Author: Alexander Jean de Fontenay
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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,…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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….
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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….
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Electric Dreams: Melodies Of The Deep With Sindri7000
Sindri7000 is the solo project of composer and guitarist Sindri Freyr Steinsson. His 2016 album ‘Music For Divers’ was his…
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Sónar Warm Up: Atonal Noise, Berlin Electro & Proper Techno
by Grayson Del Faro and Alexander Jean de Fontenay
Our writers went into the breach last night to check out the warm-up night for Sónar Reykjavík 2018. Here’s what…
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Electric Dreams: Russian.Girls On Creativity And Friendship
Mystery shrouds russian.girls. Guðlaugur Halldór Einarsson’s project formed some years ago, initially as a creative outlet for his solo experiments….