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Blodbylgje

by Katt Rán

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NyNorsk (English below): No vender eg meg til dei alle Kvifor hev du vekt meg Kvifor må eg syngja
 Kvifor vaknar no eg Eg hev vakna no, eg Havet skal verta styrt av heiderlege farande Ei gåve for ei gåve Den druknar ei som hengjast skal Nettet er no vove
 og lønene ofrast
 Kysten skal rauda landet Det er fælsleg no å sjå
 den raude skya mørknar vatne Hava er farga med mannablod Og døtrene kvad sin song Blodregn frå ein skya himmel på ei frodande bylgje mannvale har vorte vove stormdøtrene kryssar ho med skarlaksraud tøy Blodbylgje stig no Svelg alt til ingenting Blodbylgje stig no Skipa knusar, årene flisast Sjøen svelgjer, slangen slyngjer Lat oss heva Blodbylgja no La oss ri Hrönn kvelv La oss ri Hefring hevar La oss ri Bylgja bærer La oss ri Blóðughadda blør La oss ri Dúfa dundrar La oss ri Dröfn druknar La oss ri Kólga kalt og klår La oss ri Himinglæva lyner no Høgt over, djupt under Unn skummar Høgt over, djupt under Rán rører Høgt over, djupt under Rán rører Vi song gode sigersongar for alle galne kvinner
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Hyll vår song! Lat den som lyttar på vår blodsong Læra han vel og fortelja han 
til ingen annan ENGLISH TRANSLATION: Now I turn myself to all of them Why did you wake me up Why do I have to sing Why do you wake me up now I have woken up now. I have The ocean will be ruled With honorable riders A gift for a gift He who is born to be hanged shall never be drowned The web is now woven and wages are sacrificed The shore will redden the land It is horrible now to look A red cloud darkens the water The oceans are stained with the blood of men And daughters sang their song Blood rains from a clouded sky On a wave of froth the choice of men has been woven storm daughters cross it with a crimson weft Blood wave now rise Swallow all till nothing Blood wave now rise Ships shatter, oars splinter Sea swallows, serpent coils Let us now raise the blood wave Let us ride Hrönn arches Let us ride Hevring rises Let us ride Bylgja stretches Let us ride Blóðughadda bleeds Let us ride Dúfa thunders Let us ride Dröfn drowns Let us ride Kólga cold and clear Let us ride Himinglæva strikes High above, deep below Unn foams High above, deep below Rán stirs High above, deep below Rán stirs We sang well victory songs For all crazy woman An answer to battle Hail to our singing! Let him who listens to our blood song, learn it well and tell it to no other

about

"A journey past all known marker points"

Change is a force of nature. When paganfolk singer and multi-instrumentalist Kati Ran dissolved her band L.E.A.F. in 2015 to embark on her solo project, it was so that a new, more primal vision could emerge, unbound by conventional song structure and tuned to the vast dynamics where intuition and the elemental meet.

That vision is about to surface with the release of the track, Blodbylgje. Delving deeper into Nordic mythology and the perpetual currents that course through them, it’s an immersive, 15-minute séance, featuring guest vocals from world-renowned Gaahls Wyrd frontman Gaahl, that takes the metaphor-rich environs of the ocean as both its thematic and sonic guide. Restless yet meditative, finding its bearings in glacial yet ceaseless flow and flux, it’s bound to both the rhythms of the ancient Nordic Eddas, and the enigmatic essence of its spiritual guide, Blóðughadda – one of the nine, sea-personifying daughters of Ægir and Rán, said to represent the ‘bloody hair’ red crest of the waves.

Recorded at home and in the studios of Heilung’s Christoper Juul and former Enslaved keyboard player and vocalist Herbrand Larsen, Blodbylgje doesn’t seek to recreate ancient forms, it’s an act of regeneration. Kati’s velveteen, trance-borne reveries, incantations and stern, spoken word narration, merged with the abyssal undertow of Gaahl’s baritone chants, chart a new and expansive set of sonic co-ordinates. Awash in susurrating drones drawn from oceanic overtones, and the creak and distant crash of ropes and waves, Blodbylgje re-imagines the sea as mercurial and enriching, amniotic medium. A fever dream that unloosens the boundaries of consciousness, it retunes itself to both the unfamiliar beyond and earlier, residual states of awareness within.

A herald of a larger work to come, Blodbylgje is the embarking of a journey that has already ranged past all known marker points. It begins here, as a whisper to reawaken the core.

“There was always a moment, sailing between the shore and island, when neither was in sight.” – Steve Erickson, ‘Tours Of The Black Clock’

Words by Jonathan Selzer

credits

released December 14, 2018

• Kati Rán - vocalist, instrumentalist, songwriter, arranger, producer
• Kristian ”Gaahl” Espedal - additional vocals
• Max Brumberg - aulos performance
• Christopher Juul - producer, mixing and mastering | LAVA studios DK
• Herbrand Larsen - additional recordings | Conclave & Earshot Studio NO

• Adrian Urbaniak - Graphic design
• Nick Steinbuch - Photography
• Eirik Storesund | BruteNorse – NyNorsk coach
• Jeremias 'Hrafn Skald' Jokisch – Research teammate

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Katt Rán Delft, Netherlands

Dark Folk artist. New album SÁLA out May 24th on Svart Records.

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