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Studio Album, released in 1997

Songs / Tracks Listing

1. At the Wedding (2:18)
2. Halling (0:08)
3. The Abduction of the Bride (1:27)
4. Peer Gynt and the Herd Girls (1:11)
5. Peer Gynt and the Woman in Green (1:31)
6. Great Folk May Be Known by the Mounts That They Ride (0:39)
7. In the Hall of the Mountain King (2:00)
8. Dance of the Mountain King's Daughter (1:12)
9. Peer Gynt Hunted by the Trolls (1:58)
10. Peer Gynt and the Boyg (1:45)
11. The Death of Aase (1:29)
12. Morning Mood (0:42)
13. The Thief and the Receivers (0:35)
14. Arabian Dance (2:52)
15. Anitra's Dance (0:53)
16. Peer Gynt's Serenade (1:33)
17. Peer Gynt and Anitra (1:21)
18. Solveig's Song (1:16)
19. Peer Gynt at the Statue of Memnon (2:43)
20. Peer Gynt's Homecoming / Stormy Evening on the Sea (1:39)
21. Shipwreck (0:34)
22. Solveig Sings in the Hut (0:13)
23. Night Scene (0:39)
24. Whitsun Hymn: "Blessed Morn" (2:02)
25. Solveig's Cradle Song I (8 String Loops) (4:19)
26. Solveig's Cradle Song II (4 String Loops and Birdsongs) (2:20)

Total Time 39:19

Line-up / Musicians

- Lars Pedersen / voices, Mellotron, organ, keyboards, flute, percussion, sampler

Releases information

CD Tatra Productions TATCD036 (1997)

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WHEN Gynt ratings distribution

3.04
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Review by Mellotron Storm
PROG REVIEWER

WHEN is the solo project of Norway's own Lars Pedersen. A multi-instrumentalist who has released 15 studio albums over a 25 year period. He's listed under Avant here and for good reason although this guy likes to explore so "Trippy Happy" for example released 10 years after "Gynt" is quite poppy. This isn't. "Gynt" is described as "A satiric play on Edward Grieg's Peer Gynt, inspired by Henrik Isben."

So Lars decided to make a 40 minute album with 26 songs. It's like we get these small chunks of soundscape music and while we get some inventive stuff here this is very hit and miss. From strange collages of sound to a cow mooing and a lot of nature sounds, we also get electronics with beeps and spacey synths. Twisted melodies and talk about a lot of atmosphere, tons. Samples of people talking and footsteps along with a baby crying to alien-like voices, snoring and well you get the idea. Manipulated tapes as well. Interesting I suppose but I have no desire to play this again after spending all week with it.

Still a 3 star album for sure but I'm partial to his first two albums released in the second half of the 80's "Drowning But Learning" and "Death In A Blue Lake".

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