Icelandic cellist, singer, and composer Gy�a Valtysd�ttir, a founder of the band m�m and 2019 winner of the prestigious Nordic Council Music Prize, releases Epicycle...

Icelandic cellist, singer, and composer Gy�a Valtysd�ttir, a founder of the band m�m and 2019 winner of the prestigious Nordic Council Music Prize, releases Epicycle II. Gy�a Valt�sd�ttir came to prominence with electronic experimentalists m�m, the lauded Icelandic group leading the charge in the country's fertile underground scene in the early 00s, rightfully gaining international recognition. She left the band to pursue her studies as a cellist; gaining a twofold Master's degree from Musik Akademie, Basel, both as a classical player and a free-improvisational one. Since then she has journeyed with a colorful palette of collaborators, including The Kronos Quartet, Josephine Foster, Damien Rice, Colin Stetson, J�nsi (of Sigur Ros fame), Sk�li Sverrisson, �l�f Arnalds, Ben Frost, Aaron & Bryce Dessner (from The National) and visual-artist Ragnar Kjartansson. To name but a few.