♫ Rebekka Karijord – The Noble Art of Letting Go

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Two years after posting this song by Rebekka Karijord for the first time, it still makes me cry instantly. If you look at her own emotions while singing it, it becomes even more moving. Usually I don’t listen to the lyrics but these seem to be written for me.. Oh, that luggage. It IS a noble art..


No new cities lovers friends
can make you feel complete

The sense of loneliness remains
no matter who you meet
When all you pictured failed
and all your dreams are crossed
remember that your strength is also built
on what you lost
The noble art of letting…
Your blind spot is rejection
and you’ll be on your own
when youre petrified
of all that’s warm and real
invisible scars take forever to heal
The daylight will soften your mood
come now accept what’s good
No new cities lovers friends…
The noble art of letting go

♫ Bahamas – Lost in the Light

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Hit by another song.. How can people live without music? Bahamas is the stage name for Afie Jurvanen, a Canadian musician born in Toronto. So far I haven’t found any of his other music as interesting as this song but this one hits me in the stomach. So I guess that’s more than enough for one album..

Oh, and wouldn’t have found it without Spotify’s great new ‘Discover Weekly’ feature!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPJNt1eTVNY?rel=0

Petter Carlsen – Sirens

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Petter Carlsen is once again cutting through my soul with this song. Let it speak for itself..

I don’t know where this is going
but yeah I do intend to come along
I don’t know what I’d be doing
If you decided to move on

It’s like sirens through a peaceful night
It stings you and you turn to fright
Its pain that never goes away
you better run and don’t look back for me
I’m not there

I don’t know where this is going
Every now and then I feel apart
I don’t know how things are meant to be
Every time I’m with you I am me

It’s like sirens through a peaceful night
It stings you and you turn to fright
Its pain that never goes away
you better run and don’t look back for me
I’m not there

Fear that you might not hold on
Fear that you might not stay

♫ Vök – Waterfall

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‘Breath in for the last time..’ It actually really feels that’s what I’m doing while listening to this hypnotic song, I forget to breath.. Too bad this feeling is not represented in the video, something dreamier would have suited me better. ‘Waterfall‘ is taken from Vök’s new EP ‘Circles‘. Vök was founded in 2013 and means ‘hole in the ice’. Having a soft spot for music in unknown, incomprehensible languages, especially the Nordic ones, I was already in love with their previous EP ‘Tension‘.

Hoping for a miracle (or just a new job) to happen, I hope to be able to see them later this year at Iceland Airwaves festival in Reykjavik! Until then they end up on my Night Magic list.

♫ Heather Nova – Sea Glass

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In love with Heather Nova’s fragile but powerful voice since her album ‘Oyster’ in 1994, with impressive songs as ‘Truth and Bone’ and ‘Maybe an Angel’ which instantly throw me back twenty years in time.. Later albums never had the same impact on me but I kept trying.

With her new album ‘The Way It Feels‘ she’s cutting my soul in half again. In particular with the beautiful ‘Sea Glass’. But also songs like ‘Girl on the Mountain’, ‘On My Radar’, ‘This Humanness’. 
She is definitely back on my radar!


Now I’m standing on the shore of the Atlantic

With these seeds of love I planted

Under this majestic sky, why do I still wonder why?
All my hopes and indecisions, clouds that shimmer in the distance
Why do I still wonder why? Why?

♫ Kate Boy – Midnight Sun

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Finally Kate Boy has announced their long-expected debut album. It’s called ONE, and it’s out in November. You can listen to their new song ‘Midnight Sun‘ which was recorded in Stockholm last December. For now only through the Pitchfork page but hopefully it will be possible to listen on Spotify soon!

Update: clip is out! Happy listening!

♫ Thé Lau blijft van deze wereld!

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Een van de eerste cd’s die ik ooit kocht was ‘Blauw’ van The Scene. Daar stonden ook meteen m’n twee grootste favorieten ‘Rigoureus’ en ‘Iedereen is van de wereld’ op. Prachtig hoe muziek bijzondere momenten van vijfentwintig jaar geleden weet op te roepen en tegelijkertijd ook nu nog zo relevant kan zijn. Alweer acht jaar geleden zag ik hem voor het laatst op Marktrock in Leuven. Het lijkt als de dag van gisteren. 

Thé Lau is niet meer maar voor mij blijft hij altijd van deze wereld. Rust zacht. 

Rigoureus

Ik weet wat jij verlangt
ik weet wat jij verdient
voor wie wacht komt alles steeds te laat
Je blik gericht op een plek op mijn lichaam
het is alsof je zegt, doe iets, nu, hier, voor mij
en doe het rigoureus en onverwacht
rigoureus en ondoordacht
rigoureus door dik en dun
rigoureus maar altijd uit het hart
Iedereen is van de wereld

Dit is voor degene die je overal herkent.
Het leven is voor jou en mij,
want dit is ons moment.

Deze is voor iedereen die passie heeft en die voor passie gaat
In het donker kan ik jou niet zien maar ik weet dat jij daar staat


En ik hef het glas op jouw gezondheid
Want jij staat niet alleen
Iedereen is van de wereld en de wereld is van iedereen
Iedereen is van de wereld en de wereld is van iedereen

♫ Max Richter – King of Sleep

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Sounds like Max Richter has composed this for me! Sleep is pretty sacred to me, already as a child I loved to sleep. It’s a way of processing the day (and life in general I suppose)

He has composed a classical eight-hour lullaby that’s appropriately titled ‘SLEEP‘. This piece will be premiered in Berlin this September lasting from midnight to 8 a.m. During this heavenly concert the audience will be lying in beds. Seems like a dream to me and wish I could be there!

You can buy the full eight-hour version digitally on September 4 via Deutsche Grammophon. A one-hour version of the piece will be released on CD, vinyl, and digitally.

What Richter says about it: ‘We spend a third of our lives asleep and it’s always been one of my favourite things, ever since I was a child. … For me, SLEEP is an attempt to see how that space when your conscious mind is on holiday can be a place for music to live.’


However, I’m not convinced that my conscious mind is ever on holiday.. Can’t wait to listen to this! Here’s a teaser..