We The Feels

We The Feels (feat. Slow Shiver)

ÁGÚSTSKOT

BLESS

BEACH BOX DISASTERS

Music by Kira Kira

Performed live on Summer Solstice 2014 with The Echo Society in Los Angeles, a 15 piece orchestra featuring Eskmo, trumpeteer Eirikur Orri Olafsson and Rob Simonsen on piano.

Call It Mystery

BONELLI UNDERGROUND

FJADURMAGNEA

From the album Feathermagnetik, out on Sound of a Handshake 2012.
Written by Kristín Björk Kristjánsdóttir.
Mixed and produced by Kristín Björk & Samuli Kosminen.

Kristín Björk Kristjánsdóttir. Vibraphone, rhodes piano, organ, light theremin, kalimba, lightning noises and vocals.
Pekka Kuusisto. Violin, harmonium organ, vocals.
Borgar Magnason. Contrabass.
Eiríkur Orri Ólafsson. Trumpet.
Heikki Nikula. Contrabass clarinet.
Hilmar Jensson. Electric guitar.

LEAVE A LIGHT ON

SOOTHE

LET IT GO

CUTTHROAT ROUNDABOUT

Music by Kira Kira.
Mixed and produced by Kira Kira & Samuli Kosminen.

Kira Kira plays Rhodes piano, organ, vibraphone, light theremin, field recordings.
Samuli Kosminen plays custom made percussion, sampler.
Hilmar Jensson plays electric guitar.
Eiríkur Orri Ólafsson plays trumpet.
Heikki Nikula plays contrabass clarinet.
Borgar Magnason plays contrabass.

From "Feathermagnetik" (Morr Music 2012).

WELCOME HIGH FREQUENCY SPIRITS UNITED

Boat

Epitaph

Crowd Goes Wild

Written and produced by Kira Kira.

Dustin O'Halloran plays piano.
Eiríkur Orri Ólafsson plays trumpet.
Frank Aarnik plays gong.
Hans Jóhannsson plays violin.
Hilmar Jensson plays guitar.
Ingi Garðar Erlendsson plays trombone.
Ólafur Björn Ólafsson plays piano.
Kira Kira sings and plays analog synths and electronics.
Kristín Þóra Haraldsdóttir plays viola.
Masayoshi Fujita plays vibraphone.
Shahzad Ismaily plays dulcitone and bass.

Gong, violin, viola, guitar, trombone and Ólafur's piano recorded live in Mengi by Einar Stef.

Talk To Your Hands

Written and produced by Kira Kira & Robot Koch

Hermigervill plays synths and sings.
Kira Kira sings and plays bass kalimba, analog synths, piano nails and vibraphone.
Kristofer Rodriguez Svönuson plays drums and percussion.
Robot Koch plays piano, synths and beats.
Samuli Kosminen plays percussion and electronics.
Sigurlaug Thorarensen sings.

Alchemy For The Heart

Written and produced by Kira Kira

Daníel Friðrik Böðvarsson plays guitar.
Eiríkur Orri Ólafsson plays trumpet.
Hermigervill plays violin.
Kira Kira plays harmonium organ and sings.

KÓRUS sings. Choir recorded by Valgeir Sigurðsson at The Greenhouse Studios.

Forsæla

Written and produced by Kira Kira

Daníel Friðrik Böðvarsson plays guitar.
Gyða Valtýssdóttir plays cello.
Eiríkur Orri Ólafsson plays trumpet.
Hilmar Jensson plays guitar.
Kira Kira plays organ, electronics and vibraphone.
Kórus sings. Choir recorded by Valgeir Sigurðsson at The Greenhouse Studios.

Courage Walks At Night

Written and produced by Kira Kira & Hermigervill.

Eiríkur Orri Ólafsson whistles and plays trumpet.
Hermigervill sings and plays theremin and synths.
Kira Kira sings and plays analog synths, spring reverb and Rhodes piano.
Kristófer Rodriguez Svönuson plays drums and percussion.

Pioneer Of Love

Written by Kira Kira

Recorded live with The Echo Society at Mack Sennett Studios in Los Angeles by Satoshi Noguchi.
Transcribed for orchestra by Ingi Garðar Erlendsson.
Orchestra conducted by Joseph Trapanese.

Kira Kira sings and plays electronics.
Eskmo sings.
Dustin O'Halloran plays piano.
Rob Simonsen plays piano
Eiríkur Orri Ólafsson plays trumpet
Jeanie Lim plays viola.
Lucia Micarelli plays violin.
Neel Hammond plays violin.
Songa Lee plays violin.
Jacob Braun plays cello.
Vanessa Freebairn-Smith plays cello.
Ian Walker plays contrabass.
Lori Stuntz plays trombone.
James Miller plays trombone.
Craig Gosnell plays trombone.
Alison Bjorkedal plays harp.
Pete Korpela plays percusssion.
Nick Stone plays percussion.

Improvised straight to tape by Kira Kira who plays dulcitone and sings.

Recorded at Alex Somers's studio in Reykjavík.

And When You Fall You'll Know You Have A Heart

Written and produced by Kira Kira

Bergur Thomas Andersen plays bass.
Dustin O'Halloran plays piano.
Eiríkur Orri Ólafsson plays trumpet.
Hildur Guðnadóttir plays cello.
Kira Kira sings and plays vibraphone, piano and electronics.
Shahzad Ismaily plays harmonium organ.
Ulfur Hansson plays guitar.

Alchemy For The End

Music by Kira Kira from "Sumarbörn" (2017) -An Icelandic feature film by Gudrun Ragnarsdottir.

Ft. Eiríkur Orri Ólafsson on trumpet.

Published by Mute Song.

Vetrarbarn

Kira Kira -Soundscaping, vocals.
Bryndís Jakobsdóttir - Vocals, Tibetan bowl.
Eiríkur Orri Ólafsson -Trumpet arrangement.

Lyrics by Kira Kira.
Recorded in Skemmtihúsið, except trumpet recorded by Alex Somers.

Holding Space For The Unimaginable

Kira Kira is Kristin Bjork Kristjansdottir, a composer and music producer from Iceland. 

She has 5 solo albums to her name, her most recent being ambient/meditation album "Una" (2019) and  "Alchemy & Friends" (2018) where she celebrates friendship through collaborating with other composers and musicians including Eskmo, Dustin O'halloran, Robot Koch, Hermigervill and Rob Simonsen of Los Angeles based composer collective The Echo Society. Kira Kira has written music for Daniel Stessen's sci-fi TV series Dream Corp LLC on Adult Swim as well as feature films "Sumarborn" (2017) and "Tryggd" (In post), but the first film she ever scored was in collaboration with Johann Johannsson, an experimental dance short by Dumspiro named "The Unclear Age" (2005) featuring dancers/choreographers Erna Omarsdottir and Damien Jalet.

Kira Kira founded Kitchen Motors -A collective based on explorations in music alongside composers Johann Johannsson and Hilmar Jensson in 1999 and comes from a background of mixing art forms and collaborating across medias.

KIRA KIRA

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