Author: Alexander Jean de Fontenay
Electric Dreams: Sónar Reykjavík’s Emotional, Rhythmic Dance Music
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
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
For nearly two decades Ragnar Kjartansson has worked within various realms of art. His most recent piece—‘Figures in Landscape’—is a…
Electric Dreams: Cross-Genre Electronica Duo ClubDub’s Refreshing Musical Menu
ClubDub are an intriguing duo whose star rose quickly last summer with the release of their first album “Juice Menu,…
Grapevine Music Awards 2019: You Should Have Heard… TSS
“I started using this name during the time I lived in Kópavogur when I was younger,” says Jón Gabríel Lorange…
Grapevine Music Awards 2019: Best Album – GDRN’s ‘Hvað ef’
Arriving with some media fanfare right in the middle of 2018, ‘Hvað ef’ is the debut album of musician, vocalist…
Electric Dreams: Genre-Free Living & DJ/VJ Katerina’s Search For The New & Weird
“I’m constantly in search of something new, hyper-real and weird,” says Katerina Blahutova—nicknamed Katla—a multidisciplinary designer and DJ/VJ from Prague…
Christmas Is Coming & We Are Getting Fat: A Festive Guide To Reykjavík Restaurants
by John Rogers, Shruthi Basappa, Ragnar Egilsson and Alexander Jean de Fontenay
After last year’s tour of easy-going downtown havens like Mat Bar, Snaps and Skál, we decided to broaden the net…
Electric Dreams: Welcome To KRÍA’s Ice Pop
KRÍA is an Icelandic singer-songwriter-producer who has been exceptionally busy for the past three years, while managing to maintain a…
Electric Dreams: Hlýnun Jarðar Looks Towards The Future
Tryggvi Þór Pálsson is a member of Reykjavík’s own very productive and skillful DJ crew Plútó, appearing under DJ moniker…
Electric Dreams: Artist & DJ Ása Kolla Starts The Dance
Ása Kolla is an up-and-coming DJ and student at The Reykjavík School of Visual Arts. “My studies there are very…
Space Jam: Halldór Eldjárn Mixes Music & Technology
Halldór Eldjárn is a composer, drummer and computer programmer that has been active in Reykjavík’s music scene for the past…
Electric Dreams: AAIIEENN’s Noise, Darkness & Electricity
Over the past few years Hallmar Gauti Halldórsson—better known as his alter ego AAIIEENN—has been experimenting with raw analogue synthesizer…
Otherworldly Sounds: Berlin-Based Artist On Experimenting With Visual Art And Electronic Music
Kolbrún Klara Gunnarsdóttir is an artist out of Reykjavík who currently resides in Berlin. She is a part of the…
Techno Superpower: X/OZ Label Manager On Untapped Potential, Trust And Connecting Through Music
Anna Ásthildur Thorsteinsdóttir is a mainstay in the vivid world of Icelandic music, where she usually resides behind the scenes….
Music As Mirror: Futuregrapher On Process, Collaboration And Releasing Music
Árni Grétar is an Icelandic musician best known under the pseudonym Futuregrapher. He co-founded the Möller Records label and has…
Different Sounds: NonniMal’s Electric Dreams
Jón Brynjar Óskarsson—best known for making fast-paced and hypnotic techno music under his lead pseudonym NonniMal—is a musician that has…
Weird, Unafraid And Upbeat: Collaborative Duo Stelpuróló Talk Music
Local rap musicians HOLY HRAFN (Óli Hrafn Jónasson) and Stelpurófan (Þorgerður María Þorbjarnardóttir) form the musical collaboration Stelpuróló. In the…
Electric Dreams: Icelandic Electronic Label Sweaty Records Find The Same Wavelength
Sweaty Records is a record label run by a group of Icelandic musicians and DJs based mainly in Berlin and…
Weird Emotions: K.ola On Emotional Interactions, DIY & Collaboration
The self-proclaimed “medium-curious musician” Katrín Helga Ólafsdóttir is an up-and-coming artist studying composition at Iceland University of the Arts. She…
Reykjavík Arts Festival: Dragsúgur—A Gust Of Air, Or A Mobile Gallery?
The Wind and Weather Window Gallery (WWWG) is an unconventional gallery located in the front window of the 105-year-old house…
Electric Dreams: Dark Prince Fendi Blends Pop Ideology With Rap
“I’m in this shit for me alone. Everybody’s trying to copy me but I’m flexing on them.” So begins Dark…
Electric Dreams: Johnny Blaze & Hakki Brakes On Crappy Cars & Italo-Disco Influences
Johnny Blaze & Hakki Brakes’s music collaboration presents an absurd but intimate fantasy world. Their month-old release ‘Vroom Vroom Vroom’—their…
Electric Dreams: Melodic Armchair Disco With Yagya
Yagya—real name Aðalsteinn Guðmundsson—is known for the melodic ambient soundscapes he’s been pumping out for more than 15 years. He…
DJ Dominatricks: DJ/VJ Duo On Technology, Obscurity And Oppression
In the past half year or so, the DJ/VJ duo DJ Dominatricks have become an intriguing addition to Reykjavík’s nightlife….