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Alchemy & Friends

by Kira Kira

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Talk to your hands. They are on your side! We are on your side.
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Redefining space, alternate dimensions -I run into you out there. Quiet watery opening into new sensual terrain. Throw your arms out like you're about to catch someone laughing -A heaven sent map-shifter / game changer To stay warm, something's got to burn. Creativity! Be my alchemy! With our chests on fire, that's how we find each other. Show me the way to glow. Show me the way to glow. The way to glow in the dark. Throw your arms out like you're about to catch someone laughing -A heaven sent map-shifter / game changer
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Forsæla 04:09
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Hjartans ylur syngur beinunum í. Logandi úlfar. Í hálsi vaknaði hvísl í hnakka. Logandi.
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Over here, over on the other side of love. Cold winds they whisper, but they're not telling. Only time can tell. How to stop the figuring out of the un-figureoutable? Call it mystery.
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Give it all you got. From the very start. Kiroar, kiroar, kiroar. You showed up in a dream, two days before we actually met. And when I woke up, I was already in love.
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It's never too late for goodbye. It's never too late for love.

about

Each piece of music is an alchemical offering; An elixir for courage, a device for distilling faith, a meditation on patience or trust. If not a direct conduit to healing, the music is an act of friendship coild as an alchemical substrate, offered with the intention of inviting transformation on some level.

The music is a celebration of friendship and collaboration with 37 of Kira’s closest luminaries playing on the album. All the music is written and produced by Kira Kira, with the exception of “Alchemy For The Heart” which she produced with Robot Koch and “Pioneer of Love” written together with Hermigervill.

Kindred spirits Dustin O’Halloran as well as composers Eskmo and Rob Simonsen of Los Angeles based collective The Echo Society also make an appearance on Alchemy & Friends as do trumpet player Eiríkur Orri Ólafsson, cellist Hildur Guðnadóttir and Úlfur Hansson.

credits

released January 18, 2018

Featuring:
Dustin O'Halloran
The Echo Society
Eiríkur Orri Ólafsson
Eskmo
Hermigervill
Robot Koch

1))) "Talk To Your Hands"
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.

2)))"Alchemy For The Heart"
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.

3))) "Forsæla"
Daníel Friðrik Böðvarsson plays guitar.
Eiríkur Orri Ólafsson plays trumpet.
Hermigervill plays violin.
Kira Kira sings.
KÓRUS sings. Choir recorded by Valgeir Sigurðsson at The Greenhouse Studios.

4))) "Courage Walks at Night."
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.

5))) "Logandi úlfar."
Eiríkur Orri Ólafsson plays trumpet.
Gyða Valtýssdóttir plays cello.
Hans Jóhannsson plays violin.
Hermigervill plays synths.
Hilmar Jensson plays guitar
Kira Kira plays analog synths and sings.
Ólafur Björn Ólafsson plays piano.
KÓRUS sings. Choir recorded by Valgeir Sigurðsson at The Greenhouse Studios.

6))) "Pioneer Of Love."
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.

7))) "Call it Mystery -Alchemy for Patience."
Recorded live with The Echo Society at Mack Sennett Studios in Los Angeles by Satoshi Noguchi.
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.

8))) "And When You Fall You'll Know You Have A Heart."
Kira Kira plays dulcitone and sings.

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

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Kira Kira is Kristin Bjork Kristjansdottir, an Icelandic musician and filmmaker.

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