Platan Half Sun fjallar um innri togstreitu – þegar ólíkir partar sjálfsins takast á og vilja ólíka hluti. Þar mætast meðal annars óskhyggja og raunsæi, reiði og stjórn, eða nostalgía og þörfin fyrir að halda áfram. Lögin endurspegla þetta óvissuástand með því að vinna með endurtekin tónlistarleg mótíf sem eru skoðuð frá ólíkum sjónarhornum, þar sem andstæður túlkanir kallast á innan sömu tónsmíðar.

Mikael Máni er gítarleikari og tónskáld með persónulegan og kvikmyndalegan hljóðheim þar sem áhrif frá djass, rokki og impressjónisma mætast. Hann hefur á undanförnum árum skapað sér sérstöðu á alþjóðavettvangi, meðal annars með plötunni Guitar Poetry (2024), sem kom út hjá þýska útgáfufyrirtækinu ACT og hlaut 4,5 stjörnu dóm í DownBeat.

Fyrri verk hans hafa einnig vakið athygli, þar á meðal frumraunin Bobby, sem fékk spilun á BBC Radio, og platan Innermost, sem hlaut Íslensku tónlistarverðlaunin sem djassplata ársins. Mikael er hluti af nýrri bylgju íslenskra tónlistarmanna sem njóta alþjóðlegar viðurkenningar, og verk hans endurspegla þann nýskapandi anda sem einkennir íslenska tónlistarsenu í dag.

“…an impressionistic gem. ★★★★½” – DownBeat
“A storyteller of the guitar who provides templates for the cinema in the listener’s head ★★★★” – Concerto
“A lyrical and cinematic voice in modern jazz.” – All About Jazz
“He aimed to, and succeeded in, making the sort of music that leaves an imprint on the mind ★★★★” – BBC Music Magazine

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The album explores different styles, modern jazz, folk, pop, and groove styles mixed with
impressionistic lyrics, spoken word poetry, and improvisation. The line between reality and
fiction, sanity and insanity, can sometimes be blurry, and this work explores the beautiful
landscape of characters with the hope they have the freedom to grow and flourish on their
terms. The peculiar power of superstition and dreamlike reality is also a theme throughout
the songs.

The musicians who perform on the album are a collection of Iceland’s finest from the jazz
and pop scenes. Mikael Máni Ásmundsson on guitar, Magnús Jóhann Ragnarsson on piano
and Rhodes, Magnús Trygvason Eliassen on drums, Birgir Steinn Theodórsson on double
bass, Tumi Árnason on tenor saxophone, Lilja María Ásmundsdóttir on her own instrument
the Soundsculpture Hulda, Rakel Sigurðardóttir and Salóme Katrín Magnúsdóttir sing
backings and Siggi String Quartet plays on two of the tunes. The album was recorded at
Sundlaugin Studio. Birgir Jón Birgisson engineered, mixed, and mastered the album. The
artwork was created by Lilja María Ásmundsdóttir, layout by Ágúst Ævar Gunnarsson and
Kinnat Sóley. Valdís Thor took polaroid pictures of the band members, visible on the album
and in the booklet. The image on the album was inspired by a sketch Lilja made of Anna
while composing the first notes for the album, Modern Age Ophelia.

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A1 Gesundheit Von K
A2 The Twit & The Tower
B1 Gesundheit Von K9
B2 Kastrato

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