Solo album from Karina Møller
Some of the very big – and very small – questions in life are taken under the wing of Karina Møller, who guides the listener through 12 songs without ever losing her spark.
From greenland today, July 2014
»You cannot blame anyone else for your misery, so live it in peace with yourself and anybody else.« These are the lyrics of one of the many simple, yet contemplative messages in an album filled with music that probably won’t cut it with a dancing public, but which is extremely pleasant on the ears. There is hardly a musician or artist who would want to be labelled »pleasant« but after enjoying Karina’s music you feel really happy and you are in a pleasant mood.
If you like a modern mix of lounge music with tones of gentle jazz, funk and quiet electronica, blended and held together by Karina’s professional voice, this album is a jewel.
No doubt that here is an artist with something to say, and who saved up to make her own CD, both mentally and musically.
Sublime voices
Karina Møller’s many years in USA/Alaska can’t be denied, since she only sings in English. One of her own songs from »Pamyua« band, where she still plays, has crept in, in a revised and improved version.
The choral singing is in itself eminent and the small aj, aj, ajey sounds, which could be either Indian or Inuit, are exceptionally well-suited to the unique harmony between Karina and the fantastic »choir girls« Sophie Wiese and Aviaja Lumholt, the rapper AKUMATU (Allison Warden, a Inupiaq from Alaska) and the throat song by Sylvia Cloutier from Canada, which is an exciting feature on one of the tracks.
Karina’s voice has a wide range, which is tested on the tracks with the high and low tones. If James Bond ever comes to Greenland, they should call Karina for the theme song.
The album Simplify will be released March 27th 2015.
Joie de vivre
In respect for the artist, one should listen several times before making any comments and I have listened over and over again and I like more and more the small, fine details and layers in the music, which is skilfully rendered by Kristoffer Jul Reenberg on the piano, who is also co-producer on the CD, Nikolaj Frandsen on bass and Anders Pedersen on drums.
I must admit that I do not have the necessary musical knowledge to write an actual review. I can only, as a music lover, state that I was never bored, although the CD player has been on repeat for several days. And it does not diminish the experience, when the »My Little Child« track transports you to a jazz club in New York, with a hint of Bossa Nova and Salsa elegantly woven in by the keyboard, drums and vocal.
If you listen to Karina’s lyrics, you notice that behind the everyday problems she sings about, there is a personal insight and experience of life that you only get through taking a positive attitude to a life that has clearly experienced much adversity. This lends both a deeper meaning and credibility to an album that more than anything expresses genuine joie de vivre.
Nowadays, music is primarily downloaded from the internet and the tracks can be bought individually or together from ITunes or in the CD version at the end of August 2014.
About Karina Møller
• Singer and song writer
• Born in Qaqortoq, raised in Nuuk
• Lived for 17 years in Alaska
• Lives at present in Copenhagen
• Children are Tun’aqi, Ivalu and Inuk
• Engaged to film director Mike Magidson
• Played with the Pamyua band since 1996
• Has performed many times as choreographer, soloist, dancer and singer
See the article from the magazine here Karina_Moeller_UK
