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resolve

for cello, transducers, and sampler.
ensemble mosaik (Mathis Mayr and Ernst Surberg) live at Acker Stadt Palast, Berlin.

Gravity and Center (cello + sampler)

Sævar Jóhannsson is an award-winning pianist and composer based in Reykjavík, Iceland. His music explores the full spectrum of human emotion and experience; at times melancholic, but also playful and warm. Through his composition he ponders questions such as, ‘Do our places of origin matter—and what is our relationship with them?’ There’s a well-known German saying ‘Ich bin Weltbürger: überall zu Hause, überall fremd’ which roughly translates to ‘I’m a world citizen: I am everywhere at home and everywhere a stranger’. Sævar believes this is a phrase which describes him well; London his birthplace, being partly raised in Germany and now residing in Iceland. Jóhannsson has released four albums to date, including work as S.hel on Whitelabrecs with 2020’s ‘Disconnect’ and ‘RAMMI’ in 2021, in which he collaborated with Mikael Lind. His most recent album ‘Whenever You’re Ready’ was the first album under his own name and was distributed by Sony, winning the 'you should have heard this' award from the Reykjavík Grapevine Music Awards in 2023. 

With each album Sævar builds and expands on the last, exploring new styles such as ambient electronics, prepared piano techniques, complex rhythms inspired by his jazz background, and lush string arrangements. Alongside his solo work, Sævar has composed and produced original music and accompanying soundscapes for three major theatre productions. He also created the score for the documentary 'Ég Sé Þig' by Anna Hildur Hildibrandsdóttir.

‘Where the light enters’ is a collection of 12 solo piano pieces, inspired by thoughts of how our wounds affect us and are themselves unique storytellers. There’s a Japanese pottery repairing technique called kintsugi where broken things are glued back together using gold, silver or other similar materials, the idea being that the cracks make the object beautiful and unique and should therefore be visible. However, Sævar also contemplates the wounds we do not see. In Jóhannsson's mind the decision to have just solo piano reflects self-care, or simply put, giving yourself time with yourself and your thoughts or problems and rather than try to solve or interact with them, let them gently pass you by. The album, although following a structured framework, is also partly improvised, letting things unfold as they are without prejudice or expectations.

Where the Light Enters

wlr140 Sævar Jóhansson - Where The Light Enters

Dummy head binaural recording of Coast Guard AgustaWestland AW139 helicopter in hovering flight over the sea and flies away at low altitude. 
In the background the sound of sea waves on the pebbles beach. 32 bit, 192 khz, stereo.  

Photo by Flight Sardinia Magazine (flightsardiniamagazine.weebly.com)

Binaural dummy head recording of AW-139 helicopter on pebbles beach

All sounds recorded directly from the Prophet Rev2  16-voice analog poly synth. No additional processing/EQ/effects.

A Walk In The Park

80s Theme Song

Livid Saws

Single tapeloop on Tascam MF-P01 Portastudio. Recorded live to Ableton Live.

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Mount Carmel

Call

All tracks recorded directly from the Prophet-5 with no additional external processing. Special thanks to Peter Dyer, Paul Schilling, and Mark Wilcox.

Rev2 Bette

Bright And Stringy

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80s Theme Song

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