Mark II

Sorten Muld | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 3, 1999)
• Original Release Date: August 3, 1999
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Northside Records
• ASIN: B00000JRLA
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #94,344 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #23 in Music > World Music > Europe > Scandinavia > General
  • #29 in Music > World Music > Europe > Continental Europe > Denmark

Track Listings

1. Man and the Elf-Girl

2. Venelite

3. King Harald

4. I Went Out One Summer's Day

5. Perils of the Sea

6. The Raven

7. Kirstin

8. As Stars up High

9. 2 Sisters

10. Mylardatter

11. I Can Tell by Your Eyes That You Have Another Love

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sorten Muld, January 7, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Mark II (Audio CD)

Has to be heard to believed. This is usually classified as world music, but some of it is very techno--samples of bagpipe music burst into the rhythm, and yes, you can dance to it; some of it is mysterious and moody--the sad lyrics are printed in English. Try something different.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A very worthy album, August 25, 1999

By 

Jellby ([e-mail]) (Badajoz, Spain) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mark II (Audio CD)

This CD is a very valuable work from Denmark. You can hear traditional songs with a very modern "make up". Some peple say that the danish language is too hard, by listening to these songs you'll find out it's not true. The music is definately one of the bests I have heard

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Original and very different, May 27, 2000

By 

neonxaos (Denmark) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mark II (Audio CD)

The idea is very simple: take some thousand year-old ballads, rewrite them in modern Danish and add modern techno beats to the traditional instruments. The result? One of the most interesting and original albums ever.

Sorten Muld (which means "The Black Soil" by the way) creates a unique fusion of the ancient and the modern which will have you dancing and wondering at the same time. The old melodies and lyrics (which may sound even more strange and mystical to non-Danes) get beneath your skin. Ulla Bendixen's voice is perfect for this, and all the music is played by very good musicians. Apart from the techno, violins and guitar, there are other intruments rarely heard in modern music, the bagpipe, the bodhrán and a diversity of ancient Nordic instruments.

Most Danish music has English lyrics these days because people say the Danish language is a bit too awkward and cumbersome for song lyrics. That is one of the stupidest myths I've ever heard. And Sorten Muld proves me right. Mark II is all Danish and it flows smoothly.

Absolutely brilliant!