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Lokkur Reworks

by Berglind Tómasdóttir

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    Lokkur Reworks features works by Berglind’s long-time friends and collaborators. They received a bank of sounds from Lokkur and Hrokkur with the request of making a piece using the sounds as a starting point. The project resulted in ten different works by composers Bergrún Snæbjörnsdóttir, Clint McCallum, Elín Gunnlaugsdóttir,  Erik DeLuca, Hafdís Bjarnadóttir, Kurt Uenala, Lilja María Ásmundsdóttir, Rachel Beetz, Þóranna Björnsdóttir and Berglind María Tómasdóttir.

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    Dr. Berglind María Tómasdóttir and the worldly-wise Rockriver Mary share a body. Duet is their dialogue about music and tradition, the musical instruments the Hrokkur and the Lokkur, and what is true and what is a lie. The book interweaves artistic research with private musings and tales of personal feats in the musical realm. Fictional narratives on musical heritage are at the center of the the project which can also be described as a durational performance of sorts on cultural heritage, music and nation building, traditions and origin.

    English translation: Sarah M. Brownsberger

    Graphic design: Júlía Runólfsdóttir

    Duet is an unusual and noteworthy mix of prose poem, philosophical and scholarly reflection, and also comedy.

    Maríanna Clara Lúthersdóttir

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The self-released cassette Lokkur Reworks features works by Berglind’s long-time friends and collaborators. They received a bank of sounds from Lokkur and Hrokkur with the request of making a piece using the sounds as a starting point. The project resulted in ten different works by composers Bergrún Snæbjörnsdóttir, Clint McCallum, Elín Gunnlaugsdóttir,  Erik DeLuca, Hafdís Bjarnadóttir, Kurt Uenala, Lilja María Ásmundsdóttir, Rachel Beetz, Þóranna Björnsdóttir and Berglind María Tómasdóttir. The cassette is available for purchase through Bandcamp and selected book and record stores in Iceland.

The Lokkur Project is an artistic exploration on music and identity, cultural heritage and traditions. This Fall, the project is culminating in the book Duet published by Icelandic publishing house Sæmundur, a self-released cassette featuring reworks by various composers made from the sounds of Hrokkur and Lokkur, and a CD featuring works for Lokkur. The CD is released by Backlash Music. Finally, The Origin of Things, a film by Berglind María Tómasdóttir, premiered at the Nordic House earlier this year. The film is yet another component of the project.

The project has evolved through Berglind’s creative efforts over the last decade. At its core is Tómasdóttir’s instrument building resulting in the invented historical instruments Hrokkur (a predecessor of Lokkur) and Lokkur. Both instruments have a fictional story attached to them as recently discovered instruments invented by Icelandic settlers in the United States of America in the early decades of the 20th century. Lokkur is a hybrid of the Icelandic musical instrument Langspil and a spinning wheel. It has, “historically speaking”, been considered a woman’s instrument perhaps due to its similarities to the latter. In the summer of 2015, the Lokkur was exhibited for the first time at Árbær Open Air Museum as a part of Reykjavík Arts Festival. 

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released November 26, 2021

Hljóðvinnsla Kurt Uenala // Mastered by Kurt Uenala

Gefið út með stuðningi Hljóðritasjóðs // Supported by Music Recording Fund

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Berglind Tómasdóttir Reykjavik, Iceland

Berglind Tómasdóttir is a flutist and an interdisciplinary artist based in Reykjavík, Iceland.

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