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But to get a real sense of who Karin Park is you must know the place she comes from.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA chubby child from a christian family, growing up in a small Swedish village and years spent in a Missionary school in Japan made her desperate to break away from narrow thinking – and she used her only advantages to do so; her unique voice and personality. By the age of 15 she had moved away from home to find her place in music. After studying at Stockholm Music Conservatory, a Norwegian poet took her to Norway where she started her pop career. This was followed by a move to London to write songs, and working as a model for high-profile brands such as Swarovski, Haizhen Wang and DKNY. But Karin's heart heart always belonged to music.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAfter five albums, a few Norwegian Grammy’s, a Eurovision entry for Norway and several hits written for other artists, Karin returned to the village of her youth and bought the church where she first sang in front of an audience as a child. She turned the church into a combined studio and home with her husband Kjetil Nernes, front man of the Norwegian rock band Årabrot. And it is here that Imagination now holds sway.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e”I got heavily into synths, hugely inspired by Fad Gadget and a lot of the other Daniel Miller signings for Mute in the early 80s. But there wasn’t a female community of musicians in that scene that I could really look to as an example, so it took a while to find my feet“, says Karin. „I love pop music but I always need to dig deeper, evolve and find new territory. 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An introvert and intimate album that shows her not just as a stellar musician but as a mother, a wife and a humble human being.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eKarin Park has been referred to as the Scandinavian Nico for her persona, and dark ambient legend Lustmord called her a “force of nature”. However, despite a Eurovision song contest entry, a year of sold out shows as the lead in Les Miserables in Oslo and performances alongside Lana Del Rey and David Bowie, Karin's talents have still remained somewhat under-exposed for the really broad public. This might change now, with a stunning new album and an extensive European tour with A.A. Williams this fall.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e“This record is very much a journey in solitude that I’ve been longing to make,\u003c\/em\u003e” Karin tells us about her seventh studio album. Consisting of nine re-recordings – with radically diferent instrumentation – of classic tracks from her impressive back catalogue, as well as the newly written opener «Traces of Me», Private Collection is the quintessential expression of Karin Park’s artistry. “\u003cem\u003eThese are my favourite songs from 20 years of writing, re-recorded as I hear them now. Many of these versions are how I play them live, alone with my synths, mellotron and organ.\u003c\/em\u003e” Joining her on some tracks are her husband Kjetil Nernes (Årabrot) on guitars and Andrew Liles (Nurse With Wound) on synths, as well as Benedetta Simeone on cello. Otherwise, Private Collection is indeed a very private affair.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eThe recordings of Private Collection go all the way back to Karin Park’s early childhood in rural Sweden, growing up in a Christian family and going to church in the Swedish woods. 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Dark, alien and brooding, but nevertheless oozing with familiarity and coziness. “\u003cem\u003eThat’s why I had to go all the way to California,\u003c\/em\u003e” she sings on «Glasshouse» and before you know it, you'll fnd yourself singing along, convinced that somewhere in your own past you travelled to the Sunshine State. Somewhere in that line, and in many others, lies an inexplicable persuasive power that convinces us to believe that her world is also our own world. “\u003cem\u003eI say the magic word, ’till you’re beside me,\u003c\/em\u003e” she sings on «Bending Albert’s Law», capturing an everyday magic of domestic darkness. Private Collection reveals the humanity behind the force of nature called Karin Park, and in that cavernous church, the sound of her presence foats under the high ceiling, but at the same time she is next to you, near. 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