"Two Boys", by Olsen Winter.
 Written by Petra de Winter and Henrik Olsen.
 Vocals: Petra de Winter.
 Guitars, Scandinavian Lur: Henrik Olsen.
 Cellos and cello-solo performed by Giselle Bentvelsen.
 Cello-solo written by Petra de Winter.
 Bowed acoustic double bass performed by Marcel Peters.
 Timpani: Henrik Olsen, Marcel van Ling.
 Wooden flute: Petra de Winter.
 Other orchestral samples and instruments: Marcel van Ling, Petra de Winter.
 Produced and arranged by Petra de Winter, Henrik Olsen and Marcel van Ling.
 Mixing: Marcel van Ling and Petra de Winter.
 Mastering: Marcel van Ling.
 Lyrics-advice: Gerrit Vennema.
 
Recorded, mixed and mastered in the MoSound Studio, Holland.
Drawing ( image): "die Mütter" by Käthe Kollwitz.

Lyrics:

two boys  


I know that you loved them
We’re here to see
 and not to judge
We think that you loved them
she's falling apart
And may you rest in peace, you are together in the heavens, but you are without her.

We don’t understand
This immeasurable abyss            
Where you were, where she is
Though this night will fall
This darkness will once go away

Where were the angels
Were they far away
When you acted, did what you thought that was best
In this dark, dark night
Too dark for them to give you some light

Leaving all of us  in sadness and disbelief
Because we know that you loved them
The night will go away, some day, this night will, someday, go away

And if angels exist
how I hope they were there
 o, let angels be with them
They should be with them

This night will, one day, one day, go away.





Two Boys

written and performed by Henrik Olsen (guitars, bass) and Petra de Winter (vocals).  Recorded and mastered  at the Mosound studio by Marcel van Ling. Mixed and produced by Marcel van Ling, Henrik Olsen and Petra de Winter. Additional instruments played by Marcel van Ling. Guitars and bass recorded in Copenhagen, Denmark. The vocals are recorded in Holland. Henrik sent the guitartracks to Petra via the internet, she went with them into the studio. Every scratch mix was sent to Henrik via the internet. He gave his comments, Petra and Marcel adjusted it and sent it back. No borders, no planes, no 800 km drive from country to country, no CO2. It's possible ! 



The Butterfly

The Forest is a song that we recorded in 2012. It took us many ours to record it, because it has a whole symphonic orchestra hidden inside. The song is written by Henrik Olsen and Petra de Winter. It's recorded in the Mosound studio in the Netherlands, by Marcel van Ling. Bass and guitars are played by Henrik Olsen, all vocals by Petra de Winter. Other instruments by Marcel van Ling. Except the drums, they are played by the great and famous Danish drummer Gert Smedegaard. The drums are recorded in the Focus Recording Studio in Denmark, near Hamlet's Castle, by Hans Nielsen.  The arrangement and production is by Henrik, Petra and Marcel. The song was inspired by the atmosphere in the songs from Marie Fisker and her nordic collegues, the so called "Nordic Noir".  Later on we found ourselves arranging a whole orchestra and gave it a Wagner-attitude too. The song starts very quiet and then slowly builts up towards a Wagnerian final. Mastered by Marcel van Ling in his Mosound Studio (in Holland). Artwork is made by "O".
Sometimes it reminds us a bit of work from the dutch producer/ composer/performer Kyteman, but in the end it's more like "slow food" ; "slow music"  for the real music lovers that take their time listening to music and let it grow on you. This song is also very suitable as a soundtrack, under a movie or a ( fantasy-) game. It could easily replace parts of the soundtrack from movies like "The Lord of the Rings" . Some parts of the song are also inspired by Michael Nyman and Phillip Glass.

The Forest

Olsen Winter is a collaboration between Henrik Olsen (Copenhagen, Denmark) and Petra de Winter (the Hague, the Netherlands). They write songs together and send eachother their ideas and tracks via  the internet. Once or twice a month they plan a studio session. Then Petra goes into the Mosound studio  (Zoetermeer)  from  and with sound engineer Marcel van Ling, with Henrik on an internet connection in Copenhagen. Thats the moment that they glue and produce all the parts and tracks together into a song.  No 800 km drive, no CO2, just working together via the internet. Henrik is guitarist and plays the bass, Petra is the singer. In 2012 they recorded the Forest, a new song. It became a quite orchestral and "filmish" song and it also needed a great drummer. Henrik invited the great and famous Danish drummer Gert Smedegaard to play the drums on this song and the result became fantastic. The drums were recorded near Hamlet's castle in the fantastic Focus Recording Studio in Danmark, by Hans Nielsen. The rest of the song is recorded and mastered by Marcel van Ling in his Mo Sound Studio in the Netherlands. The Forest is written, played and sung by Henrik Olsen and Petra de Winter and arranged and produced by Henrik Olsen, Petra de Winter and Marcel van Ling. In 2013 Olsen Winter composed and worked on yet another soundtrackish, monumental, orchestral piece, called "Two Boys." It's just ready, in the early spring of 2014. OW invited Giselle Bentvelsen (cello) and Marcel Peters ( acoustic , bowed double bass) to play along with the orchestra on that track, with a solo for Giselle too. Two Boys became a quite sad, melancholic song  and orchestral work, slightly influenced by composers like Henryk Gorecki and soundartists like Brian Eno. 

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