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Not Like All The Other Labels
American record label FOUND enters the music scene The Icelandic music industry is not known for its size or the generous revenue streams it generates. It’s mostly haphazard – musicians ebb and flow between different bands, genres and styles, never settling down…
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Lagaffe Tales: Iceland’s Biggest House Label Celebrates 5 Years Of Grooves
Kaffibarinn, the legendary (but narrow) bar on Bergstaðastræti, has been the bastion of house music in Reykjavík for years. It’s where Lagaffe Tales label owners Jónbjörn Finnbogason and Viktor Birgisson worked together as bar-backs, while starting out as a deep house DJ…
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Inside Sticky Records, Iceland’s Only Pro-Bono Label
The cliché goes that record labels are run by stuffy men in suits who make decisions about the future of artists in penthouse office ivory towers, from where they look down upon the little guys. But that’s as far away as you…
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Bónus Plötur: The Most Elusive Record Label In Iceland
Most record labels want to move millions of units, and all self-respecting label executives want P. Diddy-esque exposure—but that’s not the reality of independent label Bónus Plötur. “I’d rather you don’t take my picture,” says Krummi, the elusive man who runs the…