Hanne Hukkelberg - Birthmark (2019)

Norwegian experimental pop artist Hanne Hukkelberg, will release her new full-length Birthmark, on August 16th via Hukkelberg Music. Ahead of the album’s release, Hukkelberg has shared a taste of the album, with the melodic and sweet-sounding “Faith.”

On Birthmark, Hukkelberg played and experimented with household percussion and sampled sounds from everyday life, and she’s taken to her adolescent love for soul and R’n’B, which also colors the soundscapes on this record. Hukkelberg takes on an atypical approach to pop music with non-traditional instrumentation, such as kitchen utensils and bicycle spokes, in an effortless ability to merge a myriad of genres. Over the years, she’s also drawn on inspiration from Kåre Christoffer Vestrheim (Jaga Jazzist, Jørgen Munkeby) with previous productions on Little Things (2004), Rykestrasse 68 (2006) Blood From a Stone (2009) and Featherbrain (2012). Their musical partnership would span more than a decade, with Vestrheim recognizing and nurturing Hukkelberg, one of few female producers in Norway.