Torbjørn Vagle and Oddrun Eikli.

Intriguing Beautiful Atmospheric Music

Moods

March 22  2018

Oddrun the mermaid of the cloud

Please take a listen to Oddrun`s magical singing.
Oddrun Eikli: Vocals
Arne Hiorth: trumpet
Torbjørn Vagle: Other Instruments

Oddrun Eikli and Torbjørn Vagle

Vol. 5

The best of the best I have heard on SC!!!

Stefan's Super Top SC Artist Playlist

Vocal and vocal composition: Oddrun Eikli
Piano and instrumental composition: Torbjørn Vagle https://soundcloud.com/tobbenv
Orchestral composition and performance: Ad Van Nederpelt https://soundcloud.com/ad-van-nederpelt
Production for all instruments and vocals, the final mix and mastering: Ad Van Nederpelt
Poem: Emily Elizabeth Dickinson (December 10, 1830 – May 15, 1886)
Photo Torbjørn Vagle and Cover layout: Vetle Vagle
Thank you so much Torbjørn and Ad for this great JOY.
Poem:
Emily Elizabeth Dickinson  was an American poet. Little-known during her life, she has since been regarded as one of the most important figures in American poetry.

In this poem, Dickinson discusses her love for a man. She is jealous of everything around him, the water "He rides", the Chariots, the hills that watch him going by, the sparrows, the fly, even the leaves.
"I envy Seas, whereon He rides --" can be seen as a love poem for a man, but it can also be seen as a religious poem. The mention of Heaven and Gabriel can easily make this connection. The love of God and the love of everything he created.

I envy seas whereon he rides

I envy seas whereon he rides,
I envy spokes of wheels
Of chariots that him convey,
I envy speechless hills

That gaze upon his journey;
How easy all can see
What is forbidden utterly
As heaven, unto me!

I envy nests of sparrows
That dot his distant eaves,
The wealthy fly upon his pane,
The happy, happy leaves

That just abroad his window
Have summer’s leave to be,
The earrings of Pizarro
Could not obtain for me.

I envy light that wakes him,
And bells that boldly ring
To tell him it is noon abroad,—
Myself his noon could bring,

Yet interdict my blossom
And abrogate my bee,
Lest noon in everlasting night
Drop Gabriel and me

I envy seas whereon he rides. Torbjørn Vagle, Ad Van Nederpelt, Oddrun Eikli.

Poem Emily Jane Brontë.
Torbjørn Vagle https://soundcloud.com/tobbenv: Instrumental composition, 
guitarharp, piano, el.piano, synth and bass
Oddrun Eikli: Vocal and vocal composition, photo.
Ad Van Nederpelt https://soundcloud.com/ad-van-nederpelt; Orchestral composition, strings,  mix and mastering,
Coverlayout: Vetle Vagle
Thank you so much Torbjørn and Ad, thank you from my heart.

This music was written and finished before the outbreak of war in Europe. We feel deeply for the people who are suffering in the war.
Despite the cruelty of the war, we share this music today, 
....."let us sit and watch the while
The blue ice curdling on the stream ".....
This poem by Emily Jane Brontë takes us out into nature, where we can for a moment, move away from the painful and brutal world.
The poem focuses on the healing ability of nature. 

Emily Jane Brontë (30 July 1818 – 19 December 1848) was an English novelist and poet who is best known for her only novel, Wuthering Heights, now considered a classic of English literature. She also published one book of poetry with her sisters Charlotte and Anne titled Poems by Currer, Ellis and Acton Bell with her own poems finding regard as poetic genius.

How still, how happy! Those are words
That once would scarce agree together;
I loved the plashing of the surge -
The changing heaven the breezy weather,

More than smooth seas and cloudless skies
And solemn, soothing, softened airs
That in the forest woke no sighs
And from the green spray shook no tears.

How still, how happy! now I feel
Where silence dwells is sweeter far
Than laughing mirth's most joyous swell
However pure its raptures are.

