TAKEN BY TREES - EAST OF EDEN (LP)

Taken By Trees East Of Eden On Vinyl LP + MP3 Coupon

East Of Eden is the new album by Taken By Trees, the result of an extraordinarily adventurous recording process in Pakistan with local musicians. Production skills were handled in Sweden by Dan Lissvik (partner in the Swedish duo ‘Studio”) with guest vocals from Noah Lennox of Animal Collective on “Anna.”

Taken by Trees is the nom de plume of Victoria Bergsman, previously best known for her work with The Concretes and Peter Bjorn & John’s worldwide smash hit single “Young Folks.” This new offering follows in the footsteps of Taken By Trees' critically acclaimed debut album Open Field which was released in 2007.

Victoria wanted to travel to record in a mysterious, relatively uncharted area, and avoid the usual clinical studio experience. In order to provide herself with both an interesting challenge and an inspirational recording environment, she chose Pakistan. The rhythm, drums and flutes of Pakistani music had long captivated Victoria and this coupled with a deep admiration for one of her favorite singers Abida Parveen and the legendary Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan helped her choose Pakistan as the place to record her new album.

While it’s practically a miracle that the album was made at all, the experience and environment there has created a masterful work with a depth of expression and feeling that is breathtaking. Victoria is one of the very few, if not the only, Western women, to record in this region, and the bureaucracy, cultural differences and prejudicesshe had to overcome to see this project through are beyond belief.

Taken By Trees East of Eden Track Listing

1. To Lose Someone
2. Anna
3. Watch The Waves
4. Greyest Love Of All
5. Tidens Gång
6. Wapas Karna
7. My Boys
8. Day By Day
9. Bekännelse