Solace

So Iceland has pretty much been put on the map, Bjork, Sigur Ros and Mum have all garnered it something ethereal, unique an special.
Not only is Iceland's scene a fruitful ground for the above mentioned, but it has also become a destination for collaborators and recording. The last Album leaf album was finished up there too.

Which brings me to Mar, an artist hailing from the Ozark Mountains, Arkansas in the United States. It's taken me about a year and a half to post on Mar. So here I am finally getting to it especially since his album is getting a bit more attention these days. And it is really a hushed masterpiece.


Mar is Kyle J Reidy and his album The Silence was recorded at Sigur Ros' studio in Mosfellsbaer, Reykjavik, but finished up in Syrland Studio (Emiliana Torrini, Bjork, Sigur Ros) due to Sigur Ros having to finish mixing Takk. Mar was his mother's name who passed away of cancer in 1999 and inspired by the ridiculous dreams that she always had even towards the end.

The Silence (out on Ring Road Records) features Samuli Kosminen of Mum and Jimmy LaValle of The Album Leaf and Black Heart Procession. Gunnar Tynes of Mum produced and it was his first effort producing alongside Iceland's Axel Árnason, Jimmy LaValle, And Samuli Kosminen.

The Silence's writing duties were contributed by the musicians that went on tour with him under the Mar guise, up until the tour that ended in April 2005 with The Album Leaf.

The result as you will hear below is breathtakingly beautiful and serene.
They are songs of solace.

Patience
Sigga
The Liar
+ Myspace

PS - finally got internet up at new shop so expect more elaboration and even more artists per posting.

yours
Ri.