Fermit the Krog

Karin Krog - We Could Be Flying (1974)


Norway's Karin Krog has a crazy voice. It has this grown-up/child hybrid sound that makes her songs seems less grounded in reality. She's a jazz singer, and an accomplished one, but here she's working in elements of breezy funk and the singer/songwriter style of Joni Mitchell - but not letting go of the improvisational jazz she is more well known for. The track is written by pianist Steve Kuhn, who was an American ex-pat in Norway at the time. Everything on this album is understated, though. It's as if she's off in some perennial la-la land. And you know, la-la land is always the place to be. "Meaning of Love" is one of those songs where you can't really believe it was recorded when it was. It seems so . . . current. The spacey effects . . . the nebulous, airy quality. It's very much the sound of a post-modern club. But fear not the Zero 7 remix, friends - this is a stone cold Norwegian killer from the 1974 album We Could Be Flying.




Karin Krog - "Meaning of Love