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Astronaut or Blues Singer
On a snowy evening in Iceland, I returned home from the studio to find that AK~ had left a copy of her book, Glint, on my bed.
I sat on my small bed at midnight, listening to the wind whistling and watching the snow fall, and flipped through the book.
I landed on a page where I could feel Iceland.
I realized that I only took the last page of the poem so I decided to layer those extra words into the background as texture in the song.
Scavenger, Fed
When Naakai reached out to me to express her interest in collaborating, it gave me courage.
A few days later, she gave me a beautiful piece of prose and I started experimenting with different rhythms and layers.
When I use other people’s words, I need to feel a connection with them and this became a song about remaking myself.
You Left and Now I'm Thinking
One morning, a group of us were talking about the birds that fly in swarms outside the fish factory and how they look like shoals of fish.
A few days later, Anne handed me a poem.
Turning that poem into a song and handing it back is vulnerable. But I did, and it’s so beautiful.
Spákonufell
Dylan collected interviews about the mountain and when I returned home I asked if I could use them in a song I wrote called Spákonufell​.

How Do You Use Mel·lif·lu·ous In A Sentence?

Her mellifluous voice uttering florid language was too good to miss.
Her mellifluous tone is from another time.
She emitted a low, melodious sound, a kind of mellifluous howl.

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Spákonufell

For two months earlier this year, I had the wild privilege of traveling to the small town of Skagastrond, Iceland, as a part of an artist residency. Each day, I woke up and looked out my window to see a breathtaking view of the mountain Spákonufell.​

I am delighted to announce the release of my album, “Spákonufell,” which was written and recorded in in the freezer of an old fish factory located in this town. This is also the mountain that graces my album cover in artwork by the massively talented Lena J. Fahlén.

Date: October 12, 2023
Time: 7:00 PM
Venue: Container Brewing
Location: Vancouver, BC, Canada

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Collaborations

In the freezer of an old fish factory in this tiny town, I wrote and recorded my newest album — which I named “Spákonufell” for the mountain that greeted me every morning. The collaborations and experiences that brought this album to life changed me and allowed me to be myself. Fully.

Have a first listen to the exclusive embed here and let me know what you think.

DAUGHTER OF NAI

Daughter of Nai is a Ghanaian-American writer and digital media artist. Her work is grounded in themes of otherness, black womanhood, bodily autonomy, and displacement. 

Scavenger, Fed: Words By Naakai Addy + Music By Lara Kroeker + Violin solo parts by Cami Gliga + Beatrix McKenzie 

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Lena Fahlén

Lena is a visual artist from Sweden. She is interested in how humans and nature affect each other. Her works have often related to the four elements, soil, fire, air and water.

Album Cover: The mountain that graces my album cover in artwork is by the massively talented Lena J. Fahlén.

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Dylan Fitzgibbons

Dylan, currently based in Phoenix, Arizona is an interdisciplinary artist that explores the notion of thin places, mythologies / folktales, and the meeting place of real and imagined. 

Spákonufell: A collaboration with interviews by Dylan + words by Anne Renahan + Music by Lara Kroeker

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AKaiser

AKaiser is the Pushcart Prize-nominated author of glint, co-winner of the inaugural Milk & Cake Book Prize (2019). AKaiser’s richly lyrical glint is a book of refractions and fracturing.

Astronaut: A Collaboration With Poet & Translator AKaiser And Her Poem, “Astronaut, or Blues Singer” (Glint, Milk & Cake Press).

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Anne Renahan

Anne is a Photographer and book-maker based in Scotland. 

You Left and Now I’m Thinking: Words by Anne Renahan + Ocean Sounds by Dylan Fitzgibbons + Music by Lara Kroeker

Spákonufell: Interviews by Dylan + words by Anne Renahan + Music by Lara Kroeker

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Damian

Damian is a rapper from Poland who moved to Skagastrond 10 years ago to work in the bait factory. He lives with his wife and son Filipe (who is the child’s voice on the recording).

Rags of Light: A Collaboration With Beats by Damian + Music By Lara Kroeker + child’s voice by Filipe

Linda Saul 

Linda’s work focuses on landscape in its varieties – urban, rural, coastal and sometimes wild. 

Fly to Mars: Artwork in the video were Linda’s sketches of the landscape of Skagastrond + Violin parts by Beatrix McKenzie  

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Cami Gliga

Born and raised in Romania, Cami studied the construction of the musical instruments made of wood as part of her Forestry Engineering education. She moved to Canada in 2011 and established Gliga Violins. 

Scavenger, Fed: Words By Naakai Addy + Music By Lara Kroeker + Violin solo parts by Cami Gliga + Beatrix McKenzie 

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Beatrix Mckenzie

Beatrix Mckenzie is an amazing musician who jumped in to help transcribe into notation all of my songs. 

She is currently a university student who has been playing music since she was a wee one. 

Scavenger, Fed: Words By Naakai Addy + Music By Lara Kroeker + Violin solo parts by Cami Gliga + Beatrix McKenzie 

Loc Dao

Loc is my partner and when I said I was going away he was a pillar of support (although I did feel tinge of guilt when he showed me pictures of  the cats at the counter with him eating dinner).

He is a trilingual and tricultural senior creative and technology professional and  helped master and produce all of the songs on the album.  He also added various parts on all of the songs.

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Album Release

I am delighted to announce the release of my album, “Spákonufell,” which was written and recorded in in the freezer of an old fish factory located in Skagastrond, Iceland. This is also the mountain that graces my album cover in artwork by the massively talented Lena J. Fahlén.

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