Aurora ready for a new start in Bergen
Jun 17, 2017 19:08:02 GMT
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Post by onelittlewarrior on Jun 17, 2017 19:08:02 GMT
(Translated into English by onelittlewarrior )
Aurora will play at Bergenfest with new musicians and a few new songs. - The audience's first impressions are everything. I look forward to the reception, Aurora tells BT.
After 200 gigs in 2016 Aurora has had a respite from touring this year. Now she's ready to play again, together with old acquaintances and with new songs that will appear on her next album, in 2018.
- Through a lot together
The Bergenfest concert on Saturday marks the beginning of a new chapter. This time Fredrik Vogsborg, known mostly from The Megaphonic Thrift and Datarock, is the guitarist. While Silja Sol, a good friend of Aurora's, are back on keys and backing vocals.
- The bank behind Aurora has varied over time. It all depends on who has the time to join me on my hectic tours. I like new people coming in, but I miss the ones who leave. The common denominator is that everyone's bring their talents to the music instead of just copying. And we're together the whole day, and eat most meals together. So it's important we're comfortable in each other's presence. Which we are.
- What's it like having Silja Sol back on the team?
- Quite fun. I mean, she was there from the start. Those were special and strange days. We went through a lot together. Silja's a good singer as well, says Aurora.
Bought a new flat
She's looking forward to meeting the audience again. There will probably be close to 9,000 in the crowd on Plenen on Saturday - two years after she played there the first time.
- Last year was a real struggle with 200 gigs and a lot of travelling. But at the same time it was very fun and I learnt a lot. I got to test my limits. Luckily I've had a lot of time on my hands to write new songs. That's the hardest thing about being on tour - you're deprived of studio time and you don't get to work with your ideas properly. Now I'm looking forward to perform again. You do get a bit restless, Aurora says.
She's just moved into a new flat in downtown Bergen.
- It's nice to loosen your strings a bit, get something that's our own - even if I'm home in Drange quite often. There I have a studio as well. After 18 months on the road I needed my own little nest. Besides, it's easier to get to Bergen Airport from here, she smiles.
- Tired and exhausted
Putting new songs on her setlist means removing some of her old favourites. And Aurora doesn't do that light-heartedly.
- I realise that the sad and most intimate songs don't really fit in a festival. I also get tired and exhausted from feeling and crying that much. I do get into the spirit of my own songs. And that's the only way to do it. I can tell myself to restrain myself, but that doesn't work, of course.
- You'll play at big festivals this summer. And you've already sold out concerts in Brazil this autumn. But the US is not on the list. Is that a protest against Trump?
- We tone down the US until we have a new single out. Then there'll be more promo over there. But I've been pondering about the following: That many of those who come to power shouldn't have. But a boycott is not the right thing, although I may have had an impulsive urge to do so. I do think about my fans in the US. Maybe I should go there more often?
- Then you're not a very political artist, are you?
- You're right, I don't want to go down that road. The best thing to focus on is being kind to your surroundings, says Aurora.
Praise from super star
A person to praise Aurora when she can is super star Katy Perry. The last time it happened was in connection with the benefit concert in Manchester shown on NRK. The 20 year old from Os cannot but smile.
- It's very kind of her. A cool lady. As a person she's so down to earth, easy and simple to talk with. She asks me how I'm doing. I feel very relaxed with her. We're very different as artists, and we're at different states in our lives. Still we have a lot in common.
- You've never been a very commercial artist, have you?
- I've never longed for stardom. But people who recognise me and contact me are mostly very kind.
- Your friend Sigrid Raabe seems very confident and determined?
- She's so talented and comfortable with what she's doing. Our debuts at Bylarm were very different. I didn't really knew then if I wanted to become an artist. Sigrid's gone very far. She's a proper artist already. It's fun to see the path she's chosen, see the pictures she's put on social media. "Two years ago we did the same thing", I think to myself, says Aurora.
Gets people to come to Bergen
She wants to record most of her new album in Bergen. Long tours abroad makes her even more proud of her city and her country.
- I want to collect people, as it were. That means I fly people I want to work with to Bergen. I believe that will make the songs more pulsating and energetic. I always want to record in Bergen. This is where I sing the best.
- Do you mean that?
- Yes. My wish and my goal is to re-record the vocals, in front of a live audience. Maybe in a church nearby. It has the proper acoustics. And it'll be more authentic and alive, Aurora says.
She doesn't go to concerts much. She doesn't know it she'll experience Bergenfest as a member of the audience. Even if she had a hit with the Oasis song "Half the World Away", the band that Liam Gallagher, also coming to Bergenfest, was a member of.
- I'm not very good at listening to other people's music. I have so much of my own music in my brain. I really didn't have a relationship with Oasis when I was asked to do that song. I mostly listen to film music.
- In closing, did you see the parody that Christine Hope did of you in her latest show?
- Yes. She's a really cool lady. We're part of the same extended family because my manager, Geir, is her husband Doddo's brother. It's an honour being parodied. The first time I was I thought: "Maybe I'm like that"? I know how I am and I'm proud of it, says Aurora.
