”The music is a rush that I’ve chosen to dedicate my life to. With music I feel alive, everything else is just waiting for the next song to begin”
“I’m a loner, I’m hard working, I’m sensitive and intense. I’m curious. And open. I pursue my passions. I have lots of self irony and I’m not afraid of being the joke or look stupid, I just wanna have fun. I hate narrow minded people and love to dance alone. I’ve walked through a desert, I’ve caressed loneliness. I’ve filled my life with parties and let my door open. I’m testing and trying life.
I write music about freeing one self, I speak from the heart and I try to be as open as possible, I want to create togetherness. I write about subjects like incest, suicide, prostitution, homosexuality, and what it must be like to have a dick. But also simple love songs and poems. I want to bring it all, no censorship. I’ll “camouflage” it in simple pop melodies and hope that it will reach the masses. I write with humour and irony and with a wish to make a positive difference with my music and my voice, my life, while I’m here. I’m a wild child, a gypsie, a hippie kid, a fashion rebel. I’m Pocahontas meets Flashdance. I hope to radiate a hardcore power that peels on the surface with a pretty exterior.
I’ve travelled the world, started early with my parents on a boat. I dropped outta high school to follow my dream. I went to Australia when I was 17 years old to play music. I’ve been hanging out with everything from billionaires and Candance Bushnell (writer of Sex and the City) to homeless Aboriginals, crazy weird artist types and just regular “odd” types. I love people and their stories. I interpret the world, what I see in it, and then I write my lyrics. The oldest song on the album is “Little Louie”, I wrote it when I was eleven. It’s about all the things you can do, if you dare.
My first encounter with music is also my first memory. December ’87. My mother has put on Anne Linnet’s Christmas record and I remember asking her “why am I crying when I’m not sad?” Music has that effect on me. I can break down completely or become ecstatic with joy. It’s a rush that I’ve chosen to dedicate my life to. With music I feel alive. Everything else is just waiting until the next song to begin.
I have to face the demons that dictate correctness. With music everything inside me changes. It becomes softer and more blurred, and it scares me. But the songs are my holdepunkt. The guitar has followed me since I was ten, and we’ve fought a lot and I’ve won many battles. That’s how it feels. Contradicting feelings. Just like in a relationship.”
- Aura
AURA