Come, sit down on this sunny stone:
'Tis wintry light o'er flowerless moors -
But sit - for we are all alone
And clear expand heaven's breathless shores.

I could think in the withered grass
Spring's budding wreaths we might discern;
The violet's eye might shyly flash
And young leaves shoot among the fern.

It is but thought - full many a night
The snow shall clothe those hills afar
And storms shall add a drearier blight
And winds shall wage a wilder war,

Before the lark may herald in
Fresh foliage twined with blossoms fair
And summer days again begin
Their glory - haloed crown to wear.

Yet my heart loves December's smile
As much as July's golden beam;
Then let us sit and watch the while
The blue ice curdling on the stream -
Emily Jane Brontë

How Still. Torbjørn Vagle. Ad Van Nederpelt. Oddrun Eikli.

Main Theme of Legend of Grimrock 2 Videogame, developed and published by Almost Human © 2014. 

Composed by Perttu Vänskä, Henri Vartio, Hannu Honkonen. Produced, mixed and mastered by Hannu Honkonen, Henri Vartio, Perttu Vänskä.

Orchestra: Ville Koponen, Jussi Aalto, Petteri Iivonen, Hannes Kaukoranta, Sakari Kekola, Lauri Kilpinen, Matti Koponen, Aleksi Mäkimattila, Jaakko Pulakka, Aleksi Santavuori, Janne Toivonen, Jussi Vuorinen, Juhani Kaasinen, Lauri Kärrylä, Iida Laine. Choir: Anna-Maria, Parkkinen, Alexa Leroux, Pauliina Kupiainen, Jere Martikainen
Petteri Lehikoinen, Ronnie Karlsson

Legend of Grimrock 2 Main Theme

Just for fun...© David Skellenger January 2015

Lost In The SoundCloud Stream

Recorded at Sonic Landscapes Studio ~ Jackson, Michigan, USA.........With a Takamine acoustic guitar (Edward)...........Turned out to be a little longer than I expected, guess that's what happens when the emotions take over :-)   ~SC~

Sometimes you find yourself trapped in the corner, forced to choose between family and someone you love so deeply that they just can't, or are not willing to understand.........so in the end, you have to make the decisions that make the most sense for your life ~ that's what this song is about.........

"Reflection"
Hello.....do I know you
I don't.....recognize your face
You seem......vaguely familiar
I can't.....remember your name
The way your looking at me
You must know who I am
But I'll never understand why you drew that line in the sand
That was the day I turned and walked away
Because you don't even know who I am

Now.....I'm a ghost, I'm a shadow
I'm a stranger that you don't know
To you.....I'm just a body without a soul
I'm here.....but you can't see me
To you.....I'm invisible
I'm a reflection of somebody you used to know
Just a reflection of someone you used to hold
I'm a reflection of somebody you used to know
Just a reflection of a hand you used to hold

In this life we all make choices
It's a journey or so I've been told
We come across many splits
On this long and winding road
Well I've carved out my own path
Right or wrong, it's made me who I am
But I'll never understand why you drew that line in the sand
That was the day I turned and walked away
Because you don't even know who I am

Now.....I'm a ghost, I'm a shadow
I'm a stranger that you don't know
To you.....I'm just a body without a soul
I'm here.....but you can't see me
To you.....I'm invisible
I'm a reflection of somebody you used to know
Just a reflection of someone you used to hold
I'm a reflection of somebody you used to know
Just a reflection of a hand you used to hold

Now I'm a ghost.....I'm a shadow
I'm a ghost.....I'm a shadow
I'm a ghost.....I'm a shadow
I'm a stranger you used to know
To you I'm invisible

I'm a reflection of somebody you used to know
Just a reflection of a person you used to hold
I'm a reflection of somebody you used to know
Just a reflection of a hand you used to hold


Reflection

Where do I start!  Tom wrote a gorgeous song for me to sing and he reached out to our lovely Soundcloud scribe, Jaime for lyrics.  The lyrics poured quickly from Jaime's pen as if they were sent from the heavens.  I immediately felt emotionally attached to the song and the lyrics and I couldn't stop singing it over and over.  What a fun, meaningful and beautiful collab. While we are proud and thrilled to share with all, we are sad the work is over.  Hope you enjoy!  

