{"id":238,"date":"2021-04-17T11:53:13","date_gmt":"2021-04-16T23:53:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gydja.com\/?p=238"},"modified":"2022-04-16T07:30:58","modified_gmt":"2022-04-15T19:30:58","slug":"new-gydja-album-ar-var-alda-available-on-winter-light","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gydja.com\/?p=238","title":{"rendered":"New Gydja album, \u00c1r var alda, available on Winter-Light"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We are thrilled to announce that the latest Gydja album, <a href=\"https:\/\/winter-light.bandcamp.com\/album\/r-var-alda-in-ancient-times\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>\u00c1r var alda<\/em><\/a>, is now available from the wonderful Winter-Light label. Mastered by Robin Storey of Rapoon, <em>\u00c1r var alda<\/em> is presented in both digital download and CD format, packaged in a six panel digipak with artwork by Midnight Sun Studio.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u00c1r var alda<\/em> is a simultaneously chthonic and celestial exploration of the opening moments of creation in Norse cosmology, as described in <em>V\u00f6lusp\u00e1<\/em> and <em>Vaf\u00fer\u00fa\u00f0nism\u00e1l<\/em>, envisioned as a suite of nine R\u00f6kkr ambient tracks spread across four movements. Winter-Light describes it as an album of deep, primordial dark ambient consisting of thick, expansive drones, woven through with intricate percussive elements, unearthly vocals and atmospheric field recordings.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 350px; height: 753px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=411109553\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/transparent=true\/\" seamless><a href=\"https:\/\/winter-light.bandcamp.com\/album\/r-var-alda-in-ancient-times\">\u00c1r var alda  (In ancient times) by Gydja<\/a><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are thrilled to announce that the latest Gydja album, \u00c1r var alda, is now available from the wonderful Winter-Light label. Mastered by Robin Storey of Rapoon, \u00c1r var alda is presented in both digital download and CD format, packaged in a six panel digipak with artwork by Midnight Sun Studio. \u00c1r var alda is a simultaneously chthonic and celestial exploration of the opening moments of creation in Norse cosmology, as described in V\u00f6lusp\u00e1 and Vaf\u00fer\u00fa\u00f0nism\u00e1l, envisioned as a suite of nine R\u00f6kkr ambient tracks spread across four movements. Winter-Light describes it as an album of deep, primordial dark ambient consisting of thick, expansive drones, woven through with intricate percussive elements, unearthly vocals and atmospheric field recordings. \u00c1r var alda<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gydja.com\/?p=238\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">New Gydja album, \u00c1r var alda, available on Winter-Light<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":81,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-238","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gydjanews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gydja.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gydja.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gydja.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gydja.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/81"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gydja.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=238"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/gydja.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":244,"href":"https:\/\/gydja.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238\/revisions\/244"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gydja.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=238"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gydja.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=238"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gydja.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}