An almost magical environment consisting of the austere, ugly and imposing Dungeness nuclear power station and two lighthouses; one new and quite stark, with an earlier far prettier companion. These structures are surrounded by abandoned, rotting fishing boats marooned on a desolate shingle beach in the only desert in the UK.
Hybrid is a British electronic music duo consisting of Mike and Charlotte Truman. The group was formed in 1995 by Mike Truman, Chris Healings, and Lee Mullin. At the time they were primarily known as a breakbeat collective, although they overlapped considerably with progressive house and trance.
Their 1999 single, "Finished Symphony" was their first charting release and their debut studio album, Wide Angle, was released that year to critical acclaim. Hybrid are considered pioneers of the electronic genre, and are known for their cinematic approach to their production, specifically with the use of orchestral recordings.
Charlotte Truman (née James) joined as a vocalist in 2007. Her first recording with Hybrid was "The Formula of Fear" in 2008, the first single from their fourth studio album, Disappear Here (2010).
Hybrid released their 6th studio album "Black Halo" on July 9th 2021.
During their career they have also produced over one hundred remixes for about forty artists including U2, Moby, Rob Dougan, R.E.M., and The Future Sound of London. The group was formerly based in Swansea, Wales and have relocated to Worcestershire, England.
Their official site: https://www.hybridband.com/
Autumnal Iceland. My second visit to this beautiful country, who's rugged terrain, unforgiving weather and beautiful people have ensnared me.
Sun Voyager (Icelandic: Sólfar) is sculpture by Jón Gunnar Árnason (1931 - 1989). Sun Voyager is a dreamboat, an ode to the sun. Intrinsically, it contains within itself the promise of undiscovered territory, a dream of hope, progress and freedom. The sculpture is located by Sæbraut, by the sea in the centre of Reykjavík, Iceland.
A view of the Eyjafjallajökull glacier ice cap from the road.
Harpa is a beautiful concert hall and conference center situated close to the harbour in Reykjavík, Iceland. Designed by the Danish firm Henning Larsen Architects in co-operation with Danish-Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson, the structure consists of a steel framework clad with geometric shaped glass panels of different colours.
The internal features are quite remarkable, as are the patterns of light and colour that can be seen in the reflections on the multi-faceted walls and ceilings.
Lava rocks in a glacier pool.
Hafnarfjörður Church, Iceland.
The Hallgrímskirkja (literally, the church of Hallgrímur) is a Lutheran parish church in Reykjavík, Iceland. At 74.5 metres (244 ft), it is the largest church in Iceland and the sixth tallest architectural structure in Iceland. State Architect Guðjón Samúelsson’s design of the church was commissioned in 1937. He is said to have designed it to resemble the basalt lava flows of Iceland’s landscape.It took 38 years to build the church. Construction work began in 1945 and ended in 1986.
