Serene by Pernilla Aidt

Today Pernilla has left city-life behind and lives in the Alpes de Haute Provence in the South West of France, where she's completely surrounded by nature in a Swiss alpine cottage, right on the beautiful banks of a mountain lake. Her feelings about nature are expressed very strongly in her songs. Pernilla paints musical pictures of the sea, of the sun, the rain in spring, and of a wistful longing, in all the colours of the rainbow. She lets dreams flow with the laughter of children and seeks an expression which is vulnerable and intimate, but also poetically moving and compelling.

Guest musicians on the album are, among others Kasper Tranberg (trumpet), Jacob Andersen (percussion), Ilya Magnes (flute & djembe drum), and Simon Lynge (guitar and vocal). The music is produced by Klaus Bau Jensen (known from Bliss and Flipside) and Sebastian Lilja (Flipside).

Pernilla Aidt has the background originally of a classical singer but, later, in order to dig deeper into the universe of jazz, she did a four year study course at Berklee College of Music in the USA. However, when she started to write her own music, she created something that was neither classical nor jazz, but perhaps someplace in between -- her own personal mix, which might best be described as "ambient pop".

* For an interview or concert proposal, contact Pernilla Aidt directly on cellphone (+45) 24 85 32 36. Email: home@pernilla.dk. Also, check out www.pernilla.dk

* 'Serene' is released in Denmark on October 6, 2003, and will be followed by a concert tour in Århus, Odense, and Copenhagen. The CD is moreover to be released in France.

* Download press release in pdf format :

   (also available in French or Danish)

http://mildrecords.com/2003/download.html

* An introduction to the music :

http://mildrecords.com/2003/serene/review_uk01.html

Cover notes:

Vocals, piano, lyrics and music by Pernilla Aidt*

Produced, mixed and mastered by Klaus Bau Jensen and Sebastian Lilja at Realtime Studio in Copenhagen, Denmark, April 2003

*Except Sea Meets Sky: vocals and music by Pernilla Aidt and Simon Lynge

Percussion: Jacob Andersen

Trumpet on Hear My Song, Evident Like Breathing, Northern Star, Open Sea and Hear His Song: Kasper Tranberg

Guitar on Northern Star, and bass on Letter To You, Rush Of Rain, Northern Star, Open Sea and Sea Meets Sky: Sebastian Lilja

Guitar, piano, mouth perc, cake tin and voice on Sea Meets Sky: Simon Lynge

Djembe drum and flute on Open Sea: Ilya Magnes

Cello on Northern Star: Finn Aidt

Guitar on L'Aube, piano on L'Aube and Rush Of Rain, and executive producer: Mik Aidt

Eskimo voice on Sea Meets Sky from 'Traditional Greenlandic Music' (ULO CD-75)

Tabla drum on Hear My Song from 'The Other World Ethnic Sample Collection'.

Photos from Les Alpes de Haute Provence and layout by Mik Aidt

Portraits of Pernilla in booklet photographed by Linda Horowitz

Supported by KODA

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