Despite being Europe's most remotely located capital with only around 200,000 inhabitants, Reykjavík is home to a unique and idiosyncratic music scene that has given rise to internationally acclaimed artists like Björk, Sigur Rós or Gusgus. The annual Iceland Airwaves event is further one of Europe's finest music festivals, each fall boasting a sizeable line-up of local bands and international acts from indie rock to electronica.
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Pineapple Records |
Originally formed as a collective of actors, artists and musicians on the occasion of shooting a short film called 'Pleasure', GusGus somehow turned the movie's soundtrack into their self-titled debut album released in 1995. Liberally quoting Jazz, Rock,...
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Touch |
Hildur Ingveldardóttir Guðnadóttir is a cellist and composer. Best known for her collaborations with múm and guest appearances with Pan Sonic, she has a rich catalogue of collaborations and varied projects behind her. Guðnadóttir began playing cello as a...
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Morr Music |
Icelandic band Múm was started by teenage friends Gunnar and Örvar together with twin sisters Kristin and Gyda: the boys were making music on their Amigas, while the girls threw their piano and violin training into the band's charming mix of indie folk...
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Erased Tapes |
Hailing from the suburban Icelandic town of Mosfellsbær, just a few kilometres outside of Reykjavík, Ólafur Arnalds has immersed himself completely in a world of delicate symphonic compositions generating near weightless orchestral pieces. Arnalds...
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Born in Melbourne, Australia, and living in Reykjavik, Iceland, Ben Frost has been crafting a unique style of electronic music over the past years. His albums like 2007's 'Steel Wound' or 2009 highly acclaimed 'By The Throat' combine dark and brooding textures with traces of slow-motion beats and ambient drones. Threatening as it...
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