Kreld – ready for the big stage
- By : Iceblah
- Category : Icelandic Music
- Tags : Iceland Airwaves, Kreld, Kristján Eldjárn
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As far as I know, Kreld (the solo project of Kristján Eldjárn of Sykur) has only released one song, but what a song it is. On "Way Low" Kristján duets with the amazing Jófríður Ákadóttir of Gangly, Pascal Pinon and Samaris, and the song is an ice-cold elctro treat. Press play on the video below and find out a bit more about the man behind it…
Hi Kristján, where are you right now and what are you doing?
Hi Mark! Right now I'm elbows deep in a disemboweled, old mixer that's been giving me some problems recently. I use a lot of old instruments and equipment both my studio and live work, and while they are fun to use and sound good, you have to pay dividends vis-a-vis maintenance.
We are familiar with you from the band Sykur of course. Is Kreld a pure solo project or are you working with others?
Kreld is very much my personal project. It came about as an outlet for me to release material that doesn't fit into any of my collaborative projects. While I've had some wonderful and talented people to help me and give me input, this is first and foremost a means for me to create exactly the music I want to, without making compromises.
You will be opening up in the Art Museum venue on Friday night of Airwaves. Is that a great space to play in, or maybe a little intimidating?
The Art Museum is a wonderful place to play, I played there last year with Sykur and it was one of the best gigs we've played. Of course it's intimidating though. This is a new project for me and I'm only taking my first steps as a frontman. The only places I've played live so far are smaller venues, and there is a certain level of intimacy that gets lost when an act goes straight from that to playing in this huge hall. Don't get me wrong; it's going to be great, I just have to work extra hard for it!
'Way Low' is a fabulous song. What are your plans to release more music?
Thanks! There's definitely more songs in the works. I took some time off from recording in order to practice and get my live set up to speed. I'm very grateful that I did because the songs have evolved through that process and the material I would have recorded if I'd gone and done it straight away would have been way different from what it is today. But yeah, you can expect new material very early 2017.
Have you checked out the entire schedule? What else are you super keen to see?
I'm really excited to see Leyya, they are an Argentinian band that just released a really nice album called 'Spanish Disco Deluxe'. Then Sykur is playing with Kate Tempest, she's a British rapper with great lyrics.
What advice can you share for first-timers at Airwaves and in Iceland?
Pick a venue with one or two bands that you want to see and stay there for the entire evening! You will both discover a lot of music that you wouldn't otherwise have listened to and you'll skip the queues and weather while hiking between venues!
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Kreld play three shows at Iceland Airwaves 2016,
Tuesday November 1st, 9:30pm at Loft Hostel
Friday November 4th, 8pm at Art Museum
Saturday November 5th, 9:40pm at Hurra
