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A lifelong traveller, explorer and a singer/songwriter from Bergen, Norway.
Ocean, Tron’s debut album is released in March.
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Norwegian singer-songwriter, Tron Jensen lives amidst desolate woodlands high on a mountainside with dramatic views of Bergen’s fjords and surrounding islands. A fisherman and an explorer, his rugged charm, and raspy voice belie his talent for capturing the serenity and emotion of time at sea.
Born and raised in Bergen, from a Norwegian bloodline of seafarers and great explorers, Jensen is a traveller at heart. As a young man, with just a backpack and guitar he set sail around the world as a deck hand on a tallship. He jumped ship in Sydney for a U2 concert, yet continued his journey and, believing that “every place has its own song”, channelled his experiences into song writing.
On returning from his travels Tron set about recording some of the songs. Keen to capture their spirit - of longing at sea, coming home, and of the search for the deeper truths in life - he rented an old, uninhabited sea house deep amongst the Norwegian fjords. His group of musicians carried the studio equipment across rocky islands to capture the special atmosphere of the rugged, remote coastline.
Ocean is Tron Jensen’s debut album, and takes the listener on his own personal journey. Blending blues, folk and rock, the album features a collection of anthemic torch songs, delicate, melodies, and out and out rock guitar riffs. Tron’s seemingly simple songs are brought to life with a passionate voice that ranges from a deep reedy whisper to haunting tenor, all underpinned by superbly clean steel guitar. While Ocean takes it’s inspiration from Tron’s travelling experiences, Tron’s musical inspiration is apparent too. From troubadours Van Morrison and Neil Young, to Jeff Buckley, Nick Drake, Daniel Lanois and Emmylou Harris. In fact, the albums only cover is Gillian Welch’s ‘Orphan Girl’, a beautiful heart-felt song made famous by Emmylou Harris.
Ocean is dedicated to the memory of Norwegian scientist and explorer, Thor Heyerhahl, who, In 1947, crossed the Pacific Ocean on a balsa wood raft, named the Kon Tiki, in an extraordinary bid to prove his theory that the Polynesians undertook the same feat over 1000 years before. Despite scepticism, Thor and his team crossed 8000 km of ocean in 101 days, proving his theory. A documentary of the voyage won an Oscar in 1951 and the book about the expedition has sold over 52 million copies. Tron holds a deep admiration for Heyerdahl, so driven by a desire to meet him, tracked him down living in the Canary Islands in 1997. Thor Heyerdahl died in 2002.
In April 2006, a team or explorers, including Thor’s grandson, Olav set out to re-enact the Kon-Tiki’s great journey. Tracks from Ocean will accompany the forthcoming film of the expedition.