Music/Production/Mix:  Tom Vinelli
Lyrics:  Jaime J. Ross
Vocals:  Elle
Cover Art Design:  Jaime J. Ross and Wil 

Time waits 
Time waits for no one
Minutes to hours
Til days are done
Done

Live in the moment - always
Making the most of your days
Don’t say what might have been
Say, I’d do it again
In these moments you’re given - live

Slowly
Make your way slowly
Savor the memories
That you will make
Make

Taking the time to just be
Seeing what all you can see
Don’t say what might have been 
Say I’d do it again
In these moments you’re given - live

Love
Love while you’re here
Open your heart
No need to fear
No fear

Dance
Dance in the rain
You never know
If it comes again
Again

Live in the moment - always
Making the most of your days
Don’t say what might have been
Say I’d do it again
In these moments you’re given - live
__



Live In The Moment - Remix by Tom Vinelli, Lyrics by Jaime J. Ross


Dance of Rustling Beauty and Whispering Sorrow

------- Lady of the Forest

I fly
Over the fields high
I am shy
Hiding in rainstorm’s cry

Reach me
Untamed hearts agree
To free
Darkness and clouds to be

My breath
My breeze
My shield
My home

My guard
My glow
My sweet
Home

I fly
Over the fields high
I am shy
And splendor in the sky

Touch me
Find a secret key
To be
Absorbed in my golden sea

------- Looking Glass Traveler

I am not the one you see
I am not the one you hear
But I am the one you feel
It is so real

Cover me
Cover me
Cover me
A while

Composition and Poetry: Diederik Aerts
Vocals: Oddrun Eikli and Diederik Aerts
Piano: Diederik Aerts


Dance of Rustling Beauty and Whispering Sorrow (Oddrun Eikli and Diederik Aerts)

There are angels everywhere, if you know where to look.

Even in the snow....

Now for sale at Bandcamp, or wherever fine music is stolen.

Copyright ©℗ 2016 Steve Henshaw. All rights reserved.

Shadows of Life

Angels in the Snow

Buy on Bandcamp!

Piano music for a short delicate dramatic scene, " a la" Thomas Newman.

Newmanesque

Tina Fisher: Vocals, Lyrics, Artwork
Diego Nesci: Music, Arrangement, Production

2016. All Rights reserved

Lyrics (Tina Fisher Music)

Ascending through time

Floating through space

Losing my mind

Finding my place

My place in this world

Seems so far away

 

Feeling you near

Yet you’re so far

Knowing you’ll always be here in my heart

Whenever this life is cloudy and grey

I’ll feel the light come and lift me away

 

For Nobody knows what’s up in the stars

The gleam of the heavens only stretches so far

For nobody knows, nobody knows but me 



And as light years pass, stars will fade

Planets collide but you'll remain 

Safe in my heart here with me

Where you are still mine, where we can be free. 



For nobody knows what you mean to me

For nobody knows, nobody but me

Now my wings are full grown, I'm your guardian now 

Sending light from the heavens....let me show you fly

Let me show you how to fly



And as light years pass, stars will fade

Planets collide but you'll remain 

Safe in my heart here with me

Where you are still mine, where we can be free. 



I follow the light

I belong to the stars 

I fly free through the heavens

Though I long for your arms

But you'll always be with me 

And I feel that you are near

And with me watching over 

You have nothing to fear



For nobody knows what you mean to me

For nobody knows, nobody but me

Now my wings are full grown, I'm your guardian now 

Sending light from the heavens....let me show you fly

Let me show you how to fly



Fly away

Nobody knows 

Nobody knows but me



Let me show you how to fly

Let me show you how to fly

Fly, fly, fly, flying high

Fly Away

In The Grip Of Himalaya

One of my collab works with Canadian maestro Ed Cunningham ! (May 2016)

The Rituals Of Spring   /   Ft. Ed Cunningham

Music & Lyrics: Eddy Mango

HÄR SITTER JAG OCH MIN FRU

Här sitter jag och min fru, länge har vi suttit här nu..
Vi kom aldrig iväg nej, vi skulle ut och gå men,
ingenting har hänt än, för vi sitter ju kvar,
både jag och min fru.

