Nordic Ambient Music [3 hours]

Note : last 40 min or whatever are muted to do a company copyright claiming the video. Youtube appears to have automuted it. i have an updated video without the big blank section

Artists in this upload: (if you recognize ones not listed here PLEASE LET ME KNOW so people can discover and support them!)
Ulf Soderberg | Sephiroth | Empyrium | Tenhi

partial playlist thanks to Cassandroid Seadoss:

0:00:00 - Ulf Söderberg - Tidvatten part II
0:07:04 - Ulf Söderberg - Vindarnas Hus
0:10:51 - Ulf Söderberg - Tidvatten Part I
0:16:20 - Ulf Söderberg - Tempel Och Katedral Reser Sig Ur Djupen
0:20:51 - ulf söderberg - sådan var vintern om sommaren
0:24:35 - Ulf Söderberg - Nordvinterögon
0:27:13 - Ulf Söderberg - I Vargmanens Tid
0:33:00 - Ulf Söderberg - Blaeld
0:35:38 - Ulf Söderberg - Nattfrost
0:37:25 - ulf söderberg - det vakande tinget i nordväst
0:40:20 - Ulf Söderberg - Den viskande solen
0:41:40 - Sephiroth - Dark Father
0:49:44 - Sephiroth - Dark Garden
0:54:40 - Sephiroth - Now Night Her Course Began
1:03:30 - A map of Eden Before the Storms
1:07:00 - Sephiroth - Abyssanctum
1:17:35 - Ulf Söderberg - Nongals tempelgardar (???)
1:18:49 - Ulf Söderberg - Vargskymning
1:23:06 - Sephiroth - R'lyeh
1:29:30 - Ulf Söderberg - Nattstaden
1:38:20 - Sephiroth - Therasia
1:46:43 - Sephiroth - The Moongate
======= Unknown =======
2:04:20 - Sephiroth - Heliopolis
2:09:00 - Ulf Söderberg - Morgonmåne
2:19:51 - Empyrium - Nebel
2:22:11 - Empyrium - Waldpoesie (starts at around 6:53 in that track)
2:26:05 - Empyrium - Nachhall
2:31:48 - Tenhi - Etäisyyksien Taa
2:37:40 - Tenhi - Sateen Soutu
2:40:45 - Tenhi - Surunuotta
2:45:10 - Tenhi - Sees
2:48:44 on - Ulf söderberg - Nattljus album

some of you may remember a skyrim mod that disappeared from the nexus mysteriously a while ago... you can still find it in mod form but the music is all compressed. Luckily I had the original MP3s the mod author posted alongside the mod, so I decided to put them up here for anyone looking to listen to without having to fumble around with decompling .wmx files

[StimmlaborDe]

Danke für den glücklichen "Zufall", der mich zu dieser Offenbarung an Trance-Musik hier gebracht hat, ich bin absolut begeistert von der Tiefe dieser Compilation. Ganz herzlichen Dank dafür!!!

[andrewp]

I am writing poetry inspired by verses/sections from the Hávamál, while listening to this. Here's what I have:

"The hearth light grows dim;
Before sleep, some last words,
Some wisdom from him--
Sayings of the high one: 


Though cattle may die,
Kin become elegies,
And we breathe last sighs,
Deathless, is glory.
Your good deeds never die."


I want to write another one related to this first one, or perhaps even more...I feel inspired.

