Watch Björk play DJ set at solar eclipse rave in Iceland

Björk played a special DJ set at a rave held to coincide with this week’s solar eclipse – check out footage below. READ MORE: Björk on the cover: “First you create a universe with sound, then you move into it” The one-day Echolalia festival took place yesterday (August 12) at Víðistaðatún in Hafnarfjörður, just outside the country’s capital city of Reykjavik. As well as a set from Björk, the event also featured DJ sets and performances from Arca, Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith, 33EMYBW, Sideproject and Ronja Jóhannsdóttir. Arca’s performance included the moment of “totality” at approximately 5:48pm local time, with the moon entirely obscuring the sun and plunging the site into darkness for just over a minute. Björk then took to the stage at 5:50pm and played for an hour, until the eclipse came to an end. She wore a balloon-like outfit and danced behind the decks, playing tracks including Marina Herlop’s ‘Jaque’, Safety Trance and Arca’s ‘El Alma Que Te Trajo’, Kelela‘s ‘If We Meet Again’ and Machine Girl‘s ‘Down To The Essence (Mun Sing Remix)’. She also played Conrad Taylor’s remix of ‘Berghain‘, her collaboration with Rosalía and Yves Tumor. Watch footage of the performance below. The eve...