RunaFolk..... the best kept secret

Genre: Neo-Folk-Heathen

Members :
Grimsturm - Music, Lyrics, Instruments, Vocals
Sorgbyrden - Guest Female Vocals

Record label	: unsigned

Description :
Heathen Neo-Folk played on acoustic instruments including; violin, balalaika, glass flute, tin whistle, mouth harp, drums, bells and many more improvised, homemade 'instruments’ and subtle use of midi, accompanied by male and female vocals.

Concept :
To meditate on the Runes allowing them to bind themselves into songs and tell their own stories, whilst combining the outdoor feel of a live Blot Rite throughout, bringing the outside in and the inside out blending ‘Galdr and Skald magic’ with ‘Folk Music’ to re-kindle the fires of an ancient shared genetic memory of the Anglo Saxon that lives on in our spirit still.

Biography :
RunaFolk is a (non-gigging) Wodenist/Odinist self recorded solo project started in 2009 whilst recording balalaika at 4.00am in the morning with earphones on.
I became aware of the enormous thunder storm that had erupted over my house, so I stuck the SM57 mic out of the window I was already using and used spare tracks to record the storm in the same file….And so RunaFolk was born.
I have wanted to do a solo album like this for a while, based on the Futhark and a mix of Wodenism/ Odinism/ Heathenism, but as I play in other gigging bands, finding the time was always hard. Finally, inspired mainly by ‘The Winds that Sang of Midgard’s Fate’ by Hagalaz Runedance and the new Wardruna debut album (along with too many other influences to list here), Wyrd willed that it was time for RunaFolk to begin, signaled by the sound of Thunor’s/ Thor’s approval and Woden/Odin, God of Storms!
It soon became obvious that this solo project would benefit from adding female vocals but I specifically wanted my guest female vocalist to be interested in Wodenism/ Odinism. Having tried to recruit several female singers without much success I had become resigned to the fact that it may not be a realistic possibility….But the Gods and Wyrd were again kind to RunaFolk, as I had no idea that a female friend who was living right below me in the same place at that time, was interested in the same subject and had her own solo music project. After listening to a demo of one of her songs, where she played electric guitar, keyboards, violin and did all of her own vocals, recording and mastering, I demanded to hear more….And from that moment Sorgbyrden ‘the song bird’ joined RunaFolk on guest female vocals.

Website :
http://www.facebook.com/pages/RunaFolk/162268777191977
http://www.myspace.com/grimsturm
http://www.myspace.com/sorgbyrden

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