Processions by Daníel Bjarnason, released 01 February 2010 1. Bow to String I. "Sorrow conquers happiness" 2. Bow to String II. Blood To Bones 3. Bow to String III. Air to Breath 4. Processions I. In Medias Res 5. Processions II. Spindrift 6. Processions III. Red-handed 7.

Daníel Bjarnason - Processions

Blurring the line between electronic and chamber music—a familiar style for the Icelandic Bedroom Community collective—the constructions of this recording’s emotional triggers are wholly unique. In Daníel Bjarnason's Processions, the composer marshals all the technical forces at his disposal to accomplish a musical goal rather than an ideological statement. 
Daníel Bjarnason is 'the other classical composer' on our label, a throne he now shares with the omnipresent Nico Muhly. Daníel and Nico may both conjure their magic and craft via black dots on manuscript paper and swinging of the arms & upper-body, but their music is as fundamentally different from each other's as it is from that of Ben Frost or Sam Amidon. If anything else connects it—apart from allowing me to cast my own spell on it—it is that it is all brand-new; taking nothing as given while being fully informed of the past and the possibilities of now. As the fifth member of Bedroom Community, Daníel Bjarnason promises to share his bewitching alchemy with our troupe and our listeners. 

Released on February 1, 2010