This track was made for the compilation "MAKE NOISE MYANMAR"  to support the Burmese opposition in their struggle against their brutal military that has used violence for decades to silence any protests.
https://makenoisemyanmar.bandcamp.com/album/make-noise-myanmar-2

Runar Magnusson.
∞8888∞ (2021)

My track ∞8888∞ for the compilation is a reference to the uprising in Burma in august 1988 led by students that protested when one of their fellow studens got killed by the military. This massive demonstration ended in a massacre in which thousands of civilians where killed by the military, something that might have inspired their big brother, China to slaughter their own students less than a year later at Tiananmen Square and other locations in Beijing. The largest massacre of Chinese citizen in modern times.

The people of Burma have been protesting against the military junta for years, last large uprising in 2007 led by tens of thousands of Buddhist monks resulted in hundreds of deaths and thousands of people, arrested and tortured. 
This particularly brutal regime run by simpleminded generals seems to be disappointed that the citizens of Burma have chosen not to support these brutes by voting for them in democratic elections. They have now taken up their old routine of using deadly force against peaceful protesters. The world needs to stand up and act. To demand peace restored, the election results respected and forcing these murderous maniacs out of power.

∞8888∞

This is a track a part of a single called Red Wine & Foam and is available on Bandcamp. It is made for a short film by Austrian artist Josef Trattner, called Monochrome 100.  Showing 100 paintings he made, painted with red wine from Italy. Different type of redwine for each painting. Each one has its on shade of red. https://youtu.be/npiZlTqFCvM

Red Wine & Foam

Shades of Red

november pneumonia

winter in Wien #5

This track is from the album Oh, where have I Been? available on Bandcamp. 

It is recorded at my residency at EMS in Stockholm.

Oh, where have I been?

Jumping North

For a sold out 7" release by icelandic label Móatun 7.
A split with label owner Futuregrapher.
See https://moatun7.bandcamp.com/

Unreasonable Fables Of Isolation & Insecurity

Prayer Drone

Released as a CD-r on Whitelabel in 2005.
Out of print. Currently available as a add-on on the USB release Options. See: www.hljodaklettar.com 
From the press: 
"It's a pretty incredible album"
"Disturbing in more ways than one"
"Slowly unfolding soundpieces that are at times creepy, but never without a small trace of light, a trace of humor (any good horror movie has these funny bits)"


Runar Magnusson - The Art of dying in a live situation

Runar Magnusson – disturbing in more ways than one

    Runar Magnusson /Edition# / Vindva Mei / Hljóðaklettar 

Composer and a sound designer.

“I work a lot with field recordings, sounds from nature and the environment around me. I use these recordings both in the original form and manipulated.
I create atmospheres inspired by nature, horror movies, noise and meditation.”

I finished in 2009 a masters degree in Electronic Music Composition at the Royal Academy of Music, Aarhus, where I amongst other things worked with surround sound and made a soundtrack for The Dreamachine.

I have made music and sound design for numerous theater and performance pieces over the last 10 years.
I have 4 solo releases and 3 releases with Vindva Mei.

Other than doing music solo i also have 3 duo projects.
First one and the oldest called Vindva Mei with Petur Eyvindsson. We have been working together since the 80´s in various guises. 
As Vindva Mei since 1994.
The second is called Alien UFO together with Helgi Thorsson (Stilluppsteypa & Evil Madness)
The third one is at the moment called Runar Magnusson & The Crying Cowboy (The Cowboy being my brother Kristinn Magnusson on vocals)  
I am a co founder and curator of the labels Whitelabel (with Petur Eyvindsson a.k.a. DJ Musician)  and Hljodaklettar (with Sabrina Joy).

See:
http://runarmagnusson.com/
http://www.hljodaklettar.com

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