Author: Alexander Jean de Fontenay
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Riding The Waves: GusGus On Their New Music And New Dynamic
GusGus are a pioneering entity in Iceland’s electronic music scene that barely need an introduction. This band are well known…
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Electric Dreams: Axis Dancehall Get The Party Started
Seated amongst countless disassembled synthesizers, Grétar Mar Sigurðsson and Atli Steinn Bjarnason share an interesting dynamic. Together they form genre-bending…
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Activate Sónar: Ten Must-See Icelandic Acts At Sónar Reykjavík
by John Rogers, Alexander Jean de Fontenay and Hannah Jane Cohen
To Icelandic electronic music aficionados, the annual Sónar Reykjavík festival is something of a “techno Christmas.” In the long-established model…
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Killing It: The Creepy World Of Madonna + Child
In a packed Reykjavík alehouse two black-clad, masked figures appear onstage with a minimal setup of a computer, a keyboard,…
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Electric Dreams: Andartak Is Deep, Colourful And Continuously Adventurous
Andartak is the three-years-in-the-making music project of Arnór Kári Egilsson. Möller Records has released two of Andartak’s albums, ‘Mindscapes’ in…
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Electric Dreams: EVA808 Is Prrrring
EVA808 is the pseudonym of Eva Jóhannsdóttir, an Icelandic producer based in Sweden. She has been making underground grime and…