Gjafir Kairos

by Kira Kira ft Eyjólfur Eyjólfsson

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Kairos is an ancient Greek word meaning 'the right, critical, or opportune moment.'
The proto-langspil is the kind of instrument where timing is everything. In a perfect instant a sublime sound finds its way through, just a heartbeat before an earsplitting, death defying noise sets in.
And so it is with everything in life. A good player would then embrace the moment as it is, but also know that anything can happen...

The song was commissioned by Intelligent Instruments lab.

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This is it.
And also...
Anything can happen!

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released October 27, 2023
Written, produced and mixed by Kira Kira.
Eyjólfur Eyjólfsson plays traditional langspil.
Kira Kira plays the proto-langspil and sings.
All sounds are sourced from the two langspil except the drums from Kristofer Rodriguez Svönuson.

Recorded in Garðshús, Stokkseyri.
Mastered by Josh Wilkinson.

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Kira Kira Stokkseyri, Iceland

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

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