Finn Coren

My Life is my Art

And all the clowns came to
my show...

Dancing to the beat of my heart
Waltzing up and down in the rain
The echo of my very soul
Like a song without an end

Still growing in many ways
like a child...

I watch my image in the mirror
My thoughts are different from last year
I’m chasing the speed inside
Always cruising for my real self

Still growing in many ways
like a child...

-Hello, do you hear me...
My Life is my Art
I’m gonna show them everything
My Life is my Art
I’m gonna take pride in my madness
Show them everything...

Still growing in many ways
like a child...

Words & Music: Finn Coren (1984)
cello & oboearr. F.C

Finn Coren: vocals, synth, programming
Gisle Aarlott: guitar
Knut Brovold: snare
Bjørn Malmåsen: synthbass
Leif Magnus Rosenblad: oboe
Runa Berg: cello

Recorded at Ny York Studio, Oslo 1985
Engineered by Bengt Eriksen & Haakon Manheim
Mixed at Ny York Studio, Oslo by Bengt Eriksen,
F.C, Trond Brede Andersen
Produced by Finn Coren

Cheers to the Wild Boys

In a smokefilled room
by the tabledance
I found myself without a chance

At the other side of town
Where the lights are dim
I found her there
I found her there

Do the knifetrick from Chinatown
Shake yourself over the edge
Twist and shout, mess about
Bang the skies, bang the skies..Tonight

she said..
Cheers to the Wild Boys
Cheers to the Wild Boys
Cheers to the Wild Boys
who sway, sway

And when the speed was keen enough
In the middle of the song
She said, take me up
Take me up again

I wanna feel, I wanna live
In the Chinese Haze Let go,
let go..go, go, go, go

When I fall over...
When I fall over...
You give me cover...
You give me cover...

She said, she said
Cheers to the Wild Boys
Cheers to the Wild Boys
Cheers to the Wild Boys
who dance, dance..

Words & Music: Finn Coren (1984)

Finn Coren: vocals, synths, piano
Gisle Aarlott: guitars
Knut Brovold: drums
Bjørn Malmåsen: bass
Runa Berg: cello
"Jursprængt", L'Andre, Gisle, Trond: B-vocals

Recorded at Ny York Studio, Oslo 1985
Engineered by Haakon Manheim
Mixed at Ny York Studio, Oslo by Bengt Eriksen,
F.C, Trond Brede Andersen
Produced by Finn Coren

Darling Downs

I took all the horses
I rode fast, fast
I fell off the horses
Bloody white horses

I took the elevators
I took them downtown
I took the elevators
All the way down

Don't, don't leave me here
This is not a deathbed
I'm just asleep
Don't, don't leave me here
No...

My nerves are shot
I'm down below
I saw bloodspots
In the virgin snow

I need a drink
to take me home
I was happy, happy
At the Darling Downs

Don't, don't leave me here
I'm not dead
I'm just asleep
Don't, don't leave me here
No...No...

I live from day to day
I throw flowers in the sink...

Words & Music: Finn Coren (1986)

Finn Coren: vocals, guitars, piano
Gisle Aarlott: guitars
Knut Brovold: drums
Bjørn Malmåsen: bass
Rolf Wallin: trumpet
Trond Brede Andersen: tapes

Recorded at Ny York Studio, Oslo 1987
Engineered by Vibeke "Feedback" Blydt-Hansen
Mixed at LydCompagniet, Oslo by
Ulf W.Ø. Holand, Finn Coren,
Trond Brede Andersen, Tore Gustavsen
Produced by Finn Coren, Trond Brede Andersen
and Ulf W.Ø. Holand

Catch that Girl

Catch that girl yeah
Catch that girl Yeah
Catch that girl
-she got a thousand hearts
Catch that girl
-she got so many friends
Catch that girl
-she's never lonely no
-she always laugh and dance

All the white lies
She cannot hide
All the white lies
In her eyes

Catch that girl
Catch that girl
-tonight

Never look in her eyes, never
See straight through you
Never look in her eyes, never

Catch that girl, yeah
Catch that girl
-tonight
Catch that girl

Words & Music: Finn Coren (1986)

Finn Coren: vocals, synths, tapes
Gisle Aarlott: guitars
Knut Brovold: drums, bells
Bjørn Malmåsen: bass
Rolf Wallin: trumpet

Love's Loneliness

Old fathers, great-grandfathers,
Rise as kindred should.
If ever lover's loneliness
Came where you stood,
Pray that Heaven protect us
That protect your blood.

