VEJEN TIL ASGÅRD REVIEW BY SYLVAIN LUPARI, GUTS OF DARKNESS MAGAZINE, AUGUST 2006
Always inspired by Scandinavian mythology, Bjorn Jeppesen, aka Nattefrost presents a short EP, which includes a superb video, crossing De som sejrede and Absorbed in Dreams and Yearning. I say crossing, because while respecting his atmospheric approach with its floating intriguing shades,
Nattefrost push on his sequencer and offer rather short powerful titles, for the greatest pleasure of my ears, as well as yours, I am certain.
The face of the Virgin Forest embraces the emanations of De Som Sejrede. the rhythm is slow and a fine sequence, hardly perceptible, makes the title progress on floating atmospheric paths. After very known Where the Gods are Watching which has more felted tonality here,
The Magic of the Burial Mound
develops on huge and powerful sequence which roll like hell. Heavy, the
sequential
line supports the beautiful and obscure synth layers as the tempo lost itself in
its atmospheric breaths. Though lighter and more nervous, Nordic marries the
same structure.
In A Past Time is a superb and
dark melody which growth with large blow of a wrapping and intriguing
synthesizer. A title
which processes on intense atmospheric waves.
The road to Asgard finishes
this mini Cd on the same lines as the opening part, but with a heavier
tempo, and hardly more speed. The sequence spins in loop on a Scandinavian poem
recited with a `' vocoder''.
This Nattefrost EP shows his
evolution from De Som Sejrede. to Absorbed in Dreams and Yearning. Within the
heavy
atmospheres, very close to those of Steve Roach by the way, we seize extremely
well the influences which will lead to Absorbed in Dreams and Yearning. A good
mini cd full of Nattefrost so particular sonorities. The tempo is heavily slow
and succeeds in filtering melodies as strange as the mythical atmospheres of the
Scandinavian countries.