{"id":57494,"date":"2024-10-01T13:22:04","date_gmt":"2024-10-01T13:22:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/riff.is\/?p=57494"},"modified":"2024-10-01T13:22:04","modified_gmt":"2024-10-01T13:22:04","slug":"solstafir-um-hrafninn-flygur-enginn-hefur-sed-thessa-mynd-jafn-oft-og-vid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/riff.is\/en\/solstafir-um-hrafninn-flygur-enginn-hefur-sed-thessa-mynd-jafn-oft-og-vid\/","title":{"rendered":"S\u00f3lstafir about The Raven is Flying: &quot;No one has seen this film as many times as we have&quot;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"p-workspace__primary_view_body\">\n<div class=\"p-message_pane p-message_pane--classic-nav p-message_pane--scrollbar-float-adjustment p-message_pane--with-bookmarks-bar\" data-qa=\"message_pane\">\n<div>\n<div role=\"presentation\">\n<div class=\"c-virtual_list c-virtual_list--scrollbar c-message_list c-message_list--floating c-message_list--dark c-scrollbar c-scrollbar--fade\" role=\"presentation\">\n<div class=\"c-scrollbar__hider\" role=\"presentation\" data-qa=\"slack_kit_scrollbar\">\n<div class=\"c-scrollbar__child\" role=\"presentation\">\n<div class=\"c-virtual_list__scroll_container\" role=\"list\" data-qa=\"slack_kit_list\" aria-label=\"S\u00f6lvi Halld\u00f3rsson (direct message, active)\">\n<div id=\"1727787495.435749\" class=\"c-virtual_list__item\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"listitem\" aria-label=\"S\u00f6lvi Halld\u00f3rsson. \u201cNo one has seen this film as many times as we have!\u201d HEAVY KNIVES: THE RAVEN FLY x S\u00d3LSTAFIR It\u2019s light for the guys at S\u00f3lst\u00f3fir in their studio in Seltjarnarnes. Amplifiers are stacked and the Greenlandic, Japanese, American, Irish and Icelandic flags hang from the forks, mixed with a smattering of setlists. In the middle of the studio, a small flat screen has been installed that shows a young boy, a mask on his face, attacking a full-grown man bleeding in a green bush with a scar on his chest. Yesterday, the RIFF editorial team got a peek into the rockers&#039; rehearsal, but on Friday evening at 8 pm at the H\u00e1sk\u00f3lab\u00ed\u00f3, S\u00f3lstafir will be performing a film concert and playing music to accompany a screening of this classic liver sausage vest by Hrafn Gunnlaugsson. This is a special piece of music that RIFF commissioned from the band ten years ago, and has only been performed three times since then. When the call came at the time, the band didn&#039;t take long to say yes. An easy decision, say S\u00f3lstafir, because the film Hrafn had already had a big impact on the band \u2013 but when S\u00f3lstafir recorded their first album, Masterpiece of Bitterness, they recorded Hrafninn Fl\u00fdgur on VHS from the video rental company James Bond, borrowed lines and scenes from the tape, and mixed them into the album\u2019s soundscape. \u201cWhen we started writing the piece for the film, we were able to cut it to size and piece together various materials that we already had in our possession,\u201d says Addi, the band\u2019s singer and guitarist, explaining that when the band first started, the lyrics were very inspired by the old world, Norse mythology and the Viking spirit \u2013 which is why arranging it in this way in a two-hour long piece of music was an ideal and enjoyable project for the band. \u201cNo one has seen this film as many times as we have,\u201d says Addi. They\u2019ve been played a whopping 80 times in total. Now the members know the script more or less by heart and say they have to be careful on Friday night, not to be too busy for the film - as they don&#039;t find boring to do during rehearsals. Asked about favorite lines or scenes, there are no answers: &quot;Leave us alone, you&#039;re a Christian!&quot; - &quot;Do you have something to do with \u00de\u00f3r\u00f0&quot;, and then the phrase from which the concert takes its name and then of course the final scene of the film, which S\u00f3lstafir often plays as the opening video at concerts when they tour the world. Then they often send a picture to the director Hrafn and let him watch while Hrafninn flies to Tokyo, Tilburg, Dublin ... Secure your tickets in time! Message is edited. At 12:58 PM.\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-qa=\"virtual-list-item\" data-item-key=\"1727787495.435749\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-message_kit__background p-message_pane_message__message c-message_kit__message p-message_pane_message__message--last\" role=\"presentation\" data-qa=\"message_container\" data-qa-unprocessed=\"false\" data-qa-placeholder=\"false\">\n<div class=\"c-message_kit__hover\" role=\"document\" aria-roledescription=\"message\" data-qa-hover=\"true\">\n<div class=\"c-message_kit__actions c-message_kit__actions--default\">\n<div class=\"c-message_kit__gutter\">\n<div class=\"c-message_kit__gutter__right\" role=\"presentation\" data-qa=\"message_content\">\n<div class=\"c-message_kit__blocks c-message_kit__blocks--rich_text\">\n<div class=\"c-message__message_blocks c-message__message_blocks--rich_text\" data-qa=\"message-text\">\n<div class=\"p-block_kit_renderer\" data-qa=\"block-kit-renderer\">\n<div class=\"p-block_kit_renderer__block_wrapper p-block_kit_renderer__block_wrapper--first\">\n<div class=\"p-rich_text_block\" dir=\"auto\">\n<div class=\"p-rich_text_section\" style=\"text-align: center;\">HEAVY KNIFE: THE RAVEN FLY x SOLAR STARS<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"p-rich_text_section\">It&#039;s easy on the trendy ones in <strong>Sun signs<\/strong> in their studio in Seltjarnarnes. Amplifiers stand in stacks and the Greenlandic, Japanese, American, Irish and Icelandic flags hang from the gables, mixed with a tufted set list. In the middle of the studio, a small flat screen has been installed that shows a young boy, a mask on his face, attacking a full-grown man bleeding out in a green bush with a scar deep in his chest.