Här sitter jag och min fru, länge har vi suttit här nu..
Förmiddagen kom och middagen blev sen så,
det blev kväll igen och vi sitter här kvar,
inte mycket blev av.

Här sitter jag och min fru, länge har vi suttit här nu..
Vi som skulle baka och gå ner med tvätten,
många andra saker, som vi borde ha gjort,
vi får ta nya tag.

Om och om igen, solen går sin sväng,
runt och upp på himlen och ner i sin säng.
Om och om igen, livet rullar på,
jorden snurrar mera och dag blir till år.

Eddy Mango 2

Här sitter jag och min fru. ( 1994 ) Eddy Mango ( Eddy )

© 2017 Taylor Ambrosio Wood

Buy here: 
Itunes: itunes.apple.com/us/album/balthaz…ack/id1244174321
Bandcamp: taylorambrosiowood.bandcamp.com/album/bal…oundtrack

Made for the video game "Balthazar's Dream" by Psilocybe Games.
Artwork by Sawa Białczyńska-Lipert.

Balthazar's Dream OST | Main Titles

Grainger: Children's March 'Over the Hills And Far Away'. Percy Grainger & Lotta Hough 1920 on Duo-Art 6368.
Recorded in 2016, and the rec. updated Nov 24, 2017and Feb 22, 2023 by VViljanen (by permission)from playback of digitally simulated reconstructed original reproducing piano roll, using a modelled Grand Blüthner modified by VVV
Photo: Percy Grainger (1882-1961)
ANY KIND OF COMMERCIAL USE PROHIBITED.
Basic info* of the original piano roll:
CHILDREN'S MARCH: Over the Hills And Far Away (arrangement for Two Pianos)
Roll Number: 6368, 6368-5
Composer/Creator: Grainger
Pianist: Grainger, Hough
Roll System: Duo-Art
Country: US
Date: December, 1920
Category: popular, salon
Original Price: $3.25 (Price after 1922)
*Info source: The Piano Player Group web page (by permission)

Grainger: Children's March, Percy Grainger & Lotta Hough in 1920, on Duo-Art 6368

Music, instrumentation and production : Torbjørn Vagle https://soundcloud.com/tobbenv
poem, melody for the voice, and vocals: Oddrun Eikli

So This Is Spring

So this is Spring
You can feel it within
Love keeps on giving
Birds whistle and sing
In the first day of Spring

Faces that smile
New Wave and new style
Look at the colors
Listen to the sound
Daffodills and Bluebells
Are covering the ground

So this is Spring
You can feel it within
Love keeps on giving
Birds whistle and sing
In the first day of Spring

So This Is Spring. Torbjørn Vagle and Oddrun Eikli

W.A. Mozart: Pastorale Variée, Herma Menth in 1919, on Duo-Art 6175.
Recorded in 2016, and the rec. updated July 13, 2017,  by VViljanen (by permission)from digitally simulated reconstructed original reproducing piano roll.
ANY KIND OF COMMERCIAL USE PROHIBITED.
Photo: The label on the original piano roll.
The information* of the original piano roll:
PASTORALE VARIEE
Roll Number: 6175, 6175
Composer/Creator: Mozart
Pianist: Menth
Roll System: Duo-Art
Country: US
Date: September, 1919
Category: popular, salon
Original Price: n/a
*Roll info source: from The Player Piano  Group web page (by permission)

W.A. Mozart: Pastorale Variée [K2, Anh.209b]. Herma Menth in 1919 on Duo-Art 6175

