Atli Örvarsson, Sin Fang - Flóra

Flóra was originally composed as a soundtrack to a documentary, which subsequently evolved into this 30-minute piece. The release is a collaboration between Atli Örvarsson and fellow Icelandic composer, Sindri Már Sigfússon/Sin Fang. The ten pieces on the album capture the gentle and spacious tapestries of sound, performed on the felt piano, effected strings, and synth pads, creating a cinematic soundscape that rises and floats through the fields of pastel sonics, like a warm summer breeze through a valley of flowers. It’s a perfect accompaniment to the film about Icelandic painter Eggert Pétursson, whose artwork is depicted on the album cover. “The film connects the dots between our experience of Icelandic nature and the floral diversity of Eggert’s flower paintings.”