Track Listing

1. Unlike Me
2. Travel In Time
3. I Don't Know You
4. You Again
5. Not Fair
6. Nowhwere Warm
7. Serpentine
8. Kaleidoscope
9. Sleepless
10. Suckerlove
11. Timeless
12. New Day
13. Solo

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #17562 in Music
• Released on: 2007-03-27
• Number of discs: 1

Album Description
"THE VOICE OF GREY'S ANATOMY," Kate Havnevik's music has had an unprecedented 5 songs placed on the show and several have made it to the Grey Anatomy's soundtrack albums.

Kate's debut album is title "Melankton". Melankton means "Black Rose" which describes Kate's idea of the album's sound-scape and production perfectly: dark, yet beautiful.

The 12 songs on the album range from symphonic pop extravaganza to the most intimate of melodies. A truly beautiful body of work, Melankton is heady, intoxicating and evocative with its mix of wistful lyrics, mellifluous orchestration and cinematic electronica.

Musicweek [UK]
"My favorite artist these days is Kate Havnevik, whose irresistible music marks the arrival of an undeniable talent."

What's On In London
"Kate's the missing link between Björk, Goldfrapp and Air"

Customer Reviews

Import's Two Diff Songs Worth Getting
The day after I bought the US version of this excellent CD, I was lucky enough to find a cheap used copy of the original EU version on the Continentica Records label. It has two songs not available on the American edition (but does not have the US CD tracks "Travel in Time" and "Timeless"). The two import-version-only songs, "Someday" and "Se Meg," are both written by Kate, and are every bit as good as the rest of the songs on the CD. Buying the import for only those two songs, which add up to under 10 minutes, might seem crazy...but won't after you hear them.

Beauty is the Beast...
I have listened to Kate Havnevik so many times you'd think I'd grow tired of her, but I don't. Her music is so healing. Her voice is so different from other singers...it's a little breathy--which normally irritates me--but it's not "aren't I sexy?" breathy, it's more of an honest, "life has done this to me" kind of sound. I think that's why I put her cd "Melankton" (try saying that twice) on whenever I can't sleep. She sounds like she's seen a lot of sad things and that she'd sit down with you over a glass of wine (maybe beer, but she doesn't have a beer kind of voice) and translate your pain into something so gorgeous your heart would skip several beats.

One of the tracks, "Not Fair," could be straight out of a James Bond film, IF the women in James Bond's life wore their hearts on their sleeves and bared more than just skin. "Suckerlove" seeps into your bones right away with its exotic intro and goes straight to the punch with its message of love and loss.

"I Don't Know You" and "Timeless" are so delicately open that if I listen to them when I'm even the slightest bit sad, I completely lose it and have to find some tissues.

"Kaleidoscope" and "Nowhere Warm"...well, they are so lovely I can't find the right words.

The funny thing is the first time I put it on my stereo I didn't like it that much because I wanted every song to be like her "Grace" (from "Grey's Anatomy") Now, I can't remember the last time I fell so hard for an album.

Hypnotic
I listened to this album via headphones for about 3 hours straight while doing some graphics work. When I finally stepped away from the machine I felt like I had been SCUBA diving. It took about an hour for the combined effect to wear off. Then I went back in. Basically this album's melodic tones combined with Kate Havnevik's smooth and lush vocals bring you to an island of tranquility, regardless of your originating state.