Ben Frost and Daníel Bjarnason are two composers used to shrugging off the distinction between experimental sound-art and deeply felt melodies. Frost’s vast, blackened post-industrial works often crystallize in moments of quiet beauty before disintegrating in pure visceral noise; Bjarnason’s orchestral music marries brutal modernism to classical aesthetics one moment and soaring ethereal harmonies the next. And yet here, on the tail of two widely acclaimed releases; Bjarnason’s PROCESSIONS and Frost’s BY THE THROAT, we are given something altogether new. A unique collaboration, SÓLA… read more
Ben Frost and Daníel Bjarnason are two composers used to shrugging off the distinction between experimental sound-art and deeply felt melodies. Frost… read more
Ben Frost and Daníel Bjarnason are two composers used to shrugging off the distinction between experimental sound-art and deeply felt melodies. Frost’s vast, blackened post-industrial wo… read more
Australian-born and Reykjavík-based Ben Frost and Icelander Daníel Bjarnason are two composers who have collaborated on the "SÓLARIS" project, a reinterpretation of the score to Andrei Tarkovsky's classic sci-fi film of the same name and based on Stanisław Lem's critically-acclaimed science fiction novel, Solaris. "SÓLARIS" was commissioned by Unsound Festival Poland and was premiered in Krakow in October 2010 and has since been performed in Reykjavík Iceland, Krems Austria and Alice Tully Hall in New York. A unique collaboration, "SÓLARIS" is… read more
Australian-born and Reykjavík-based Ben Frost and Icelander Daníel Bjarnason are two composers who have collaborated on the "SÓLARIS" project, a reinterpretation of the score to A… read more
Australian-born and Reykjavík-based Ben Frost and Icelander Daníel Bjarnason are two composers who have collaborated on the "SÓLARIS" project, a reinterpretation of the score to Andrei Tarkovsky's classic sci-fi film of … read more