Founded in 2017 to distil a murky blend of jazz and electronic music, hist og is an Icelandic trio featuring Eiríkur Orri Ólafsson on trumpet and electronics, Róberta Andersen on guitar, bass and synth, and Magnús Trygvason Eliassen on drums and percussion. Through the lens of their shared musical language, they explore a Day-Glo lit ruminative world of improvisation, jazz and electronic music.

hist og has released four albums, Days of Tundra (2019), hits of (2020), holy ghost of (2023), and Hist Highness (2026). All four records have received wide praise, harvesting six nominations to the Icelandic Music Awards, a seat on the venerated Kraumur list in 2019 and 2020. Days of Tundra was named “Improv of the year” by Morgunblaðið in 2019. Music critic Arnar Eggert Thoroddsen wrote “smashing stuff … every song is rigidly stamped by the seal of this super-trio.” Beyond Iceland, the trio has performed at the Ottawa Jazz Festival in Canada and at Botanique in Brussels, supporting múm.

They’d go down a storm at a venue like London’s Café OTO – let’s hope they visit the UK soon. - Kevin Whitlock, Jazzwise