{"id":29460,"date":"2021-05-25T11:08:28","date_gmt":"2021-05-25T11:08:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/?post_type=event&p=29460"},"modified":"2021-06-11T11:22:13","modified_gmt":"2021-06-11T11:22:13","slug":"29460","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/en\/event\/29460\/","title":{"rendered":"Picknick Concerts: K-\u00f3la (IS)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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K.\u00f3la (Katr\u00edn Helga \u00d3lafsd\u00f3ttir) is a 24 year old artist from Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur. K.\u00f3la does not want to do things that she finds boring, like endless practise in classical piano or jazz, but instead she wants to compose her own songs as well as make music videos, sew books and work with other artists. She has released the albums Allt ver\u00f0ur allt\u00edl\u00e6 and Plastprinsessan, which have received well-deserved attention. The music is characterized by both humor and seriousness, and the message is, among other things, that we should be careful not to suffocate ourselves in the plastic paradise. A timely remark.<\/p>\n

Interview with K.\u00f3la:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

You explain your music as colorful without strict rules. Where do you get your inspiration from?
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\nArtists\u00a0who\u00a0makes a\u00a0whole\u00a0package\u00a0matching\u00a0the\u00a0music, like a\u00a0whole\u00a0universe\u00a0around\u00a0the\u00a0music. A\u00a0song\u00a0is not just a\u00a0song. I\u00a0really\u00a0like to\u00a0dive\u00a0into\u00a0those\u00a0kind\u00a0of\u00a0universes. Everything\u00a0that\u00a0you\u00a0accidentally\u00a0listen to is\u00a0always\u00a0gonna\u00a0sink in\u00a0in\u00a0some\u00a0way, and I\u00a0probably\u00a0get\u00a0inspired\u00a0by a\u00a0thousand\u00a0more\u00a0things\u00a0than\u00a0I\u2019m\u00a0aware\u00a0of.<\/span><\/p>\n

When\u00a0listening\u00a0to\u00a0your\u00a0music\u00a0and going\u00a0through\u00a0your\u00a0Facebook-page, I get the feeling\u00a0that\u00a0you\u00a0can\u00a0make a\u00a0song\u00a0out\u00a0of\u00a0the sound from the\u00a0dishwasher.<\/span><\/b>
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\nThank\u00a0you, I\u00a0really\u00a0like to do different stuff. On my album\u00a0Glasman\u00eda\u00a0I\u00a0was\u00a0working\u00a0with\u00a0the sound from\u00a0wine\u00a0glasses, I got hyper\u00a0focused\u00a0and\u00a0felt\u00a0good\u00a0about\u00a0it. I\u00a0can\u2019t\u00a0do stuff\u00a0if\u00a0I’m\u00a0not\u00a0really\u00a0into\u00a0it. I\u00a0could\u00a0do a\u00a0song\u00a0of\u00a0the\u00a0dishwasher\u00a0sound\u00a0\u00a0but\u00a0I\u00a0think\u00a0it\u00a0would\u00a0be a\u00a0boring\u00a0song,\u00a0because\u00a0I\u00a0would\u00a0just\u00a0think\u00a0about\u00a0that\u00a0I\u00a0need\u00a0to do the\u00a0dishes.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

But\u00a0you\u00a0play a\u00a0lot\u00a0of\u00a0instruments?<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I started playing piano when I was young, and electric base three years ago. That was really freeing because I did not know what I was doing.\u00a0 It was a new tool to figure out something unexpected. I like to think in unexpected ways to make music – so many things have instrumental possibilities, that we often forget because we don\u00b4t think about it as an instrument. A treadmill or a glass is an instrument as soon as you use it as that. As soon as you sit on a rock outside it is a chair.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

You\u00a0are\u00a0sewing\u00a0your\u00a0own\u00a0books,\u00a0how\u00a0come?<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

It started when I got a lot of paper from a paper factory for a project, and after the project I had so much paper left. Once I got an hand sewed book from my ex boyfriend, and now\u00a0 I just started to experiment how I could make books myself. When I’m making music, my\u00a0\u00a0head and my ears are full of that, but when I make books I\u2019m making something physical, which music can\u2019t always be. I use one as a calendar, where I write all my plans, pictures, chords and ideas that come to my mind. It helps me to structure and have an analog life behind social media and digital stuff. I love to go to concerts, stop listening actively for a while, open a book and start writing. Feel the music and see what comes out from there.<\/span><\/p>\n

What can the audience expect from your concert on Sunday?
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\nIt will be a very stripped concert, with me on the base, my guitarist and a drum machine. This will be my first concert for an audience without masks for the first time since so long, and it feels very nice that you can start to see people smile again.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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