna - Skogene vil komme (02:57)
1 14. Susanna - Det er ingen hverdag mer (03:46)
1 15. Susanna - Forventning (03:22)