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Forni

by Nicolae Rollin

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I create bowed musical instruments from the Middle Ages of Northern Europe and use them in recording. The single Forni (in Old Norse - Ancient) is a musical expression of the skaldic name (heiti) of the supreme Germanic god Odin (Wotan), known for his sacrifice of one eye for wisdom.
The concept of the track and the future Nordic folk album was influenced by a severe injury to my left eye, when I was recording Forni and other tracks of the album, I was completely blind in one eye for three months. I considered this a decisive factor in choosing the design of the album and this single in the Nordic folk genre. I used talharpa, munharpa, didgeridoo, growl, shamanic tambourine, percussion, drums, synthesizer. On the cover of the album there is a skull of an elk that I found in a wild forest, it refers to the antiquity and wild times of warlike ancestors. Half of the skull was drawn by me, an arrow sticks out of the eye of the skull of an elk, this symbolizes my damaged eye). Snow, blizzard, firs and pines, frost, I try to convey the spirit of the northern gods and pagan lands with my ethnic instruments.

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released April 6, 2021

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