Néfur

The Egg is the first single from Néfur’s album The Water, The Lover, composed and produced with the unique combination of Icelandic glacier field recordings and her voice. 

The Egg is inspired by Ok, the first Icelandic glacier that melted due to climate change. Néfur was told by Andri Snær Magnason, author of Time and Water, that one of the meanings of Ok in Icelandic is equivalent to Egg, understood as the primordial cell that contains the information for all the others that will follow.

An original work of avant-pop blending electronic and organic sound evoking natural and imaginary landscapes.

Rivers, wind, ice and mist interacting with the voices that inhabit the human soul. Powerful vocals weave the album together, expanding and contracting with loops, intricate harmonies and rich vocoders. With poetic lyrics in English, Catalan and Spanish, she brings a deeply personal perspective to the key issues of our time, social injustice, climate crisis and loss of vital landscapes. She surrounds her voice with complex textures and harmonies of natural sounds, analog electronics, extended instruments and prepared piano to create an experience that is both modern and earthy.

Círculo Lunar is a ritual worship of nature and the feminine, the powers of creating life and motherhood. The electronic avant-pop number connects all past mothers with present and future mothers through a thread that unites them all to the landscape. It is a journey from the depths of a volcano’s heart to what awaits beyond the horizon. Stones, clouds, flowers and the moon are also Mothers and play a part in the female empowerment that springs from the collective unity.