[cassandra]

Here's a partial playlist - missing quite a few songs though, hopefully someone can help fill in the gaps. Thanks to some other commentors for contributions:

0:00:00 - Ulf Söderberg - Tidvatten part II
0:07:04 - Ulf Söderberg - Vindarnas Hus
0:10:51 - Ulf Söderberg - Tidvatten Part I
0:16:20 - Ulf Söderberg - Tempel Och Katedral Reser Sig Ur Djupen
0:20:51 - ulf söderberg - sådan var vintern om sommaren
0:24:35 - Ulf Söderberg - Nordvinterögon
0:27:13 - Ulf Söderberg - I Vargmanens Tid
0:33:00 - Ulf Söderberg - Blaeld
0:35:38 - Ulf Söderberg - Nattfrost
0:37:25 - ulf söderberg - det vakande tinget i nordväst
0:40:20 - Ulf Söderberg - Den viskande solen
0:41:40 - Sephiroth - Dark Father
0:49:44 - Sephiroth - Dark Garden
0:54:40 - Sephiroth - Now Night Her Course Began
1:03:30 - A map of Eden Before the Storms
1:07:00 - Sephiroth - Abyssanctum
1:17:35 - Ulf Söderberg - Nongals tempelgardar (???)
1:18:49 - Ulf Söderberg - Vargskymning
1:23:06 - Sephiroth - R'lyeh
1:29:30 - Ulf Söderberg - Nattstaden
1:38:20 - Sephiroth - Therasia
1:46:43 - Sephiroth - The Moongate
Unknown
2:04:20 - Sephiroth - Heliopolis
2:09:00 - Ulf Söderberg - Morgonmåne
2:19:51 - Empyrium - Nebel
2:22:11 - Empyrium - Waldpoesie (starts at around 6:53 in that track)
2:26:05 - Empyrium - Nachhall
2:31:48 - Tenhi - Etäisyyksien Taa
2:37:40 - Tenhi - Sateen Soutu
2:40:45 - Tenhi - Surunuotta
2:45:10 - Tenhi - Sees
2:48:44 on - Ulf söderberg - Nattljus album

[ReuvenNorby]

I do not have Nordicism, Nordic blood. My ancestors are Maya, from the great Maya Civilization. Although I'm proud about my origins and so about my ancestors, I am so impressed, curious about the Scandinavian, Nordics. Their history is amazing, these people were more than regular, in my opinion, people. I'm sorry for my english but to be brief, there is something special about them, about their civilization. These people, along with the Celtes, the Germains, Gaulois, Huns Greek and others were physically so powerful, statistically speaking. I read many books about the Scandinavian Civilization (I'm not an expert, I never pretend that) and they really were a strong civilization. Sometimes I wish I could have Nordics ancestors but I did not have this chance. They are a Civilization that I'm obsessed about and all people today descending from them I find you lucky to have this gift of being from Nordic ancestors. 

Also, nowadays in our world since the beginning of the world, we have a population made from two gender: men and woman. However it is special how now people described a men or what I can call a manly man. We talk about this in my University Anatomy class. Today they are people, men, that behave like a ''tough'' person, which I find funny and pathetic, and this to appear manly, or who goes to the gyms everyday to have only big muscles to appear manly. I am a man, I'm 21, I play rugby, soccer, I swim and go to the gym. I'm 6'' 5' and even if I'm well shape for my training, I can't say I'm manly, like really manly because of my morphology of my body, from my genes. There are men that are men and men that are manly men. Manly does not have anything to do with having big muscle and acting like a stupid tough guy, not at all. A manly person is someone acting normally and you can see he is different. My point is the Nordic were very strong physically as we talked in our class, and one day in France there was guy who entered in a grocery store, maybe 6'' 6' but he appeared way taller than me, and even if I'm confident about myself and find myself manly, I saw the difference between me and him hahaha, and people felt it too. A guy with big muscle, too big, you know the kind of ''douchebag'', was near him and his muscles looks so tiny compared to the giant blond, blue eyes man (it appears he was from Iceland) . They were, are, these people, Nordic, strong naturally from their morphology and with severe (traits). At one time in my life I wanted big muscle to appear tough but after what we talk in class and after I saw that guy and the douchebag near him, I realize that no one can compared to these Scandinavian people. Seriously, they were courageous. Today people need guns to kill each other and proclaims themselves tough. 

All this anyway to say that Scandinavian Civilization is one of the Greatest. Amazing people with a fantastic history. 

