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Motions Like These

by Eskmo & Kira Kira

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1.
Sometimes 01:56
2.
Backbone 03:42
3.
Devotion 03:59
4.
Radiopia 04:44
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Amae 02:33
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Ljósofin 04:19
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Straum 04:20
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Hvörf 04:54
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about

A collaborative album recorded between Reykjavík and Los Angeles between 2014 and 2019.

We met Summer Solstice 2014 when The Echo Society, an LA based composer collective, invited Kira to write music for the second edition of their immersive concert series, performed by a 15 piece orchestra.

After this show, we recorded an improv session in Rob Simonsen’s studio where the seeds for our collaboration were planted. We joined forces some months later for a winter performance at the Iceland Airwaves festival backed by an ensemble of local top tier musicians.

The next day, we locked themselves away for 15 hours straight in Alex Somers’ studio in Reykjavík. There we recorded 9 ideas for songs that have been lovingly and patiently sculpted between our homes in Los Angeles and Reykjavík over a period of 5 years.

The songs also feature guest appearances by trumpet player and composer Eiríkur Orri Ólafsson - who was an active force within the music world of múm and Sigur Rós for some 20 years as well as contrabass player Ian Walker who is part of The Echo Society’s family.

credits

released June 21, 2019

Eskmo & Kira Kira: all tracks: writing, mixing, production, lyrics, vocals, synths, percussion, piano, field recordings, harmonium organ, samplers, vibraphone.

Photography: Jamie Azar, with special thanks to Amanda Maciel Antunes.
Anaïs Godard: album cover type, lyrics and additional vocals on "Sometimes."
Eiríkur Orri Ólafsson: trumpet, Flügelhorn, and whistles.
Ian Walker: contrabass.
Hilmar Jensson (Kitchen Motors): guitar on "Straum."
Albert The Wonder Squirrel: vocals on "Pepper & Pinecones."
Korus: choral samples on "Backbone" & "Devotion."
Shawn Hatfield: mastering.

Album recorded in Skemmtihusið, Alex Somers' studio in Reykjavik. Special thanks to him and Jónsi for letting us record with their instruments. Special thanks to Rob Simonsen & The Echo Society for bringing us together.

ESKMO & KIRA KIRA 2019, ANC008
Published by Ancestor, ASCAP
Publishing inquiries: Third Side Music / Mute Song
Scoring inquiries: Kevin Korn @ Gorfaine Schwartz
AncestorMedia.com

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Brendan Angelides (fka ESKMO) Los Angeles, California

Formerly "ESKMO", Brendan Angelides is a Los Angeles based producer and composer. Ancestor is his home grown label. Other releases can be found on the record labels Interscope, Ninja Tune, Warp and Planet Mu.

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