In the Moonlight

Henderson Birth Of The Blues, Alan Moran in 1926 on Duo - Art 713286.
Re-recorded in 2017 by VViljanen (by permission)from the digitized copy of the original reproducing piano roll with virtual Grand Bluethner Model One, tone/sound modified/designed by VV.
COMMERCIAL USE PROHIBITED. 
Photo: Ray Henderson White Scandals poster
Information on the original piano roll:
The BIRTH OF THE BLUES from "George White's Scandals of 1926" (Fox-Trot Song)
Roll Number: 713286, 713286
Composer/Creator: Henderson
Pianist: Moran
Roll System: Duo-Art
Country: US
Date: November, 1926
Category: dance, popular, song
Original Price: $1.25
Notes: With words
(Source of the original roll summary: The Piano Player Group web-page)

Ray Henderson: Birth Of The Blues [White's Scandals of 1926]. Alan Moran in 1926, on Duo-Art 713286

DEEP NOVEMBER MOOD IN THE DEPTH OF  NOVEMBER...

Harrison Storm's track "Dreams" as featured in the 'Change It All' EP.  Stream/Download "Dreams" here: http://smarturl.it/HS_ChangeItAllEP

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Change It All - EP

Dreams

Guitar and Guitartrack : Leonid Reznik @leomreznik
Melody for the voice and voice: Oddrun Eikli
words and photo: oddrun Eikli.
The text for this song is the photo, and it`s what was in my mind in the moment. 
A Dream.
Thank you so much Leo for your great guitartrack and thank you for sharing music.

Green Is Gold
what we see
and what we feel
Nature`s green is gold

it`s hope
and dreams
in freedom like a wind
gracious moments
in wings wide
yellow bright
rainbows light

blue planet in green life

Green Is Gold. Leonid Reznik and Oddrun Eikli

trumpet: Chuck Weirichhttps://soundcloud.com/chuck-weirich
Arranger, other instrument:  Aleck Rand: Aleck Randhttps://soundcloud.com/aleckrand
vocal: Oddrun Eikli
Aleck Rand asked me to cover this wonderful song, and it`s with great respect for the song and the songs history i said yes. 
Thank you for the beautiful musicarrangement Aleck,  and thank you Chuck for beautiful trumpet. 

"Don't Go To Strangers" is a 1954 song by Arthur Kent with lyrics by Redd Evans.  Don't Go to Strangers was Etta Jones' first album for the independent jazz label Prestige when it was released in 1960 (having been recorded in a single session on June 21 of that year), and although Jones had been releasing records since 1944, including a dozen sides for RCA in 1946 and an album for King Records in 1957, she was treated as an overnight sensation when the title tune from the album went gold, hitting the Top 40 on the pop charts and reaching number five on the R&B charts.Etta Jones was an American jazz singer whose critical success and relative commercial obscurity earned her a reputation in her lifetime as a "jazz musician's jazz singer". A highly underrated singer who rarely received the recognition she richly deserved, perhaps the salient mark of her obscurity was the number of times even followers of the female jazz vocal scene would confuse her with a more popular singer, Etta James. Etta Jones is noted for her elegant interpretations of standards, ballads, and blues. Her characteristic inflections have sometimes prompted comparisons to stylistic devices employed by Billie Holiday and Dinah Washington.


Build your dreams to the stars above
But when you need someone true to love
Don't go to strangers, darling, come on to me

Play with fire 'til your fingers burn
And when there's no place for you to turn
Don't go to strangers, darling, come on to me

For, when you hear a call to follow your heart
You follow your heart, I know
I've been through it all and I'm an old hand
And I'll understand if you go

So make your mark for your friends to see
But when you need more than company
Don't go to strangers, come on to me

Oh, make your mark for your friends to see
But when you need more than company
Don't go to strangers, darling, come on to me

Don't Go To Strangers.  Aleck Rand. Chuck Weirich. Oddrun Eikli

Arranger, bass, keyboards, guitar  Aleck Randhttps://soundcloud.com/aleckrand
Guitars:  Axel Weiss https://soundcloud.com/axelweis, Franco Quadronihttps://soundcloud.com/francoquadroni
vocal: Oddrun Eikli

Thank you Aleck for introducing me to Estate. Such a joy to sing this so special and tender song.
A everlasting beautiful Jazz-standard.
Thank you to Aleck, Axel, Franco for beautiful music!

