''Mount A'' is the debut album from Icelandic musician Hildur Guðnadóttir. The album was released in by

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under Guðnadóttir's artist name Lost In Hildurness, and remastered and reissued in 2010 by Touch under her own name. The album features a dark, somewhat repetitive soundscape built upon

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, khuur,

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and gamelan all of which are played by Hildur. Recording sessions took place both in

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and in a house in

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specifically chosen for its good cello acoustics.

Track listing

# "Light" - 4:18 # "Floods" - 3:29 # "Casting" - 6:35 # "Shadowed" - 2:22 # "Self" - 6:37 # "Growth" - 3:36 # "In Gray" - 3:23 # "My" - 2:37 # "Reflection" - 7:31 # "Earbraces" - 3:28 # "You" - 10:07

References

{{Authority control 2006 debut albums Hildur Guðnadóttir albums