WARDRUNA Composer EINAR SELVIK Nominated For Music Export Prize
April 26, 2016, 8 years ago
He is, together with Trevor Morris, the composer of the music to the acclaimed HBO series Vikings, and has through his project Wardruna made the Norwegian cultural inheritance visible for the entire world.
Music Norway in collaboration with Spellemann (Norwegian Grammy) therefore saw it fit to nominate Einar Selvik for the Music Export Prize of 2015.
With the use of the oldest of Nordic instruments and poetic metres as well as lyrics written in Norwegian, Old Norse and Proto-Norse tongue, Wardruna has established themselves as the leading Norse/Heathen acts on the scene today.
Wardruna primarily use old and historical instruments such as primitive deer-hide frame drums, Kraviklyra, tagelharpe, mouth harp, goat horn, lur and more. Non-traditional instruments and other sources of sound like trees, rocks, water and torches are also used.
All of these elements are carefully woven into a rich musical landscape and complemented with whispering voices, melodic song and mighty choirs. Although Wardruna’s music share characteristics with music typically labeled as folk, world and/or ambient, none of these genres can really describe their unique style. It truly must be experienced.
