Epicycle Ii / Various - Epicycle Ii - Vinyl Record

Icelandic cellist, singer, and composer Gya Valtysdttir, a founder of the band mm and 2019 winner of the prestigious Nordic Council Music Prize, releases Epicycle II. Gya Valtsdttir came to prominence with electronic experimentalists mm, 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, Jnsi (of Sigur Ros fame), Skli Sverrisson, lf Arnalds, Ben Frost, Aaron & Bryce Dessner (from The National) and visual-artist Ragnar Kjartansson. To name but a few.