The mountain throws a shadow,
Thin is the moon's horn;
What did we remember
Under the ragged thorn?
Dread has followed longing,
And our hearts are torn.

Words: W. B. Yeats (1929)
from "Words for Music Perhaps"
Music: Finn Coren (1984)
Strings by Dagfinn Koch

Finn Coren: vocals
Kristin Skaare: piano
Aage Kvalbein: cello-solo
Liv Andersen: violin
Dagrun Agnes Vikesland: violin
Trygve-Johan Simonsen: viola
Mari Giske: viola
Sophie Norbye: cello
Ingrid S. Jensen: cello
Mattis Lundquist: double-bass
members of Oslo Gospel Choir: B-vocals

Recorded at Bel Studio, Oslo 1990
Engineered by Ulf W.Ø. Holand
Mixed at Bel Studio, Oslo by Ulf W.Ø. Holand
Produced by Ulf W.Ø. Holand, Finn Coren and Trøst

Crazy Jane on the Day of Judgment

'Love is all
Unsatisfied
That cannot take the whole
Body and soul';
And that is what Jane said.

'Take the sour
If you take me,
I can scoff and lour
And scold for an hour.'
'That's certainly the case,' said he.

'Naked I lay,
The grass my bed;
Naked and hidden away,
That black day';
And that is what Jane said.

'What can be shown?
What true love be?
All could be known or shown
If Time were but gone.'
'That's certainly the case,' said he.

Words: W.B. Yeats (1931)
from "Words for Music Perhaps"
Music: Trøst (1989)

Trøst: vocal, piano, synth, guitar
Finn Coren: vocal
Kyrre Sætran:bass
Einar Bergem: double-bass
Ulf W.Ø. Holand: programming
Hilde Norrgrén: B-vocal

Recorded at Bel Studio, Oslo 1989
Engineered by Ulf.W.Ø. Holand
Mixed at Bel Studio, Oslo by Ulf W.Ø. Holand
Produced by Ulf W.Ø. Holand, Trøst and
Finn Coren.

THE FLY

Little Fly
Thy summers play,
My thoughtless hand
Has brush'd away.

Am not I
A fly like thee?
Or art not thou
A man like me?

For I dance
And drink & sing:
Till some blind hand
Shall brush my wing.

If thought is life
And strenght & breath:
And the want
Of thought is death;

Then am I
A happy fly,
If I live
Or if I die.

Words: William Blake (1794)
from "Songs of Experience"
Music: Finn Coren (1991) Fiddlearr. F.C

Finn Coren: vocals, tape
Kyrre Sætran: bass, guitar
Ulf Holand: programming, effects
Gjermund Kolltveit: Hardanger-fiddle
Eystein Hopland: bagla-bouzoki
Lars Pedersen: tablas

Recorded at Park Studio, Waterfall Studio
and Lydlab Studio, Oslo 1993-95
Engineered by Eystein Hopland,
Bjørn Are Rognlid and Ulf Holand
Mixed at Lydlab Studio, Oslo by Ulf W.Ø. Holand
Produced by Ulf W.Ø. Holand

THE FLY (93-version)

Little Fly
Thy summers play,
My thoughtless hand
Has brush'd away.

Am not I
A fly like thee?
Or art not thou
A man like me?

For I dance
And drink & sing:
Till some blind hand
Shall brush my wing.

If thought is life
And strenght & breath:
And the want
Of thought is death;

Then am I
A happy fly,
If I live
Or if I die.

