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A Dangerous Thing
"A Dangerous Thing" is a song by Norwegian singer-songwriter Aurora for her fourth studio album, ''The Gods We Can Touch'' (2022). It was released on 7 January 2022, through Decca and Glassnote, as the fifth single from the album. Background "A Dangerous Thing" was produced by Aurora, Magnus Skylstad, and co-produced by Martin Sjølie. Speaking about the track, Aurora reflected on the way beauty can sometimes disguise something harmful, stating, "I was surprised to learn how often the ugly is disguised as beauty. How often poison is disguised as wine. And life disguised as death." Composition The song is a folk ballad, that has elements of country A country is a distinct part of the world, such as a state, nation, or other political entity. When referring to a specific polity, the term "country" may refer to a sovereign state, state with limited recognition, constituent country, .... It explores the theme of self-awareness within a deceptive and destructive relatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aurora (singer)
Aurora Aksnes (; born 15 June 1996), known simply as Aurora (stylized in all capital letters), is a Norwegian singer, songwriter and record producer. Referred to as the "Fairy of Pop", she is a defining figure in contemporary Nordic popular music, Nordic pop, known for her introspective songwriting, ethereal soundscapes, and emotional depth. Aurora first gained recognition as a teenager in Norway, quickly emerging as one of the country's most notable Music of Norway#Pop and rock, pop acts of the 2010s. Her debut studio album, ''All My Demons Greeting Me as a Friend'' (2016), incorporated electropop and Folk music, folk as musical styles. The album topped the VG-lista, Norwegian Albums Chart for two consecutive weeks and was certified silver by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI). Her follow-up project was a two-part concept album: ''Infections of a Different Kind (Step 1)'' was released in 2018, with ''A Different Kind of Human (Step 2)'' arriving in 2019. Her fourth studio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Gods We Can Touch
''The Gods We Can Touch'' is the fourth studio album by Norwegian singer-songwriter and record producer Aurora (singer), Aurora. It was released on 21 January 2022 by Decca Records, Decca and Glassnote Records. As in her other releases, Aurora worked with Magnus Skylstad and Askjell Solstrand, along with new collaborations with Jamie Hartman, Martin Sjølie and Matias Tellez on its production. Conceived as a departure from the concept and sound of her previous works, ''The Gods We Can Touch'' has been characterised to be an electropop record, along with folk-pop, Ethereal wave, ethereal, art pop, electro-folk, and synth-pop. Its sound incorporates an Eclecticism in music, eclectic and multifaceted style with Electronic music, electronic textures, Western culture#Music, Western elements, and intimate orchestrations. Inspired predominantly by Greek mythology, the lyrics explore themes of self-empowerment, abuse, heartbreak, morality and desire, with a Maximalism, maximal and Intros ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Contemporary Folk Music
Contemporary folk music refers to a wide variety of genres that emerged in the mid-20th century and afterwards which were associated with traditional folk music. Starting in the mid-20th century, a new form of popular folk music evolved from traditional folk music. This process and period is called the (second) folk revival and reached a zenith in the 1960s. The most common name for this new form of music is also "folk music", but is often called "contemporary folk music" or "folk revival music" to make the distinction. The transition was somewhat centered in the United States and is also called the American folk music revival. Fusion genres such as folk rock and others also evolved within this phenomenon. While contemporary folk music is a genre generally distinct from traditional folk music, it often shares the same English name, performers and venues as traditional folk music; even individual songs may be a blend of the two. While the Romantic nationalism of the first folk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Decca Records
Decca Records is a British record label established in 1929 by Edward Lewis (Decca), Edward Lewis after his acquisition of a gramophone manufacturer, The Decca Gramophone Company. It set up an American subsidiary under the Decca name, which became an independent company just before the Second World War. The American spin-off became a subsidiary of MCA Inc. in 1962. Known for its technical innovations, the British parent company grew to become the second most successful recording company in Britain and celebrated fifty years of existence in 1979, shortly before being sold to PolyGram. Both Decca and its former subsidiary were subsequently acquired by Universal Music. Decca and its American spin-off both built up strong catalogues of popular music. In their first two decades their artists included Gertrude Lawrence, George Formby, Jack Hylton and Vera Lynn in Britain and Bing Crosby, Al Jolson, the Andrews Sisters and the Mills Brothers in the US. Later performers in their popular ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glassnote Records
Glassnote Records (also known as Glassnote Entertainment Group LLC) is a record label that was launched by American music executive Daniel Glass in 2007. The label primarily has a lineup of indie rock and alternative rock artists, most notably Mumford & Sons and Phoenix. The label has also released music from popular artists in other genres, such as Chvrches, Childish Gambino and Secondhand Serenade. The label is distributed by The Orchard as of 2022. History In 2009, the label released French indie rock band Phoenix's fourth album, ''Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix'', which was awarded the Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album in 2010. Phoenix went on to release '' Bankrupt!'' which won the 2014 Victoires de la Musique Rock Album of the Year. The band also released ''Ti Amo'' in 2017 and '' Alpha Zulu'' in 2022. In February 2011, Mumford & Sons' '' Sigh No More'' became the label's highest charting album, peaking at #2. That same month, Mumford & Sons' single " The C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Sjølie
