Epicycle Ii / Various Epicycle Ii CD

Icelandic cellist, singer, and composer Gy?a Valtysd?ttir, a founder of the band m?m and 2019 winner of the prestigious Nordic Council Music Prize, releases Epicycle II. Gy?a Valt?sd?ttir came to prominence with electronic experimentalists m?m, the lauded Icelandic group leading the charge in the country's fertile underground scene in the early 00s, rightfully gaining international recognition. She left the band to pursue her studies as a cellist; gaining a twofold Master's degree from Musik Akademie, Basel, both as a classical player and a free-improvisational one. Since then she has journeyed with a colorful palette of collaborators, including The Kronos Quartet, Josephine Foster, Damien Rice, Colin Stetson, J?nsi (of Sigur Ros fame), Sk?li Sverrisson, ?l?f Arnalds, Ben Frost, Aaron & Bryce Dessner (from The National) and visual-artist Ragnar Kjartansson. To name but a few.

1. Unfold (Arr. G. Valtysdottir for Cello, Organ and Electric Bass) 2. Safe to Love (Arr. G. Valtysdottir for Voice and Cello) 3. Mikros 4. Morphogenesis 5. Liquidity 6. Air to Breath 7. Evol Lamina 8. Octo