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09 December 2013

Reduced price on Havnatt's Etterlatte album

That's right! We're reducing the price on Havnatt's most recent album for the remainder of 2013! From now on and through December 31st you can order your copy for only €9.99, including shipping costs to anywhere on the planet. Head to secretquarters.com to make your order!

15 August 2013

Havnatt's Etterlatte album has been released!

Havnatt's Etterlatte album has now been released and will start appearing on various websites and services all over the world. Sites and services include secretquarters.com, iTunes, CD Baby, Amazon, Google Music, Last.fm, MySpace Music, Rhapsody, Shazam, Emusic, GreatIndieMusic, Spotify, Xbox Music and many others.

The Etterlatte album builds upon the foundation that Havnatt created with their Havdøgn EP (2012). All lyrics are still the unedited works of Norwegian author Tormod Skagestad. Largely based upon Cecilie Langlie's vocal performances and the acoustic guitar arrangements by Tom Simonsen, the sound is still unique, Havnatt-esque neofolk/dark folk. With Etterlatte the sound is also further expanded through larger musical arrangements that include piano, clarinets, violins and cellos, among others.

Each of the album's 12 tracks seeks to create a musical interpretation of one of Tormod Skagestad's poems, and deals with the unaltered lyrics of one entire poem. One interesting exception is the track Vårnatta Er Ein Lys Felestreng (Del 1). "Del 1" (meaning "Part 1" in Norwegian) indicates that the lyrics of this poem was actually cut in half and that "Del 2" will follow on a later release. Another exception is the addition of the instrumental track Mellom Linjene. Furthermore, the album includes two separate interpretations of the poem entitled Sovande Gard. The first interpretation of this poem makes up the first track of the album. Then the lyrics of this poem return once more on track 11 - with quite different results.

The CD version of the album comes with a beautifully crafted 28 page booklet with hand drawn illustrations for each of the tracks. Tormod Skagestad's original lyrics have also been reprinted in the booklet with permission from the Skagestad family.

Havnatt is
Cecilie Langlie - vocals
Tom Simonsen - guitars, bass, piano, drums

Session musicians
Mira Ursic - violins
Rosamund Brown - cellos
Tiina Granum - clarinets

All tracks composed, arranged and produced by Havnatt.
All lyrics by Tormod Skagestad.

The lyrics used on this album were taken from the following collections of poems:
Om fjellprofilan låg ei gullrand spent (1946)
I natt skal mange våke (1947)
Mørkt vatten glir mot havet (1950)

Recorded, mixed and mastered by Tom Simonsen at the Secret Quarters studios.
© 2013 Havnatt. All rights reserved.

Released by Secret Quarters.
The Secret Quarters logo © 2013 Secret Quarters. All rights reserved.

Album illustrations and design by Robert Høyem.

02 August 2013

Havnatt's Etterlatte album iTunes pre-sale now available!

Now, you can also order Havnatt's brand new Etterlatte album from iTunes! This is an iTunes pre-sale, meaning that you will get to download one of the album's tracks right away. The remaining tracks will then get downloaded automatically on the release date, August 15th.

Click here to get your copy of Etterlatte from iTunes.

31 July 2013

Havnatt's Etterlatte album pre-orders are available right now!

Just as promised, you can now pre-order your copy of Havnatt's brand new Etterlatte album, right this very minute! Make your order by using the "Buy now" button next to the Etterlatte release at secretquarters.com.

The Etterlatte album releases worldwide on August 15th. All pre-orders will be sent well ahead of that date.

29 July 2013

Etterlatte album and Havnatt Double Pack pre-orders

Havnatt's new Etterlatte album will be available for pre-order starting August 1st. (The worldwide release happens on August 15th.) But that's not all! Also possible starting August 1st: The pre-ordering of the Havnatt Double Pack! This will land you the Havndøgn EP and the Etterlatte album as parts of one neat little package.

The Havnatt Double Pack will be available for order and/or pre-order from the Secret Quarters website. Free shipping to every corner of the world, of course.

PS:
The Etterlatte album will also be available for pre-sale on iTunes starting August 1st! So if you prefer a digital download to a CD, why not head over there to get your copy and to be able to download one of the album's tracks right away.

10 July 2013

Havnatt's Etterlatte album releases on August 15th!


All the CD copies of Havnatt's brand new album entitled Etterlatte just got delivered, and we almost can't wait to start getting them out the door. The release will happen worldwide on August 15th, and we'll be accepting pre-orders starting August 1st! Pre-orders can be made through the Secret Quarters website.

In addition - also starting August 1st - we'll be doing a pre-sale of the Etterlatte album through iTunes. If you pre-order the album through iTunes you'll be able to download one of the album's 12 tracks two weeks ahead of release.

The CD version of the album comes with a beautifully crafted 28 page booklet with hand drawn illustrations for each of the tracks. Tormod Skagestad's original lyrics have also been reprinted in the booklet with permission from the Skagestad family.