Words: William Blake (1794)
from "Songs of Experience"
Music: Finn Coren (1991) Fiddlearr. F.C

Finn Coren: vocals
Kyrre Sætran: bass, guitar
Gjermund Kolltveit: Hardanger-fiddle
Eystein Hopland: bagla-bouzoki
Lars Pedersen: drums, percussion, tablas
Bugge Wesseltoft: organ

Recorded at Park Studio, Waterfall Studio
and Lydlab Studio, Oslo 1993-94
Engineered by Eystein Hopland,
Bjørn Are Rognlid and Ulf Holand
Mixed at Lydlab Studio, Oslo by Ulf W.Ø. Holand
Produced by Finn Coren, Nils-Arne Øvergård,
Ulf W.Ø. Holand, Eystein Hopland

THE FLY
(Norwegian Folk-version)

Little Fly
Thy summers play,
My thoughtless hand
Has brush'd away.

Am not I
A fly like thee?
Or art not thou
A man like me?

For I dance
And drink & sing:
Till some blind hand
Shall brush my wing.

If thought is life
And strenght & breath:
And the want
Of thought is death;

Then am I
A happy fly,
If I live
Or if I die.

Words: William Blake (1794)
from "Songs of Experience"
Music: Finn Coren (1991) Fiddlearr. F.C

Finn Coren: vocals
Kyrre Sætran: mandolin
Gjermund Kolltveit: Hardanger-fiddle

Recorded at Waterfall Studio, Oslo 1994
Engineered by Bjørn Are Rognlid
Mixed at Lydlab Studio, Oslo by
Frode-André Kristiansen
Produced by Finn Coren

The Ecchoing Green

The Sun does arise,
And make happy the skies.
The merry bells ring
To welcome the Spring.
The sky-lark and thrush,
The birds of the bush,
Sing louder around,
To the bells chearful sound.
While our sports shall be seen
On the Ecchoing Green.

Old John with white hair
Does laugh away care,
Sitting under the oak,
Among the old folk.
They laugh at our play,
And soon they all say:
"Such, such were the joys
When we all, girls & boys,
In our youth-time were seen
On the Ecchoing Green."

Till the little ones, weary,
No more can be merry;
The sun does descend,
And our sports have an end.
Round the laps of their mothers
Many sisters and brothers,
Like birds in their nest,
Are ready for rest;
And sport no more seen
On the darkening Green.

Words: William Blake (1789)
from "Songs of Innocence"
Music: Finn Coren (1983)

Finn Coren: vocals
Kyrre Sætran: bass, guitars
Anders Engen: drums
Jon-Willy Rydningen: Fender-Rhodes el.piano

Recorded at Lydlab Studio, Bard Studio,
Oslo 1995 -96
Engineered by Frode-André Kristiansen
Mixed at Lydlab Studio, Oslo by Ulf W.Ø. Holand
Produced by Finn Coren

The Wild Flower's Song

As I wanderd the forest
The green leaves among
I heard a wild flower
Singing a song

I slept in the earth
In the silent night
I murmurd my fears
And I felt delight

In the morning I went
As rosy as morn
To seek for new Joy
But I met with scorn.

Words: William Blake (ca 1793)
from Blakes notebook
Music: Finn Coren (1992)

Finn Coren: vocals, acoustic guitar
Nils-Arne Øvergård: guitars
Kyrre Sætran: bass
Lars Pedersen: drums, percussion, timpani
Berit Lohne: B-vocals, Fender Rhodes el.piano

Recorded at Park Studio, Lydlab Studio, Waterfall Studio, Oslo 1993-94
Engineered by Eystein Hopland,
Ulf W.Ø. Holand and Bjørn-Are Rognlid
Mixed at Lydlab Studio, Oslo by Ulf W.Ø. Holand
Produced by Finn Coren, Nils-Arne Øvergård,
Ulf W.Ø. Holand, Eystein Hopland

A Poison Tree

I was angry with my friend,
I told my wrath, my wrath did end;
I was angry with my foe,
I told it not, my wrath did grow.

And I water'd it in fears,
Night & morning with my tears;
And I sunned it with smiles,
And with soft deceitful wiles.

And it grew both day and night,
Till it bore an appel bright;
And my foe beheld it shine,
And he knew that it was mine.

