"Christine Guldbrandsen has the voice of a glacier. Crystal clear and powerful. Christine offers a complete sound picture. Pure and beautiful. There's something dreamy about Christine's singing.

Music & Lyrics by: Kjetil Fluge, Christine Gulbrandsen, Atle Halstensen

Christine is already about to become a well-known name in Norwegian popular music, and now her first album is released.

She has taken part in writing the songs and the lyrics. 'I can vouch for the results one hundred per cent,' Christine contently states. She doesn't think she belongs to the somewhat famous 'Bergen wave' (i.e. Sondre Lerche, Röyksopp, etc.). 'My mode of expression is different,' Christine declares.
Almost two years ago, Christine's father died. It was then she wrote her first lyrics to the song 'Fly Away'. 'It's farewell message to my father, and very personal and close,' Christine says. She thinks it's scary to share her thoughts with the whole world, but now she often writes about such things. She has written the lyrics to five of the songs on her debut album. 'I sing about what life is about: Loss, love and human relations. Things that everybody can relate to'.

In addition to being a unique singing talent, Christine is an ordinary 18-year-old. She's now in her last year at high school. Her hobbies are skiing, cars, jazz ballet and, of course, singing. Christine admits that her singing has occupied most of her time during the last year. She has worked a lot on her debut album and she receives lessons in singing and piano playing.
'No matter what happens next, everything has been incredibly fun and informative so far'.

Her expectations to her debut album are fittingly modest: 'I hope for the best, which is to be able to make a living of my singing. To work full time with music is my big dream,' Christine reveals and calls herself a conditional optimist. According to those who know her, the 18-year-old is a girl with guts. And according to everyone who listens to her singing, Christine Guldbrandsen is the new great voice from Bergen. (http://www.christine.bz/en.php)

Swathed in a bacofoil bustiere, Christine falsettos her way through a song about dancing with elves. Not, you would think, a winner, and certainly not one for your CD rack, but this type of effort does have a stamp of approval in Euroland, and it's got just enough pace to avoid the deadly ballard territory. Singing fifth, Norway are the first half-decent song in the final which should also stand them in good stead. But on the other hand, there's a brief violin solo (which never works), there's no "5" in the year, and it's Norway we're taking about here. All said and done though, I'm going to blindly have faith in Norway, and say that ElfDance could hit the top five this year.

"Elf warning. Help protect your children. Don't let them listen to your Eurosong".

Christine adores...Statler

I caught up with Ms Gulbrandsen at the whale meat restaurant..."I like these two puppets, I like their sort of humor, and how they constantly critized poor Fozzy Bear, and I want them back on my TV-screen!!" fails to says Christine, and who's to argue. I know I don't

 
 
 
  
 

Alvedansen

Haja, hahaja, haja...
Bli med meg i sommernatten
Bare jeg kan fange ditt blikk
Vise klor i kysset du fikk
Tirre deg sa du blir til ild
Kom hit, jeg vet du vil

Haja, hahaja, haja...
Bli med meg i sommernatten
Haja, hahajaja, haja...
Ingenting er skjult i natt

Bare jeg vet alt som du er
Gir deg gnist, jeg ser du er naer
Svev med meg, la alt bli til ild
Kom hit, jeg vet du vil

Haja, hahaja, haja...
Bli med meg i sommernatten
Haja, hahajaja, haja...
Ingenting er skjult i natt

Ingen vet
Vinden leker
Manen ser bort
Og vi er alt

Haja, hahaja, haja...
Bli med meg i sommernatten
Haja, hahajaja, haja...
Ingenting er skjult i natt

Elf Dance

Haja, hahaja, haja...
Come with me in the summer night.
Only I can catch your glance
Show your passion in the kiss you got
Tease you so you turn into fire
Come here, I know you want to

Haja, hahaja, haja...
Come with me in the summer night.
Haja, hahaja, haja...
Nothing is hidden tonight.

Only I know everything that you are
Give you the sparkle, I know that you are near
Fly with me, let everything turn into fire
Come here, I know you want to

Haja, hahaja, haja...
Come with me in the summer night.
Haja, hahaja, haja...
Nothing is hidden tonight.

Noone knows.
The wind plays.
The moon looks away,
And we are everything.

Haja, hahaja, haja...
Come with me in the summer night.
Haja, hahaja, haja...
Nothing is hidden tonight.

“A couple of bars of the song are actually from a very old Norwegian folk tune, for example. Plus, we use the Hardanger fiddles to give it a Norwegian flavour and the lyrics are quoting from Norwegian mythology, with mentions of elves etc.”