Riversky is an alias of Trine Nielsen from Trøndelag, Norway. She studied music performance and composition at The Grieg Academy in Bergen, and produced music under the alias M. Lundqvist during the 2010s. Trine's music has been featured on several Norwegian TV programs for children during 2011-2012. She was active in Dream Aid, a collaborative storytelling project focused on poetry and short stories. Her first two albums as Riversky, produced in collaboration with her life partner Lauri Salminen (Palmasvaktillipäivä) and featuring Svein Aasen, Fredrik Englund, and Lykke Palsvik, have been made available via the long-running podcast [med.mera], as well as her earlier music.
Linn Friberg is an electronic music producer, active since 2005. She is an owner of Nova Beat Estate, formerly a record label based in Cyprus (2006-2012), and nowadays a production moniker (2020-present). Along with Trine Nielsen and Mel Higgins, she was active in Dream Aid, a collaborative storytelling project focused on poetry and short stories. She is one of the producers behind the long-running podcast [med.mera], showcasing diverse electronic music from the 2000s and 2010s. Her current music projects include Nimbostrata, Ann Or Lunda, and The Itinerant. She is currently a student at Linköping University.
Spoken word within the track:
"Shedding the old skin, once again, sanitizing the space, starting anew. Or, maybe, just trying to take off with a handbrake on? Feeling the currents and following instincts, moving ahead almost blindly. As they say, you cannot experience any freedom until your shadowy parts are allowed to see the light. These parts are not scary, or ugly, they just did not receive love, kindness, or care. Subconsciously, they did receive attention, and this was the first step towards true unification."
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