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Melankton | 
| Artist: Kate Havnevik
Label: Republic
Category: Music
Buy New: $13.98
Rating:  16 reviews
Sales Rank: 42311
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 000837802
UPC: 602517206687
EAN: 0602517206687
ASIN: B000N0QVGE
Release Date: March 27, 2007
Shipping: Eligible for Super Saver Shipping
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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| Tracks:
| • | Unlike Me | | • | Travel in Time | | • | I Don't Know You | | • | You Again | | • | Not Fair | | • | Nowhere Warm | | • | Serpentine | | • | Kaleidoscope | | • | Sleepless | | • | Suckerlove | | • | Timeless | | • | New Day | | • | So: lo |
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Album Description
"THE VOICE OF GREY'S ANATOMY," Kate Havnevik's music has had an unprecedented 5 songs placed on the show and several have made it to the Grey Anatomy's soundtrack albums. Kate's debut album is title "Melankton". Melankton means "Black Rose" which describes Kate's idea of the album's sound-scape and production perfectly: dark, yet beautiful. The 12 songs on the album range from symphonic pop extravaganza to the most intimate of melodies. A truly beautiful body of work, Melankton is heady, intoxicating and evocative with its mix of wistful lyrics, mellifluous orchestration and cinematic electronica.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 11 more reviews...
 Import's Two Diff Songs Worth Getting March 25, 2008
James Dawson (Woodland Hills, CA United States)
The day after I bought the US version of this excellent CD, I was lucky enough to find a cheap used copy of the original EU version on the Continentica Records label. It has two songs not available on the American edition (but does not have the US CD tracks "Travel in Time" and "Timeless"). The two import-version-only songs, "Someday" and "Se Meg," are both written by Kate, and are every bit as good as the rest of the songs on the CD. Buying the import for only those two songs, which add up to under 10 minutes, might seem crazy...but won't after you hear them.
 Beauty is the Beast... March 13, 2008
Angie Engles (Columbia, MD United States)
I have listened to Kate Havnevik so many times you'd think I'd grow tired of her, but I don't. Her music is so healing. Her voice is so different from other singers...it's a little breathy--which normally irritates me--but it's not "aren't I sexy?" breathy, it's more of an honest, "life has done this to me" kind of sound. I think that's why I put her cd "Melankton" (try saying that twice) on whenever I can't sleep. She sounds like she's seen a lot of sad things and that she'd sit down with you over a glass of wine (maybe beer, but she doesn't have a beer kind of voice) and translate your pain into something so gorgeous your heart would skip several beats.
One of the tracks, "Not Fair," could be straight out of a James Bond film, IF the women in James Bond's life wore their hearts on their sleeves and bared more than just skin. "Suckerlove" seeps into your bones right away with its exotic intro and goes straight to the punch with its message of love and loss.
"I Don't Know You" and "Timeless" are so delicately open that if I listen to them when I'm even the slightest bit sad, I completely lose it and have to find some tissues.
"Kaleidoscope" and "Nowhere Warm"...well, they are so lovely I can't find the right words.
The funny thing is the first time I put it on my stereo I didn't like it that much because I wanted every song to be like her "Grace" (from "Grey's Anatomy") Now, I can't remember the last time I fell so hard for an album.
Hypnotic March 8, 2008
Sleepless (NorCal)
I listened to this album via headphones for about 3 hours straight while doing some graphics work. When I finally stepped away from the machine I felt like I had been SCUBA diving. It took about an hour for the combined effect to wear off. Then I went back in. Basically this album's melodic tones combined with Kate Havnevik's smooth and lush vocals bring you to an island of tranquility, regardless of your originating state.
Beautiful, Dreamy Orchestrated Pop January 22, 2008
Bryon McDonald (Lawrence, KS, USA)
If you don't know her already, I'm sure you'll recognize her if you've ever watched Grey's Anatomy. Upon my first listen of this album, I immediately likened her to Imogen Heap and her electronica sound. As it turns out, Havnevik and Heap are friends, and Kate worked with producer Guy Sigsworth, the other half of Frou Frou, and a producer with Madonna and Bjoerk under his belt. But Havnevik has a distinct sound, setting her apart from the rest of the electronica songstresses.
Kate Havnevik is a Norwegian musician who describes Melankton, her first major U.S. release, as a "dramatic, beautiful and euphoric"--I might add, hypnotic--record. She was trained as a classical musician, and I'd have to say that much of the beauty on this record comes from the elaborate orchestral arrangments that back most of the songs. For enlightenment's sake, I'll compare her to Imogen: whereas "Immi" uses a lot more electronic samplings and much more voice manipulation to create light and catchy pop tunes (mostly-we cannot forget her hauntingly beautiful Hide and Seek), Havnevik leaves her voice as-is for the most part, and uses it over longer phrases and heavier, more flowing orchestral mixes. Perhaps the weak point of the album is that her voice tends to sound the same throughout, but it undeniably works on a few standout tracks, such as "Nowhere Warm," "You Again," and the finale "New Day," which is an incredible mixed track suggesting the influence of her part-time vocal borrowers Roeyksopp and sounds like a combination of Dntel and Bjoerk. Interestingly enough, Kate is supposedly in the studio working on an acoustic album. If that is as successful as this project, this girl's got major talent.
A symphonic marvel!! November 3, 2007
Nse Ette (Lagos, Nigeria)
Norwegian singer/songwriter Kate Havnevik reminds me (a bit) vocally of a cross between Andrea Corr, and a more restrained Bjoerk. Still, her vocals are all hers, and her style of music is electronica/Trip hop (remember Portishead or Lamb). Her brilliant debut "Melankton" (meaning Black Rose) was produced by Guy Sigsworth who has worked with Madonna.
Sweeping and cinematic, her sound features lavish strings, and sparse skittery electronic beats, with her crystal clear vocals soaring over.
"Unlike me" is almost classical, with no discernible percussion. "I don't know you" features cascading harmonies, icy strings, and subtle electronic flourishes and a gentle disco beat towards the end. Similar are the stunning "Serpentine" and the symphonic "Kaleidoscope", the latter with a gently plodding beat.
The dramatic, sunny sounding "Not fair" is possibly the best Bond song never made. Soaring cinematic strings and a nice hip hop-ish beat, with the song alternating between gentle verses and climatic chorus.
It's really tough to pick favourites as each song is really outstanding and perfectly complements the other. If fairies and elves could make music, this is what it would sound like. Majestic and magical!!!
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