Ben Frost and Daníel Bjarnason: Music for Sólaris (presented by Barbican)
Solaris is a 1961 philosophical science fiction novel by Polish writer Stanisław Lem. Its “philosophical” aspect has …
Searching for Daníel Bjarnason
Interview with Daníel Bjarnason
It’s about time that you and Ben Frost collaborated on a project. Was it long in …
Ben Frost and Daníel Bjarnason
SÓLARIS (Bedroom Community)
Learning that Ben Frost and Daníel Bjarnason decided to work together on a project has already …
Gyda Valtysdottir
Mikros (by Anna Thorvaldsdóttir)
A collection of neo-classical compositions featuring music by Iceland’s leading contemporary composers.
Atli Örvarsson
Dropar (feat. Gyða Valtýsdóttir)
I always said that there was something in the water, up there, in the Nordic island country of Iceland…
Headphone Commute’s Best of 2013
And just like that, another year has gone by… This one seemed particularly like a rapid …
Why Barbican is at the top of my list…
Having moved from New York to London a year ago, I’ve been amazed at the difference …
Iceland Symphony Orchestra, Lambert, Manos Milonakis and Niklas Paschburg
Iceland Symphony Orchestra Recurrence This morning I’m waking up with a gorgeous contemporary classical release by …
Valgeir Sigurðsson
Dissonance (Bedroom Community)
Valgeir Sigurðsson may not be a widely recognizable name among the purveyors of ambient, experimental, and …
Tilman Robinson
Deer Heart (Hobbledehoy Record Co)
It is almost inevitable that sometime during this review I would bring up names like Ben Frost, …