Aleck Rand writes about this song:
Estate (1960, Bruno Martino, music; Bruno Brighetti, lyrics) began modestly enough as an Italian pop song. At the time, few noticed that it was far from ordinary. However, its sophisticated harmonics and irresistible melody didn’t escape the attention of jazz musicians. Now it is a world standard with performances all over YouTube. Still, there is no definitive version that draws out every bit of its potential. Except for possibly now. Listen.

Estate
You bath me in the glow of your caresses
You've turned my eager no to tender yeses
You sweep away my sorrow with your sigh

Estate
Oh how the golden sunlight bends the willow
Your blossoms send the perfume to my pillow
Oh who could know you half as well as I

I always feel you near me
In every song the morning breeze composes
All the tender wonder of the roses
Each time the setting sun shines on the sea

And when you sleep beneath a snowy cover
I'll keep you in my heart just like a lover
And wait until you come again to me - estate

Estate (Summer). Aleck Rand. Axel Weiss. Franco Quadroni. Oddrun Eikli.

Facing The Other Way

Charles Chambaz(music) https://soundcloud.com/papillonmusical
 Oddrun Eikli (vocal)

Thank you so much Charles for beautiful musicarrangement, and thank you for this Joy.

"Smile" is a song based on an instrumental theme used in the soundtrack for Charlie Chaplin's 1936 movie Modern Times. Chaplin composed the music, inspired by Puccini's Tosca.[1] John Turner and Geoffrey Parsons added the lyrics and title in 1954.[2] In the lyrics, based on lines and themes from the film, the singer is telling the listener to cheer up and that there is always a bright tomorrow, just as long as they smile. "Smile" has become a popular standard since its original use in Chaplin's film.

Smile .  Charles Chambaz and Oddrun Eikli

Music: Torbjørn Vagle and Oddrun Eikli
Musicarr. and all intruments: Torbjørn Vaglehttps://soundcloud.com/tobbenv
Voice and lyrics: Oddrun Eikli

Thank you so much Torbjørn for the collab. "Preludium", thank you for joy.

som i ett lite barns fryktløse blikk
åpnes mitt hjerte i ditt
i ett åpent sinn deles min glede med din
som ett lite barn

Preludium . Torbjørn Vagle and Oddrun Eikli.

EVEN IF WE FIGHT
Vocals: Leslie
Vocals and lyrics: Ghosthack
https://www.ghosthack.de

Even If We Fight

Live raw recording. First time i got to jam with  my little girl Elly Jenkins,'' she nevers sings '' .  I believe with practice, she would come into her own..Live recording at ..Daddy if you put it up on facebook, i will kill you studios''Well my shed''

Mad World ''live'' Feat Elly Jenkins

Beat - Jay Fehrman / @jay-fehrman
Verse 1 and hooks - Fat Pockets / @fatpockets
Verse 2 - Align The Mind / @alignthemind

Additional production elements, Fat Pockets.

This is a MinnesotaFats production.

Bulldozers (feat. Align The Mind)

Bulldozers feat. Align The Mind(beat Jay Fehrman)

From the album: 'Les Anges Qui Tombent'
Now available to pre-order on Bandcamp here:
https://theoceanoftunesarkestar.bandcamp.com/album/les-anges-qui-tombent

Wonderful Original Artwork by [Huge Love, thanks & admiration to:] David Houssart [Copyright 2019]
Very many thanks to Gi Dussault @ The Upper Room with Joe Kelley for her assistance with this release. Love U Both. Xxxx

Buy @ Bandcamp

Arkestar - Take It All Back [From the album 'Les Anges Qui Tombent'

Photo by - Ke Jingwei
Video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p06FVGMsmgI&feature=youtu.be

