Jazz Articles about Kristinn Kristinsson

Kristinn Kristinsson: Module

by Mark Sullivan
November 28, 2018

Icelandic guitarist Kristinn Kristinsson--now a Basil, Switzerland resident--is a member of several bands. He was heard most recently on Monoglot's Wrong Turns And Dead Ends (Hout Records, 2017), but this is his debut as a solo artist (he also created the album cover art). He means “solo" literally: the entire program is performed on a single electric guitar, with a minimum of electronic effects. The minimalist pattern-repetition (sometimes reminiscent of composer Philip Glass) present in some of his ...