Skeylja is the name of an artist in residence project
The Alvaret Ensemble is involved in. From March 27th until April 2nd the ensemble (Greg Haines, Sytze Pruiksma and The Kleefstra Bros) stayed in Iceland, travelled around and made quite some instant music with the wonderful Icelandic musician friends
Kira Kira,
Eirikur Orri Ólafsson,
Ingi Gardar Erlendsson and
Borgar Magnason. Meanwhile the video collective
33one3rd documented the trip and made a lot of great footage.
From June 16th until June 23rd Skeylja will be performed on the
Oerol festival on the Dutch Wadden Sea island Terschelling. Eight nights in a row we will play in the old church of the village of Hoorn and every show will be different as for every night another one of the musicians is curator. A musical and audiovisual experience, based on our time in Iceland. More news on
the project website and
here you can watch a teaser.
