Combining disparate elements of electronics (Þórður Kári Steinþórsson, aka ‘Doddi’), clarinet (Áslaug Rún Magnúsdóttir) and Jófríður Ákadóttir’s enchanting voice, Samaris mix glacial electronica and bold, percussive beats with haunting chant-like vocals - the lyrics culled from nineteenth century Icelandic poems. “You could say the words have been delicately sewn together and in a way they already have their song, their own melody when you read them” suggests Áslaug. The overall effect is simultaneously ancient and modern – an ethereal sound filled with dark spaces and alien atmosphere.       Tumblr (3.0; @samarisnews)/<img src="http://68.media.tumblr.com/76b3c995458b86225a77bf29331b4ced/tumblr_o8jyuixgTO1svfxwio1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>IT’S RELEASE DAY! as joyful and happy as christmas, easter and your birthday combined. no more secrets, no more teasing, the album is all yours.<br/></p><p>so much love put into this, can hardly believe it’s out. </p><p>catch you on the road this summer? love from iceland </p><p>Á / D / J<br/><br/><a href="https://OLI.lnk.to/blacklightsAW" target="_blank">LISTEN TO BLACK LIGHTS HERE</a></p>/post/145703134296/post/145703134296Fri, 10 Jun 2016 07:06:18 -0400<img src="http://68.media.tumblr.com/4948582fa5ade10ae30cc4f91200e3f8/tumblr_o7ui06FCoK1svfxwio1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>pick the playlist for our european tour and win tickets to the show of your choice!<br/><br/><a href="/PickThePlaylist" target="_blank">entry form and more info here</a></p>/post/145011560036/post/145011560036Fri, 27 May 2016 13:02:30 -0400<img src="http://68.media.tumblr.com/fcc0856e422afeaf46e7775f6ed7fc0a/tumblr_o7oyvyLSV11svfxwio1_500.gif"/><br/><br/><p>black lights album is out next month!!</p><p><a href="https://oli.lnk.to/blacklights" target="_blank">pre-order</a> | <a href="https://open.spotify.com/user/samaris_1/playlist/5NyGpO65fVwpCqXtXxbr6h" target="_blank">stream</a> | <a href="https://everpress.com/samaris-t-shirt" target="_blank">tshirts</a></p>/post/144864167261/post/144864167261Tue, 24 May 2016 13:21:34 -0400<img src="http://68.media.tumblr.com/564a95891d6672ab49802709254ccc11/tumblr_o67a4xhTD21svfxwio1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>hitting europe in june and july! </p><p><a href="http://t.umblr.com/redirect?z=http%3A%2F%2Fsamaris.is%2Flive&t=MWY4NTNiNjNiYWY2MjZiNDZiZmM3ZDg2NzUzMWM0NGJkZGE4ZDA0YyxjcWhia2lPeQ%3D%3D" target="_blank">details & tickets</a></p>/post/143384921451/post/143384921451Mon, 25 Apr 2016 13:34:09 -0400<img src="http://68.media.tumblr.com/2cf9ceb6cbc4217d477dc65bb00f00fb/tumblr_o5iswxNGWE1svfxwio1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>excited to be playing at Latitude Festival in july on Huw Stephens lake stage! </p><p><a href="http://po.st/Lat2016Tickets" target="_blank">grab tickets here</a></p>/post/142681997386/post/142681997386Tue, 12 Apr 2016 08:19:45 -0400<img src="http://68.media.tumblr.com/76b3c995458b86225a77bf29331b4ced/tumblr_o4wi0dai501svfxwio1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>New album | Black Lights | out 10.06.16<br/><a href="https://oli.lnk.to/blacklightsAW" target="_blank">Pre-order here</a></p>/post/142007676466/post/142007676466Thu, 31 Mar 2016 07:17:01 -0400<iframe width="400" height="225" id="youtube_iframe" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ilqhgHiQ1l4?feature=oembed&enablejsapi=1&origin=http://safe.txmblr.com&wmode=opaque" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>here it is!!