(Acoustic / Dark Folk) Vàli (Vali) - Forlatt (Demo) - 2004, FLAC (image+.cue), lossless

I can´t deny the evidence; I love this kind of releases: so natural, so honest, so pure. When music comes from the heart and soul, fretsounds and other “out of place” stuff can be reasonably ignored. “Forlatt” is a recording far from being cute and polished, completely true in that sense. None the less, this is not black metal; Vàli is nature music, intimate folk, a sonic caress. I discovered this band by chance, when I was through the net looking for something I can´t recall right now. I listened a sample of “Et Ensomt Minne” and I instantly fell in love. There was just a guitar, but it was so beautiful that I couldn´t look forward to listen to the whole album. Now it´s on my hands, I´m not disappointed at all. Who are Vàli? There is not much available information about this band; it´s a Norwegian one man act whose first release is this album. In fact, Vàli is clad in an aura of mystery –if I´m not wrong there is no official website for example-, but I honestly don´t care a lot, since music is the issue here. Great music, I should add... The first reference I could give you along the description of “Forlatt” is Ulver´s accoustic album “Kveldssanger”; the atmosphere is very similar and the execution of the songs, based on accoustic guitars, is in the same vein too. Anyway Vàli is still better than Garm and co. in their approach to nature, I dare to say.
These delicate guitars weave a forest of notes that mystically wraps the listener, providing a strong atmosphere of serenity hard to ignore. We can also notice beautiful apparitions of a violin and a piano, so the music earns richness and ambience. In some passages one can feel as if the notes were snowflakes falling upon the firs, seen from a lonely cabin in the forest. The ten tracks conforming this album, however, are all instrumental –except for that song where a girl sings, using her voice without singing lyrics-. Nevermind; this album speaks for itself thousand more times than millions of verses filling the booklets nowadays. When the two guitars collide in those precious harmonies, conforming delicate dances in the dark, literally tearing the silence, there´s nothing else to do than contemplate the visions “Forlatt” wishes to convey. For silence is a great element in the music of Vali, believe it or not. Looks like if Vàli have “received” these songs off observation, calmness, meditation in the forests. The sounds emerging from “Forlatt” are the token of this. This is music to remind us mother Nature, to emphasize inner emotions, a momentary banish from the material world. Awesome.

Exact Audio Copy V0.99 prebeta 4 from 23. January 2008
EAC extraction logfile from 8. April 2009, 22:11
Vаli / Forlatt
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Defeat audio cache : Yes
Make use of C2 pointers : No
Read offset correction : 12
Overread into Lead-In and Lead-Out : No
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Delete leading and trailing silent blocks : No
Null samples used in CRC calculations : Yes
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[Verification date: 26.06.2009 19:50:38]
[Disc ID: 000d8996-006bf6d5-7b08470a]
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AUDIOCHECKER v1.2 - by Dester - opdester@freemail.hu
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04 -===- F:\Vali - 2004 - Forlatt [FLAC (tracks+.cue)] by erpel [What.CD]\04 - Nordlysets Dans.flac
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05 -===- F:\Vali - 2004 - Forlatt [FLAC (tracks+.cue)] by erpel [What.CD]\05 - Lengsel.flac
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10 -===- F:\Vali - 2004 - Forlatt [FLAC (tracks+.cue)] by erpel [What.CD]\10 - Doedens Evige Kall.flac
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