ALBUM REVIEW: Benedicte Maurseth – Mirra

Hubro

Released: 22.08.25

Benedicte Maurseth hails from Norway. Mirra, her fourth solo album since 2010, combines field recordings with electronics, melodic percussion, keyboards and traditional folk instruments – including Benedicte’s beloved Hardanger fiddle. We hear the tinkling of bells, the cry of wild reindeers, the hurried sound of hooves in the grass.

The album resonates with Lindsay Cooper’s poignantly minimalistic soundtrack for The Gold Diggers (1983). It evokes rough, desolate (yet continuously vibrant) landscapes – the slow transformation of the earth as it passes through ages and seasons. Like its predecessor Hárr (2022), the album carries the memory of Maurseth’s ancestors, who were hunters and reindeer herders. Mirra is a meditation with sound – and a reflection on sound’s ability to remember, and reconnect us to the world.