Jonathan Hultén, the darkly enigmatic Swedish Grammy-winning songwriter returns with his collection: ‘The Forest Sessions’. The new album features experimental versions of songs from the album ‘Chants From Another Place’ & the EP ‘The Dark Night Of The Soul’, but it is also a short film composed of music videos & interludes with animated illustrations & poems.
Recorded by himself between January 2020 & June 2022, with mastering & mixing taken care of by frequent collaborator Ola Ersfjord, this is a deeply intimate work from start to finish. Hultén invites listeners into his world through the stunning album cover which he designed. Hultén draws comparisons to artists including Nick Drake, Sufjan Stevens, Wovenhand & Fleet Foxes, as well as traditional folk artists such as John Martyn right through to his contemporaries in Anna Ternheim, José Gonzales, Anna von Hausswolff, Chelsea Wolfe & Hexvessel, although his work stands alone as truly original.
This edition comes with a bonus DVD featuring a collection of music videos that spontaneously evolved into an album as well as clips from Roadburn Redux Festival. It is also a small collection of poems & animations that tells a little story about letting go of old sorrows & rediscovering a sense of joy & adventure.
