Nordic inspired electronic darkwave music, created by Qdobenus

Qdobenus Music

Sjórok is the first single from Elinborg's upcoming EP

Sjórok

HEFRING

Written, composed, recorded, all instruments & lead vocals by Kati Rán
Mixed by Jaani Peuhu, Finland
Mastered by Minerva Audio, Finland
Guestvocal fx breaths, additional percussion by Jaani Peuhu
Guestvocal fx topliner by Xiomara Crystal

HEFRING

ELINBORG (25) was born and raised in the small town of Gøta in the Faroe Islands. From a young age, music and song writing became her biggest passion. Deeply influenced by the wild nature and surroundings of where she grew up, she describes her music as “dark electro pop.” In 2016 ELINBORG won ‘best live act of the year’ at the Faroese Music Awards. In May 2018 the young Faroese artist released her single ‘’Brimið’’, which was recently featured in the Norwegian Netflix TV Series ‘’RAGNAROK.’’

ELINBORG’s new forthcoming EP is entitled VERA, which translates from Faroese as ‘being’. The EP includes five new songs, all written by ELINBORG in her native language. Produced by herself and her sister Eivør , the songs were co- produced by Tróndur Bogason, Hallur Jonson and Norwegian producer, drummer and member of Highasakite, Trond Bersu. With her melancholic and crystal-clear voice floating through soundscapes of dark synths and electronic beats, ELINBORG draws us into her emotional world, singing about unattainable love and deep longing.

This track was created as part of a Native Instruments online synth building course. Each track uses a custom-built synthesizer, using NI's FM8, Absynth5 and Massive components.
Pohjoiselämää is Finnish and translates roughly to Nordic Life

Pohjoiselämää

This track has strong heavy beat and some repetitive melodic patterns. The main beat uses Heavyocity's Damage. This version is a remix and remaster of the track by the same name that was uploaded previously.

Damage Control

This track was inspired by a preliminary demo of a song Elinborg Pálsdóttir was working on. The intro is using Elinborg's original melody. She kindly allowed me to publish it.

For Elinborg

This track originally started out as a Hania Rani inspired piano track with heavy use of echoes, but developed in its own direction with the addition of percussive instruments, synth background, a drone-like base and synth elaborations.

Reflections on a Dark Wave

Lost Child is track nr 7 of the Beautiful World album / 11 harPoems for small ensemble.

link = https://www.harpandsoul.com/beautifulworld

Beautiful World

harp/cello duet ft. Jan Willem Troost

Sprutthol (Faroese for “blowhole”) is inspired by recordings made at the Sprutthol near Sandur on Sandoy, Føroyar. You will hear some sound samples recorded at this blowhole throughout this song as background waves.

A sample has been used to create a rhythmic instrument, which is featured with a pumping bass in the middle section. For this song new synth instruments have been created, using Native Instruments’ Massive X and Conflux, which feature in the melody. The melody reflects the stunning and calming coastal environment of Sandoy, where the original Sprutthol sounds were recorded and the anticipation associated with blowholes: will it be a big splash or not?

Sprutthol

Takk

Takk (feat. K.óla, Elinborg & Lea Kampmann)

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Garðagöta (feat. K.óla, Elinborg & Lea Kampmann)

A subtle background rhythm and a pumping bass pattern. That is the essence of “Caught in a wave”. An undulating melody played by synthesizers adds to the feeling of waves. Additional percussive elements, some created from recordings of water sounds add to the beat. The overall effect is a feeling of being immersed in a choppy sea of music.

Embrace the waves and see where they take you.

Caught in a wave

thijs de melker - bass/soundcapes + AV - landscape music composer = original harp solo

thijs = http://www.teejay.nl 
AV = http://www.harpandsoul.com

harp + bass + soundscapes

Qdobenus is the alias for Jaap van der Toorn, a Dutch electronic instrumentalist. The name Qdobenus comes from a fascination for marine mammals (Odobenus is the scientific name for the walrus) and for the letter Q.

He started playing acoustic guitar and later picked up electric guitar (using Native Instruments' Guitar Rig for effects). More recently he picked up playing keyboards and synthesizers and started recording and producing.

His songs evolve from experimental sounds, rhythmic patterns or basic melodic patterns. His style can be described as Nordic inspired electronic music, with some dark and rhythmic influences.

His main inspirations come from Nordic music styles (pop, jazz, folk and even "Viking" metal) and from neo-classical music.

Caught in a wave

Qdobenus

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