<br \/>\nYesterday, the RIFF editorial team got a sneak peek at the rockers&#039; rehearsal, but on Friday night at 8pm at H\u00e1sk\u00f3lab\u00ed\u00f3, S\u00f3lstafir will be performing a film concert and playing music to accompany a screening of this classic liverwurst classic. <strong>Hrafn Gunnlaugsson<\/strong>.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"p-rich_text_section\">This is a special piece of music that RIFF commissioned from the band ten years ago, and has only been performed three times since then. When the call came at the time, the band didn&#039;t take long to say yes. An easy decision, say S\u00f3lstafir, because the image of Hrafn had already had a great influence on the band \u2013 but when S\u00f3lstafir recorded their first album, <em>Masterpiece of Bitterness<\/em>, they took <em>The Raven Flies<\/em> in VHS format from the James Bond video rental store, borrowed lines and scenes from the tape, and mixed them into the album&#039;s soundscape.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"p-rich_text_section\">\u201cWhen we started writing the music for the film, we were able to piece together the material we already had,\u201d says Addi, the band\u2019s singer and guitarist, explaining that when the band first started, the lyrics were heavily inspired by the old world, Norse mythology, and the Viking spirit \u2013 which is why the arrangement in this way into a two-hour piece was an ideal and enjoyable project for the band.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"p-rich_text_section\">\u201cNo one has seen this movie as many times as we have,\u201d says Addi. They have probably seen it 80 times in total. Now the members know the script more or less by heart and say they have to be careful on Friday nights, not to party too much before the movie \u2013 as they don\u2019t mind doing during rehearsals.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"p-rich_text_section\">When asked about favorite lines or scenes, there are no answers: \u201cLeave us alone, you\u2019re a Christian!\u201d \u2013 \u201cDo you have something to do with \u00de\u00f3r\u00f0\u201d, and then the phrase from which the concert takes its name and then of course the final scene of the film, which S\u00f3lstafir often plays as the opening video at concerts when they tour the world. Then they often send a picture to the director Hrafn and let him watch while Hrafninn flies to Tokyo, Tilburg, Dublin \u2026<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"p-rich_text_section\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/riff.is\/en\/event\/thungur-hnifur-heavy-knife\/\">Secure your tickets in good time.<\/a>!<span class=\"c-message__edited_label\" dir=\"ltr\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00deUNGUR HN\u00cdFUR: HRAFNINN FL\u00ddGUR x S\u00d3LSTAFIR \u00dea\u00f0 er l\u00e9tt yfir t\u00f6ffurunum \u00ed S\u00f3lst\u00f6fum \u00ed st\u00fad\u00ed\u00f3inu \u00feeirra \u00e1 Seltjarnarnesi. Magnarar standa \u00ed st\u00f6flum og gr\u00e6nlenski, japanski, bandar\u00edski, \u00edrski og \u00edslenski f\u00e1ninn [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":940,"featured_media":57497,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"footnotes":"","_tec_slr_enabled":"","_tec_slr_layout":""},"categories":[153,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57494","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-frettir","category-news"],"ticketed":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/riff.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57494","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/riff.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/riff.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riff.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/940"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riff.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57494"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/riff.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57494\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57498,"href":"https:\/\/riff.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57494\/revisions\/57498"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riff.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/57497"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/riff.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riff.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riff.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}