Stafrænn Hákon ~ Hausi

This album is pure enjoyment ~ so warm, so inviting, so enveloping that the struggle behind it may be obscured.  Icelandic composer Ólafur Josephsson has taken a long sonic journey to arrive at this point.  Originally the sole member of Stafrænn Hákon, he has since branched out.  In one sense, Hausi is his second declaration; in another, it’s a culmination. I first became aware of Stafrænn Hákon…