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Lifa & Dau​ð​r

from Hringr​á​s by Danheim

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Lifa & Dauðr is a song made with living sounds of animals, nature and the human voice.

Mike Olsen, a.k.a. Danheim, provides some insight as to how the album was made:

“All sounds and instruments, in the death part of the song, were recorded and made from dead or decayed objects and materials, even real human bones were recorded and used in the song. The song is six minutes long and starts with Kvikr (life), then slowly moves into the Dauðr (death) part in the middle of the song around the three-minute mark. At that point, all living things are removed and replaced with recordings or sounds of dead objects.”

Olsen created the song in a similar theme and musical notes all the way through, so as not to portray life as ‘happier’ than death, and not to portray death as more ‘unhappy’ than life.

As a musical ‘first,’ he believes that many people might be surprised at the results and the differences in life and death as portrayed in sound. And, not surprisingly he’s already receiving plenty of feedback about his use of real human bones. Olsen says about it:

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from Hringr​á​s, released March 15, 2019

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Danheim Denmark

Danheim is a Nordic folk/Viking inspired project from the Copenhagen-based Danish producer Reidar Schæfer Olsen, focusing on Nordic Folk and Viking age inspired music . Danheim's music is often composed with ideas and stories based on the darker side of the Viking period, inspired or consisting of Nordic Mythology, old Danish folklore and a vivid imagination. ... more

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