</p><p>‘wanted 2 say’ video premiered by <a href="http://bit.ly/1TgAVxI" target="_blank">i-D</a> </p>/post/142006600541/post/142006600541Thu, 31 Mar 2016 06:32:55 -0400videomusic video<img src="http://68.media.tumblr.com/8370f0e17ff8747fe4912c387e0e6ad9/tumblr_o3ojamAaQi1svfxwio1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Doing some dates in April!</p><p><a href="/live" target="_blank">Tickets and info here</a></p>/post/140636680741/post/140636680741Mon, 07 Mar 2016 12:30:22 -0500<p>DEAR FRIENDS AND FANS <br/>WE PRESENT A FIRST LISTEN TO OUR NEW SINGLE , 12&quot; OUT ON APRIL 8TH <br/>ENJOYYY <br/>Á / D / J<br/><br/></p> <iframe src="https://embed.spotify.com/?uri=spotify:track:29EhFi1fnyuUj6LtxGy5VH" width="275" height="80" frameborder="0"></iframe>/post/139844836231/post/139844836231Tue, 23 Feb 2016 06:37:46 -0500<img src="http://68.media.tumblr.com/ccc6259527b56ef00c9b64bfc13cc55e/tumblr_o30065wi6k1svfxwio1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>New single | Wanted 2 Say | Out 08.04.16<br/><b><a href="https://OLI.lnk.to/wanted2say" target="_blank">Listen and pre-order here</a></b></p>/post/139844759241/post/139844759241Tue, 23 Feb 2016 06:34:53 -0500<div id="fb-root"></div><script>(function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = "//connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.3"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));</script><div class="fb-video" data-allowfullscreen="1" data-href="https://www.facebook.com/samarisss/videos/988112464604437/"><div class="fb-xfbml-parse-ignore"></div></div>/post/139846211301/post/139846211301Wed, 17 Feb 2016 00:00:00 -0500<iframe width="400" height="225" id="youtube_iframe" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/hcBmZMWZxvc?feature=oembed&enablejsapi=1&origin=http://safe.txmblr.com&wmode=opaque" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Check out our new official video for ‘Nótt (One For The Girls)’, first premiered by <a href="http://bit.ly/1PO4sxq" target="_blank">Line Of Best Fit</a>. <br/></p>/post/133940124386/post/133940124386Wed, 25 Nov 2015 13:20:37 -0500<p>Silkidrangar Sessions , live studio album from yours truly , out now digitally!</p> <p><iframe src="https://embed.spotify.com/?uri=spotify%3Aalbum%3A5G9Yit28N1TgqZebbnddup" width="275" height="380" frameborder="0"></iframe></p>/post/119931482221/post/119931482221Tue, 26 May 2015 07:48:00 -0400silkidrangar sessionsSilkidrangarsamarisone little indiannew albumnew music<p>We are thrilled to announce the release of ‘Silkidrangar Sessions’ - a companion to last year’s debut - containing re-worked tracks from the original album ‘Silkidrangar’.<br/></p><p>Employing ambient, acoustic and even dub elements, the reworked versions combine the immediacy of live performance with the flexibility of the studio. Recorded over two days in Reykjavík, to facilitate further improvisation, the band invited contributions from local musician friends with diverse backgrounds who added tabla drums, cello, saxophone and modular synth.</p><p>You can hear a teaser track from the album <a href="https://play.spotify.com/track/2UMJYVekoCWp3HnsE77Svu" target="_blank">right here on Spotify. </a></p><p>Silkidrangar Sessions is now available to pre-order! Grab it on fancy <a href="http://bit.ly/silkisess-oli" target="_blank">12&quot; silver vinyl</a> or <a href="http://smarturl.it/samaris-ss-it" target="_blank">digitally from iTunes</a>.</p><figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="1600" data-orig-width="1600"><img src="http://68.media.tumblr.com/0d23d553350e30d8c3d36fa811cd337b/tumblr_inline_no6pn5BVu01ru7mxz_540.jpg" data-orig-height="1600" data-orig-width="1600"/></figure>/post/118690628626/post/118690628626Mon, 11 May 2015 08:07:11 -0400new albumSilkidrangarsilkidrangar sessionssamarisone little indian<img src="http://68.media.tumblr.com/4893cbdf61701d8927e100cec173e1b9/tumblr_nm0xd9lD0o1svfxwio1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>NEWS ALERT!!