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| Birth name | Kristín Anna Valtýsdóttir |
| Also known as | Kría Brekkan |
| Instruments | Vocals Accordion Piano Multi-instrumentalist |
| Years active | 1997 – present |
| Associated acts | Múm, Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan, Animal Collective, Rings, Stórsveit Nix Noltes |
Kristín Anna Valtýsdóttir (aka Kría Brekkan) is an Icelandic vocalist and classically-trained multi-instrumentalist. She is best-known as a former frontperson of múm, and later on for collaborating with her husband David Portner as Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan.
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Biography
In late 2006, Valtýsdóttir acknowledged that she had left múm in the beginning of that year, and published an open letter briefly describing her thoughts on the matter[1].
Valtýsdóttir is currently a member of Storsveit Nix Noltes, and has recorded and played live with Slowblow. She appeared on records by Mice Parade and on Animal Collective's Feels (on which she is credited as "Doctess").
Valtýsdóttir recorded, mixed and engineered the Black Habit LP by Rings (featuring ex-members of First Nation). She appeared on the cover of Belle and Sebastian's 2000 Fold Your Hands Child, You Walk Like a Peasant LP with her twin sister, Gyða. In 2006 she did a Take-Away Show video session shot by Vincent Moon.
She currently lives with Portner in the China-town section of New York[1].
Discography
- Wildering 7" (November 14, 2007, After Hours)
- Apotropaíosong Armor CD (November 2008, self-released)
- Uterus Water 7" (January 10, 2010, Paw Tracks)
with Avey Tare
- Pullhair Rubeye (April 24, 2007, Paw Tracks)
with Rings
- Black Habit (January 2008)
with Stórsveit Nix Noltes
- Orkideur Hawai (March 21, 2006, Bubblecore)
- Royal Family - Divorce (May 5, 2009, FatCat Records/Rough Trade)
Appearances
- Be Good To Earth This Season w/Antony Hegarty featured by Reverend Green on Be Good To Earth This Season / Wolfie’s Christmas 7" (December 2008, Paw Tracks)
See also
References
- ^ a b Kristín Anna's Farewell. "Fat Cat Records, November 6, 2006"
External links
- Kría Brekkan's Official Page (Currently in 'reconstruction')
- Kría Brekkan's MySpace Page
- Kría Brekkan as #27 in "La Blogothèque: les concerts à emporter!" (The Take-Away Shows)
- Kria Brekkan live in Berlin Video
- Paw Tracks Records
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