Athvarf by Marína Ósk

The album Athvarf reveals Marína Ósk as a storytelling singer/songwriter but the music was mostly written on a guitar in open tuning. The compositions are vivid and fragile and are greatly influenced by jazz and folk music.

The word "Athvarf" translates into "shelter" or "refuge". Every song embraces the power of everyday, casual moments and uncontrollable phenomenons of nature and how they can positively affect one’s well being, f.ex. that sense of stoic calm while watching flakes of snow gently fall towards the ground or the feeling of safety one experiences being indoors while a raging storm is beating on your house. One can find refuge in different elements of life and each song represents a certain phenomenon of nature or weather.

The album was recorded live in complete takes which were left almost untouched afterwards.

“The music that has always impacted me the most is perfectly imperfect and human and most of my favourite albums are old jazz albums where you can actually hear squeaky floors and musical mistakes. I decided to take the risk and record along side my band, both at the same time and in the same room and allow the music itself to decide how it wanted to be played in each take. It was really important to have musicians that were open to that approach and so I recruited friends and colleagues from the jazz scene. That was really a wonderful and rewarding experience.” - Marína Ósk

Marína Ósk is an Icelandic singer-songwriter.
She composes music under the influence of jazz, pop and singer-songwriter. The compositions are vivid, fragile and melodic and mostly in her mother tongue, Icelandic.
Other projects include Tendra and Marína & Mikael

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