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  • Breaking Into House: The Second Coming Of Intr0beatz

    Breaking Into House: The Second Coming Of Intr0beatz

    Most of our local readers will have known 34-year-old Ársæll Þór Ingvason—AKA intr0beatz—since way back in the day, first as a DJ/producer for seminal Icelandic hip-hop act Forgotten Lores, and in later years as a resident DJ at establishments like Prikið and…

  • Happening Tonight: Kött Grá Pjé & Forgotten Lores

    Happening Tonight: Kött Grá Pjé & Forgotten Lores

    Icelandic rapper Kött Grá Pje’s shows are just as good as his photos. And believe me, his photos are good (see above: he’s the one wearing pearls). Slide fucking legendary old-skool hip-hop group Forgotten Lores into the line-up (their first show in…

  • Genre Assassination And Schizophrenia: Amsterdam Pt. 1

    The first act to show up on stage at Amsterdam on Friday night was Hip-Hop/Reggae producer Nolem. Nolem has been around for years and his production has provided the backbone for various rappers, some of which he invited on to the stage…

  • A Night Of Hip Hop And Its Bastards

    What was to become one of the fest’s most consistent night (sub)genre-wise didn’t go down without some ups and downs. There was surprisingly good turnout for opener Gísli Pálmi and although he doesn’t have lot of material or shows under his belt,…

  • SNOOP DOGG

    SNOOP DOGG

    PIMP MY COUNTRY Despite being probably the world’s second best-known rapper (after Eminem), Snoop Dogg still saw reason to end his European tour with a quick stop in Iceland. The mainly sub-16-year-old crowd came a bit as a surprise when I entered…