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my music and thoughts

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new

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Now on tour:1.2. Atelier Kalvig, Suldalsosen, NO11.2. Twang, Stockholm, SV12.2. PSB, Stockholm,SV14.2. Nordatlantisk hus, Odense, DK16.2. Musikbiblioteket, Odense, DK17.2. Christianshavn Beboerhuset, Köbenhavn, DK19.2. Velvet Jacks, Brighton, UK24.2.-2.3. Marseille, FR TBA4.3. Les thetards, Perigueux, FR11.3-16.3 Belgium, TBA18.03. Lotta, Köln, GE

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Heidatrubador is soon coming to a country you might be living in. Planning gigs in Norway, Sweden, Denmark, England, France, Belgium and Germany. Details will follow soon. Meanwhile, enjoy this video I did last summer. Recorded in Laugarvatn, Iceland, edited on a 10 year old Mac. Song is from my forthcoming album, called “Fast”.

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Help me make an album here: https://www.karolinafund.com/project/view/1554

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A GIG!

https://www.facebook.com/events/817377268397868/  Hellvar live at Dillon, Reykjavík tonight. New material. Also playing: Magnuson, California rock-band!

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This gig is tomorrow!

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pitch black and blue

the night is pitch black and the sound of the seething wind is calming. a few hours later the blue sky and the sound of the seething traffic is less calming and more indicating of the starting day, with all its engagements. there is no link between those two worlds, yet the sky is the same one. pitch black or blue. quiet or busy. two worlds colliding in me, lying, still, in bed. staring upwards. hoping for a miracle. oh, black sky, befriend be. send me out to the day, to meet the blue sky and barking dogs. let go of my pointless nighttime routines, that leave me bewildered and small, leaving nothing at all to me. i'm pitch black, on my back, in my palms, around the ears, under my nose, between the toes. my fingers open and close as I say goodbye, to the blue sky. 

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Root, by Heidatrubador

A new single of my next album. This is the title-track. 

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Life and Dream, by Heidatrubador

First single of a forthcoming soloalbum.

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Concert happening in Reykjavík in 3 weeks. Here´s an event-thingy: https://www.facebook.com/events/538851086265231/

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A song by me in Icelandic, called Sumarið kom í dag/Summer came today. I made English subtitles to it so you can get the meaning of the lyrics.

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DIY-radioshow I made in 2012, in icelandic, but music from casettes!!! In this third episode of "Heidi goes to town" I dj only from cassettes. I play random stuff from the heaps and mountains of cassettes I have in my basement. This was recorded on the last day of winter in Iceland, and I tried to stay warm with a cup of tea and with some dance-moves.

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Sonic Youth - Untitled (first live recording, 1981)

The very first Sonic Youth recording. From the Noise Fest cassette (1982), recorded live at White Columns, NYC, June 1981.

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Not UK-tour, daily life.

Just biked for one hour in crazy weather. Had sunshine for a while, then some snow, after a while it started hailing, and then back to sunshine. Trying to get back into some healthy routine in Iceland after a very, very, very interesting UK-tour with Hellvar. I loved it to bits and now that I am not so tired anymore I love it more. We met so many great people, that will be lovely to meeeeeeet later again. Hellvar does a goodbye to the UK-setlist gig in Dillon, Reykjavik tonight. Yes, you can buy music and T-shirts there. Support art,  make ripples in the water, never stop moving. Shoot through the world, explode in the sky. See you tonight!

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04.03.2015, Hellvar-UK, 11

I'm not gonna lie to you. This tour was hard but it is also very hard to be back in Iceland. On the other hand it was easy to do the same thing over and over again: wake, get ready, drive, set up, soundcheck, play, load van, drive, sleep, but it is also easy to know what the schedule is, no surprices in the daily routine in Iceland. So being on tour is hard and easy and so is not being on tour anymore. Two of my favorite gigs on the tour were the 2 last: At The Olde Red Lion in Kislingbury, outside Northampton, and at The Ship Inn in Oundle. Kislingbury-gig had very nice people, great food, really cool looking venue, all in all pretty much everything we wanted and therefore it was so much fun. Oundle-gig was the last one and I just turned mad. I knew there was no gig for a while after so I just exploded. I am actually still putting the pieces of myself together. I might have lost a nose and an eye. Best things about beinng back in Iceland: My son, my cat, my bed, the water, my vinils and the swimmingpools. Worst things by far: Fucking weather and shitty darkness in the morning. One month till I leave for Berlin, and I kinda have to sell my stuff and find a smaller apartment for 2 before I leave...

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27.02.2015, Hellvar-UK, 10

Today is Friday and tonight we play the next to last gig on this tour, and that is in Kislingbury, just outside of Northamton, in a bar called The Olde Red Lion. It is supposed to be something more than just a regular pub-experience. Nice people, nice food, and cool atmo. Therefore I am going to wear my dress. I have 1 dress and 3 jeans with me, and a handful of t-shirts, and take turn wearing them, but the dress I save for special occations. Touring is so much more about trying to put on clothes that don't stink too badly on stage than it ever is about sounding right. Half the time there are bad monitors and if they happen to be good then the sound-engineer doesn't know how to work them. I caught a cold in the rain and wind yesterday, while me and Elvar walked for 40+ minutes to get to a radio-interview. My singing yesterday was therefore very soft, not pushing out any crazy notes and doing any of my normal headbanging and rock-stunts on-stage. We sounded very shoe-gazey like that. Tonight, with the dress, I'll do as much as I can, and then squeeze whatever's left in me out on Saturday. I admit, I don't know how people do 20 gigs in a row. I can do about 4 and then I need a break. Normally sauna-baths and/or long steaming baths help me, though. Warm water and steam are friends with my vocal-chords. It's gonna be a lot of fun tonight and tomorrow night. It's like when you are climbing a mountain and at some point you know you will reach the peak without falling or giving up. Today I am there. Yesterday I was not yet seeing the peak. 

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24.02.2015, Hellvar-UK, 9

What happened since Bedford last Friday? Well, so many things. Let me try to state the main things. We drove up to Corby on Saturday to do an interview with a man called Steve Rigsby, went very well. Met the owner of the cool record store in Kettering up there, Ross is his name, decided to pay his store a visit and than was a lot of fun. Me and Elvar ate a gourmé veggie-burger, and then we soundchecked in The Old Market Inn. We took a small breather and then almost all of Kettering showed up for our gig. Wow, we are so thankful. Great fun on Saturday. We did little on Sunday, but still managed to go to a saunabath, first one this tour, mmmmm. Want to go again soon. Ate fish for Sunday-dinner, at a pub, and went to bed early. Just got home from Northamton University now, where me and Elvar first did an excellent interview with really cool people, where they only played Icelandic music (Sigur Rós, Sólstafir, Of Monsters and men, Prins Póló and Fræbbblarnir to name a few, all chosen by one of the hosts!). When the interview was finished we did the soundcheck and got a small break to eat a quick something and then it was concert-time. Again, very happy and grateful, excellent people who showed up and a brilliant band called The Supersonics we got to see. The only thing not 100% wonderful about them is the bandname, as it reminds me too much of an Oasis-song. Bus-ride back with viking Bjarni was fun and educational as always! Now I'm gonna sleep. Gute Nacht!