Sóley Stefánsdóttir has been known as a solo artist, multi-instrumentalist and composer for more than a decade, but before the solo tour, the artist was also known as one of the folk groups. Seabear participants. Since the debut single Pretty Face Seoul ‘s delicate and dreamy surreal impregnated compositions have strengthened a wide range of admirers around the world. As a child, Soulay studied classical and jazz piano, and later studied composition at the Icelandic Academy of Arts.
As Soulay herself has repeatedly emphasized or at least suggested in her interviews, her most important reference points in music have always been her own reflection, feelings and attitudes towards the world around her, not the dictates of the rules of the music industry. That’s why the artist, who initially claimed to belong to the independent music scene, suddenly released an album Chromance, in which only her piano playing and voice can be heard. That’s why Soulay is always careful when choosing a place and time when planning tours, she is not always present everywhere. That’s why she just released her latest album Mother Melancholia – poetic musical stories about the misery around them. It’s a tribute to a planet whose end is probably here.
“In front of David Lynch’s watchful eyes in the vampire church, Nosferat meets Telm and Louise,” the author says of the latest album with a certain amount of humor, acknowledging that it could be a soundtrack to the end of the world.
“I see my music, especially this album, as a film. The only difference is that it has no picture,” Soulay talks about conceptualizing the creative process. She adds: the end will not be like in zombie movies, they will be much more colorful and in their own way artistic.
The concert in Ventspils will feature songs from the album arranged especially for this evening Mother Melancholia and earlier compositions. A string ensemble of Icelandic and Latvian musicians melancholy will take the stage together with Soulay Ensemble Melancholia.
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