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Junnn<<The Deer Tracks>> are Elin and David. They come from Sweden and they play delicate & haunting music. We'll be keeping an eye on them and hope you will do the same!

MATT: Hi Elin and David. It's wonderful to be doing this interview with you. I would like to begin with a connection.... The Northern Lights. We can both witness them from where I am in Canada and from where you are in Sweden. Unfortunately, I cannot see them from exactly where I am, I would have to go quite a bit further North, but I have certainly seen them as a child. Can you see the Northern Lights from where you're sitting? Can you remember the first time you saw them?.

ELIN: I think I was about five years old when I first experienced the northern lights. My street, a small dirt road that had gotten so bumpy after a very rainy autumn was at this time of the year covered in a white slippery duvet of snow and ice. At my house the road had to climb up a small hill, but for us it was the world championship slope for down hill racing. My cousins, my sister and I were the only children within a few miles range. The age difference was quite remarkable from the youngest to the oldest, and we used it to our advantage when we built the longest kick-sled train ever seen. We fitted in the pedals in size order starting with the smallest, took a seat and held the kick-sled in front of us in a tight grip. My oldest cousin ran as fast as he could and with all his strength he pushed the train closer to the edge. Like a wave we dived down the hill, and crashed in a bank of snow further down the road.
For hours we went up and down that hill with bright red smiling faces. Eventually the cold and the late hour caught up with our enthusiasm and we were ready to surrender by the time our grandmother joined us. She told us to look up in the sky. Colourful ribbons were dancing among the stars and we all watched enchanted in total silence. The roaring wind through my knitted beanie made the same