ANE BRUN has announced details of two brand new tracks which will be released by her label, Balloon Ranger Recordings, on September 18, 2020.
‘We Need A Mother’ is a result of my own thoughts and frustrations about the state of the world that I carry with me in my daily life. But the song itself was directly inspired by a corporate business conference I attended. In the opening speech, the importance of climate action and sustainability was emphasised, but then they chose to end the night with enormous and loud fireworks, costing millions, exploding over the water.
It reminded me of how we as individuals, businesses and societies so often practice double standards when it comes to our values and priorities, myself included; how hard it is to live a wholesome, sustainable life; and how we as grown-up humans can act like adolescents, and it really seems like we need mature leaders to keep us on the right track. I remember feeling so frustrated, provoked and upset, and when I woke up the next day I wrote this song. It took me a few hours, and after I had finished, I felt relieved and calm. Music is definitely a way for me to channel what’s going on around me.
As with many of the songs on my upcoming albums ATGS and HBHTHOB, “We need a mother” feels so apt for the time we’re in right now, in 2020. More than ever, we need authentic leaders.
More than ever we need to stand together.
‘Lose My Way’ is a song written and performed by myself and Dustin O’Halloran, an American Oscar-nominated, Emmy Award-winning composer (also member of A Winged Victory For The Sullen).
Dustin and I decided to try to co-write in Dustin’s studio on a very warm Berlin night back in 2016. We had just become friends, and I had been a longtime fan of Dustin’s music.
When we met, it was only a few weeks since my father had passed away, so I was in a very special, vulnerable state of mind. We had a glass of wine and improvised our way to this song, which was finished the same night, with words coming out of me like a message to my father. The next day we recorded the version that’s on the album.
We have both loved this song from the day we created it, and are so grateful to finally release it.
Gyða Valtýsdóttir (member of Icelandic band Múm) later added cello to the mix, and Klas-Henrik Hörngren (Klabbes Bank) laid down some understated synth sounds.
In 2018, Dustin and I also co-wrote and released the song ‘Horizons’, the closing theme for the 2018 movie Puzzle, which I performed at the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony in Oslo 2019.
EUROPEAN TOUR POSTPONED / RESCHEDULED DATES FOR 2021
We are sorry to announce that due to the current circumstances with covid-19, all upcoming European tour dates 2020 have been rescheduled for 2021.
All previously purchased tickets will be valid for these rescheduled dates.
ANE BRUN “After The Great Storm” UK & EUROPE
2021 RESCHEDULED DATES
19.03 MALMÖ Live Konserthus
20.03 ÖREBRO Konserthuset
21.03 STOCKHOLM Cirkus
24.03 OSLO Sentrum Scene EXTRA
25.03 OSLO Sentrum Scene SOLD OUT
26.03 STAVANGER Konserthus-Zetlitz
27.03 BERGEN Grieghallen-Peer Gynt
08.04 UPPSALA UKK
09.04 TRONDHEIM Olavshallen
22.04 COPENHAGEN Store Vega
27.04 HELSINKI Savoy Teater
22.09 VÄSTERÅS Konserthuset
05.10 GLASGOW St Luke’s
06.10 MANCHESTER Academy 2
07.10 LONDON Shepherds Bush Empire
16.10 VIENNA WUK
19.10 OFFENBACH Capitol
20.10 MUNICH Technikum
21.10 ZURICH Rote Fabrik
22.10 BERN Bierhübeli
25 10 COLOGNE Carlswerk
26.10 BERLIN Metropol
02.11 HAMBURG Fabrik
03.11 THE HAGUE Paard
05.11 BRUSSELS Orangerie
06.11 PARIS Alhambra
07.11 AMSTERDAM Melkweg
09.11 NIJMEGEN Doornroosje
10.11 GRONINGEN Oosterport
23.11 DUBLIN Vicar St
Lose My Way:
Music by Ane Brun and Dustin O’Halloran
Lyrics by Ane Brun
Vocals: Ane Brun
Piano: Dustin O’Halloran
Cello: Gyda Valtysdottir
Synth: Klas-Henrik Hörngren
Recorded in Schalf Klang Studios by Dustin O’Halloran
Mixed at Atlantis Studios by Anton Sundell and Janne Hansson
Mastered at Cosmos Mastering by Hoffe Stannow
Produced by Ane Brun and Dustin O’Halloran
We Need A Mother:
Music and lyrics by Ane Brun
Vocals: Ane Brun
Backing vocals: Ane Brun, Sara Parkman
Percussion: Per Eklund
Drums: Ola Winkler, Anna Lund
Synths: Samuel Starck, Johan Lindström, Martin Hederos, Per Eklund
Programming: Per Eklund
Piano: Martin Hederos
Violin: Martin Hederos
Recorded at Atlantis Studion by Anton Sundell and Janne Hansson
Mixed at Ingrid Studios by Anton Sundell
Produced by Ane Brun, Per Eklund, Anton Sundell, Martin Hederos
