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Grapevine New Music: Sykur, Exos, Róshildur & More
Fall. Autumn. Whatever you want to call it, Reykjavík’s got it hard. With the first snow hitting the capital earlier this week, residents are formally swapping out their summer wardrobe for their winter attire — donning various shades of beige and earthy…
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The Hidden Scaffolding Of Ben Frost
Deconstructing the architecture of Scope Neglect “I feel like I’m living in a time where my attention is being pulled in several directions,” says Ben Frost, languidly slouching against the wall. It’s a horrid stormy night in the middle of January and…
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Track By Track: Daniel Pioro – Dust (Ft. Valgeir Sigurðsson)
Icelandic composer Valgeir Sigurðsson picked up an award at the International Composer’s Conference in Argentina earlier this year. The piece in question was “Dust”—a striking three-part work written for violinist Daniel Pioro, and part of Daniel’s 2018 Bedroom Community album of the…
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Some Kind Of Void: Disappearing Into The World Of aYia
After their live debut at the Secret Solstice festival in 2016, enigmatic trio aYia became an overnight buzz-band, inciting powerful energy and excitement around their spacious, chilly, electronic pop music. To see them perform live evokes the true power of the trio.…
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Music News: Sigur Rós, Valgeir Sigurðsson, Iceland Earthwaves
The Sigur rós-curated Norður og Niður festival—to be held at Harpa over the Christmas period from December 27-30—has released more names for the lineup. Joining such luminaries as Jarvis Cocker, Dan Deacon and Kevin Shields will be ambient-techno star Blanck Mass, Hot…
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The Centre Cannot Hold: Ben Frost Tackles Sound, Politics, And The Idea Of Art
Ben Frost stands on stage between huge speakers, behind a blinking array of gear. His set jolts to life with the near-deafening sound of a jet engine warming up. It’s a seemingly endless crescendo, delivered at bone-shaking volume—a raw, thrilling racket that…
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Breiðholt Festival Announces Third Edition
The Bedroom Community-affliated Breiðholt Festival has announced their third edition. The festival will take place on June 11, in various locations surrounding the Bedroom Community HQ of Greenhouse Studios, including a nearby sculpture garden and various interesting buildings in the neighbourhood. The…
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Feel The Spray Of Skógafoss In New Jodie Landau Video
In accompaniment to our recent interview with Bedroom Community-signed musician and composer Jodie Landau, we’re happy to premiere his new video, for the track “As I Wait For The Lion.” The song was made in collaboration with his L.A.-based music collective, wild…
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Bedroom Community Turns Ten: Meet Jodie Landau
Jodie Landau is a young composer and performer who’s been getting around in 2016. We caught up with him on a weekend layover as he travelled back to his native LA following a ten-day European swing as part of the Whale Watching…
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For The Love Of Breiðholt: A Free Festival In Reykjavík 109
Breiðholt, just a ten-minute drive from downtown Reykjavík, is perhaps not an area often associated with culture. But as is often the case in Iceland, there’s more going on than meets the eye. One of the biggest suburbs of Reykjavík, with a…
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POWER UP! Airwaves Add Santigold, Bedroom Community Birthday Show
Airwaves today announced a stellar bump on the lineup of the 2016 edition. Santigold, Mabel and Margaret Glaspy join the lineup, which already features PJ Harvey, Julia Holter, The Sonics, Of Monsters And Men, Kevin Morby, Kano, Múm & Kronos Quartet, and…
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Bedroom Community Release Christmas Mixtape
Yo neo-classical-avant-garde fans! The Bedroom Community label are giving away a free mixtape with all orders placed in their webstore during the Christmas period, featuring artists like Nico Muhly, Ben Frost, Nadia Sirota and Valgeir Sigurðsson. The mixtape is made up entirely…
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That First Day Of Iceland Airwaves: Eleven Perspectives
Wow! Grapevine’s super-intense, in-depth coverage of Iceland Airwaves 2015 is underway! We’re already going slightly mad trying to convey all of the everything that’s going on. We’re already infatuated with several bands, acts, musicians, performers and/or persons. We’re already feeling like—try as…
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Join Iceland’s Bedroom Community This Airwaves
Bedroom Community is often referred to as Iceland’s best record label. Based in label founder Valgeir Sigurðsson’s Greenhouse Studios in Brieðhólt, and built from the work a small group of experimental, often groundbreaking artists, the label puts out a varied range of…
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ATP Special: Bedroom Community Selects
Through the years, ATP has thrived on connecting creative people and introducing new talent. This year, they’re trying something different, hosting a talent competition. Unsigned bands competed for the attention of record label/collective Bedroom Community, who selected one winner to perform on…
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A Day Of Free, Local Music And Fun In Breiðholt
This Saturday, the Breiðholt suburb of Reykjavík will be a little (okay, a lot) louder than usual. The people over at Bedroom Community will be putting on the first ever Breiðholt Festival, a day of free (!) music and other arts events…
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Is Bedroom Community Iceland’s Best Label?
Some of the best Airwaves gigs I have ever seen have been hosted by the Bedroom Community label. This iconic Icelandic label is sort of a “community of geniuses,” focussing on preturnaturally talented solo musicians from across the spectrum of avant-garde music…
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The Death Of Ben Frost
First, some disclosure: I came to know Australian-born musician Ben Frost almost as soon as he showed up in Iceland nine years ago, through mutual acquaintances and through eventually making and recording music together (he produced an album for my band, Reykjavík!,…
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A U R O R A
[soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/139548386″ params=”auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true” width=”100%” height=”450″ iframe=”true”/] At the end of April, Ben Frost held a concert in a packed Kaffibarinn to premiere the music from his new album ‘A U R O R A.’ To say that the atmosphere was intense…
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No Pretty Butterfly Show
“I first came here to read at the International Nýhil Poetry Festival in 2007. Before I knew, I was on stage with [local rock group] Reykjavík!, chugging Southern Comfort at three o’clock in the morning. Soon enough, I found myself yearning for…
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Bedroom Community Announce Festival Schedule, Including Hallgrímskirkja Show
Bedroom Community is probably Iceland’s best-known record label, renowned for a roster that smashes the mould of contemporary classical music. So, it’s exciting for everyone to see that they’re going to have a very active Iceland Airwaves, full of daily opportunities to…
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The Bringer Of Light
As a core member of the Bedroom Community label, Daníel Bjarnason has been composing music that stretches and warps the concepts and expectations towards what is considered “classical music.” His 2010 debut album, ‘Processions,’ is a work that is at once both…
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Iceland Airwaves Insider: Megan Horan
Airwaves Insider is a series of interviews with the movers & shakers of the Reykjavík scene. We’ll chat with concert promoters, musicians, music industry folks and the like and get their advice and tips for the festival. First up is Megan Horan,…