<p><span data-sheets-value="{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;The third single of Olivia Belli's upcoming album \&quot;Sol Novo\&quot; is out now wherever you listen to music. The Italian pianist about her new piece: \&quot;Lea in old English means field but it is also a delicate name that could be that of a flower. It is like placing your ear near the earth, the grass of the field and listening to the whisper of flowers, the beating of butterfly wings, the rustle of grass and they all have a story to tell.\&quot;&quot;}" data-sheets-userformat="{&quot;2&quot;:769,&quot;3&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:0},&quot;11&quot;:4,&quot;12&quot;:0}">The third single of Olivia Belli&#8217;s upcoming album <em>Sol Novo</em> is out now wherever you listen to music. The Italian pianist about her new piece: &#8220;<em>Lea</em> in old English means <em>field</em> but it is also a delicate name that could be that of a flower. It is like placing your ear near the earth, the grass of the field and listening to the whisper of flowers, the beating of butterfly wings, the rustle of grass and they all have a story to tell.&#8221;</span></p>


Lea by Italian pianist and composer Olivia Belli out now!

<p><span data-sheets-value="{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Hugar's EP \&quot;Þjóðlög/Folk Songs\&quot; is their original take on ancient Icelandic folk songs, recreated in a modern ambient sound. Hugar about the EP: “These are very old Icelandic songs that were part of an oral tradition, luckily saved for the nation by having been written down in the late 19thcentury. We feel that it is very important to keep these songs alive. They reflect our long, dark, raw winters with their themes of loss, grief and darkness. Our aim is to represent this sonically and these are some of our favourites from the collection.”&quot;}" data-sheets-userformat="{&quot;2&quot;:769,&quot;3&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:0},&quot;11&quot;:4,&quot;12&quot;:0}">Hugar&#8217;s EP <em>Þjóðlög/Folk Songs</em> is their original take on ancient Icelandic folk songs, recreated in a modern ambient sound. Hugar about the EP: “These are very old Icelandic songs that were part of an oral tradition, luckily saved for the nation by having been written down in the late 19th century. We feel that it is very important to keep these songs alive. They reflect our long, dark, raw winters with their themes of loss, grief and darkness. Our aim is to represent this sonically and these are some of our favourites from the collection.”</span></p>


Icelandic band Hugar releases new EP Þjóðlög/Folk Songs

<p>Today Olivia Belli released her second single <em>As I Was</em> together with a new music video showing the Italian pianist and composer – as she is.</p>


Second single by Olivia Belli out now!

<p>As a child, Eydís Evensen would stare out at the Westfjords as the wind howled around her, pretending to conduct the clouds. In these daydreams, she was a meteorological maestro: controlling the Icelandic storm fronts in the distance, bending the weather and the world to her will like an orchestra. “The weather was intense where I grew up but so inspiring. There was such harshness to our winters, but at the same time, such beauty. I used to sit there for hours,” recalls the Blönduós-born composer. Years later, Evensen is still finding musical expressions for the awe she feels when staring out at the vastness of nature. <em>Bylur</em>, the pianist’s mesmerising debut album, is a calming contemporary classical diary of her life to date, that takes its name from the Icelandic word for ‘snowstorm.’ She chose that title for good reason. “All of these songs are moments from my life,” she says. “So many ups and downs. All of my joy, darkness, happiness, heartbreak, and melancholia.” A snowstorm contains multitudes: there’s chaos and adversity to them, but beauty and fragility too. The same could be said about this emotionally eclectic album: an enchanting float of stirring piano melodies and tender strings from a force-of-nature new talent.</p>


Eydís Evensen releases debut album Bylur

<p>Today XXIM Records is pleased to announce the signing of Italian pianist and composer Olivia Belli to its growing and diverse family of artists.</p>


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<div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="2uscs-0-0"><span data-offset-key="2uscs-0-0">Living a quiet rural life in Italy’s Marche region, based in a remote spot located between the mountains and the sea, Belli did not ever expect to become a composer who could reach millions of listeners around the world. Having rebuilt and settled into an old farmhouse in which to raise her children, the conservatory-trained classical pianist started uploading some of her own music to streaming services. Encouraged by the response she kept going and then her most recent album suddenly reached tens of millions of streams within just a few weeks.</span></div>
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<div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="2uscs-0-0">Says Olivia Belli: “I was amazed by how many people in how many places I could reach with my music. I write about what I experience every day, the people and the nature that surround me and about finding my own place within it. It is wonderful to think that my music could be inspiring to other people and I am excited that it will reach even further with this new collaboration with XXIM Records.”</div>
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Italian pianist and composer Olivia Belli joins XXIM Records

<p>Uèle Lamore specializes in incorporating electronic, synthetic and acoustic elements in her work, but for new EP she went even further. Titled <em>Heqet’s Shadow: Return Of Glycon</em> her debut EP for XXIM Records is a collaboration with Sony Computer Science Laboratories and their work in developing artificial intelligence music software. Working with a variety of AI plugins and the programmers behind them, Uèle created a unique musical landscape which she arranged as the soundtrack to an imaginary video game.</p>


Uèle Lamore releases new EP Heqet’s Shadow: Return of Glycon

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<p class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="6rrkh-0-0">Eydís Evensen releases her new track <em>Midnight Moon</em> featuring Icelandic singer GDRN. The track started out as a poem in Icelandic, that Eydís wrote during her time living in New York. She later used it as inspiration for a piece of instrumental music, before turning it into a song. For the creation of the video Eydís teamed up with Icelandic video artist Einar Egils.</p>
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News

Lea by Italian pianist and composer Olivia Belli out now!

Icelandic band Hugar releases new EP Þjóðlög/Folk Songs

Second single by Olivia Belli out now!

Eydís Evensen releases debut album Bylur

Italian pianist and composer Olivia Belli joins XXIM Records

Uèle Lamore releases new EP Heqet’s Shadow: Return of Glycon

Eydís Evensen shares video for Midnight Moon ft. GDRN

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