Composer: Nina Björk Elíasson 
Lyrics: Nina Björk Árnadóttir
Arrangement: Nina Björk Elíasson & Klakki
Vocals: Nina Björk Elíasson
Guitar: Hasse Poulsen
Double-bass: Olav Gudnason
Church organ: Iver Kleive

Tvö Hjörtu / Two Hearts

From "Sortner du Sky" 1995 (Av-Art). Music: Hasse Poulsen, poem Simon Grotrian. Vocal: Nina Björk Elíasson, guitar: Hasse Poulsen, cello: Maria Bisgaard, percussion: Martin Bregnhøi 

Nytår / New Year

From "Sortnar du Sky" 1995 (Av-Art). Music: Hasse Poulsen, poem: Simon Grotrian, vocal Nina Björk Elíasson, guitar: Hasse Poulsen, cello: Maria Bisgaard, percussion: Martin Bregnhøi 

Halvvejs / Halfway

From "Sortnar du Sky" 1995 (Av-Art) traditional icelandic folksongs, arrangement: Klakki, vocal: Nina Björk Elíasson, guitar: Hasse Poulsen, cello: Maria Bisgaard, percussion: Martin Bregnhøj 

Tre Islandske Sange / Three Icelandic Songs

From "Lemon River"  2001 (Tutl) Music: Hasse Poulsen, poem old Chinese, vocal and pedalharmonium: Nina Björk Elíasson, guitar: Hasse Poulsen, doublebas: Henrik Simonsen, drums: Lars Juul

Two Rainbows

From "Lemon River" 2001 (Tutl) Music: Nina Björk Elíasson, poem: old chinese, vocal and pedalharmonium: Nina Björk Elíasson

Tiny Woman

From: "Sortnar du Sky" 1995 Music: Nina Björk Elíasson, poem; Nina Björk Árnadóttir, vocal: Nina Björk Elíasson, guitar: Hasse Poulsen, cello: Maria Bisgaard 

Undarlegt Ad Spyrja Mennina / Strange to ask human beings

From "Sorter du Sky" 1995 (Av-Art) Music Nina Björk Elíasson, poem: Nina Björk Árnadóttir, arrangement: Klakki, vocal: Nina Björk Elíasson, guitar: Hasse Poulsen, cello Maria Bisgaard, percussion: Martin Bregnhøi

Ljód / Poem

From "Sortnar du Sky" 1995 (Av-Art), Music: Nina Björk Elíasson poem: Nina Björk Árnadóttir, arrangement Klakki, vocal. Nina Björk Elíasson, guitar: Hasse Poulsen, cello: Maria Bisgaard  

Róa, Róa Rambinn / Lullaby

Fra "Í kjól úr vatni" 1999 (Tutl), musik: Nina Björk Elíasson, poem: Steinunn Sigurdardóttir, Vocal Nina Björk Elíasson, guitar: Hasse Poulsen, doublebas: Olaf Gudnason, percussion: Martin Bregnhøi, churchorgan: Iver Kleive

Frávillingur / Stray Lamb

Sortnar Du Sky

Folk, jazz and experimental in Icelandic, English and Danish. 

The group was founded by singer and composer Nina Björk Eliasson and guitarist and composer Hasse Poulsen in 1994. The two were joined to begin with by cellist Maria Bisgaard and drums and percussionist Lars Juul. Later came Martin percussionist Martin Bregnhøi and several others have played with the group throughout the years, like the guitarist Morten Steen, base players Olav Gudnasson and Henrik Simonsen, violinist Jørgen Dickmeiss, organ player Iver Kleive, percussionist and vibraphonistThomas Sandberg and fagotist Aida Nadeem.     

Together they made the 3 albums: 'Sortner du sky' (1995, Av-Art), 'Í kjól úr vatni' (1999, Tutl) and 'Lemon River' (2001, Tutl), featuring and composed over texts by Nina Björk Árnadóttir, Simon Grotian, Lene Henningsen, Steinunn Sigurdardóttir, Sjón, Linda Vilhjálmsdóttir, Sigurdur Pálsson, and Chinese folk poetry. 

Klakki played concerts all over Denmark and in Germany and Sweden. On this profile you can listen to previously unreleased concert recordings by Klakki as well as tracks from their studio albums. 

Klakki have not been playing together since 2006. 

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