A collaborative track between Wilfred Hanarath and Kjell Braaten for the collective album Portland by Wilfred Hanarath. 
Idea and base track: Wilfred Hanarath
Acoustic instruments: Kjell Braaten
Produced and Mastered by Kjell Braaten

Portland

Feathers

Well... This is the part where Olav fall in love with Astrid, the daughter of the swedish king. They got married lived "happily" ever after...

04 Kjaerlighet - Love theme.mp3

Well... Olav just gave his heathen sword to the Bishop... He should probably never done that... ...

06 Utrygge tider - Unsafe times.mp3

Olav is back to take back Besing....
But the Danes have now taken the city...

07 Olav vender tilbake til Borg - Olav returns to Borg.mp3

The battle of Stiklestad... One of the most important battles in the Norwegian history...
The battle where Tore Hund (Tore the dog) kills Olav.

08 Slaget ved Stiklestad - The battle of Stiklestad.mp3

This is a track made in sympathy for those who fight at the Standing Rock 2016.
The income from this song will be given to support their case.

Standing Rock

Standing rock

Kjell Braaten - Standing Rock - Single - 44 - 16

Kyst (Coast) is an epic piece created with old Norse instruments and sound- tools mainly based on the Viking- era.

Composed, Performed, Recorded and produced by Kjell Braaten
Mastered at Klokkereint - www.klokkereint.no
Cover art: Vibeke Koehler - www.teksturium.no

Kyst

This is a cooperative project between singer/ songwriter Kentin Jivek and world/ historical music specialist Kjell Braaten.

Idea and lyrics: Kentin Jivek
Arrangement and production: Kjell Braaten.

Kjell Braaten: Drums, Crewth, Moose Jaw, Sansula, Tabla and Udu 
Kentin Jivek: 12 strings seagull guitar, voice and freeze pads.

Recorded by Kentin Jivek/ Kjell Braaten.
Mixed, produced and mastered by Kjell Braaten.
Cover photo by Kentin Jivek, Edited by Kjell Braaten.

Sol is a hymn to the sun performed on acoustic instruments from around the globe.
It was originally recorded at Rinas verden, Sarpsborg (NO) back in 2008, but it took twelve years before it hit the ether.

The song is performed on sansula, chimes, tombak, rainstick and ocean drum.

Composed, performed, recorded, mixed and mastered by Kjell Braaten.

On a rainy autumn day in 2015, I found myself in a cabin by the ocean. The cabin was filled with drums from all corners of the world, and the view was incredible! That combination is magical, and magic tends to create more magic. 

The evening ended in three improvised takes on top of each other. Sticks, brushes, and mallets. 

Due to unfortunate circumstances, I lost the original recordings shortly after, and only this raw mix survived. 

A few friends asked me a while ago why I never released it. And... Well... I could not find a reasonable answer, so here it is! 

Veland is the name of the place it created itself. 

I took the cover picture of my drums that same evening. 

Composed, performed, recorded, mixed, and mastered by Kjell Braaten.

Drumworks - Veland

This is a collaborative work with Srigala for the collective project "Music for JM Basquiat."
The drone track composed, performed, and recorded by Srigala.
Throatsong, Neverlur, Cowskin drum, rattle, and Moose jaw bone composed, performed, and recorded by Kjell Braaten.
Mixed, produced and mastered by Kjell Braaten

The quarantine rituals

Now is the time

Now is the time (Kjell Braaten, Srigala)

I believe in music as a cross-cultural global language.
Music moves. Music speaks. Music is like a language that expresses things spoken words can not.
It is a multilanguage that all human beings can understand no matter what culture, religion or region you come from.
I compose for theatre, movies and live performances and I also perform on stage both solo and with other projects

Kjell Braaten

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