{"id":27351,"date":"2016-03-28T16:55:27","date_gmt":"2016-03-28T14:55:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sodwee.com\/blog\/?p=27351"},"modified":"2016-03-28T16:55:27","modified_gmt":"2016-03-28T14:55:27","slug":"itw-vok-sophie-sat-trio-tour-across-europe-talks-album-sax-icelandic-music-recommendations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sodwee.com\/blog\/2016\/03\/itw-vok-sophie-sat-trio-tour-across-europe-talks-album-sax-icelandic-music-recommendations\/","title":{"rendered":"ITW &#8211; V\u00f6k | Sophie sat down with the trio on tour across Europe, talks album, sax, and Icelandic music recommendations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Though I usually let <em>Ben<\/em> (aka Sodwee) introduce the artists interviewed, I thought I could give it a try with <strong>V\u00f6k<\/strong>, especially since I\u2019ve been a huge fan of their music for a couple of years. Created in 2013 by Margr\u00e9t R\u00e1n (vocalist) and Andri M\u00e1rfirst (saxophonist), the Icelandic band, now a three piece with the addition of \u00d3lafur\u00a0Alexander (guitar), were in Paris last week to perform their second show ever in France. Having missed the opportunity to enjoy their dreamy synth pop the year before, there was no way I would not attend this concert and have a little chat with them, even if it meant crossing Paris back and forth all day long! What was supposed to be my first concert alone actually turned out to be one of my favorite concerts ever with Andri even playing the sax solo of &#8220;Adrift&#8221;, literally at my feet\u2026. never underestimate the power of the sexophone\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[imagebox maintitle=&#8221;CIRCLES EP&#8221; subtitle=&#8221;by V\u00f6k\u00a0is out now&#8230; Out now.&#8221; image=&#8221;https:\/\/sodwee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/vok-circles.jpg&#8221; color=&#8221;white&#8221; space=&#8221;260&#8243; link=&#8221;https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/album\/circles-ep\/id986032334&#8243;]\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\">Interview &amp; introduction by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sodwee.com\/blog\/author\/sophie\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sophie<\/a>.\u00a0Photographs by\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.popuptale.com\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">Michela Cuccagna<\/a>.<\/h6>\n[separator type=&#8221;space&#8221;]\n[separator type=&#8221;thick&#8221;]\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"V\u00f6k - Adrift by V\u00f6k\" width=\"640\" height=\"400\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?visual=true&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F204026600&#038;show_artwork=true&#038;maxheight=960&#038;maxwidth=640\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Waiting by V\u00f6k\" width=\"640\" height=\"400\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?visual=true&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F247330373&#038;show_artwork=true&#038;maxheight=960&#038;maxwidth=640\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h5>First, I\u2019d like to start with your band\u2019s name, V\u00f6k. In Icelandic it means \u00ab\u00a0a hole in the ice\u00a0\u00bb, which implies some fragility within something powerful. Could it be a good way to define your music\u00a0?<\/h5>\n<p>Andri\u00a0: <em>(laughing)<\/em> It has this duality because it also means \u00ab\u00a0a hole in the clouds\u00a0\u00bb. It can be this very dark and gloomy thing but it can also be bright.<\/p>\n<p>Margr\u00e9t\u00a0: When Andri suggested it,I had never heard the word V\u00f6k before and I liked it but we didn\u2019t think further\u00a0! <em>(laughing) <\/em>We didn\u2019t think that for people that would not understand our language, it would be so hard to pronounce it\u00a0!<\/p>\n<p>Andri\u00a0: To be fair, it was never the plan at that time to play abroad. So we didn\u2019t think about how it would look for foreigners\u00a0!<\/p>\n<p>Margr\u00e9t\u00a0: We have to deal with it now\u00a0! <em>(laughing)<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"tiled-gallery type-rectangular tiled-gallery-unresized\" data-original-width=\"640\" data-carousel-extra='{&quot;blog_id&quot;:1,&quot;permalink&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/sodwee.com\\\/blog\\\/2016\\\/03\\\/itw-vok-sophie-sat-trio-tour-across-europe-talks-album-sax-icelandic-music-recommendations\\\/&quot;,&quot;likes_blog_id&quot;:&quot;14097878&quot;}' itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\" > <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 640px; height: 413px;\" data-original-width=\"640\" data-original-height=\"413\" > <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 640px; height: 413px;\" data-original-width=\"640\" data-original-height=\"413\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sodwee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/02-1.jpg?ssl=1\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"636\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"409\"> <img  decoding=\"async\"  class=\" pk-lazyload\"  data-attachment-id=\"27361\"  