Music magicians from Iceland

Imagine a sunset over snowy mountains...

Imagine the northern lights over a frozen lake...

Imagine music which takes you in a divine state of relaxation...

Meet VÖK, an icelandic band with delicate vocals, seductive saxophone, pure sound of the guitar and electronic beats as if coming from an outer space.

VÖK was formed in 2013 in the capital city of Iceland, Reykiavik, because Margrét Rán and Andri Már wanted to take part in an annual Músíktilraunir. They didn't have any songs though so spontaneously within a few weeks they've created music which marvelled the audience and let them win the competition. "We really were just experimenting and wanted to see if we could perform our music live and how we would go about doing just that" (source: blackonthecanvas.com). At the moment VÖK consists of four members:

  • Margrét Rán Magnúsdóttir – lead vocals, keyboard, guitar, synths
  • Andri Már Enoksson – saxophone, synths, sampler
  • Ólafur Alexander Ólafsson – guitar, bass guitar
  • Einar Hrafn Stefánsson – percussion

"We knew we wanted it to be sensual, so we came up with a few ideas to get things started. Then we introduced our ideas to directors Skapti and Baldvin and they took our ideas and made them into the complete concept. In the video we wanted to demonstrate that it does not matter who you are or who you choose to be with if you and whoever that may be are happy about it. Why should anybody care if you’re into guys or girls or both for that matter? What difference does it make? It doesn’t define who you are. To us, it’s all the same and it’s all beautiful." (source: blackonthecanvas.com)

What exactly does VÖK mean? "It's one of those words used to describe something and has no equivalent in English." (source: blackonthecanvas.com). Their music can be defined as indie-electro or dream-pop. In one of the interviews thay stated: "There are so many bands and so many nostalgic moments to choose from!! The biggest ones that come to mind right now have to be Portishead, Air, and Massive Attack and of course everyone has their Beatles phase!" (source: blackonthecanvas.com). Apart from Iceland, the band has been already performing in Netherlands, Switzerland, Poland, Denmark, Germany, Austria, France, United Kingdom, Belgium, Luxembourg, Czech Republic, Lithuania, Latvia and Norway.

"The first time we performed at Airwaves we didn’t know what to expect! We ended up playing nine shows in four days. To this day, we really don’t know what was going on; there was so much! This last time we had time to stop and smell the roses and enjoy ourselves a little bit more, playing four concerts in as many days. Both times at Airwaves have been the highlights of each year but totally  different experiences, but both equally amazing" (source: blackonthecanvas.com)


Like, follow and subscribe VÖK:

www.youtube.com/vok

www.facebook.com/Vokband

soundcloud.com/vokmusic


Photo by Madiphx

 

Beata Jaranowska

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