Nina Kraviz compiles previously unreleased tracks by the late Icelandic electronic music pioneer, Biogen.
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Nina Kraviz compiles previously unreleased tracks by the late Icelandic electronic music pioneer, Biogen.
Musically inclined from the start, Doddi studied music as a child. “I always played by ear, and even faked reading from the sheets,” he recalls. Music, for Doddi, is tactile; it’s experimental and experiential.
As one of Iceland’s longest running music festivals, Dark Music Days was created as a platform for Icelandic composers to present their work. The festival has since expanded its boundaries—both physically and musically—to include international acts and mixed techniques in contemporary music.
It’s been three years since that first release. The Samaris trio is still young and still full of energy. But, like a painting set out to dry in the sun, they’ve also taken on the warm maturity of their surroundings.
It’s the fifth annual Grapevine Music Awards. Which means that it’s the fifth time we’ve rounded up a panel of expert music nerds for a few rounds of drinks and the chance to hash out everything that has happened in sound since the Earth’s last orbit around the sun.
Two and a half years ago Emilíana Torrini quit the band. There was no drama, no hard feelings. “I just promised myself if I started to think about other things on stage then it was time to stop."
On December 10 Yamaho is booked to play Berghain for the legendary Berlin techno club’s twelfth birthday celebration. “I will take them on a journey,” she says confidently.
Pan Thorarensen and Þorkell Atlason are craftsmen of electronic music. They think things through.
“Gakktu hægt um gleðina dyr,’ it’s something like, ‘Calm down, take it slow,’” Árni says above the clamour of pinball machines and jingling tokens. “My dad used to always say it to me before I’d go out. It’s the best Icelandic phrase.”
A "nonference" on Icelandic rap. Part of Iceland Airwaves 2016.
This year 50 bands are making their Iceland Airwaves debut. Some have been on the scene for decades, others just formed last month. In the remaining weeks before the festival we are sifting through them, ten at a time.
This year over 50 bands are making their Iceland Airwaves debut. Some have been on the scene for decades, others just formed last month. In the remaining weeks before the festival we are sifting through them, ten at a time.
This year over 50 bands are making their Iceland Airwaves debut. Some have been on the scene for decades, others just formed last month. In the remaining weeks before the festival we are sifting through them, ten at a time.
This year over 50 bands are making their Iceland Airwaves debut. Some have been on the scene for decades, others just formed last month. In the remaining weeks before the festival we are sifting through them, ten at a time.
The final installment of our guide to the 50 Icelandic bands making their Airwaves debut at the 2016 festival.
“When the new moon comes, I’d go under, like a submarine,” Björk explains, motioning up and down with her arms. “On a full moon it all comes out. Then I’d descend back down toward the new moon."
Forging your own way doesn’t always take you down the most comfortable path, but it’s always a scenic one. And DJ Gunni Ewok has seen a lot.
Born out of the remnants of the legendary drum and bass club night breakbeat.is, along with the Fótafimi (Juke/Footwork) and Lagtiðni (Bass, Grime) DJ groups, the minds behind Plútó comprise the most comprehensive knowledge tank of dance and electronic music in Iceland.