The last thing you could say about Sol Skugga , is that she's predictable. After her album from last year , "Gardenia", you could maybe expect that she would continue to explore a world of grand electronica, mystique and dark spaces. But no. She enters new musical domains in her third album "Fairytales and Lullabies". The folk music is still here in a few tracks, but in more acoustic arrangements. But besides that it's more about rock, to let loose. From beautiful ballads, to more straight rock tracks to songs where she tests some boundaries. The [...]
Sol Skugga releases Gardenia Her second release with DigiticedMusic.com. Sol says," This is my second album. Another part of me. This is an open gate for you to enter, a picture of the crossroad where I stand now, a window to my Garden, where my quest for love, strength, happiness and fulfilled dreams ends up. It is [...]
Sol Wikström is Sol Skugga and has just released her new album "Gardenia". And her name Sol Skugga (Sun Shadow) catches what I feel most strongly about in the music of "Gardenia: the contrasts. Between the beautiful and the disturbing, between the old and the new, between the grand and the low-voiced. Overall it feels beautifully dark with Sol's classical voice pouring like a clear trickle through the mellow ambience, whether it's a folk-inspired piece or a more dense goth-inspired music. The electronica forms the base of the music, but a great interplay with foremost brilliant guitars and [...]