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Celebrated Norwegian singer and composer Susanna announces her new album, Meditations on Love, out August 23rd via her label SusannaSonata. Having spent five years writing material, Meditations on Love reflects the complexities and difficulties of maintaining love. So many songs celebrate the giddy joy of a new connection or lick the wounds from a break-up. Still, Meditations on Love explores what happens in between, examining the work required by a healthy relationship and contemplating the conditions that turn love into something toxic. Susannaʼs mastery of balladry is well documented, but in Meditations on Love, she introduces a rhythmic presence new to her work. The result is one of Susannaʼs strongest and most dynamic recordings of her career.

YOU CAN ORDER:

• LP: ltd clear vinyl 140 gr with printed inlay

• CD: Digipack with booklet

• LTD MC: high-quality tape and cover

Listen to the album here:

ALBUM RELEASED August 23rd 

CREDITS:

Susanna vocals, prepared grand piano, mellotron, hammond organ, synths
Juhani Silvola programming, prepared grand piano, synths, hammond organ, mellotron, timpani,
xylophone, vibraphone, percussion
Morten Barrikmo clarinet, bass clarinet, contrabass clarinet
Dag Erik Knedal Andersen drums and percussion
Ane Marthe Sørlien Holen small trash percussion, timpani, xylophone, grand cassa, tamtam
Harald Lassen saxophone and flute
Sarah-Jane Summers violin and viola
Music and lyrics by Susanna
Produced by Juhani Silvola and Susanna
Recorded by Marcus Bror Forsgren at Studio Paradiso
Recorded by Juhani Silvola at Sonata Studio and various locations in Oslo, Norway
Mixed by Bård Ingebrigtsen at Ekkoko and Juhani Silvola at K16a
Mastered by Helge Sten at Audio Virus LAB
Illustrations by Ingrid Torvund
Cover design by Rune Mortensen