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Winterplanet

by Pertti Grönholm

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    Winterplanet. CD Album. Origo Sound, Norway 2013. Sound 27.

    Tracks mixed together into four sections: Part I: Cooling Down (18:30); Part II: The Darkest Hour (22:19); Part III: Frozen Matter (14:51); Part IV: Warming Up (17:02). Total time: 72:42.

    Mastering by Fredrik Lindeman at Lydmuren, Oslo. Cover design and artwork by Harald Aksnes Lervik. Front and inside design by Fred Persen. Back and flap cover photo by Idar Hansen. (P) and (C) 2013 Origo Sound.

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1.
Chill in 05:33
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2.
Whirlwind 05:10
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3.
Waiting for the Snow 01:20
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4.
Freezing Point 03:35
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5.
Colours of Silence 02:55
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6.
Dance of the Northern Lights 04:24
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7.
Deep Snow 13:24
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8.
Solstice 04:21
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9.
Hibernation 06:43
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10.
Lament of the Soil 06:44
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11.
Glittering Icicles 01:15
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12.
Sunbeams 07:35
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13.
Melting Point 03:24
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14.
Ice Drift 01:14
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15.
Joy of Spring 04:44
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about

WINTERPLANET - INTRODUCTION

Winterplanet is an intimate acoustic excursion into solitude, tranquility, remoteness and melancholy. Even though I do not think these moods are inherently or exclusively 'Nordic', they do resonate strongly in these subarctic conditions. For example, the drastic changes in the amount of daylight from season to season affects people both emotionally and physically. It influences how colours are perceived and even how sounds become soft and intimate amidst the large winter snow drifts.

My personal experience with total silence, enclosing twilight and timelessness date back to the many weekends spent in my parents' cottage during the mid and late 1980s. As a young man in my early twenties, I would often spend time in the quiet forest gazing at the stars. Using the binoculars or telescope to peer into the crystal clear Northern skies, I had a strong sense of being surrounded by the cosmos. Not only by other planets, meteors and stars, but the earthly ecosphere as well.

The trees would snap sometimes even in the -30 C degrees air as the frost bit into their branches. Moonbeams turned icy particles on the snow into glittering diamonds. The bluish-gray twilight morphed the landscape into a mysterious realm of stillness and beauty. The amazing silence and darkness of those nights seemed to bring the heavenly bodies closer to me, creating a profound sense of harmony with the universe in a way that is almost beyond verbal description.

When I recall my silent and intimate encounters with nature and the northern skies, I feel both grateful and nostalgic. Fortunately, I preserved some of my impressions by recording many musical fragments, such as melodies, easy-going improvisations and sound experiments. Creating simple pieces of music and audible landscapes has been my way of capturing personal experiences and emotions. Hopefully these sonic translations let you also enjoy the beauties of
this Earth and the surrounding spaces.

credits

released March 1, 2020

All tracks were performed and produced by Pertti Grönholm. The original tracks were recorded with analogue tape recorders in Hollola, Finland in 1984-1989 by Pertti Grönholm. Edited, remixed with additional instruments and soundscapes and digitally mastered by Pertti Grönholm in 1997-2003. Re-edited and remastered by Pertti Grönholm in 2020 at Valimo Productions Studio, Turku, Finland.

Equipment used in original and additional recordings and remixing are: Roland SH-09 Synthesizer, Roland SH-101 Synthesizer and Sequencer, Korg Mono/Poly Synthesizer, Korg 707 Digital Synthesizer, Casiotone MT-40 Portable Keyboard, Yamaha MR-10 Rhythm Machine, Boss DR-220A Drum Machine, Pearl AD-33 Analog Delay, Akai EX-65D Digital Delay, Boss CE-3 Stereo Chorus, Boss ROD-10 Overdrive/Distortion, Boss SE-50 Multieffect, Fostex 160 4-Track Multitracker, Akai GX-F31 Stereo Cassette Deck, JVC XDZ-505 DAT Recorder. Adobe Audition Software.

Great thanks for encouragement to Harald Aksnes Lervik and Origo Sound for releasing this material as CD album in 2013 (Sound 27).

This album is dedicated to my beloved family and my late parents.

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