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Girlz, Boyz And Noize: Sónar’s Finale Reviewed
The last day of a music festival is a strange, good time. People skulk into the various rooms and halls having shaken off their hangovers, dressed in the outfit they were saving until last. They’re a mixture of bouncing, grumpy, spun-out, high,…
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An ‘All Inclusive’ Look At Martin Kilvády’s Piece at Sónar
On the opening night of Sónar Reykjavík, Martin Kilvády along with dancers from Iceland Dance Company and the Reykjavík Dance Festival performed a piece entitled ‘All Inclusive’ to music by local electronic duo, Mankan. The performance was visually aesthetic, not overly long,…
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Sónar Society: Faces Of Friday Night
The energy at Harpa last night was magnetic. Dancing at SonarHall to Oneohtrix Point Never was crowded and sweaty in the best way possible, and tonight is looking good with a line-up consisting of Karó, GKR, Annie Mac and lots more. Here’s…
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“All Sorts Of Crazy”: Our Team’s Friday At Sónar Reykjavík
Our review team shook off any Thursday weariness and went full tilt into Sónar last night. Despite seeing a vast range of music in all the spaces of the festival, from experimental electronica in SonarComplex to pounding techno at the car-park stage…
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Floating Points, Buzzing Out Of The Ether
“Click, bleep, bzzzzzz, crrnnk…” Our Skype interview with Floating Points begins on a note that clearly references early IDM, with choppy vocal samples and buzzing electronic noise. Sam Shepherd’s voice creaks through the speaker, affected by bad connection, and the fact that…
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Sónar Society: Meet Some Faces From The Festival
Last night’s Sónar was amazing! Reykjavíkurdætur, Angel Haze, and dancing in SonarComplex made for an electric experience and a great start for the weekend. In between shows, we caught up with a few festival goers lounging around Harpa and asked for their…
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Grapevine Says: Our Team’s Picks For Sónar Reykjavík
With Sónar Reykjavík kicking off in style with a packed Thursday night bill, we asked our team to outline their picks from the festival lineup. Whether you’re making rings in the programme with a marker pen or tapping them into your app,…
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Ellen Allien On Bowie, Berlin, Iceland And Sónar
Berlin DJ, producer and Bpitch Records mainstay Ellen Allien is a veteran of electronic music, having been active as a DJ since 1992, also releasing seven albums and countless remixes. Ahead of her Sónar Reykjavík DJ performance, we got in touch to…
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An ‘All Inclusive’ Look Into Martin Kilvady
As part of Reykjavík Dance Festival and Sónar, Slovakian choreographer Martin Kilvady, dancers from Iceland Dance Company and the Reykjavík Dance Festival, and Reykjavík-based, electronic duo, Mankan will perform ‘All Inclusive’ on Thursday, 18 February. Martin is a founding member of the…
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Murder & Modular Synths: An Audience With Frank Murder
Frank Murder is a child of the hybrid street culture of the late 80s and 90s who’s been on the Reykjavík scene ever since. After growing up as a skater kid, making a name for himself as one of Iceland’s pioneering graffiti…
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Future Aesthetics: Holly Herndon Pushes The Boundaries
Holly Herndon’s ‘Platform’ is one of the most dense, dizzying, constantly surprising electronica LPs of recent times. Devoutly experimental in nature, it melds broken beats, chopped-up chants, drones, spoken poetic fragments, lush synth textures, and all manner of stretched, shattered, pulverised electronic…
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Holly Herndon On The Excitement Of Live Performance
Ahead of the forthcoming Sónar Reykjavík festival, we recently spoke at length to rising electronica star Holly Herndon, who’ll be performing on Friday 19th at SonarHall. You can read our particularly edifying interview in our next issue, out on Friday, which features…
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Sónar Unveil More Exciting Lineup Additions
With the 2016 Sonar festival only four weeks away, the festival has released the final additions to the festival lineup. If you’ve been reading about our 2016 music awards in the new issue, you’ll be pleased to see Tonik added the lineup.…
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!!!, DJ Annie Mac And More For Sónar Reykjavík 2016
Sónar Reykjavík continue to drip-feed the names of confirmed artists for their 2016 edition. The big names this time are !!!, the hydra-headed NYC party band spawned for the 00s punk-funk era, and the revered UK DJ and tastemaker Annie Mac. Joining…
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Sónar 2016 Sounds Off More Artists, Now Even More Exciting
Sónar ups its game today, announcing new additions to its quickly swelling lineup. Now set to perform at the festival in February 2016 are German DJ and producer Boys Noize, Detroit rapper Angel Haze, President Bongo (formerly of Gusgus) and his Emotional Carpenters,…
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Two Big Names Announced for Sónar Reykjavík ’16
Sónar Reykjavík made their first lineup announcement about the 2016 festival today. The Icelandic acts announced include a rare show from Iceland’s much-admired Apparat Organ Quartet, and performances from homegrown stars Úlfur Úlfur, Sturla Atlas, GANGLY, Skeng and Vaginaboys. They also dropped…