Ásgeir

Ásgeir - Icelandic singer-songwriter and musician

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Genres: icelandic, singer-songwriter, indie, indie pop, electronic folk

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About Ásgeir

Ásgeir (ÁsgeirTrausti Einarsson, born 1 July 1992) is an Icelandic singer-songwriter and musician. In his Icelandic releases, he was credited as Ásgeir Trausti. But more recently in 2013 with his launching as an international artist, he has started using the mononym Ásgeir as a recording name. Ásgeir performs with his own band, Ásgeir Trausti Band. He also plays guitar in the Icelandic band The Lovely Lion. Many of his lyrics are written by and with his father Einar Georg Einarsson who is an Icelandic poet. Ásgeir's debut album is "Dýrð í dauðaþögn" released in 2012, the lead single from which, "Sumargestur", made it to number two on the Tónlist, an unofficial but widely quoted Icelandic Singles Chart, followed up with the single "Leyndarmál" (six weeks at number 1 on Tónlist) and the title track "Dýrð í dauðaþögn" from the album (three weeks at #1 on Tónlist). He has had a Christmas hit with his song "Hvítir skór" in collaboration with Blaz Roca. The single stayed at the top of the Icelandic Singles Chart for 9 consecutive weeks from December 2012 to the end of January 2013. An English language version of "Dýrð í dauðaþögn" under the title "In the Silence" had been scheduled for international release on 27 January 2014, but was made available online on iTunes on 28 October 2013. It came with several new tracks and remixes. The American singer John Grant helped with the translation of the lyrics and re-production of the English language album. Based on online sales, the album has already charted in Belgium and Netherlands. Around that time he switched to using simply “Ásgeir” as his international artist name. On 13 August 2013, Ásgeir released the video for "King and Cross", the debut single from the prospective album with John Grant appearing in the single release. The follow-up single "Going Home" charted in France. The main release to coincide with the release of the album was "Torrent", an English-language version of "Nýfallið regn". For the next few years he toured extensively, bringing his music to audiences across Europe. His live performances helped him build an international fan base and prepared him for his next studio effort. This period of touring and writing culminated in the release of his third studio album, "Afterglow", in 2017. With Afterglow he shifted his musical style away from the stripped-down folk/pop of his debut toward more layered, atmospheric arrangements and richer production. The melodies were still rooted in the calm, open landscapes he grew up with, but the production was richer and more experimental. In 2020 he returned with "Sátt", which was released in two versions again, one in Icelandic and one in English ("Bury the Moon"). The project grew out of a period of personal upheaval. The songs were more vulnerable, written with a sense of someone rebuilding himself while trying to stay honest and grounded. A year later he released a short EP "The Sky Is Painted Gray Today" that felt like a quiet pause, a handful of gentle songs recorded with minimal decoration. His next full record "Time on My Hands" came in 2022. Here he allowed himself more warmth and color. Synthesizers, brass and soft grooves shaped the music, but the heart of it was still his voice and that particular Icelandic melancholy that never feels heavy, only reflective. In 2023 he released a stripped down version of the album called "Time on My Hands (Lo-Fi Version)". In 2025 he began a new chapter with the album "Julia". For the first time he wrote all lyrics himself. The songs feel closer to his own thoughts and less filtered through others. The early singles suggest a more intimate tone, almost like someone writing in the last hours of the evening, unhurried and unguarded. It marks a shift toward a simpler, more personal way of working, as if he is circling back to the core of what made his first songs so striking, only now with the perspective of someone who has grown through a decade of touring, translating himself across languages, and learning to trust his own voice. https://www.youtube.com/user/asgeirtrausti

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