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Bertine Zetlitz is a norwegian electronica pop princess. She stems from Oslo and a part of town called Frogner. A place where people are comfortably well off, and young girls like Bertine, can grow up knowing they can follow their dreams and ambitions. Like starring in a popular pre-teen programe on Norwegian tv, going to highschool and college tailor made for her musical aspirations.

After joining a band she was quickly aproached by record company people who told her to ditch the scruffy guys and go it on her own. Thus was born an electronica pop star.

She would have been launched outside little Norway with her third album (this is her fourth) but just before that happend EMI sacked people along the board and Bertine was lucky she sold as much as she did in Norway or maybe they would have dropped her as well.

This her fourth album continues the electronic path she has been on, with cooly breezy lyrics, containing more passion than one might at first think. She can be a scary woman Bertine. She is very beautiful and well spoken, but look long enough into those ice blue husky eyes of her, and you will be taken on a ride the makers of Narnia could only dream of.

And to those who would like to experience what can go on in Norway these days, and want some well made electronic pop with a heartbeat, spend a dollar or two extra on this import. I think you will be pleasantly surprised.

On this CD they backed off from the more synthesizer new-age sound that

had been her trademark. This album was practically a hip hop album,

nothing really interesting or captivating on this one. I hope they can

get back to doing stuff like 'Apples and Diamonds' and 'Tigerlily' and

really all the stuff that came BEFORE this one. That was the niche

Bertine had, almost exclusively, and should continue developing.