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danish multi-instrumentalist releases panoramic masterpiece - for fans of damien rice and bjork. teitur; (tie tor) is a singular name for a singular man. hailing from the faroe islands teitur is an artist whose songs remind you what music can do for the soul. teitur first came to the attention of the world with the release of his 2003 debut album 'poetry and aeroplanes', which won him rave reviews. in 2006, in between performing at many major european festivals, teitur started to record his second album. 'stay under the stars', released to great acclaim in europe and the us and debuting in the top 10 in denmark, subsequently going gold there and earning him the accolade of best singer at the danish music awards (grammies) in march 2007. in mid 2007, teitur started to pull together the songs that make up his third album: 'the singer': the songs are written over a time-span of one to seven years. they are stories of events and experiences - like drinking beers on a musty hotel floor with mysterious blues musician chris whitley, before he died of cancer (legendary afterparty), or stories that i have come across in my lifetime...in october teitur travelled to an island off the coast of sweden called gotland with his sound engineer jonas and arranger trondur, and recorded the album on a 19th century swedish princess estate, normally a summer destination as a hotel, but at this time of year a beautiful, windswept and somewhat deserted piece of tranquility; interrupted only by the various musicians and singers who came to play or sing on the album, who all stayed at the hotel, during their work on the album.....release date: 02/03/2009
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