And into my garden stole
When the night had veil'd the pole:
In the morning glad I see
My foe outstretch'd beneath the tree.

Words: William Blake (1794)
from "Songs of Experience"
Music: Finn Coren (1991)

Finn Coren: vocals
Nils-Arne Øvergård: guitar-effects
Bugge Wesseltoft: Wurlitzer el.piano
Kyrre Sætran: bass
Lars Pedersen: drums, percussion
Tov Ramstad: cello
Eystein Hopland: effects

Recorded at Park Studio and
Waterfall Studio, Oslo 1993-94
Engineered by Eystein Hopland and
Bjørn-Are Rognlid.
Mixed at Lydlab Studio by Eystein Hopland
Produced by Finn Coren, Nils-Arne Øvergård and Eystein Hopland

Riverboatman

Riverboatman
Row me over
To the times
When the world was not crazy

When I was a boy
And no scars in my heart
And the Earth
Was not hurting

Let your lantern guide us there
Let your lantern guide us home

Riverboatman
Row me over
To the times
When greed was no ruling

When we were pure
In our souls, in our hearts
No black clouds
Above our shoulders

Let your lantern guide us there
Let your lantern guide us home

Riverboatman
Row me over
To the times
When the world was not crazy

When I was a boy
And no scars in my heart
And the Earth
Was not hurting

Let your lantern guide us there
Let your lantern guide us home

Words & Music: Finn Coren (1992)
Strings by Tov Ramstad

Finn Coren: vocal, piano
with Cikada String Quartet;
Odd Hannisdal: violin
Henrik Hannisdal: violin
Marek Konstantynowicz: viola
Morten Hannisdal: cello

Recorded at Rainbow Studio and
Lydlab Studio, Oslo 1993 & 1998
Engineered by Ulf W.Ø. Holand and
Jon Marius Aareskjold
Mixed at Lydlab Studio, oslo by Ulf W.Ø. Holand
Produced by Finn Coren and Ulf W.Ø. Holand

A Christmas Blessing

God send us a happy Christmas
His blessing be on our home
His love be around our loved ones
Wherever on earth they roam

God send us a holy Christmas
His name be on every mind
And close to the crib of Bethlehem
True happiness may we find

God send us a peaceful Christmas
May the sweetest of memories throng
Where we sit by the festive fireside
To sing us a soothing song

God send us a merry Christmas
To us and to all we love!
On our home may the babe of Bethlehem
Smile down from his home above

Words: Irish Trad.
"An Irish Christmas Blessing"
Music: Finn Coren (1998)

Finn Coren: vocals, acoustic guitar
Ulf "Santa" Holand: bells

Recorded at Bard Studio, Oslo 1998
Engineered by F.C
Mixed at Lydlab Studio, Oslo by Ulf W.Ø. Holand
Produced by Finn Coren

Star of Night

In a winter's night
Saw a blaze of light
So pure and white
Star of night

From the highest bliss
To a world like this
Everlasting light
Star of night

Glory to you my Lord
Bringing a gift of gold

On this endris night
Saw a perfect light
Beaming so bright
Star of night

Gloria tibi domine
Glory to you my Lord

Words & Music: Finn Coren (1993)

Finn Coren: vocals, acoustic guitar

Recorded at Bard Studio, Oslo 1996
Engineered by F.C
Mixed at Lydlab Studio, Oslo by Ulf W.Ø. Holand
Produced by Finn Coren

The Smile

There is a Smile of Love,
And there is a Smile of Deceit,
And there is a Smile of Smiles
In which these two Smiles meet.

And there is a Frown of Hate,
And there is a Frown of Disdain,
And there is a Frown of Frowns
Which you strive to forget in vain;

For it sticks in the Heart's deep Core
And it sticks in the deep Back bone,
And no Smile that ever was smil'd,
But only one Smile alone,

That betwixt the Cradle & Grave
It only once Smil'd can be;
But, when it once is Smil'd,
There's an end to all Misery.

