Yggdrasil is the Nordic Weltenbaum (world tree),
which reaches into and connects all the nine mythological Germanic worlds. 

Worlds of the gods: Asgard, Vanaheimr, (Lius)Alfheimr
Worlds of the humans (and giants): Midgard, Jötunheimr (Utgard), Muspellsheimr
Underworld: Hel(heimr), Svartalfheimr, Niflheimr 

 

tracklist: 

Worlds of the gods: Asgard, Vanaheimr, (Lius)Alfheimr

01 ulrich krieger - drei nornen (2006)
alto saxophone
Vanaheimr – home of the Vanir, the older Nordic gods 

02 radu malfatti - unagiya (2014)
bass-mouthorgan
Ásgarðr – home of the Aesir, the younger Nordic gods 

03 antoine beuger - un feu qui n'est pas celui du soleil (2009)
flute
(Ljós) Álfheimr – home of the light elves 

 

Worlds of the humans (and giants): Midgard, Jötunheimr (Utgard), Muspellsheimr 

04 michael pisaro-liu - branch melody (2010)
electric guitar
Miðgarðr – home of the humans; 'earth' 

05 aniela marie perry - dáinn, dvalinn, duneyrr, duraprór (2009)
prepared violoncello
Jötunheimr [Útgarðr] – eastern home of the Jötunn, the giants 

06 carter williams - 'wieder ward milch und zucker vermischt ...' (2009)
prepared violin
Muspellzheimr – the primordial southern world of fire; home of the fire-giants 

 

Underworld: Hel(heimr), Svartalfheimr, Niflheimr 

07 julia holter - drop and bell song (2010)
water & bell percussion
Svartálfaheimr – underground home of the dark elves, the dwarfs 

08 mark so - underworld (2010)
Julie Tolentino & Stosh Fila's ruined field piano
Helheimr – underworld home of Hel, a giant, and the dead 

09 ulrich krieger - von den letzten dingen (2010)
laptop; sounds created by Scott Cazan (2010)
Niflheimr [Niflhel] – the primordial northern world of ice and fog; home of Hrímthursar, the frost-giants 

10 beuger, holter, krieger, malfatti, perry, pisaro-liu, so, williams - yggdrasil-soli (2006-14)
superimposition of all nine soli Yggdrasil – the mythological Nordic Weltenbaum (world tree), which comprises, reaches into and connects all the nine mythological Germanic worlds. It is all there is.

 

Ulrich Krieger (2006-14)