Icelandic musician rauður shares new single ‘Himinbjörg’
rauður is the stage name of Icelandic musician and producer Auður Viðarsdóttir. Formerly a keyboardist and singer of Nóra, a band active in Iceland’s music scene a few years back, she has now emerged as a solo artist.
She merges electronic and acoustic elements into an ethereal soundscape. Her voice weaves together with eccentric beats and captivating melodies that take us through highs and lows, while her accompanying lyrics tend to shed forth different types of disasters - sometimes pretty, sometimes crude - always fascinating.
'Himinbjörg' is the fourth single from her upcoming debut album, Semilunar. It comes with a video, a collaboration with Icelandic photographer Þórdís Reynisdóttir. Recorded at one of Icelands black beaches.
“I like very sad and dramatic choir music," says rauður. "But I have never sung in a choir, even though it has always been a dream. So one Monday afternoon, when my family was getting ready for dinner, I made this dramatic choir song. And it felt like all the pieces of my life suddenly came together into a whole. Just for a moment.”