Words: William Blake (ca.1803)
from "The Pickering Manuscript"
Music: Finn Coren (1996)
Strings by Baard Slagsvold

Finn Coren: vocals, choir
Helge Hovland: guitars
Kyrre Sætran: bass
Jon-Willy Rydningen: mellotron, synth
Per Lindvall: drums, perc
Elisabeth Lie: violin
Victoria Johnson: violin
Lena Torgersen: violin
Paulin Skoglund Voss: cello

Recorded at Lydlab Studio,
Gjøkeredet Studio, Oslo 1998
Engineered by Ulf W.Ø. Holand,
Jon Marius Aareskjold and Jon-Willy Rydningen
Mixed at Lydlab Studio, Oslo by Ulf W.Ø. Holand
Produced by Ulf W.Ø. Holand & Finn Coren

Vinternatt

No kveikjer Vårherre sitt joletre
i den kvite vinternatt.
All den glitrande stasen, barn,
vilde du gjerne hatt.

Himmelgrani so fin og blå
har greiner av tandrande ljos;
karlsvogner kjem frå langferd der,
og måneskip sigler sin kos.

Du vil gripa og leika, barn.
Og kanskje skal di hand
ein gong plukka månar ned
og sløkkja stjernor i brand.

Winter Night

Our Lord now lights up his Christmas Tree
in the white winter night.
All that glittering splendour, child,
you’d like to be yours.

The heavenly spruce is fine and blue
its branches sparkle and sparkle.
Charles’ Wains arrive from afar
and moonships follow their courses.

You want to catch hold and play, child.
And perhaps one day your hand
will pluck moons downs
and put out burning stars.

Words: Olav H. Hauge
from «Under Bergfallet» /
«Beneath the Crag» (1951)
Music: Finn Coren (orig. 1983)
Strings & Brass by Finn Coren
Strings orchestrated by Dagfinn Koch

Finn Coren: vocal, synth, choir
Helge Hovland: acoustic & electric guitar
Øyvind Fossheim: piano, electric piano, organ
Lars Fredrik Frøislie: mellotron
Atle Rakvåg: bass
Ole Tom Torjussen: drums
Svetlana Orlova: violin
Pål Svendsberget: violin
Trygve-Johan Simonsen: viola
Nikolai Skliarevski: cello
Per Willy Aaserud: trumpet
Øyvind Brække: trombone
Ole, David, Per Olav & Jonathan: choir

Recorded at Lydkjøkkenet Studio,
Oslo 2000-2004
Engineered by Øystein Vesaas
Mixed at Lydkjøkkenet Studio, Oslo
by Øystein Vesaas and Finn Coren
Produced by Finn Coren and Øystein Vesaas

Eg dreg ifrå glaset

Eg dreg ifrå glaset fyrr eg legg meg,
eg vil sjå det levande myrkret når eg vaknar,
og skogen og himmelen. Eg veit ei grav
som ikkje har glugg mot stjernone.
No er Orion komen i vest, alltid jagande -
han er ikkje komen lenger enn eg.
Kirsebærtreet utanfor er nake og svart.
I den svimlande blå himmelklokka
ritar morgonmånen med hard nagl.

I open the curtain

Before going to bed I open the curtain,
I want to see the living darkness when I wake,
and the forest and the sky. I know a grave
without a peep-hole to the stars.

Orion’s come in the west, forever on the hunt -
he’s come no further than I.
The cherry tree outside is bare and black.
In the huge blue curve of heaven
the morning moon draws with a hard nail.

Words: Olav H. Hauge
from «På Ørnetuva» /
«On the Eagle’s Tussock» (1961)
Music: Finn Coren (nov 2000)
Flutearr by Finn Coren

Finn Coren: vocal
Øyvind Fossheim: piano
Ketil Vestrum Einarsen: flute
Atle Rakvåg: bass

Recorded at Lydkjøkkenet Studio,
Oslo and Jar Kirke, Bærum 2000-2003
Engineered by Øystein Vesaas
Mixed at Lydkjøkkenet Studio, Oslo
by Øystein Vesaas and Finn Coren
Produced by Finn Coren and Øystein Vesaas

Vinternatt (akustisk versjon)

No kveikjer Vårherre sitt joletre
i den kvite vinternatt.
All den glitrande stasen, barn,
vilde du gjerne hatt.

