Album Details Although "BlackArts" is a formidable album at first thought of to be good as the initial official release I do think these collection of songs must not be forgotten. And in time I did grow to understand that they eventually will have to be released in their entirety to give an accurate perception of the EM discography. Most of the songs were included as bonus tracks on the first edition of "BlackArts". But the songs do stand strongly by themselves and the album is now under license to "Black Lodge"/"Sound Pollution" and will most likely see a future official release. I do unfortuanly not have the slightlest clue of when this might be. When the songs were first recorded Elvira Madigan was not an official band or project. I did at that time not know where I was heading and the songs were recorded as pure experiment. I put them all on a demo I dubbed "Varsel" after one of the tracks but as Elvira Madigan progressed I didn't see a reason to confine the tracks only to a demo. The historical value was too great and the quality as well. I could not see myself rerecording the entire album either so the decision to call the outcome of the first studio session "an unreleased album" felt kind of natural. At first when I started my own "Northlore Records" I thought I'd eventually release the CD in its' entirety as soon as I made a little money to spare. All my funds went into releasing new material but I liked to keep the option open to release this album one day. Now I don't have to worry about that as Northlore Records will not be the releasing company when the time comes! The extremely raw and cold production on this album has since evolved immensly so the soundscape is confined only to this album. It did work extremely well on this particular set of songs, but the progress of the material since needed something else and thus the production has changed. The general sound and feel provided on this album far exceeds most other demo-tapes available on the market with the same low funding, so I do feel the songs/recordings are more than good enough to be included on an album instead of a demo. I remember particepating on a sampler of an Italian magazine with the track "TuathaDeDanan" and when I got a copy of the CD I sat down to listen to the other tracks as well. When I came to my own song the production was so enormously different compared to the other contributions that I was completely caught off guard (or as we in Sweden would say "hajjade till"!). But it suddenly occured to me how good that was and refreshing. It was like a breath of fresh air on an album with soundscapes - although well crafted and produced - rather simular. This album is not available today.