Born from the synthesis of Swedish folk melodies and ritual ambient, Linnea Hjertén’s debut album Nio systrar (‘Nine Sisters’) is a wordless invocation of primordial energy – a psychoacoustic gateway to altered states of consciousness. The upcoming release is expected to reach audiences in early 2024. With a musical maturity far beyond her years, Hjertén channels the ethereal beauty of Dead Can Dance, the spellbinding chants of Kari Rueslåtten, and the minimalist Nordic atmosphere of Forndom. Each of the nine tracks brings the listener deeper into the cycle of spiritual death and rebirth, stripping away the old to make way for the new. Linnea comments on the upcoming release: “Most of Nio systrar was recorded in my small closet with the lights off and the door closed. In that setting, I ca...