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I See a Darkness

by Cecilie Anna

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“I was walking, and all around me I could feel you”
Cecilie Anna’s words introducing her musical coat wrapped around Will Oldham’s classic. Making covers, she starts to walk inside the song, and without exceptions, she always finds new chords and melody. Initially, she sees the same trees and mountains as everyone else, but keeps walking, and there it is: a mountain beyond the mountain. A forest beyond the forest. Cecilie Anna breathes life into an old and often weary landscape.
The soundscape consists of sounds Cecilie Anna has made; recorded sounds manipulated into new sounds, along with lute and pump organ. The darkest bass tone is her heavily manipulated voice, originally one word sung backwards.

Will Oldham’s lyrics are portrayed broken towards the end, with Cecilie Anna’s words snatching the air. After the recording was finished, she wrote new words, completing the song’s transition: A new song arisen from the other, “Hommage” is completely Cecilie Anna’s. Only the inner, wordless soul of the song is still the same, echoed in the phrases and breaths.

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released August 17, 2023
The cover is a hommage to the original cover. Awa Rahimpour's beautiful photo of twho hands points to Joanne Oldham's iconic scull.

Original song by Will Oldham
Arrangement, vocals, Pump organ & Soundscapes: Cecilie Anna
Guitar and mandola: Roald Kaldestad
Bass accordion: Gisle Østrem
Recording, Mixing and Co-Producer: Gisle Østrem/SirSound, Stord
Mastered by Alex Wharton in Abbey Road, London
Cecilie Anna Records 2023

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Cecilie Anna Hordaland, Norway

Cecilie Anna is a Norwegian Artist and Songwriter.

Her first release 'Going North' appeared in 2016 with her band Familieforetaket. A spirited debut it marked her out as a raw talent.

The following year saw the release of 'I'm Here' a starkly accomplished and astonishingly haunting album.

2021 brought her third album, New Bird, which took the form of a lo-fi exercise in elegant emotions. ... more

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