Ane Brun: The Independent Premieres 'How To Disappear Completely' on Balloon Ranger Records

Brun describes the impetus for including Dylan's "Make You Feel My Love" on the album saying "I first performed this to celebrate Bob Dylan at the Nobel Prize of Literature 2016. I decided to cover it a couple of years back when I wanted to record a Dylan love song for someone I was head over heels in love with. I had not realized that Adele had done her version, I only remembered it from the 90s, when I listened quite a lot to the Dylan album Time Out of Mind(1997). I adore the lyrics and the melody of this song. I find it a bit hard to make interesting covers of Dylan, since I believe the songs are so connected to his particular voice and expression. But I couldn't leave this beautiful love song alone."

Brun is no stranger to reinventing other arists work. Earlier this year, at Sweden's Polar Music Prize, she performed Sting's "Why Should I Cry For You?" in front of The Police front man himself. Fans are familiar with her habit of slipping other artists music into her live sets, and her releases are sprinkled with cover versions, from Beyoncé's Halo to Arcade Fire'sNeighbourhood #1 (Tunnels).

The album's earliest songs were taped alone at home with just a guitar and single microphone, Brun later brought in Anton Sundell (an up and coming producer/technician and long-time road crew member) and Johan Lindström (Tonbruket) to join forces and helped her develop the record's sound. Martin Hederos (Tonbrucket, Soundtrack Of Our Lives) also assisted with the arrangements. Some work was done at Bruket, Tonbruket's studio, and at Gig Studio, while two more tracks, as well as strings, were recorded at Stockholm's Atlantis Studios?the album was mixed. Further recordings took place at Stockholm's Riksmixningsverket, owned by ABBA'sBenny Andersson. His Yamaha GX-1- the legendary "dream machine" heard, for instance, on "Does Your Mother Know"-appears on Brun's interpretation of Carey's Hero.

Brun has recorded and released eleven albums over the last twelve years on her own imprint Balloon Ranger Recordings. In 2005, her second album A Temporary Dive earned her critical acclaim at home and abroad, winning the Norwegian Grammy for Best Female Artist. Her fifth album, Changing Of The Seasons, was recorded in Iceland by Valgier Sigursson. The New York Times said the album "offers the kind of comfort that only well-versed singer-songwriters can give. An album full of sad songs to revel in as the days grow shorter and colder, Seasons is Brun's strongest work yet." Brun released It all Starts With One in 2011 and Rolling Stonecalled the lead track "Do You Remember" a "knockout single." It was followed by the collections Songs 2003-2013, which celebrated Brun's most beloved tracks and songwriting achievements and Rarities (2013), which navigated the lesser-known corners of her catalog. In 2016, Brun released When I'm Free which NPR's All Things Considered" called "best record yet...her most sonically ambitious..."

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