At Purple Peace

Video

We proudly present our new song: Tell me
Music: Oddrun Eikli and Torbjørn Vagle
Instrumental composition and additional instruments: Torbjørn Vagle//soundcloud.com/tobbenv
Vocal composition, vocal and photo for the cover: Oddrun Eikli 
Trumpet and the trumpet arrangement: Arne Hiorth
Instrumental composition and additional instruments: Torbjørn Vagle
Mix&Mastering: Njål Frode Lie http://www.nflproduksjoner.no/
poem: " Tell Me " , by Emily Jane Brontë (30 July 1818- 19 Dec. 1848)
Haworth, England

Describing time is not ever going to be easy, but in her own unique way, Emily Brontë is able to effectively convey a powerful means of doing so.
The images described are fairly simple — the past is something to be longed for, the present is something to plan in, and the future is something to look forward to.
The natural imageries used are phenomena that a child might observe all the time while growing up. The childlike simplicity of the metaphors combined with it`s inner meanings is what makes this poem so beautiful.

Tell me, tell me, smiling child,
What the past is like to thee ?
'An Autumn evening soft and mild
With a wind that sighs mournfully.'

Tell me, what is the present hour ?
'A green and flowery spray
Where a young bird sits gathering its power
To mount and fly away.'

And what is the future, happy one ?
'A sea beneath a cloudless sun ;
A mighty, glorious, dazzling sea
Stretching into infinity.'

Tell Me. Torbjørn Vagle and Oddrun Eikli. Trumpet: Arne Hiorth

We proudly present our new song:   Tell me
Music: Oddrun Eikli and Torbjørn Vagle
https://open.spotify.com/album/5RLuvqhQgl2yirYJsZEw6J
Vocal composition: Oddrun Eikli ://soundcloud.com/oddrun-eikli
Trumpet and the trumpet arrangement: Arne Hiorth
Instrumental composition and additional instruments: Torbjørn Vagle
Mix&Mastering: Njål Frode Lie www.nflproduksjoner.
Thank you so much Oddrun and Arne!
poem: " Tell Me " , by Emily Jane Brontë (30 July 1818- 19 Dec. 1848)
Haworth, England

Describing time is not ever going to be easy, but in her own unique way, Emily Brontë is able to effectively convey a powerful means of doing so.
The images described are fairly simple — the past is something to be longed for, the present is something to plan in, and the future is something to look forward to.
The natural imageries used are phenomena that a child might observe all the time while growing up. The childlike simplicity of the metaphors combined with it`s inner meanings is what makes this poem so beautiful.

Tell me, tell me, smiling child,
What the past is like to thee ?
'An Autumn evening soft and mild
With a wind that sighs mournfully.'

Tell me, what is the present hour ?
'A green and flowery spray
Where a young bird sits gathering its power
To mount and fly away.'

And what is the future, happy one ?
'A sea beneath a cloudless sun ;
A mighty, glorious, dazzling sea
Stretching into infinity.'

photo: Oddrun Eikli

Tell Me. ( Oddrun Eikli and Torbjørn Vagle. Trumpet: Arne Hiorth)

Oddrun Eikli: Vocals and vocal composition
Torbjørn Vagle: Instrumental composition, piano, keyboards and mix https://soundcloud.com/tobbenv/tracks
POEM OF EMILY BRONTË , May 1838
Photo: Oddrun Eikli 
Cover layout: Vetle Vagle
Mastering: Njål Frode Lie www.nflproduksjoner.

Thank you to each and every one for sharing friendship, music and support,  during this very difficult year 2020.
Warm wishes to you all, and a hope for a better New Year in 2021!

Thank you so much Torbjørn, for this collaboration that gives me such peace in a troubled time.
It`s a JOY to work with you Torbjørn, and thank you also to your son Vetle for his great cover art for our song.
...

POEM OF EMILY BRONTË 

This shall be thy lullaby,
Rocking on the stormy sea;
Though it roar in thunder wild,
Sleep, stilly sleep, thou bright-haired child.

When our shuddering boat was crossing
Eldern's lake so rudely tossing,
Then 'twas first my nursling smiled;
Sleep, softly sleep, my fair-browed child.

