Silvurdrongur shares new short film TRANSFORMATIÓN, from his live show at G! Festival

Faroese multidisciplinary artist and driving force behind critically acclaimed band AGGRASOPPAR Silvurdrongur is releasing today “TRANSFORMATIÓN”, a new short film realised with fellow filmmaker and photographer Gwenael Akira Helmsdal Carré.

Shot around Silvurdrongur’s release concert at the renowned G! Festival in the Faroe Islands last July, the film chronicles a physical transformation at the local barber shop, and the artist's feelings about the album & its apocalyptic nature – along with music video-type footage and live recordings from the release concert, featuring mighty Eivør, the queen of Faroese music.

Watch “TRANSFORMATIÓN” HERE

Silvurdrongur released his experimental concept album ‘nú æt eg eftir ánni’ on 17th of July via Tutl Records, raving reviews and features on multiple outlets around Europe.

Listen ‘nú æt eg eftir ánni’ HERE

The album is performed entirely in one of the world's smallest languages, Faroese. Its title means “Now I was named after the river”, and it reflects a poetic and symbolic throughline in the album, as all the song titles refer to different names of creatures that reside by the river, and the starkly alien sounds of the music inspire new genre definitions such as ‘Extinction Punk’, ‘Doomer Pop’, and ‘Haunted Club’.

It is a strange and inspiring journey through alien soundscapes with unexpected combinations of genres and themes. Like a dark fairy tale that journeys along the riverbank of the Faroese forest, the concept comes with its own breathtaking visual universe too, combining Gwenael A. Helmsdal’s photography of the artist in a classroom of fossilised wildlife, with illustrations by late, great Faroese ornithologist and artist, Mikkjal á Ryggi as designed by Heidi Andreassen.

Silvurdrongur (Silver boy) made his debut in 2018 with the album Silvurpláta (Silver album) which was released in unison with the poetry collection Silvurbók (Silver book) and the short film 111 góðir dagar (111 good days). The multi-release harvested a host of awards: A Faroese Music Awards title for Best New Act, a Geytin Short Film Award for Best Short, and a Ebbu Hentze Award to gifted young writers.

Since then, Silvurdrongur has released six singles, including collaborations with Eivør and GFD Collective, and a full solo album.

Watch HERE