Ásgeir

In 2012, at only 20 years of age, Ásgeir Trausti released the fastest selling debut album in Icelandic history –Dýrð í dauðaþögn / In The Silence - featuring soul-searching folk songs with lyrics penned by his poet father, Einar Georg Einarsson. It sold so many copies that it is estimated one-tenth of the population in Iceland owns the album.

He would be introduced to an international audience when the album was re-released in 2014 as In The Silence, with lyrics translated by acclaimed musician John Grant.

Sell-out shows across the world beckoned, including two sold-out headline dates at Sydney Opera House in January 2015.

In 2017 Ásgeir returned with daringly electronic album Afterglow, ambitiously balancing icy electronic shades of Bon Iver, James Blake and Anohni with soul, R&B and even gospel influences from different eras and places, before reverting back to his stripped back sound on later releases, marking something of a return to the artist’s deep roots.

As one of Iceland’s most successful exports, singer-songwriter Ásgeir has spent the time between his record-breaking debut and today pushing the boundaries of his textured, thoughtful brand of folk-pop.