Waves above thy cradle break,
Foamy tears are on thy cheek,
Yet the ocean's self grows mild
When it bears my slumbering child.

May 1838
( The photo is taken in Grasmere.  A village  in Cumbria, England, in the centre of the Lake District. In my imagination it`s EMILY BRONTË`s  "Eldern's lake" from the poem :)

Lullaby. Torbjørn Vagle og Oddrun Eikli.

Oddrun Eikli: Vocals and vocal composition https://soundcloud.com/oddrun-eikli
Torbjørn Vagle: Instrumental composition, piano, keyboards and mix 

Photo: Oddrun Eikli
Cover layout: Vetle Vagle
Mastering: Njål Frode Lie www.nflproduksjoner.

I am very happy to release this new song with Oddrun.
2020 has been a difficult and dark year for so many people,  For me this song is a safe place to find shelter from the storm.
Thank you Oddrun, your beautiful voice shines like a lighthouse in a stormy sea. Best wishes to all.
POEM OF EMILY BRONTË

This shall be thy lullaby,
Rocking on the stormy sea;
Though it roar in thunder wild,
Sleep, stilly sleep, thou bright-haired child.

When our shuddering boat was crossing
Eldern's lake so rudely tossing,
Then 'twas first my nursling smiled;
Sleep, softly sleep, my fair-browed child.

Waves above thy cradle break,
Foamy tears are on thy cheek,
Yet the ocean's self grows mild
When it bears my slumbering child.

May 1838
( The photo is taken in Grasmere. A village in Cumbria, England, in the centre of the Lake District.

Lullaby  (Oddrun Eikli og Torbjørn Vagle)

Thank you for listening and for your comments.
Music is Magic:)
Thank you soundcloud 20.08.13. for SCOTD http://soundcloud.tumblr.com/post/58744738434/soundclouder-of-the-day-oddrun-eikli-if-theres 
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Biografi
Oddrun Eikli is the singer in Loops and Bridges. A project headed by Oddrun Eikli and Arne Hiorth. Oddrun Eikli sings, composes the melodies and writes the lyrics , Arne Hiorth does the arranging trumpet work and studio engineering.
Loops and Bridges released their debut album in jan 2010 (mtgmusic)
http://www.mtgmusic.no/artist/73/Arne-Hiorth-og-Oddrun-Eikli
Doors And Windows released september 2014.



New cd out mai 2013:
SPIRALI
massimo berizzi: trumpet & electronics 
oddrun eikli: vocals & lyrics
alessandro monti: bass

 CD RELEASES AUTUMN 2012:
"ENDRING" WITH Raphaelgtr and
 THE INTERNATIONAL  JAZZ CD  "FLOW"

"FLOW":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtaKeETfQ4g
The musicians on the "FLOW" album are:
Cheryl Pyle (New York City) - flute, Oddrun Eikli (Oslo) - vocals, Arne Hiorth (Oslo) - trumpet, Stanislav Zaslavsky (Kamensk) - piano), Sean O'Bryan Smith (Nashville) - bass, and Axel Weiss (Obernbreit) on guitars and art.

"ENDRING":
Raphaelgtr & Oddrun Eikli
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghdVeFgfPIA

ODDRUNS COLLABS. AT SOUNDCLOUD:
you can find my collabs. in these sets:



with Arne Hiorth:
https://soundcloud.com/oddrun-eikli/sets/oddrun-eikli-and-arne-hiorth
with Axel Weiss
http://soundcloud.com/axelweis/sets/oddrun-and-axel/
with Vicente bueso:
https://soundcloud.com/oddrun-eikli/sets/vicente-bueso-and-oddrun-eikli
with Raphael GTR and Massimo Berizzi
https://soundcloud.com/oddrun-eikli/sets/raphael-gtr-and-oddrun-eikli
a set with many of my souncloud-collabs:
http://soundcloud.com/oddrun-eikli/sets/collabs-with-my-sc-friends/

Thank you. :) Thank you to you all !:)