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Operation Valentine

by Det Ferösche Compagnie

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    The album was pressed on audiophile 180g vinyl at Optimal Germany and the cover is a stunning inside out print designed by graphic artist Kirstin Helgadóttir.

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Ein klettur í havinum 05:26
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Yvirlýsing I 00:33
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Enskur dansur / Standmynd teirra sjólátnu 04:50
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Myrkalegging 01:18
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EIngil I 02:13
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Akk akk 03:18
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Yvirlýsing II 01:35
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Faroeitis 02:09
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Sublima løtan 05:10
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Eingil II 03:09
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about

On 11 April 1940 British forces launched Operation Valentine to occupy the Faroe Islands. The British occupation was mostly considered friendly by the Faroese people and had a great impact on not only Faroese culture, politics and social life, but also encouraged new relationships, marriage, children, and an emigration of nearly 200 Faroese women to Great Britain in the aftermath of the war.

To mark the 75th anniversary of the Operation Valentine occupation theatre group Det Ferösche Compagnie created a devised theatre piece with the aim to give an artistic interpretation of the influence that this crucial period in Faroese history had on society. Producer and composer Jens L. Thomsen (ORKA) wrote the music and created the sound design for the Operation Valentine theatre piece.

To mark the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II, Thomsen has reworked the material into a soundtrack album. The Operation Valentine soundtrack is an artistic investigation and imagination of what it was like to be Faroese during the occupation. It's not a period piece but rather an account of the psychological impact that this significant period in time had on Faroese culture and how it shaped the people.

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released November 26, 2021

Produced by Jens L. Thomsen at The Nordic House, Tórshavn; Sjónleikarhúsið, Tórshavn; Støkumørk, Innan Glyvur.
Mastered by Matt Colton at Metropolis, London.
Coordinated by Urd Johannesen.
Cover by Kirstin Helgadóttir.

Pressed by Optimal Media GmbH, Germany.

Ein klettur í havinum: Music by Jens L. Thomsen. Yvirlýsing I: Spoken by Kjartan Hansen. Words by Christian X of Denmark, Thorvald Stauning. Enskur dansur / Standmynd teirra sjólátnu: Spoken by Kristina Sørensen. Music by Jaromir Vejvoda, Jens L. Thomsen. Contains a sample from “Roll out the Barrels” as performed by Škoda Lásky and written by Jaromir Vejvoda. Used courtesy of Supraphon. Myrkalegging. Spoken by Kjartan Hansen. Words by Niels Westerby, Kjartan Hansen. Eingil I: Music by Hughie Charles, Ross Parker. Contains a sample from “We’ll Meet Again” as performed by Vera Lynn & Arthur Young and written by Ross Parker, Hughie Charles. Akk akk: Spoken by Lars Larsen. Music by Jens L. Thomsen. Yvirlýsing II: Spoken by Kristina O. Sørensen. Faroeitis: Music by Jens L. Thomsen. Sublima løtan: Spoken by Heri Mohr. Music by Petur Alberg, Símun av Skarði, Jens L. Thomsen. Contains a sample from “Tú alfagra land mítt” written by Petur Alberg, Símun av Skarði. Eingil II: Written by Hughie Charles, Ross Parker. Performed by Anna Katrin Ø. Egilstrøð.

Operation Valentine was originally performed at Sjónleikarhúsið in Tórshavn 21 August 2015 to 6 September 2015 by Kjartan Hansen, Kristina O. Sørensen, Anna Katrin Ø. Egilstrøð. Directed by Egill H. A. Pálsson. Set design by Kirstin Helgadóttir. Music and sound design by Jens L. Thomsen. Light design by Sonja Lea. Live sound by Anna Katrin Ø. Egilstrøð. Produced by Gunnvá Zachariasen.

© Det Ferösche Compagnie 2021. All rights reserved.

Released by Tutl Records.

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