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Following the success of \u003ci\u003eBylur\u003c\/i\u003e, Evensen took the next step in her artistic journey, giving seven of the tracks to friends and colleagues to be remixed, leaving her stories in their hands to see how they would change. She intentionally selected artists who’d take her fragile songs in a very different direction while staying true to her artistic and emotional energy. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe remixes and reworks include collaborations with Italian composer and producer Ed Carlsen, Franco-American Uèle Lamore - one of contemporary music’s most exciting and composers, arrangers, producers, and conductors and Paddy Mulcahy - known for his diversity as an artist and acclaimed work in ambient \u0026amp; electronic music. Also featured are Slow Meadow, the solo musical project of Houston native Matt Kidd - who applies his mastery of atmospheric ambient chamber music to ‘Fyrir Mikael’, Faroese producer, songwriter, and electronic musician Janus Rasmussen - famed for his melodic brand of experimental electronic music, and American producer and multi-instrumentalist Kelly Winrich - who transforms ‘Midnight Moon’. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2LP - This stunning double red vinyl, with printed inner sleeves, combines both the original \u003ci\u003eBylur\u003c\/i\u003e album and the \u003ci\u003eBylur (Remixes)\u003c\/i\u003e follow-up. \u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"XXIM Records","offers":[{"title":"Red | LP | x2","offer_id":50420561314123,"sku":"1150281","price":39.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"CD","offer_id":50420559020363,"sku":"1118038","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/cdd1d54b-c52b-4881-9370-b1a3b1e3bece_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726753072"},{"product_id":"the-light-5","title":"The Light","description":"\u003cp\u003eSecond studio album by the Icelandic pianist and composer. \u003ci\u003eThe Light\u003c\/i\u003e is a very personal and emotional album for Eydis Evensen and is a true reflection of this musician of ever-growing maturity and accomplishment as she presents her listeners with a dynamic, wide and colourful palette that ranges from swirling strings to mesmerising song and takes them on a journey across Icelandic time and space and shows them that truly even a little bit of light dispels a lot of darkness. Following on from her successful 2021 debut \u003ci\u003eBylur\u003c\/i\u003e, which put her firmly on the map as one of neo-classical's leading artists and which has amassed over 40 million audio streams to date and her subsequent 2022 EP 'Frost', \u003ci\u003eThe Light\u003c\/i\u003e further expands on this young artist's scope for talent and expression, presenting her not only as a pianist, arranger and lyricist but also for the first time as a vocalist.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sony","offers":[{"title":"Black LP","offer_id":50510615544139,"sku":"2024896","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":50510614724939,"sku":"2024895","price":17.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/The_Light_84f7cd4a_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727877588"},{"product_id":"oceanic-mirror","title":"Oceanic Mirror","description":"\u003cp\u003eTurbulent and beyond prediction; serene and spiritually transformative - \u003cem\u003eOceanic Mirror \u003c\/em\u003ecaptures the ocean in all its power, movement and contradictions to speak to truths which transcend language. Listening to this album reawakens you what you knew all along; the things that the pace of our lives can lead us to forget. Loss, reincarnation, the cycles of life and nature: Evensen’s compositions share elemental lessons which we can bring on our own voyages across troubled waters. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"XXIM Records","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":53441231978827,"sku":"R2798-0721","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/2000x2000bb_a90aa0a0-fde7-49ea-a917-fc065349f046.jpg?v=1758476336"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/collections\/test_fc6a22eb_thumbnail_4096_5b8eb479-6488-4115-941f-f5a3f5ca0b83.jpg?v=1726753041","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/collections\/eydis-evensen.oembed","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}