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Yay! Finally Sissel's Album is Coming
By HÅKON MOSLET translated from Norwegian by Robert A Jones
"It is a commercial pop album in English. I've never done anything like it before," explains a shining, made-up Sissel who is playing super model for the day in a photo studio in Copenhagen. For with the new album there follows, of course, an ever so little shift in her image. And the blonde locks from the beginning of her career are definitely not being brought back again.
Punk Look "We're combining Sissel's beauty with a little raw and punk look. She is very lovely and sweet, so we can rock her up without making her look trashy and losing her individuality," points out the photographer who brings out the babe in the "gospel girl" from Vestlandet. Bum Out
"I'm glad I don't do this every day," she says after taking off the makeup and climbing back into her every day clothes again. Withdrawn Life
"I live a very withdrawn life away from the spotlight, a normal life in Copenhagen. I am a homebody and relaxed," she said. There is no doubt that the children have changed her life. "The focus has shifted from myself. It is wonderful. I prioritize my children before everything else. They have given me a richer life," she said. Uniqueness Disappeared
"It was frustrating." "What was wrong with what you recorded in the USA?" "My uniqueness -- my voice -- disappeared. It became a monotonous album which I wasn't entirely familiar with when it was finished. I was quite disappointed when I saw the results of the album project," said Sissel. Sissel's rescue came when she met Jørn Dahl. Dahl produced Lene Marlin's million-selling debut album "Playing My Game." The two met through Arne Svare, the manager of both Sissel and Lene Marlin, in February this year. "It was an unbelievable kick to meet Jørn for the first time. We found the sound on the first try. That was the solution. The album which is now being released was recorded in the span of half a year. The entirely Norwegian foundation for the album is emphasized by the fact that the songwriters are Dahl, Morten Abel, Lene Marlin Pedersen and the Trondheim-based studio team Stargate. Only one of Rick Chertoff's songs survived from the USA recording. Too Slothful and Lazy
"Why make it difficult when one can make it simple? That's what we've thought. It's an album my mother and father will enjoy. My daughter Ingrid also likes it a lot." "The public and media have always had big expectations for your international career But you seem very calm in the face of such expectations?" "I'm not pushy enough to think of career and international star status. I am too slothful and lazy. I don't want a career at any price. If I had jumped into something after "Titanic" I might not have Sara now. But I'll be happy if listeners in other countries want my new album. On the other hand, it's been so long that I don't dare hope for anything," she concluded.
Copyright © 2000 Dagbladet and The Sissel Website
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