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Out now..

Flughermir ft. Ásta Fanney
The debut single from tech x copper, out now on Swedish Columbia.
Coming soon on 7" vinyl with the exclusive B-side bass_ptrn.
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tech x copper is Icelandic composer Leifur Björns and drummer Sólrún, working with UK producer Howie B. The sound is percussion, modular synths and ambient texture, with songs that get pushed until distortion. The debut album is on the way.
About tech x copper
 
It started with old hard drives: years of unfinished ideas, voice notes and analog synth experiments that Leifur had collected between tours and other people’s records. Going back through them, some of those fragments started turning into something new.

He brought them to Sólrún, and together with Howie B they began building songs out of them. Some of it was planned, and some of it was just whatever happened in the room. Styrmir Hauksson came in on production and mixing.

Manifesto

tracks ::
 
  • flughermir ft. Asta Fanney
  • bass_ptrn - 7" exclusive
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Bios

Leifur Björns

Leifur Björns is an Icelandic experimental electronic composer, producer and songwriter. He has worked with artists such as Klemens Hannigan, Low Roar and Cheek Mountain Thief.

Born in the UK and raised in Iceland, Leifur is a multi-instrumentalist who grew up playing in local punk and rock bands. His first international collaboration was the concept album Cheek Mountain Thief with Tunng’s Mike Lindsay, released on the UK indie label Full Time Hobby.

Later while working with Lindsay on a Low Roar record, Leifur joined the band and toured extensively across Europe and the US, sharing stages with Ásgeir, Active Child, Hozier and recording with Grammy-winning producer Andrew Scheps in Los Angeles.

His music has since appeared in projects like Death Stranding (Kojima Productions), advertising campaigns for Allstate, and on ABC and MTV. More recently, Leifur has been focused on composition and production whilst based in Iceland.

With tech x copper Leifur steps into new terrain, raw, textural, blending analog memory with present intuition in close collaboration with Sólrún and Howie B.
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sÓlrÚn

Sólrún Mjöll Kjartansdóttir is an Icelandic drummer and sound artist, active across theatre, recording, and experimental music. A versatile performer, she has worked with artists such as Una Torfa, GDRN, gugusar and Ceasetone. Sólrún is a founding member of FLOTT, a critically acclaimed band awarded at the Icelandic Music Awards for their distinctive style and lyrics. She has performed internationally at festivals such as SXSW and Taste of Iceland, and contributed to music for theatre, film, and TV.  With tech x copper, she brings a raw rhythmic intensity and deep textural instinct to the collaboration.
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Collaborators

Asta Fanney

A vital voice in contemporary art, music and poetry, Ásta Fanney is a multidisciplinary sound, performance, and visual artist who represented Iceland at the 61st Venice Biennale, 2026. Her unique vocal presence and meticulously crafted soundscapes bring a raw texture and deep intuition to the project.

Howie B.

Writer, co-producer... Seminal UK producer known for work with Björk, U2, and Tricky. A co-writer and creative anchor in the studio, he brings decades of sonic exploration to tech x copper.

STyrmir hauks

Styrmir Hauksson is an Icelandic recording engineer, producer, and composer known for his textural approach to sound and detail-rich mixes. With a background in experimental, film and popular music, Styrmir has worked across genres with artists in Iceland and abroad. For tech x copper, he contributes production, arrangements, and mixing, shaping the sonic architecture of the project.
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