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After Bryter Layter failed to sell, Drake rarely left his flat, and then only to play an occasional poorly-attended concert or to buy drugs.

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Boyd was at the time working as co-producer with John Cale on Nico 's Desertshore album. Boyd sent the recently ex- Velvet Underground member a demo recording of a few of the tracks that were to form Bryter Layter. I have to meet him, where is he right now.

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It was very difficult to figure what was going on in his mind. He made music with a real sensuality — very different from English folk music". He arranged a recording session for the following day, on the condition that Cale would be allowed to add accompaniment to the tracks. Cale improvised piano, celeste, and Hammond organ parts on "Northern Sky", and viola and harpsichord arrangements on "Fly".

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In his biography of Drake, Trevor Dann describes Cale's contribution as infusing the tracks with a "subtlety that Robert Kirby's full-blown arrangements didn't quite match on some of the other tracks [on Bryter Layter]. Boyd noticed Cale was strongly leading the direction of the recording, but that as the songs were reforming, Drake gradually seemed to gain trust in his judgment. During the session he asked the songwriter if he was happy with the direction the songs were taking, and was met with an affirmative "Yeh, yeh, I guess so yeh, yeh. Although Drake's debut album was commercially unsuccessful, Boyd was able to generate a mood of optimism around the lead-up to the release of Bryter Layter.

According to Kirby, Drake was uncharacteristically upbeat. He felt Bryter Layter "was going to be the one with a single on it.

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I always rated "Poor Boy", but they could have gone with "Northern Sky", but nothing ever happened. The UK hit single " Life in a Northern Town " by The Dream Academy was based on and inspired by "Northern Sky", and contributed to the early to mids revival of interest in the songwriter's career.

Drake, then practically unknown in the UK, was name-checked in a Melody Maker interview with Laird-Clowes, who said his song came of a "strong connection with Nick Drake in a way I can't even explain". Under a Funeral Moon - Darkthrone. Darkthrone - The Cult Is Alive. A Blaze in the Northern Sky".

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Retrieved 22 January Darkthrone - A Blaze in the Northern Sky. Retrieved 4 October Retrieved 12 September Retrieved 27 March Retrieved from " https: Use dmy dates from July Articles with hAudio microformats All articles with unsourced statements Articles with unsourced statements from September Views Read Edit View history. This page was last edited on 23 August , at After recording Soulside Journey , the band began writing songs with more black metal traits. This yielded the instrumental demo Goatlord.

After recording Goatlord , three of the band members— Fenriz , Nocturno Culto and Zephyrous —decided that they wanted to focus on making black metal music. Bassist Nilsen disliked this shift in direction, and quit the band.

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However, he agreed to record his bass parts for the album as a session member. In an interview, Fenriz said that the album was somewhat "rushed" and that many of the songs have "death metal guitar riffs" played in a "black metal style". Due to Darkthrone's sudden change from death metal to black metal, Peaceville was unwilling to release the album as it was. The shocked record label had expected that the band would continue recording death metal in the vein of Soulside Journey.

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Peaceville agreed to release the album only if they were able to remix it, stating that the sound was "too weak". The album was released by Peaceville on 26 February The first CD pressing was limited to 2, copies and had a white disc.

It was remastered and reissued by Peaceville in , as well as being repackaged in a cardboard digipak.