Composed in the 14th or 15th century, Odin’s Raven Magic is an Icelandic poem in the ancient Edda tradition (Edda - a term that describes two Icelandic manuscripts which together are the main sources of Norse mythology and Skáldic poetry). Its anonymous author clearly had an intimate knowledge of the Edda literature and mythology which alludes to a number of pagan motifs which are now lost. The poem recounts a great banquet held by the gods in Valhalla while they were absorbed in their feasting, ominous signs appeared that could foretell the end of the worlds of the gods and men.

The album 'Odin’s Raven Magic' is an orchestral collaboration between Sigur Rós, Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson, Steindór Andersen and Maria Huld Markan Sigfúsdóttir which premiered 18 years ago at the Barbican Centre in London and is now finally almost two decades later being released. The performance honours the poem, dramatic and beautiful, classical, and contemporary. A stone marimba was built especially for the performance by Páll Guðmundsson.

Tracks 1 Prologus (With Steindór Andersen, Hilmar ÖRN Hilmarsson and María Huld Markan Sigfúsdóttir) 2 Alföður Orkar (With Steindór Andersen, Hilmar ÖRN Hilmarsson and María Huld Markan Sigfúsdóttir) 3 Dvergmál (With Steindór Andersen, Hilmar ÖRN Hilmarsson and María Huld Markan Sigfúsdóttir) 4 Stendur Æva (With Steindór Andersen, Hilmar ÖRN Hilmarsson and María Huld Markan Sigfúsdóttir) 5 ÁSS Hinn Hvíti (With Steindór Andersen, Hilmar ÖRN Hilmarsson and María Huld Markan Sigfúsdóttir) 6 Hvert Stefnir (With Steindór Andersen, Hilmar ÖRN Hilmarsson and María Huld Markan Sigfúsdóttir) 7 SPÁR Eða Spakmál (With Steindór Andersen, Hilmar ÖRN Hilmarsson and María Huld Markan Sigfúsdóttir) 8 Dagrenning (With Steindór Andersen, Hilmar ÖRN Hilmarsson and María Huld Markan Sigfúsdóttir)

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