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Silfur is a collection of fifteen pieces that both refine and expand upon Dustin O'Halloran's concepts of time, past and present, perceived through music. It features new recordings of thirteen compositions from previous albums, including four new string arrangements. Recorded in Iceland in 2020, it acts as a thoughtful work of introspection, and a bridge linking the artist's repertoire from past to present. “‘Constellation No. 2’ closes an album that’s a journey through my past, and it’s also the newest composition,” observes O’Halloran, whose meditative piano is accompanied by the lyrical cello of Gyða Valtýsdóttir. “I’ve worked a lot with Gyða in the past and it’s always a pleasure to collaborate with her. This piece was co-written with her in Berlin, the city I called home for ten years, and it is in a way a farewell to those beautiful times. It was the end of a period and also a new beginning. I wanted to find something that could feel universal and open.” This musical exploration of what endures and
