PHAEDRA
Music project
The Sea (2011)
”an exquisite debut” The Wire (UK)
“unforgettable (...) nothing short of astounding for a debut” Signal To Noise (US)
“swanlike elegance... touching on eternal themes” Uncut **** (UK)
“captivating timelessness ... a rare find” Classic Rock Prog (UK)
“this is one of the loveliest, most striking albums, unlike anything I´ve heard in years” Chicago Reader (US)
“hauntingly gorgeous” Shindig (UK)
“there’s definitely something magical about this album” The Liminal (UK)
Blackwinged Night (2015)
“Norwegian auteur with no time for small talk” Uncut (UK)
“
another knockout” Chicago Reader (US)
“
a remarkable performance, vocal and otherwise” Textura (CA)
“
consider Lana del Rey channeling Sandy Denny” MOJO (UK)
“rarely has one artist so effortlessly combined Bush ́s emotive song cycles with Bunyan´s delicate and gossamer-fragile weaves of verse and melody” Rock-A-Rolla (UK)
/ 5.5
“The finest thing I´ve heard in a very, very long time” Klassekampen
/ 5
“beautiful and uncanny” Dagsavisen
/ 5
Phaedra is avantgarde psychedelic folk and dark Norwegian dream pop.
The Sea is produced by Frode Jacobsen (Madrugada) & Ingvild Langgård, mixed by Christian Engfelt, mastered by Helge Sten/Deathprod, released on Rune Grammofon (NO).
Blackwinged Night is produced by Ingvild Langgård & Jørn Egseth, mixed by Christian Engfelt, mastered y Greg Calbi, Sterling sound, released on Rune Grammofon (NO).
Live and on recordings Phaedra is enriched by musical collaborators like Ane Marthe Sørlien Holen (percussion), Jørn Thore Egseth (synths, electronics), Gunhild Mathea Olaussen (violin), Ole Henrik Moe (violin/viola), Kari Rønnekleiv (violin), Yumi Murakami (flutes), Kristine Tjøgersen (clarinets), Henrik Langgård (accordion), Thora Dolven Balke (backing vocals), Bjarne Gustavsen (organ & clarinet), Rolf-Erik Nystrøm (saxophone), Lise Sørensen (violin), Erland Dahlen (percussion), Kai Svestad (vibraphone), Frode Jacobsen (bass guitar), Ole Øvstedal (accoustic guitar), Christian Engfelt (bass guitar) and Jonas Barsten (drums)
Artist photos by Kristian SKylstad