Biography
Suns Of Satan is a dualistic love affair between good and evil, man and woman, at home and away and the musical outlet of danish-norwegian composer, singer and percussionist Kristine Bjørg Markussen in collaboration with her husband multi-instrumentalist Jeppe Søndergård Knudsen. All songs and lyrics are written by Bjørg, and the husband and wife duo produce the music together.
Bjørg grew up listening to cassette tapes her father copied for her. He was living in the other part of the country and saw the tapes as a way to connect with his daughter. Bjørg listened repeatedly to the tapes containing the works of The Beatles, Pink Floyd and Jimi Hendrix, the latter becoming one of Bjørgs biggest influences. In her teens Bjørg spent time in Western Africa where she studied african traditional percussion and attended witchcraft rituals.
The music is characterized by little, idiosyncratic melodies in the middle of a cacophony of sound. The relationship between small fragile sounds and big noise is brought to life with sample- and toy keyboards, reverbed twang guitars, vintage and hand-built synthesizers and african percussion. Also Anders Ørbæks keyboard improvisations and Peter Skibsteds heavy bass lines help to give the record its particular sound.
Suns Of Satan's music is being release by Father Figure Records under a Creative Commons nc-by-sa licens.
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