[AgTip]

I listened to this music while wrestling with a chapter of a novel.  It makes me happy to hear that others use this music in pursuit of the arts!  We are joined at the ears.

[thor-]

Okay, hail the old Gods, I agree with, but note at 18:20, the sound of Gregorian chant! I honor ALL my Norwegian ancestors, including Christian ones, for their blood and sweat made me who I am too, and bequeathed to me my legacy. Good grief, there was a period of almost 300 years in Scandinavia where the old Gods and the new God mingled in the hearts and minds of the people before Christianity was the norm, a syncretism found in the British Isles and elsewhere too. When looking to God or Gods don't forget to look to the people who - by their actions and deeds - made them manifest in Midgard. No one group had a monopoly on honor or any other virtues connected to the human heart, and it's that heart which is the bottom line, the reason that any people has lived, loved, struggled, built, and endured.

[Camelworks]

0:00 - 2:19:50 is all music created by a fellow named Ulf Soderberg. His silent disappearance from the music world is as mysterious as his music.

[SuperCabrito]

From Mexico, salud to my Nordic brothers, our ancestors both formidable warriors, like Aztecs like Vikings, and their blood continues to run in our veins today, #respect

[blizzardaccount]

17:35 - 20:47

This piece always gets to me. It matters not what my state of mind is at the time; I always pause and give it the respect it deserves by listening...and feeling. It's so deep, dark, and hopeful at the same time. This piece can either be the calm before a rising storm or the last embers of a fire slowly dying after having burned everything in its path. This piece made me realize that hope and tragedy are close cousins.

[parkerwilloughby]

This made writing a short story so much more fun, thank you for posting this music.

[Dovahcookiie]

The photo in the video is from a monument, it is called Sverd i fjell. The largest sword represents the victorious Harald, and the two smaller swords represent the defeated petty kings. The monument also represents peace, since the swords are planted into solid rock, whence they may never be removed.

[Camelworks]

Music at 1:39:39 ? That is one powerful chord combination, especially mixed with those tones.

[bahbhudson]

As a full blood Norwegian I can vouch for the SPIRIT of this music - percussive with choir-like drones. I can see myself gliding down a fijord between the craggy, mountainous walls on either side. The instruments may not be ancient but their sound is in the vein of the Norske soul (which is the point). You may also like my friend, Ostein's music here. He goes by the name of Amethystium. He also encompasses this particular spirit and he's Norwegian as well. Ufda!

[bjornashby]

I was born in Texas in the United States my family came here from Scandinavia and they went to Ireland then they went to Britain then the US. This music awakens my inner spirit and me and my daughter Ursula love this thank you for making this my brors I feel like the fore-fathers are with me.

[ThomasAlexanderSharp]

I remember listening to this 10 years ago when it first appeared on YouTube.

I had a danish girlfriend at the time and was visiting her in northern Denmark. When I returned home to England I’d listen to this most nights as it reminded me of the week we spent in her parent’s log cabin by the ocean. Quite beautiful how music can teleport you.

[timewasteland]

I like this picture because I can't tell if it's just three normal swords stuck into the ground on a mossy little patch of ground or if they are three giant stone monuments of swords standing on a hill in the middle of nowhere. I literally can't tell.

[superbad]

I love Nordic music, history and culture.  Much love from your Celtic cousins in Ireland

[stormking]

This song has not only helped me with writing my Viking story but also a spy film script as well. I just love the music.

[boojay]

I feel a painting coming on here. Memories of my trip from Oslo to the North Cape. Dramatic, looming rocks and eagles. So fantastically brilliant, I was agape with the wonder of nature. The oppressive clouds, the seemingly safe and still seas, hidden rocks and any minute, waiting, waiting, for a long ship to appear.

[tobiasneal]

Thanks for putting this out there. I use it when I write. It's truly an enjoyable listen. Cheers!