“This year marks the 10 year anniversary of Sol: an acoustic and instrumental album that has always held a deeply personal place in my heart, as well as in the hearts of many who listen to Sowulo,” says Faber. “Sol was created during a time when I was deeply immersed in the pagan year feasts. At the time, I felt there was no music that truly resonated with these celebrations. That absence became a calling and Sol was my answer. I’m truly grateful to say that Sol is now back in stock and available through Season of Mist.”
Where Sowulo’s debut Alvenrad was orchestral and piano-led, Sol strips the same mythological territory back to a fully acoustic core: bouzouki, hammered dulcimer, nyckelharpa, Celtic harp, viola, and woodwinds. The result is lighter on its feet and more rhythmically driven than its predecessorâless meditative weight, more kinetic celebration. CeltCast described it as “pagan folk meets chamber music,” a phrase that captures the album’s dual register: earthy and ceremonial on one hand, intimate and precisely arranged on the other.
The album features Chloé Bakker on Celtic harp, Pan Bartkowiak on davul and percussion, Koen van Egmond on woodwinds, and Klaartje van Zwoll on viola, violin, and vocals, alongside Horbach himself.
The album has accumulated over 11 million streams, with Sol and follow-up Mann together surpassing 23.6 million streams combined. This CD reissue marks the first time the album is distributed to a wider European retail audience under a major independent label, coinciding with Sol‘s tenth anniversary and an exclusive anniversary performance at Castlefest, where Sowulo will play the album in full.
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