Martin Sjølie (born 25 April 1979 in Bærum) is a Norwegian songwriter and record producer, most known for his work with artists Sigrid Raabe, Sigrid, Maria Mena and Dotan (singer), Dotan. Although he is based at his own Studio in the Park, in Oslo, Norway, he mainly works on projects in the UK. Sjølie has recently worked with, among others, Sam Smith (singer), Sam Smith, Ella Henderson, Maiday, Iain James, Lindy Robbins and David Sneddon, The Nexus. Career Sjølie is published by Kobalt Music Group and managed by Advanced Alternative Media Inc. He is the general manager of his own company, In The Park AS, which was founded in 2002 and is engaged in performing artists and entertainment activities in music. Songwriting and Production Discography References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sjolie, Martin Norwegian songwriters Norwegian musicians Living people 1979 births ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magnus Skylstad
Magnus Åserud Skylstad (born 17 June 1983) is a Norwegian musician and record producer from Bergen. He began playing drums at around the age of fifteen years old. He currently is an affiliate of fellow Norwegian and singer-songwriter Aurora An aurora ( aurorae or auroras), also commonly known as the northern lights (aurora borealis) or southern lights (aurora australis), is a natural light display in Earth's sky, predominantly observed in high-latitude regions (around the Arc ... and performs as a percussionist, drummer, and occasional backing vocalist for her live band. Songwriting and production credits References {{DEFAULTSORT:Skylstad, Magnus Living people 1983 births Norwegian electronic musicians 21st-century Norwegian male musicians Norwegian songwriters Norwegian record producers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heathens (Aurora Song)
"Heathens" is a song by Norwegian singer-songwriter Aurora for her fourth studio album, ''The Gods We Can Touch'' (2022). It was released on 2 December 2021, through Decca and Glassnote, as the fourth single from the album. "Heathens" is a tribute to Eve and women who have shaped human freedom, celebrating free will and life's complexities. Inspired by Persephone, the song was praised for its storytelling and powerful chorus. Released as a single, it was accompanied by ''A Touch of the Divine'', a virtual concert broadcast globally via Moment House. Aurora described the event as a rare chance to present her music in its purest form. Background Aurora described the track as a homage to Eve and women who have contributed to human freedom throughout history. She expressed admiration for the act of embracing free will and experiencing life in all its complexities, stating, "I think life should be lived in all of its colours, and that is why we live like heathens." The song was rel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Temporary High
"A Temporary High" is a song by Norwegian singer-songwriter Aurora for her fourth studio album, ''The Gods We Can Touch'' (2022). It was released on 21 January 2022, through Decca and Glassnote, as the sixth and final single from the album. Background "A Temporary High" served as the sixth single, released on 21 January 2022, alongside the album's release. The music video for "A Temporary High", directed by Sigurd Fossen, explores themes of time and human connection. Aurora appears under shifting lights and within crowds, evoking a sense of search and isolation. The image of her watching sand fall through an hourglass recurs, symbolizing the fleeting nature of time and echoing the song's lyrics. In an interview with Apple Music, Aurora said the song was inspired by a complex woman who embodies elusiveness across time. The track aligns with the broader themes of ''The Gods We Can Touch'', which blends divine and human elements, drawing from Greek mythology. Speaking with Officia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ballad
A ballad is a form of verse, often a narrative set to music. Ballads were particularly characteristic of the popular poetry and song of Great Britain and Ireland from the Late Middle Ages until the 19th century. They were widely used across Europe, and later in Australia, North Africa, North America and South America. While ballads have no prescribed structure and may vary in their number of lines and stanzas, many ballads employ quatrains with ABCB or ABAB rhyme schemes, the key being a rhymed second and fourth line. Contrary to a popular conception, it is rare if not unheard-of for a ballad to contain exactly 13 lines. Additionally, couplets rarely appear in ballads. Many ballads were written and sold as single-sheet Broadside (music), broadsides. The form was often used by poets and composers from the 18th century onwards to produce lyrical ballads. In the later 19th century, the term took on the meaning of a slow form of popular love song and is often used for any love song ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Edge (magazine)
''Wessex Scene'' is a student news magazine and website serving the students of the University of Southampton. Having been in print continuously since 1936, it is one of the oldest student publications in the United Kingdom. ''Wessex Scene'' now takes the forms of an online news site and a monthly printed magazine, published by the University of Southampton Students' Union and available across the campuses and Halls of Residence of the university. The website and online edition were nominated for best website at the ''Guardian'' Student Media Awards for three years in a row before winning the award in 2004. Since its establishment in 2013, ''Wessex Scene'' has been nominated for dozens of Student Publication Association awards, and was highly commended for "Best Designed magazine" in 2015. The team at the magazine have also won a number of individual nationally recognised awards. In 2014, a piece by Bridie Pearson-Jones, then politics editor, was selected as one of ''The Huffi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Country Music
Country (also called country and western) is a popular music, music genre originating in the southern regions of the United States, both the American South and American southwest, the Southwest. First produced in the 1920s, country music is primarily focused on singing Narrative, stories about Working class in the United States, working-class and blue-collar worker, blue-collar American life. Country music is known for its ballads and dance tunes (i.e., "Honky-tonk#Music, honky-tonk music") with simple form, folk lyrics, and harmonies generally accompanied by instruments such as banjos, fiddles, harmonicas, and many types of guitar (including acoustic guitar, acoustic, electric guitar, electric, steel guitar, steel, and resonator guitar, resonator guitars). Though it is primarily rooted in various forms of American folk music, such as old-time music and Appalachian music, many other traditions, including African-American, Music of Mexico, Mexican, Music of Ireland, Irish, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
