{"title":"Kati Ran","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"sla","title":"SALA","description":"\u003cp\u003eSvart Records are proud to release the long-awaited full length album \"S?LA\" by Kati R?n in May 2024  If the most profound treasures are often the most deeply buried, the journey to uncover them is vital process of discovery. Five years after the 15-minute single \"Blodbylgje\" signaled the birth of a new, more primordial, and immersive vision after the dissolution of her band L.E.A.F., Nordic dark folk artist Kati R?n has expanded on its oceanic theme for her long-awaited full-length album, \"S?LA\". Embarking on a far-reaching musical and personal travelogue, it's a reawakening of both the feminine narratives submerged and fragmented within Norse mythology, and the enduring, healing powers held within.   Named after the Old Norse word for 'soul' and 'sea', \"S?LA\" is an act of 'soul retrieval', the shamanic art of trauma recovery, be it illness, death, heartbreak or loss, and the reintegration of a splintered self. Across its 13, wide-ranging, elegantly unfolding tracks, the album is an embodiment of different feminine voices and perspectives - from the Norse nine daughters of the sea, or 'billow maidens', through various historical and fictional figures to the late-night voices we hear in our most liminal states - all with tales to tell, riddles to solve, challenges to be accepted and guidance to offer. It's a multiplicity that, like the ocean itself, belongs to a vast, restless dynamic: a matrix of mysteries, unfathomable depths and ever-shifting currents, accumulating into an elemental, regenerative source of power.  Recorded in a barn in H?safell, Iceland - home to glacier ice caves and a rare lava stone marimba rediscovered for the track \"Stone Pillars\" - as well as Finland, Norway and at home in Kati's native Netherlands, \"S?LA\" is as much chronicle of Kati's own perspective-shifting recording process as it as a pilgrimage through different viewpoints and internal states. That itinerate urge is also reflected in the use of different languages, ranging across Norwegian, Old Norse, Icelandic, and, for the first time, English, her combination of ancient texts, historical reimagining's and unguarded personal reflection backed up by deep research into the most resonant recesses of Nordic lore.   Spun throughout every thread of \"S?LA\"  is a sense of communion  - with the power of stories to offer moral guidance and the thrill of the unknown; with the element of water, recreated across the album both in field recordings and the agelessly organic nature of the music itself; with the archetypes whose qualities we are called upon to embody at our most critical moments; and with the internal hidden realms forever whispering at us from the far edges of our consciousness.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Svart Records","offers":[{"title":"Black LP","offer_id":50402601238859,"sku":"2203540","price":37.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/test_e3d94044_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726551889"},{"product_id":"sala-5","title":"SALA","description":"\u003cp\u003eSvart Records are proud to release the long-awaited full length album \"SÁLA\" by Kati Rán in May 2024 If the most profound treasures are often the most deeply buried, the journey to uncover them is vital process of discovery. Five years after the 15-minute single “Blodbylgje” signaled the birth of a new, more primordial, and immersive vision after the dissolution of her band L.E.A.F., Nordic dark folk artist Kati Rán has expanded on its oceanic theme for her long-awaited full-length album, “SÁLA”. Embarking on a far-reaching musical and personal travelogue, it’s a reawakening of both the feminine narratives submerged and fragmented within Norse mythology, and the enduring, healing powers held within. Named after the Old Norse word for ‘soul’ and ‘sea’, “SÁLA” is an act of ‘soul retrieval’, the shamanic art of trauma recovery, be it illness, death, heartbreak or loss, and the reintegration of a splintered self. Across its 13, wide-ranging, elegantly unfolding tracks, the album is an embodiment of different feminine voices and perspectives – from the Norse nine daughters of the sea, or ‘billow maidens’, through various historical and fictional figures to the late-night voices we hear in our most liminal states – all with tales to tell, riddles to solve, challenges to be accepted and guidance to offer.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Svart Records","offers":[{"title":"Black LPx2","offer_id":50430277321035,"sku":"2197911","price":34.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"Grey LPx2","offer_id":50430278041931,"sku":"2197912","price":37.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":50430275354955,"sku":"2197909","price":19.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/a517746b22ce4bff8bd5cc7ac4349b6a_c80d7767_18db_48ee_a19_b10de0c3_thumbnail.webp?v=1726846562"},{"product_id":"lys-nx","title":"LYS","description":"\u003cp\u003eKati Rán's ‘LYS’ 2025 Anniversary Vinyl and CD out in April via Svart Records In April 2025, Dark Nordic Pagan Folk singer and multi-instrumentalist Kati Rán celebrates the ten-year anniversary of her debut album LYS (meaning “light” in Norwegian) with a brand-new physical release, available through Svart Records. The 2025 Anniversary Edition of LYS features the album’s ten original songs and the acoustic bonus track “Vinda” featuring Helisir. In 2015, LYS was recorded, produced, and released by Kati Rán and producer Christopher Juul (Heilung) at the renowned LAVA Studios in Denmark. Together, they shaped, recorded, and performed all the tracks, bringing Kati Rán’s inner world, voice, and historical instrumentation to life. LYS contains ten original tracks performed in Norwegian, English, German, and Old Norse, including the hit song “Suurin,” featuring Kai Uwe Faust and Maria Franz of the Danish act HEILUNG. Svart Records is re-releasing LYS in its very first vinyl format for listeners and collectors of the Nordic \u0026amp; Dark Folk music genre, along with a digipak CD format. All editions include updated artwork, a booklet with original lyrics and English translations, and the bonus track “Vinda Acoustic.” As a testament to her passion for music and her determination to stay true to her vision, Kati Rán originally released LYS in 2015 as a solo artist after her folk band L.E.A.F dissolved over artistic differences. During this transition to a solo career, Christopher Juul provided his immersive audio production expertise, which continues to shape the Nordic folk genre today through various projects and bands. The magic of their collaboration is evident in the LYS album, as well as in Kati Rán’s singles “Blodbylgje” and “Unnr Mindbeach,” which were featured on her latest album, SÁLA, in 2024. Since its original release, LYS has sold out all physical editions, garnered over 10 million streams across music platforms, and is widely considered a genre-defining record in Nordic Dark Folk.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Svart Records","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":51540504248651,"sku":"R1706-5593","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"LP - Black","offer_id":51540504281419,"sku":"R1706-7873","price":23.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"LP - Natural","offer_id":51540504314187,"sku":"R1706-7262","price":24.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/6430080237234.jpg?v=1743151094"}],"url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/de\/collections\/kati-ran.oembed","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}