Himmelgrani so fin og blå
har greiner av tandrande ljos;
karlsvogner kjem frå langferd der,
og måneskip sigler sin kos.

Du vil gripa og leika, barn.
Og kanskje skal di hand
ein gong plukka månar ned
og sløkkja stjernor i brand.

Winter Night

Our Lord now lights up his Christmas Tree
in the white winter night.
All that glittering splendour, child,
you’d like to be yours.

The heavenly spruce is fine and blue
its branches sparkle and sparkle.
Charles’ Wains arrive from afar
and moonships follow their courses.

You want to catch hold and play, child.
And perhaps one day your hand
will pluck moons downs
and put out burning stars.

Words: Olav H. Hauge
from «Under Bergfallet» /
«Beneath the Crag» (1951)
Music: Finn Coren (orig. 1983)
Strings & Brass by Finn Coren
Strings orchestrated by Dagfinn Koch

Finn Coren: vocal
Øyvind Fossheim: piano
Svetlana Orlova: violin
Pål Svendsberget: violin
Trygve-Johan Simonsen: viola
Nikolai Skliarevski: cello
Per Willy Aaserud: trumpet
Øyvind Brække: trombone

Recorded at Lydkjøkkenet Studio,
Oslo 2000-2004
Engineered by Øystein Vesaas
Mixed at Lydkjøkkenet Studio, Oslo
by Øystein Vesaas and Finn Coren
Produced by Finn Coren and Øystein Vesaas

Vårkjenning

Eg merka våren i dag.
Osane blenkte kring landet.
Millom ljosleggja bjørker
var fura byrja å ande.

Stig, sol, og lokk utfor vegg
kvart frose barn!
Og eg vil gløda i solavlen
kalde jarn.

Signs of Spring

I noticed spring today.
The willows glittered everywhere.
Among blond birches
each pine started to breathe.

Rise up, sun, entice out of doors
every frozen child.
And in the sun’s vigour I shall make
cold iron glow.

Words: Olav H. Hauge
from «Under Bergfallet» /
«Beneath the Crag» (1951)
Music: Finn Coren (sept 1999)
Strings by Finn Coren
Orchestrated by Dagfinn Koch

Finn Coren: vocal, synth, choir
Helge Hovland: acoustic & electric guitar
Jarle Bernhoft: electric guitar
Øyvind Fossheim: organ, electric piano
Atle Rakvåg: bass
Ole Tom Torjussen: drums, loop
Celio De Carvalho: percussion
Svetlana Orlova: violin
Pål Svendsberget: violin
Trygve-Johan Simonsen: viola
Nikolai Skliarevski: cello

Recorded at Lydkjøkkenet Studio, Oslo 2000-2001
Engineered by Øystein Vesaas
Mixed at Lydkjøkkenet Studio, Oslo
by Øystein Vesaas and Finn Coren
Produced by Finn Coren and Øystein Vesaas

Kirsebærtreet

Det stend eit tre i hagen
og sprikjer i vårkalde dagen
med skinande nysnjo-grein.
Det duskar mot stoveglaset
og drys yver fjorgamle graset
blomane ein for ein.

Og det er kirsebærtreet
innanfor hageleet
som blømer i tidleg vår.
Mot gråe skytjeveggen
luter det krokne leggen
og signar oss atter eit år.

Tusund angande blomar
brusar um tak og plomar;
heilagt og kvitt og stilt
skin det i døkke næter
og freden i tunet gjæter
- ei jartegn på vår og mildt.

Det speglar seg bljugt i strondi,
og minner um austerlondi,
um japanske hagar og dikt.
Det tøygjer toppen i tråe
mot alle snjofjell blåe,
til vår i kulden vigt.