data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/sodwee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/02-1.jpg\"  data-orig-size=\"1500,964\"  data-comments-opened=\"1\"  data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Michela Cuccagna&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 5D Mark II&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;V\\u00f6k.Portrait 2016.Paris.Michela Cuccagna\\u00a9&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1458313254&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Michela Cuccagna\\u00a9&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;28&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;3200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.04&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;V\\u00f6k.Portrait 2016.Paris.Michela Cuccagna\\u00a9&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\"  data-image-title=\"V\u00f6k.Portrait 2016.Paris &amp;#8211; By Michela Cuccagna \u00a9\"  data-image-description=\"\"  data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sodwee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/02-1.jpg?fit=690%2C443&#038;ssl=1\"  data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sodwee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/02-1.jpg?fit=640%2C411&#038;ssl=1\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  width=\"636\"  height=\"409\"  loading=\"lazy\"  data-original-width=\"636\"  data-original-height=\"409\"  itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\"  title=\"V\u00f6k.Portrait 2016.Paris - By Michela Cuccagna \u00a9\"  alt=\"V\u00f6k.Portrait 2016.Paris - By Michela Cuccagna \u00a9\"  style=\"width: 636px; height: 409px;\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-pk-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sodwee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/02-1.jpg?w=636&#038;h=409&#038;ssl=1\"  data-pk-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sodwee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/02-1.jpg?w=1500&amp;ssl=1 1500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sodwee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/02-1.jpg?resize=300%2C193&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sodwee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/02-1.jpg?resize=690%2C443&amp;ssl=1 690w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sodwee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/02-1.jpg?resize=940%2C604&amp;ssl=1 940w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sodwee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/02-1.jpg?resize=330%2C212&amp;ssl=1 330w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sodwee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/02-1.jpg?resize=1050%2C675&amp;ssl=1 1050w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sodwee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/02-1.jpg?resize=856%2C550&amp;ssl=1 856w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sodwee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/02-1.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" > <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> V\u00f6k.Portrait 2016.Paris &#8211; By Michela Cuccagna \u00a9 <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <\/div> <!-- close row --> <\/div>\n<h5>You actually founded the band just before Musiktilrauner, the battle of band, which you actually won. Impressive\u00a0!<\/h5>\n<p>Margr\u00e9t\u00a0: Yeah, that was kinda crazy\u00a0!<\/p>\n<p>Andri\u00a0: It was actually the first concert that we ever played as a band. We only had three songs but the semi finals were five days before the finals and then we only had two songs\u00a0! We were like \u00ab\u00a0We have to make a new song\u00a0!\u00a0\u00bb <em>(laughing)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Margr\u00e9t\u00a0: We actually kinda dig up an old song that we made when I was studying electronic music, Before. We didn\u2019t like it but it\u2019s now our most popular song.<\/p>\n<p>Andri\u00a0: We love it now\u00a0!<\/p>\n<h5>You\u2019ve already released two EPs, <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/vokmusic\/sets\/tension-1\" target=\"_blank\">Tension<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/vokmusic\/sets\/circles\" target=\"_blank\">Circles<\/a>. Your sound keeps evolving from minimalist electro to something a bit warmer and even catchier if I may like &#8216;Waiting&#8217; your new single. Would it be right to say that you\u2019re getting more and more pop\u00a0?<\/h5>\n<p>Margr\u00e9t\u00a0: I would say that we are taking the middle, mixing pop to our dark side.<\/p>\n<p>Andri\u00a0: We like to diverse between very heavy and jolly songs. I don\u2018t think our style is changing a lot, we\u2019re just getting better at making music so we can do more things.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-video\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&#x1f3b6;Waiting&#x1f3b6; by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/vokmusic\">@vokmusic<\/a> &#8211; Sounds even better live! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BoogieDrugstore\">@BoogieDrugstore<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/v%C3%B6k?src=hash\">#v\u00f6k<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/live?src=hash\">#live<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/gig?src=hash\">#gig<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/paris?src=hash\">#paris<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/a4mzxePzDJ\">pic.twitter.com\/a4mzxePzDJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 sophiemazar (@sophiemazar) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sophiemazar\/status\/710968707204382720\">March 18, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-video\" data-lang=\"en\"><p>\n&#x1f3b6;Before&#x1f3b6; by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/vokmusic\">@vokmusic<\/a> live in Paris <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BoogieDrugstore\">@BoogieDrugstore<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/v%C3%B6k?src=hash\">#v\u00f6k<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/paris?src=hash\">#paris<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/gig?src=hash\">#gig<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/live?src=hash\">#live<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/sax?src=hash\">#sax<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6FCWphzTBy\">pic.twitter.com\/6FCWphzTBy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 sophiemazar (@sophiemazar) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sophiemazar\/status\/710969468940390400\">March 18, 2016<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h5>Can we have some hints about the album\u00a0?<\/h5>\n<p>Andri\u00a0: It\u2019s gonna be somewhere in the middle between the two EPs.<\/p>\n<p>Margr\u00e9t\u00a0: There\u2019s going to be pop of course.<\/p>\n<p>Andri\u00a0: In the past couple of years performing live it\u2019s been so fun to see people dancing that we like to have fun too.<\/p>\n<h5>Are you sticking to English now\u00a0? You used to also make songs in Icelandic.<\/h5>\n<p>Margr\u00e9t\u00a0: I think we\u2019re going to make one or two songs in Icelandic for the album.<\/p>\n<p>Andri\u00a0: Most literature and movies we watch or read are in English so it\u2019s much easier for us to romanticize or make dreamy lyrics in English than in Icelandic. It\u2019s a very difficult language.<\/p>\n<p>Margr\u00e9t\u00a0: If you write in Icelandic it has to be perfect\u00a0! Kinda poetic.<\/p>\n<p>Andri\u00a0: There\u2019s hundreds of generations of poets in Iceland, almost every Icelander is a poet in some ways.<\/p>\n<h5>More than 300,000 people live in Iceland and I feel like all of them are musicians or poets. If we played a game and you would give a French artist to every Icelander I know I\u2019m afraid I would lose, and we are 60 million people in France\u00a0! <em>(laughing)<\/em> Isn\u2019t it stressful to have such a huge artistic heritage\u00a0?<\/h5>\n<p>Margr\u00e9t\u00a0: I\u2019m really happy and thankful. It\u2019s helping us actually.<\/p>\n<p>Andri\u00a0: It actually helps a lot. There\u2019s so much culture that even though a couple of years ago we didn\u2019t think of ourselves as musicians it came naturally. 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You gotta listen to <em>Axel Fl\u00f3vent<\/em> too. He\u2019s like the Icelandic <em>Bon Iver<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Margr\u00e9t\u00a0: He\u2019s really good. Very mellow.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/158522646&amp;color=ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Andri\u00a0: It\u2019s hard because we\u2019re not that much into hip hop and the Icelandic music scene today is all about hip hop.<\/p>\n<p>Margr\u00e9t\u00a0: It\u2019s very good live, like <em>\u00dalfur \u00dalfur<\/em> and <em>Emmsj\u00e9 Gauti<\/em> but we don\u2019t listen to hip-hop at home.<\/p>\n<h5>Andri, in the band you play the saxophone and I have to confess, it\u2019s my favourite instrument\u00a0! What does it add to your music\u00a0?<\/h5>\n<p>Margr\u00e9t\u00a0: I would say it adds a little of jazz, sensuality and fun. Andri can\u2019t handle himself when he\u2019s playing\u00a0! <em>(laughing)<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-video\" data-lang=\"en\"><p>Impressive sax solo on Adrift from Andri <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/vokmusic\">@vokmusic<\/a> live in Paris &#x1f3b7;\u2764\ufe0f &#x1f44f; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/v%C3%B6k?src=hash\">#v\u00f6k<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/paris?src=hash\">#paris<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/live?src=hash\">#live<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/gig?src=hash\">#gig<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kR5tG1oinh\">pic.twitter.com\/kR5tG1oinh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 sophiemazar (@sophiemazar) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sophiemazar\/status\/710971130048282625\">March 18, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h5>You\u2019re on a 4-week tour across Europe and you\u2019re the only girl in the van Margret\u00a0! 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