PRESS AND GIGS | Freysteinn

Review and Gigs

"Freysteinn Gíslason, and Icelandic bassist known for his unique approach to music."

Glenn Astarita

Full review 👇

https://www.allaboutjazz.com/i-allar-attir-en-samt-bara-eina-freysteinn-gislason-self-produced

"The album is challenging listening but there are rewards to be had, there are moments of poetic and melodic beauty among the sometimes brutalist soundscapes: seek and thy shall find."

Simon Defty

Full review 👇

https://simplyjazztalk.blog/2023/04/24/i-allar-attir-en-samt-bara-eina-is-icelandic-for-in-all-directions-but-still-the-same-and-it-is-the-title-of-the-latest-album-release-from-freysteinn/

"Freysteinn and his associates have a common taste for exploration, inferring this music with a seductively tortuous quality that stimulates the ear. "

FILIPE FREITAS

Full review 👇

https://jazztrail.net/blog/freysteinn-i-allar-attir-en-samt-bara-eina-album-review?rq=freysteinn

"I can feel its dark, foreboding energy in my bones. Even the sparse, lighter touches of comfort make me hold my breath as if waiting for an unnerving surprise."

Mike Gates

Full review 👇https://ukvibe.org/album_reviews/freysteinn/

"Overall, this is a truly unusual and innovative piece of music, which forces the listener to approach the music with attention and total involvement and keeps him hostage from start to finish."

Adam Baruch

Full review 👇http://www.adambaruch.com/reviews_search_artist.asp?what=Freysteinn+Gislason

"The material from " Lokun sem varð að byrjun " can hypnotize the listener not only with the unconventional structure of the songs and phenomenal performance, but also with freedom and charm,"

Marcin kozicki Stacjaislandia

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http://www.stacjaislandia.pl/aktualnosci/muzyka/recenzje-albumow/freysteinn-lokun-sem-vard-ad-byrjun-recenzja/?fbclid=IwAR2u6g01g3zTYf89Opd2NPJkizPHrJz3GSBBvYUw5XlkZY0ubXw41bsGYsc

Gigs with me

2024

12 sept Duo with Agnar Már, 5 sept Duo with Ingi Bjarni

29 Augus Duo Jens Larson 22, August Duo with Daníel Böðvars

15 August Duo with Sara Mjöll, 8 August Duo with Maríana Ósk

1 August Duo with Bjarni Már, 25 July Duo with Hrafnkell Gauti

18 July Duo with Vignir Þór, 11 July Duo with Valbjörn Snær

5 July in Trio with Hilmar Jenson and Aurore Pélier Cady

4 July Duo with Ingi Bjarni, 27June Duo with Benjamín Gísli