</p><p>New album, new live dates, new single we got it all ! Head over to The Line Of Best Fit for details <a href="http://bit.ly/1G1uUPn" target="_blank">right here</a>.</p><p>SHOWS:<br/>April<br/>9 - Ace Theatre, Los Angeles, USA<br/>11 - The Standard, New York, USA</p><p>May<br/>2 - Spot Festival, Aarhus, Denmark<br/>3 - Monarch, Berlin, Germany<br/>5 - Oslo, London, UK<br/>8 - Parktreetret, Oslo, Norway</p><p>June<br/>19-21 - Secret Solstice Festival, Reykjavík</p><p>SEE YOU ALL !!</p>/post/115023453331/post/115023453331Mon, 30 Mar 2015 08:00:45 -0400new albumnew musiclive datessamaris<iframe width="400" height="225" id="youtube_iframe" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/VG3LpdD3IAY?feature=oembed&enablejsapi=1&origin=http://safe.txmblr.com&wmode=opaque" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><span>Our official music video for Tibrá is now live on our </span><span>YouTube</span><span> channel! Enjoy!</span></p>/post/108920184986/post/108920184986Fri, 23 Jan 2015 10:52:00 -0500tibrásamarisyoutubemusic video<iframe width="400" height="225" id="youtube_iframe" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/e74wstgCzrw?feature=oembed&enablejsapi=1&origin=http://safe.txmblr.com&wmode=opaque" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><span>Check it out! </span><a href="http://bit.ly/1tSsnmd" target="_blank"><span>THUMP</span></a><span> are premiering our brand new music video for ‘Tibrá’!<br/><br/>Watch the video and read the article <a href="http://bit.ly/1tSsnmd" target="_blank">here</a>. </span></p>/post/107588373326/post/107588373326Fri, 09 Jan 2015 06:00:24 -0500tibrámusic videosamaristhumpvice<img src="http://68.media.tumblr.com/5533ae264fbd3b97dc3488ff24824b2d/tumblr_ne3s9nR1Vv1svfxwio1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span>We are looking forward to playing at </span><a class="profileLink" href="http://www.drillfestival.com/" target="_blank" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/page.php?id=686946541390648">DRILL Festival</a><span> in Brighton this December. We hope to see you out there!</span><br/><br/>Grab your <a href="http://bit.ly/1wBIu7v" target="_blank">tickets here</a></p>/post/101082623566/post/101082623566Mon, 27 Oct 2014 08:34:35 -0400<p><img alt="image" src="http://68.media.tumblr.com/a310fb20bddbf5fb5690ff7b8be22e68/tumblr_inline_nd87j9Nlrf1ru7mxz.png"/></p> <p><span>Það er okkur sönn ánægja að bjóða ykkur öll hjartanlega velkomin á útgáfutónleika á föstudaginn í Þjóðleikhúskjallaranum!</span><br/><br/><span>This Friday we will celebrate the release of Silkidrangar in Reykjavík, everyone around is very welcome to join us!</span><br/><br/><a href="http://midi.is/tonleikar/2/1068" target="_blank"><span>Miðar/Tickets here</span></a><br/><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/1485843775015785/" target="_blank"><span>RSVP to the FB event</span></a></p>/post/99638475796/post/99638475796Fri, 10 Oct 2014 07:21:00 -0400<img src="http://68.media.tumblr.com/8343c800c718d04a60c36cd04d9d0ee5/tumblr_n9fgz47Trx1svfxwio1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span>Our new single ‘Brennur Stjarna’ is available today! Listen digitally on </span><span><a href="http://smarturl.it/brennur-stjarna" target="_blank">iTunes here</a> or <a href="http://spoti.fi/1xp67eZ" target="_blank">Spotify here</a>.</span><span><br/></span></p>/post/93115730646/post/93115730646Mon, 28 Jul 2014 11:13:52 -0400new musicbrennur stjarnasamarisSilkidrangariTunesspotify