(Original article at www.bt.no/kultur/Aurora-klar-for-ny-start-i-Bergen-335681b.html )
Aurora will play at Bergenfest with new musicians and a few new songs. - The audience's first impressions are everything. I look forward to the reception, Aurora tells BT.
After 200 gigs in 2016 Aurora has had a respite from touring this year. Now she's ready to play again, together with old acquaintances and with new songs that will appear on her next album, in 2018.
- Through a lot together
The Bergenfest concert on Saturday marks the beginning of a new chapter. This time Fredrik Vogsborg, known mostly from The Megaphonic Thrift and Datarock, is the guitarist. While Silja Sol, a good friend of Aurora's, are back on keys and backing vocals.
- The bank behind Aurora has varied over time. It all depends on who has the time to join me on my hectic tours. I like new people coming in, but I miss the ones who leave. The common denominator is that everyone's bring their talents to the music instead of just copying. And we're together the whole day, and eat most meals together. So it's important we're comfortable in each other's presence. Which we are.
- What's it like having Silja Sol back on the team?
- Quite fun. I mean, she was there from the start. Those were special and strange days. We went through a lot together. Silja's a good singer as well, says Aurora.
Bought a new flat
She's looking forward to meeting the audience again. There will probably be close to 9,000 in the crowd on Plenen on Saturday - two years after she played there the first time.
- Last year was a real struggle with 200 gigs and a lot of travelling. But at the same time it was very fun and I learnt a lot. I got to test my limits. Luckily I've had a lot of time on my hands to write new songs. That's the hardest thing about being on tour - you're deprived of studio time and you don't get to work with your ideas properly. Now I'm looking forward to perform again. You do get a bit restless, Aurora says.
She's just moved into a new flat in downtown Bergen.
- It's nice to loosen your strings a bit, get something that's our own - even if I'm home in Drange quite often. There I have a studio as well. After 18 months on the road I needed my own little nest. Besides, it's easier to get to Bergen Airport from here, she smiles.
- Tired and exhausted
Putting new songs on her setlist means removing some of her old favourites. And Aurora doesn't do that light-heartedly.
- I realise that the sad and most intimate songs don't really fit in a festival. I also get tired and exhausted from feeling and crying that much. I do get into the spirit of my own songs. And that's the only way to do it. I can tell myself to restrain myself, but that doesn't work, of course.
- You'll play at big festivals this summer. And you've already sold out concerts in Brazil this autumn. But the US is not on the list. Is that a protest against Trump?
- We tone down the US until we have a new single out. Then there'll be more promo over there. But I've been pondering about the following: That many of those who come to power shouldn't have. But a boycott is not the right thing, although I may have had an impulsive urge to do so. I do think about my fans in the US. Maybe I should go there more often?
- Then you're not a very political artist, are you?
- You're right, I don't want to go down that road. The best thing to focus on is being kind to your surroundings, says Aurora.
Praise from super star
A person to praise Aurora when she can is super star Katy Perry. The last time it happened was in connection with the benefit concert in Manchester shown on NRK. The 20 year old from Os cannot but smile.
- It's very kind of her. A cool lady. As a person she's so down to earth, easy and simple to talk with. She asks me how I'm doing. I feel very relaxed with her. We're very different as artists, and we're at different states in our lives. Still we have a lot in common.
- You've never been a very commercial artist, have you?
- I've never longed for stardom. But people who recognise me and contact me are mostly very kind.
- Your friend Sigrid Raabe seems very confident and determined?
- She's so talented and comfortable with what she's doing. Our debuts at Bylarm were very different. I didn't really knew then if I wanted to become an artist. Sigrid's gone very far. She's a proper artist already. It's fun to see the path she's chosen, see the pictures she's put on social media. "Two years ago we did the same thing", I think to myself, says Aurora.
Gets people to come to Bergen
She wants to record most of her new album in Bergen. Long tours abroad makes her even more proud of her city and her country.
- I want to collect people, as it were. That means I fly people I want to work with to Bergen. I believe that will make the songs more pulsating and energetic. I always want to record in Bergen. This is where I sing the best.
- Do you mean that?
- Yes. My wish and my goal is to re-record the vocals, in front of a live audience. Maybe in a church nearby. It has the proper acoustics. And it'll be more authentic and alive, Aurora says.
She doesn't go to concerts much. She doesn't know it she'll experience Bergenfest as a member of the audience. Even if she had a hit with the Oasis song "Half the World Away", the band that Liam Gallagher, also coming to Bergenfest, was a member of.
- I'm not very good at listening to other people's music. I have so much of my own music in my brain. I really didn't have a relationship with Oasis when I was asked to do that song. I mostly listen to film music.
- In closing, did you see the parody that Christine Hope did of you in her latest show?
- Yes. She's a really cool lady. We're part of the same extended family because my manager, Geir, is her husband Doddo's brother. It's an honour being parodied. The first time I was I thought: "Maybe I'm like that"? I know how I am and I'm proud of it, says Aurora.
(Original article at www.bt.no/kultur/Aurora-klar-for-ny-start-i-Bergen-335681b.html )