''Kristnihald undir Jökli'' is an album by
Quarashi
Quarashi is an Icelandic rap rock band from Reykjavík, Iceland. The group consists of rappers Hössi Ólafsson (later replaced by Egill Olafur Thorarensen), Ómar Örn Hauksson, Steinar Orri Fjeldsted, and Sölvi Blöndal (who also acted as p ...
. It was released on 22 September 2001 in
Iceland
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). The album contains mostly instrumental music written and produced by Quarashi founding members, Sölvi Blöndal and Hössi Olafsson as the
soundtrack
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for the
Halldór Laxness
Halldór Kiljan Laxness (; born Halldór Guðjónsson; 23 April 1902 – 8 February 1998) was an Icelandic writer and winner of the 1955 Nobel Prize in Literature. He wrote novels, poetry, newspaper articles, essays, plays, travelogues and s ...
play, ''Kristnihald undir Jökli'', itself based on his 1968 novel of the same title translated into English as ''Christianity at Glacier'' and republished since as ''Under the Glacier''. The play was directed by Bergur Þór Ingólfsson, and ran in the Borgarleikhús in the winter of 2001.
Track listing
#"Úa" - 2:08
#"Smíðavél" - 2:32
#"Hulduhrútur" - 1:48
#"Beitahúsamenn" - 3:47
#"Prímus" - 5:02
#"Godman Sýngmann" - 4:04
#"Úrsúlulokkur" - 5:22
#"Úrsúlugjá" - 2:15
#"Umbi" - 5:11
#"Prímus (80's)" - 3:09
#"Umbi II" - 2:11
#"Prímus (Vox)" - 2:31
#"Úrsúlugjá (Instrumental)" - 2:13
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Quarashi albums
2001 albums