CHRISTINA SANDSENGEN
SOLACE
BEST CONTEMPORARY INSTRUMENTAL ALBUM
“…Of course, solace means comfort in a time of sadness or despair. But with these compositions, I don’t only mean to comfort. I also mean to give sound to sadness and despair itself—and fury, shock and anguish. With my guitar, and with layers of drums and piano and broom sticks and fire, I want here to unfold the many layers of my perseverance. I want to make a raw, honest portrait of that feeling of trembling, tumbling—when something almost mythical takes hold of your chest, so you are hardly able to breathe. But when I was a girl, I discovered that my guitar can breathe for me, that it can make a language beneath language, for a resonance that travels from fingertip right to the bone. I hope you feel here, as I do, the fragments of relief—and, yes, solace.” – Christina Sandsengen
COMPOSER
Christina Sandsengen
CLASSICAL GUITARIST
Christina Sandsengen
STUDIO PRODUCER
Fredrik Falk at Veksthuset, Oslo
RECORDING ENGINEER
Ole Teigen at Crowtown Recordings, Moss
MASTERING ENGINEER
Kenneth Amundsen at Vålerenga Platefabrikk, Oslo
ARTWORK
Nihil