created: 2021-01-05

Music Discography

så konkretlöst det kan vara (2020)

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:TITLE: så konkretlöst det kan vara
:LABEL OR PUBLISHER: self-published
:RELEASE: 2020-06-24
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:COPYRIGHT: CC BY-SA 3.0
:TRACKS: 5
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Song titles and their playtime:

  1. Casualties (05:12)
  2. Glide (02:46)
  3. Ostinato (02:12)
  4. Lorn (05:09)
  5. Sleep (04:40)

Album description: Two and a half years in the making, this is a collection of compositions originally meant for solo bass + loop pedal from Swedish musician/producer Thor Kolenda, under artist name i en identitetskris (literally "in an identity crisis").

Somehow, this release has escaped me for what feels like an eternity. This was supposed to be simple. But it wasn't. It was supposed to be inspiring and empowering. But it wasn't. Writing music by myself for myself was supposed to be freeing. But it wasn't.

As the cliché goes, my biggest enemy ended up being myself. Months passed as I planned out an amazing 10-song album. Turns out I didn't like half of them, starting an endless spiral of questioning creative decisions, leading the release to a complete stand-still.

But today sees the unremarkable release of a vaguely electronic album from an unknown Swedish musician. With the rest of i en identitetskris' backlog to finalize and record, I am hopeful that things are changing for the better.

Credits:
Album art: Tim (www.timtimestim.com), licensed under CC0
Everything else: Thor Kolenda (i en identitetskris)

friska vindar och nya segel (2020)

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:TITLE: friska vindar och nya segel
:LABEL OR PUBLISHER: self-published
:RELEASE: 2020-05-04
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:COPYRIGHT: CC BY-SA 3.0
:TRACKS: 5
:PLAYTIME: 39:24

Songs titles and their playtime:

  1. As the sun sets the harbor is left empty for a wild flock of geese to gather shelter near one of the cargo entrances (04:30)
  2. The runaway adds another mark among the many others, wondering if they think of her as often that she does of them (12:08)
  3. Is the search for meaning a wonderful path or just the looming soundscape of an endless desert, dead of life and without any purpose other than to leave you wandering eternally? (06:33)
  4. There he finds the record of the man, hidden behind systems long forgotten, he eagerly turned to his collegaue who was awaiting him with a pistol in hand, leaving his final sight to be of his friends betrayal (09:11)
  5. We watched the birds roam the oak tree, unbothered by the dangers that lay in our path (05:11)

Album description:

friska vindar och nya segel (literally "fresh winds and new sails") is the debut release for Swedish music artist i en identitetskris (literally "in an identity crisis").

This collection of songs originated as background music for video, but ended up seeing marginal use. The original intent was to create an ever-growing library of ambient ideas that could be dragged and dropped wherever a moody audio background was required. I created these five pieces, and never touched the project again.

On May 3rd 2020, I saw these pieces of music sitting on my hard drive and started to reminisce. I put myself back into my emotional state when creating these pieces, and the pride that it brought to have created something made for a purpose; video. That moment gave me realization that this music had to come to it's natural conclusion.

Here is i en identitetskris with a collection of soothing sounds for your everyday life. Today, May 4th 2020, friska vindar och nya segel is released as a personal statement of change, moving forward, and letting things go when they need to be let go.

Credits: Album art: Tim (www.timtimestim.com), licensed under CC0
Everything else: Thor Kolenda (i en identitetskris)

Agita / Funkface (2016)

:entryid: 1
:TITLE: Funkface
:LABEL OR PUBLISHER: self-published
:RELEASE: 2016-11-24
:ISRC:
:COPYRIGHT: CC BY 3.0
:TRACKS: 1
:PLAYTIME: 01:42

Single release: "Funkface" for mobile app "Agita"

Description: Does this song give you agita? This is the original song for the mobile game "Agita", get it now on the Google Play Store: [link now removed]

Credits:
"Agita", phone game for Android made by Tim (www.timtimestim.com)
Everything else: Thor Kolenda (i en identitetskris)