Track Listing

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

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1489 in Music
• Released on: 2009-09-07
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: CD
• Dimensions: .14 pounds

Customer Reviews

An Eden Indeed
It is almost impossible to visit Asia without experiencing
some form of subtle personal transformation.

Swedish singer/song writer Victoria Bergsman's (aka Taken By Trees)
travels to Pakistan have clearly left a deeply embedded watermark in
both her spirit and creative vision.

'East Of Eden' is a fairly brief but delightful musical journey.

The nine songs in this collection float like feathers borne
on a mountain breeze. Ephemeral, luminous and enchanting.

Ms Bergsman has a lovely voice made lovlier still by the space
it is given in these economical arrangements to work its magic.

Simple songs beautifully sung.

'Anna' and 'Watch The Waves' are both captivating examples of the
principle that less can sometimes and in so many ways be more.

Take 'Greyest Love Of All', too, with its charming folk-like melody,
lilting harmonies and mercurial solo flute.
This is music which doesn't have to shout to make its mark.

The complex percussion of 'Day By Day' creates an infectiously
spare and funky backdrop to the almost childlike vocal performance.

Concluding track 'Bekannelse' is an eerie dirge-like
composition whose disembodied and ambiguous sound-effects
create a truly haunting (and haunted) ending.

This impeccable album is a complete joy from start to finish.

Highly Recommended.

Whispering Elegance
Ex-Concretes singer Victoria Bergsman has managed to find something special with this her second solo album, recorded in Pakistan. Her voice is open and honest throughout and is beautifully supported by the simple and elegant musicianship.

The opening track rolls and claps along as Bergsman almost talks over the top and gradually the layers build up to great effect. The chanting at the start of `Anna' gives way to an ethereal track filled with calm retrospect, and `Watching the Waves' whistles and pops with such joy that counterpoints the slight regret of the lyrics.

The unique thing about Victoria is her ability to balance different styles perfectly, and nowhere is this better shown than in the succession from `Tidens Gång', which is entirely sung in Swedish, to `Wapas Karna', which is entirely chanted in Urdu, and then on to the very bubbly `My Boys'. It is a talent that very few people have.

The album eventually closes out with `Bekännelse' which is the densist track on the album, it hums and flows like the tide with Bergsman's voice whispering out of the air. Whatever inspiration Victoria needed in Pakistan she found it and used it to great success.