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Calder formed in Iceland when musical instrument maker L rus Sigurdsson and Olafur Josephsson, who is perhaps best known for his recordings under the alias Stafr?nn H kon, met and decided to join forces. Their first collaborations resulted in self-titled five-track album of improvised, experimental instrumentals that was released through Olafur's Vogor Recordings and later picked up by UK indie Unlabel. L rus' background is in classical music, having played with various Icelandic musicians and self-released a handful of solo recordings. With this new music, melody, structure and beats have come more to the fore, although the beautiful and haunting guitar atmospherics are still evident.