Mount A - remastered reissue now on sale
August 19, 2010: Permalink: » Mount A - remastered reissue now on sale
2010 Touch edition, in digipak.
Photography & design: Jon Wozencroft. Remastered by Denis Blackham.
This album was originally released by 12 Tónar in 2006 under the moniker 'Lost in Hildurness'. The first solo recording from Hildur Guðnadóttir (who is a member of the Nix Noltes band and has performed regularly with múm and Pan Sonic). In her dreamy soundworld she plays the cello, gamba, zither, khuur and the gamelan so this cd sounds like nothing else. This is exciting, tranquil, and melancholic stuff and at times it makes you think of a lost place and times gone by - and the music has the power to take you there. Recording sessions took place both in New York and in a house in Hólar, Iceland, specifically chosen for its good cello acoustics. It is strictly a solo album, Hildur has attempted to "involve other people as little as I could." Like the cover art, it is personal and intimate.
It has been called "the perfect soundtrack to get lost in a forest at night", but this version, remastered by Denis Blackham, sounds fresher and better than ever.
Her latest solo album, the widely reviewed and highly acclaimed Without Sinking (Touch # TO:70, 2009) is still available from Touch.
Buy "Mount A" in the TouchShop.
Choir of Wildbirds
April 30, 2010: Permalink: » Choir of Wildbirds
Hildur joined forces with Wildbirds and Peacedrums and did choir arrangements for their newly released EP Retina. They are going on tour with a group of vocalists who will perform the songs from Retina, alongside a few older tracks with new arrangements by Hildur.
www.myspace.com/wildbirdsandpeacedrums
Short Film Festival Oberhausen
March 17, 2010: Permalink: » Short Film Festival Oberhausen
The music video to Hildur´s track Opaque has just been nominated for the MuVi award at the international Short Film Festival Oberhausen
The video was made by Markus Wambsganss
Icelandic Music Awards
February 28, 2010: Permalink: » Icelandic Music Awards
Hildur just got 2 nominations for the Icelandic Music Awards. She is nominated as best composer of the year and for best classical/contemporary album of the year.
Hildur plays with Knives
January 10, 2010: Permalink: » Hildur plays with Knives
Hildur is playing cello and Halldorophone on the upcoming Knife album "Tomorrow, In a Year". Read about the album and listen to a preview track here
