Author: - The Reykjavik Grapevine

Alexander’s Saturday Iceland Airwaves Diary: Mixed Energy Levels

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Everyone I met or talked to tonight was in a rallying mood and ready to take on Airwaves Saturday. After…

Alexander’s Friday Iceland Airwaves Diary: Faroese Fun Times

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O.K. let’s go. My Airwaves Friday began at Iðnó which housed a Airwaves x Faroese Islands takeover night. The atmosphere…

Alexander’s Thursday Night Iceland Airwaves Diary: Wardrobe Malfunctions & Neon Wigs

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Day 2 came and went! For me, night was somehow backwards. It feels like I had to pee all the…

Alexander’s Wednesday Night Iceland Airwaves Diary: Cool Moms, Sugar Sweetness & WHO THE FUCK ARE YOU!?

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Iceland Airwaves has an off-venue program in all the major indie record shops in the downtown area. I started my…

Electric Dreams: Evil Suburban Kids – Make The Scene Great Again

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Evil Suburban Kids (ESK) is an emergent collective hosting regular dance-music events around town that showcase broad-minded DJs and musicians…

Electric Dreams: Kuldaboli’s Insanity And Madness

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Without a doubt, Kuldaboli is currently one of Iceland’s most prolific music projects. Before leaving the country a couple of…

Grapevine Music Awards 2020: Best Video – Bjarki ‘ANa5’

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For his 2018 Sónar Reykajvík set, Bjarki reached out to friends Daníel Heimisson and Baldvin Vernharðsson to collaborate on the…

Electric Dreams: I Love Rubbish

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Hjalti Kaftu—an Icelandic play on words meaning “shut up”—is the musical-alter-ego of Pétur Eggertsson of noise-rock/punk band Skelkur í bringu…

Elli Grill: Evil Suburban Kids

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Over the past few years, Elli Grill has become an easily-recognized figure within the Icelandic music scene. From his early-days…

Electric Dreams: bbbbbb On Their Newest Concoction

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Icelandic electronic music producer Bjarki needs little introduction by now. But, if you do need one, calling this Berlin-based musician…

An Electric Direction – ThizOne On Making Music

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ThizOne —the music moniker of one Sigtryggur Egilsson—is known for his warped and eclectic sets of crackling beats from various…

Vigorous Music-Duo: We Are Not Romantic Are Their Own Biggest Fans

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Prolific grassroots-collective and music label Post-dreifing released collaborative music duo We Are Not Romantic’s debut album ‘Who’s In Control?’ just…

Let Me Be What I Want To Be: LaFontaine Opens Up

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Jóhannes LaFontaine, better known under is electronic-music moniker LaFontaine, is a known figure in Iceland’s clubbing scene. He started making…

Zaar’s Playground: A Danish Artist Who Creates New Instruments

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Sara Flindt is a 22-year-old singer-songwriter-producer born in Silkeborg, Denmark. She moved to Aarhus to study music when she was…

Electric Dreams: Icelandic Producer Fruit On His Danceable Music And Copenhagen Connection

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Over the past couple years, Anton Sandholt—Icelandic DJ, musician and event promoter—has been making his mark in Copenhagen’s dance music…

Electric Dreams: Jónbjörn On Life, The Future And Reykjavík’s Dance Music Scene

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The audible and visual subsistence of music is undeniable. Jónbjörn Finnbogason—also known as JB and one-half of house music label…

Electric Dreams: TRPTYCH’s Techno Trilogy

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Around five years ago, veteran Icelandic techno label Thule Records caught the attention of well-respected Russian DJ and трип Records…

Eyewitness Records: Ívar Sævarsson’s Search For Different Angles

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Eyewitness Records—E.W. for short—is a Reykjavík-based record label releasing a range of electronic music. It launched last year as a…

Intensity, Drive And Power: Meet Icelandic Techno Producer Fascia

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Fascia is the brain-child of Björn Leó Brynjarsson. Currently residing in Berlin, he works as a full-time script-writer, but spends…

Electric Dreams: NonYoBiz Records Is Back In Business

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NonYoBiz is an Icelandic electronic music label run by one Kári Guðmundsson—formerly known as Kári Hypno and currently part of…

Neon Lights & Future Sights: Unconventional Icelandic Duo Geigen

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The distinction between techno and classical music has in recent years started to blur. Aphex Twin’s 2003 remix of Philip…

The Party Goes On: Three Alternative Nights For Sónar Reykjavík Fans

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Given the massive line-up, Sónar Reykjavík 2019 would have been just as great a treat as it has for the…

Electric Dreams: Sónar Reykjavík’s Emotional, Rhythmic Dance Music

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Fam, Sónar season is soon upon us. Sónar Reykjavík is the annual three days of music, creativity and technology that…

Electric Dreams: Good Moon Deer’s Tireless Electronic Experiments

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Guðmundur Úlfarsson—also known by his musical moniker Good Moon Deer—is an Icelandic graphic designer and musician who currently lives in…

Clichés From Civilization: Ragnar Kjartansson On Epic Screensavers, Theatre & Nobility

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For nearly two decades Ragnar Kjartansson has worked within various realms of art. His most recent piece—‘Figures in Landscape’—is a…