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Kari Rueslåtten is known for her excellent voice and songwriting skills. Kari Rueslåtten releases the single "Turn, Turn, Turn" May 2015, which will be followed by a new studio album in October 2015. This will be Kari Rueslåtten´s sixth studio album. In 2014, Kari Rueslåtten celebrated 20 years in music by releasing a Collection of songs from her entire music career.
Spindelsinn, her first official solo album came out in 1997 through Sony Norway, sung entirely in the Norwegian language making honour to the Norwegian folk music. For that she was nominated for best vocal artist in the Norwegian Grammy Awards as best female artist at the Norwegian Hit-Awards. The Following year the second release Mezmerized came out. A mellower album, with more personal lyrics in which she left the folk-acoustic style in favour of exploring more modern sounds. The singing style is reminiscent in some parts of Tori Amos mixed with her own style.
Tired of relying on producers to get the sounds she wanted for her songs, she decided to study production and went to London, England for a couple of years. After joining the Swedish label GMR Music Group Kari released a comeback album, the experimental Pilot which contains a lot of modern sounds. It bears some resemblance to Björk, but with the more passionate feel which has always characterized Kari's music. In January 2005, Other People's Stories was issued, showing a simpler side of her music but without losing the modern feel, quality and passion in her performance.
After a long break from music she returned to music with the acoustic and mellow album Time to Tell in 2014, released on the Swedish label Despotz Records.
She made her debut in a local rock-band in 1985, before she attended music school (classical singing) in 1987. She was a co-founder of the doom metal band The 3rd and the Mortal, and released two albums with them before she left the band in 1995. Tuomas Holopainen of Nightwish has said that the sound of Rueslåtten's voice in The 3rd and the Mortal was a big inspiration when he founded the, now famous, Finnish symphonic metal band. She also contributed on the black metal project Storm.
In 2014-2015, Kari Rueslåtten has toured Europe and Latin America together with Anneke van Giersbergen (ex The Gathering) and Liv Kristine (ex Theatre of Tragedy as The Sirens.
Kari Rueslåtten contributed on the Norwegian rock legend Åge Aleksandersen´s album "Sukker og salt" in 2014. She has also been featured in a handful of drum 'n' bass tracks by the Norwegian duo Rawthang. Her vocals of "Hør Min Sang" (Hear My Song) is also featured on a hardcore record, by Art of Fighters, called "Artwork". This track was included on Dutch Hardstyle DJ, The Prophet´s Dj Mix, "Hard 3"
Discography:
1995 - Demo Recordings
1997 - Spindelsinn
1997 - Demo Recordings (Re-Release)
1998 - Mezmerized
2002 - Pilot
2002 - Exile (single)
2005 - Other People's Stories
2007 - Other People's Stories (limited edition on vinyl)
2014 - Why so Lonely (single, limited edition on vinyl)
2014 - Time to Tell
2014 - Collection
2015 - Battle Forevermore (limited edition on picture disc)
2015 - To the North
Pilot
Kari Rueslåtten Lyrics
Jump to: Overall Meaning ↴ Line by Line Meaning ↴
off of who i am
divide me into pieces
and then you can decide
what it is you want
a heart a mind a fuck
if it's all the same to you
i'll choose instead
you're pushing the buttons now
as fast as you can
close race, close race
now it's time to understand
and leave you, leave you
stranded here
a pilot with no plane
my parachute will open
while yours will fail
and it doesn't really matter
if your crash-helmet is on
i'll just light another
of your cigarettes
and the ghosts that haunt this house
will slowly fade away
In Kari Rueslåtten's song "Pilot," the singer is confronting someone who wants to control her, to strip her of her identity, and break her down into pieces. This person sees her as a series of objects: "a heart, a mind, a fuck." The singer refuses to be reduced to this, and declares that she will choose her own path. She compares the situation to a race, where her oppressor is pushing all her buttons as fast as she can, but the singer is determined to leave her behind.
The metaphor of the "pilot with no plane" is particularly striking. The singer seems to be saying that she has been stripped of her power, but she still has agency. She is in control of her own parachute, and she will escape the situation, while her oppressor will inevitably crash and burn. The singer is also able to find a sense of liberation in this moment - she is free from the ghosts that haunt the house, ghosts that may represent the memories of past trauma or abuse. In the end, the singer is still standing, and she is still in charge of her own destiny.
Line by Line Meaning
you just want to strip me
You want to take away who I am as a person
off of who i am
You want to take away my identity
divide me into pieces
You want to break me apart and separate me into different parts
and then you can decide
You want to have control over me and decide what you want
what it is you want
You want to figure out what you want from me
a heart a mind a fuck
You want me to be available to you physically, emotionally, and sexually
if it's all the same to you
If it doesn't matter to you
i'll choose instead
I will make the decision for myself
it's a close race, close race
The decision is a difficult one
you're pushing the buttons now
You are trying to control and manipulate me
as fast as you can
You are doing it quickly and aggressively
now it's time to understand
Now it's time for you to realize
and leave you, leave you
I will abandon you
stranded here
Left alone and helpless
a pilot with no plane
A person without direction or means of escape
my parachute will open
I will find a way out of this situation
while yours will fail
Your attempts to control me will not work
and it doesn't really matter
It's not important
if your crash-helmet is on
Whether you are prepared or not
i'll just light another
I will continue to smoke
of your cigarettes
Your bad habits or toxic behavior
and the ghosts that haunt this house
The memories or emotions that linger in our relationship
will slowly fade away
They will diminish over time
Contributed by Jacob E. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
Juan Pablo Gustafsson
1 - Beautiful Morning 0:00
2 - Butterfly-milk 3:39
3 - Calling You 6:24
4 - Denial 10:26
5 - Exile 14:22
6 - Leaving 18:07
7 - Love I Gave 21:13
8 - Never Fly Away 24:20
9 - Pilot 27:58
10 - River 31:24
11 - Smile In Your Sleep 35:20
12 - Snow 38:48
13 - Calling You (Hidden Track) 42:19
Natalia Andrea Amarillo Gómez
Maravillosa voz!!!
Vocalele
One of my fav album ever!
Neueregel
Another great CD !!
btk C
Wow.!!!!!
Neueregel
All lyrics of this CD, here http://www.darklyrics.com/lyrics/karirueslatten/pilot.html#1
Fernando Andres Venegas Perez
discaso
cuiper indy
which version of the disc is this? Seems as you fucked up the tracks order