x:botteri - love keeper of my soul

2002
cat#: none

"raining gold" was my first solo-album, and an extremely hard record to do. it didn't turn out the way i planned and i'm generally displeased with it. the upcoming album, "love keeper of my soul", is much more to my liking. the album is conceptually based, with three ladies serving as the main element of the story. as much as it's a concept-album, it also serves as some kind of a vision for me...

...a vision of three ladies, one of which i fell in love with. love - the essence of the new album. back then, i listened a lot to nick cave's opus, "the boatman's call", and some dylan. i really wanted to make a love-album like these above mentioned musical heroes, but viewed it as being impossible and out of reach concidering all of my earlier work had been based in the opposite and within the metal formula. i never gave up the idea though, and even if the album took three years in making, it proved me wrong.

this record is probably the one i'm most pleased with through my years as an artist. and also it's the most personal offering from me.
well, "omnio" is, musically, still the best album i've ever made but thinking about lyrics, this is the best - back in the days of in the woods..., sergeant transit wrote all the words while i made the music. on this album, however, i've done everything myself, so i got it exactly the way i want it. the outcome can strike both ways; some may hate it, while others might fall in love with it. regardless of any reviews, be it positive or negative, i am very satisfied with the result. and this is what's important to me.

"love keeper of my soul" consist of fifteen songs. fifteen short songs. pretty unusual for me concidering my prior work which often turned out lengthy. this time i plan to promote the album differently. radio stations as one aspect, though i'm not looking very hard for a "deal". i will release the album myself. should any record company show alot of interest, well maybe... but the album is far from commercial and it was never intended to be. it's plain honesty - as i wanted it to be. if you don't like it, it's not the end of the world to me. this is what i wanted to do and i've done it....

x-botteri

tracklist: love keeper of my soul sweet heart eyes of a stranger warm angel doors of love syk av kjærlighet home lonesome blues i want to know you you created my mind across the blue river guds gave lay your hands on me crying in the chapel wishing of love eternety

musicians: x botteri agaia ganzales oddvar a:m tommy jackson christer cederberg jan transit synne soprana roger andersen