Track Listings (26) - Disc #1| All Artists: Anders Norudde Title: Himself Members Wishing: 1 Total Copies: 0 Label: Northside Records Original Release Date: 7/11/2000 Release Date: 7/11/2000 Genres: International Music, Pop Styles: Europe, Scandinavia Number of Discs: 1 SwapaCD Credits: 1 UPC: 021561604629 |
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From the first skirl of the Swedish bagpipes to the final note 26 tracks later, this is a remarkable piece of work, a labor of passion from Hedningarna's multi-instrumentalist, who truly pushes his limits here. With the ex... more » |
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Amazon.com From the first skirl of the Swedish bagpipes to the final note 26 tracks later, this is a remarkable piece of work, a labor of passion from Hedningarna's multi-instrumentalist, who truly pushes his limits here. With the exception of a few tracks where he's supported by guitar or bouzouki, this truly is a solo album, with Norudde on the pipes, flutes, fiddle, and keyed fiddle. He covers traditional and contemporary music, giving it a very raw, homespun feel, which perfectly suits the folk tunes here, be they from Norway or Sweden. In many ways, the spareness of the sound makes it adventurous, almost avant-garde, and freed from the discipline of a band, Norudde isn't afraid to take chances and pay homage to his personal idols such as Anders Rosen. The music is uncompromising, and the work of a virtuoso with a complete, focused vision, which is enough to strongly set it apart from the masses, and make it superb. --Chris Nickson Similar CDs
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CD ReviewsCheerful, Joyous, Thoughtful, Provocative Music Erika Borsos | Gulf Coast of FL, USA | 06/19/2008 (5 out of 5 stars) "Anders Norudde creates an exciting musical journey into the heart of Swedish folk revival music. On this solo album he plays any combination of the following instruments: low-tuned fiddle, Swedish bagpipes, various flutes (inexpensive tourist type bamboo flute among them), the hurdy gurdy, and morharpa (a three-stringed keyed fiddle, made after an original one which survived from 1526). He also has one guest musician: Goran "Freddy" Frederiksson who plays guitar and bouzouki. Anyone who loves Irish, Scottish, and Celtic traditional music and its more modern revived stylizations and anyone who loves American traditional music, including bluegrass would find this music appealing. The unusual combination of rhythms, melodies, and traditional instruments creates cheerful and joyous tunes that become hypnotizing and trance producing. Some of the music is haunting and contemplative. There are warm melodies with beautiful trills and original musical phrases. It is hard not to start tapping ones feet, swaying to the music, and getting up and creating dance steps across the floor. The music has exhilarating rhythms and very pleasing combinations of notes. Some of my favorites include: #10 "Hard Tune" which is a beautiful composition played on bagpipe and guitar. It contains some some amazingly complex joyous musical pathways. # 11 "Hamborgar" is a very pleasant and cheerful tune played on willow flutes. # 12 "Twin Waltz" is a very fine tune with highly appealing memorable melodies played on the morharpa. # 15 "Polska from the Laundry Room" composed by Anders Norudde is a tremendously complex piece played on the fiddle. It will have you either whistling or humming along. Overall, every single track on this CD is a creative and enjoyable musical journey. This CD is most highly recommended. Erika Borsos [pepper flower]" Brilliant tunes from the Heart of Hedningarna Erika Borsos | 03/26/2001 (5 out of 5 stars) "The Swedish progressive group Hedningarna has a certain Sound. When the instrumentals and vocals are stripped away, the amazing tunes and strange modalities remain underneath, and you can hear them here in their full glory. Himself is a solo effort by Anders Norudde, one of the founders of Hedningarna. The tunes on this album are brilliant: some are original and some traditional, but all of them grab you the same way that Hedningarna's music grabs you, and then some. Himself may not please everyone as it's on the austere side, consisting of solo fiddle, Moraharpa (a relative of the Swedish nyckelharpa), and Swedish bagpipe. But for anyone interested in hearing or better yet playing new Nordic music, this album should be a treasure trove of exciting new tunes."
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