«The Cherry Tree»

Words: Olav H. Hauge
from «Glør i oska» /
«Embers in the Ashes» (1946)
Music: Finn Coren (nov 2000)
Strings by Finn Coren
Orchestrated by Dagfinn Koch

Finn Coren: vocal
Olav H. Hauge: vocal (from archives)
Øyvind Fossheim: piano, pumporgan
Svetlana Orlova: violin
Pål Svendsberget: violin
Trygve-Johan Simonsen: viola
Nikolai Skliarevski: cello
Gjermund Kolltveit: hardanger-fiddle

Recorded at Lydkjøkkenet Studio, Oslo 2000-2003
Engineered by Øystein Vesaas
Mixed at Lydkjøkkenet Studio, Oslo
by Øystein Vesaas and Finn Coren
Produced by Finn Coren and Øystein Vesaas

Vårkjenning (akustisk versjon)

Eg merka våren i dag.
Osane blenkte kring landet.
Millom ljosleggja bjørker
var fura byrja å ande.

Stig, sol, og lokk utfor vegg
kvart frose barn!
Og eg vil gløda i solavlen
kalde jarn.

«Signs of Spring» - acoustic version

Words: Olav H. Hauge
from «Under Bergfallet» /
«Beneath the Crag» (1951)
Music: Finn Coren (sept 1999)
Strings & brass by Finn Coren
Strings orchestrated by Dagfinn Koch

Finn Coren: vocal, choir
Helge Hovland: acoustic guitar
Jarle Bernhoft: half-acoustic guitar
Øyvind Fossheim: organ, piano
Atle Rakvåg: bass
Ole Tom Torjussen: drums
Celio De Carvalho: percussion
Svetlana Orlova: violin
Pål Svendsberget: violin
Trygve-Johan Simonsen: viola
Nikolai Skliarevski: cello
Per Willy Aaserud: trumpet, pumporgan
Edel Bjelde: choir

Recorded at Lydkjøkkenet Studio, Oslo
and Jar Kirke, Bærum 2000-2003
Engineered by Øystein Vesaas
Mixed at Lydkjøkkenet Studio, Oslo
by Øystein Vesaas and Finn Coren
Produced by Finn Coren and Øystein Vesaas

Det er den draumen

Det er den draumen me ber på
at noko vedunderleg skal skje,
at det må skje -
at tidi skal opna seg
at hjarta skal opna seg
at dører skal opna seg
at berget skal opna seg
at kjeldor skal springa -
at draumen skal opna seg,
at me ei morgonstund skal glida inn
på ein våg me ikkje har visst um.

fra "DROPAR I AUSTAVIND" (1966)

IT'S THE DREAM

It's the dream we carry in secret
that something miraculous will happen,
that it must happen -
that time will open
that the heart will open
that doors will open,
that the rockface will open
that springs will gush -
that the dream will open,
that one morning we will glide into
some little harbour we didn't know was there.

from "Drops in the East Wind" (1966)

Finn Coren: vocal, synth
Olav H. Hauge: vocal (from archives)
Helge Hovland: acoustic & eletric guitars
Øyvind Fossheim: piano
Atle Rakvåg: bass
Ole Tom Torjussen: drums
Celio De Carvalho: percussion
Svetlana Orlova: violin
Pål Svendsberget: violin
Trygve-Johan Simonsen: viola
Nikolai Skliarevski: cello
Per Willy Aaserud: trumpet

Recorded at Lydkjøkkenet Studio, Oslo
and Jar Kirke, Bærum 2000-2003
Engineered by Øystein Vesaas
Mixed at Lydkjøkkenet Studio, Oslo
by Øystein Vesaas and Finn Coren
Produced by Finn Coren and Øystein Vesaas

Det er den draumen (acoustic version)

fra "DROPAR I AUSTAVIND" (1966)

IT'S THE DREAM

from "Drops in the East Wind" (1966)

Finn Coren: vocal
Helge Hovland: acoustic guitar
Svetlana Orlova: violin
Pål Svendsberget: violin
Trygve-Johan Simonsen: viola
Nikolai Skliarevski: cello

Recorded at Lydkjøkkenet Studio, Oslo 2006
Engineered by Øystein Vesaas
Mixed at Lydkjøkkenet Studio, Oslo
by Øystein Vesaas and Finn Coren
Produced by Finn Coren and Øystein Vesaas