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Making Of An Artist: Language, Creativity & Space Time With Tonik Ensemble
Anton Kaldal is the mind behind Tonik Ensemble, whose simmering, lush electronic album ‘Snapshots’ was named the Grapevine’s Album of the Year in 2015. Here, Anton talks us through some formative influences that helped him become the artist he is today. Short:…
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Airwaves Tipsters: Tonik Ensemble
Anton Kaldal is the man behind Tonik Ensemble: an acclaimed Reykjavík-based producer who’s last LP, ‘Snapshots’, won Reykjavík Grapevine’s album of the year award in 2015. We caught up with him to find out what he’s excited about at Airwaves 2016. Snapshots…
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A Space Of Colour: Tonik Ensemble On Making The Album Of 2015
Sometimes, “dance music” goes beyond its implied mission of moving people’s feet, and moves them in other ways, too. Grapevine’s album of the year 2015—Tonik Ensemble’s ’Snapshots’—does just that. An educated, simmering take on house-techno-pop, it’s a lush production of cello, saxophone…
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2015 Kraumur Music Awards Shortlist Unveiled: How Many Have You Heard?
The annual Kraumur Music Awards have announced their 2015 shortlist. Once a year, this independently funded philanthropic arts prize makes it rain kronur onto the Icelandic musicians deemed most likely to turn the cash into wider success, domestically and internationally. The Kraumur…
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Snapshots
While Anton Kaldal Ágústsson has released quite a bit of music as Tonik over the years, ‘Snapshots’ is his debute venture as Tonik Ensemble. The album is centred on the concept of synaesthesia, a condition wherein sounds involuntarily evoke an experience of…
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A Tonik For All Ills
Tonik, aka Icelandic producer Anton Kaldal, has given the world a chance to hear his new album Snapshots. It’s a real treat, too – a lush, beautifully produced electronica LP with a range of outstanding guest performances. It’s streaming in full below,…
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Reykjavík Grapevine’s Podcast: Airwaves Monday Edition
Poof! Five days packed with music, party and Grapevine Airwaves Podcast is now over. What a blast! As we say goodbye to Iceland Airwaves 2013, there is still room for one more thoughtful, hopefully entertaining podcast from Your Friends At The Grapevine.…
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A Night Of Synths In All Their Forms
First of all, I’ve got to give Metz an honourable mention. I ducked into Bar 11 to see them before heading to my post at Harlem, and they deserve a mention for enticing the first crowd-surf of the weekend. Here’s to Metz!…
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Extreme Chillin’
There is a constant underlying agitation in Jafet Melge’s set. It surfaces, but for the most part it comes out either attacking or barely stifled in the end of segment, and all of this is wonderfully entwined with some nice backdrop videos.
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Dance Dance Resolution
Saturday was my night to cut a rug. I resolved to do so while drinking… heavily, but responsibly! 20:00 Tonik Understandably, these boys had a tall order to fill – first group of the night, playing to a crowd of about fifty apparently…