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Slowblow
Slowblow is an Icelandic musical duo consisting of Orri Jónsson and Dagur Kári Pétursson, formed in the early 1990s.Sullivan, Paul (2003) ''Waking Up in Iceland'', Sanctuary, , p. 216 Their music is an aesthetic of home-made, lo-fi analog tinkerings, which often slips into both electronic and folksy terrain. They began recording in the mid-1990s and have made several albums together. They created the soundtrack for the successful independent Icelandic movie ''Nói Albínói'' (e. ''Noi the Albino''), which Dagur directed.''Iceland Review'', Vol. 42, p. 10, 2004 They have worked with other Icelandic artists such as former Múm band member Kristín Anna Valtýsdóttir, who provided vocals on the band's self-titled 2004 album, and Emilíana Torrini.Larkin, Colin (2006) ''The Encyclopedia of Popular Music'', Oxford University Press, , p. 534 In 2009 the duo provided the music to the film ''The Good Heart''. They have released albums under the Reykjavík based record labels Smekkl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slowblow (album)
''Slowblow'' is the final album by Icelandic band Slowblow, released in 2004. Then lead singer, Kristín Anna Valtýsdóttir, in another Icelandic band Múm, and Amiina band member, Maria Huld Markan Sigfúsdóttir, made notable appearances on several tracks of the album. Track listing #"Very Slow Bossanova" — 3:55 #"I Know You Can Smile" — 3:23 #"Within Tolerance" — 4:03 #"Second Hand Smoke" — 3:39 #"Happiness in Your Face" — 3:20 #"Aim for a Smile" — 4:16 #"Cardboard Box" — 3:06 #"Dark Horse" — 3:33 #"Hamburger — 4:23 #"Phantom of My Organ" — 5:09 Personnel *Kristín Anna Valtýsdóttir — vocals, accordion on track 2, 3, 7, 10. *Maria Huld Markan Sigfúsdóttir — violin on track 3, 4, 10. *Gyða Valtýsdóttir — cello on track 4. *Valdi Kolli — double bass on track 1. *Óli Björn — drums on track 4. *Pétur — banjo on track 6. *Kristján Freyr — drums on track 6. *Guðrún Hrund — viola ; german: Bratsche , alt=Viola shown from the fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nói Albínói (album)
''Nói Albínói'' is an album by Slowblow, released in 2004. The album contains the soundtrack to the movie ''Nói Albínói''. Most of the mixing took place in Sigur Rós' studio. "Morgun" and "Komdu Litla Barnið" were written and performed by Sigríður Níelsdóttir. "Elegy" is part of a string quartet The term string quartet can refer to either a type of musical composition or a group of four people who play them. Many composers from the mid-18th century onwards wrote string quartets. The associated musical ensemble consists of two violinist ... by Dmitri Shostakovich, performed by The Rubio Quartet. Track listing #"Beginning" - 1:25 #"Hillbilly" - 1:52 #"Hole" - 0:57 #"Another Beginning" - 1:18 #"Rainbow" - 1:02 #"Morgun" - 3:16 #"Piece of Cake" - 1:57 #"Why Hawaii?" - 2:54 #"Maproom" - 1:31 #"Love on a Couch" - 0:49 #"Dinner" - 2:25 #"Another Hole" - 2:50 #"Date" - 0:53 #"Komdu Litla Barnið" - 4:39 #"Grave" - 1:22 #"Love on the Phone" - 1:24 #"Groove" - 3:36 #"Sjop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fousque
''Fousque'' is an album by Slowblow, released in 1996. The album was originally released in fall 1996 at Sirkafúsk Records and was re-released by Smekkleysa in 2004. The vocals on "7-up Days" were by Emilíana Torrini Emilíana Torrini (born 16 May 1977) is an Icelandic singer and songwriter. She is best known for her 2009 single " Jungle Drum", her 1999 album '' Love in the Time of Science'', and her performance of " Gollum's Song" for the 2002 film '' The L .... Discogs.com. Accessed January 29, 2012. Track listing #"Dusty Couch" - 2:35 #"7-up Days" - 3:48 #"Fever" - 4:05 #"Broken Watch" - 2:26 #"Ghost of Me" - 3:59 #"La Luna E Bianca" - 1:57 #"Sack the Organist" - 2:28 #"Farm Song" - 3:48 #"Surf" - 3:02 #"My Life Underwater" - 5:13References [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quicksilver Tuna
''Quicksilver Tuna'' is an album by Slowblow, originally released in 1994 by Sirkafúsk Records and re-released by Smekkleysa Bad Taste (known as Smekkleysa in Icelandic, literally ''Tastelessness'') is one of Iceland’s most important record labels; located in Reykjavík and known worldwide for being home to The Sugarcubes, it also publishes poetry books, short fil ... in 2004. Track listing #"Put An Effect Upon My Voice" - 3:39 #"Is Jesus Your Pal?" - 3:33 #"Have you Seen My Dream?" - 2:11 #"Night & Day" - 3:24 #"Spiral Eyes" - 3:57 #"Dirty Side Of Town" - 4:39 #"Tell Me If I Should Care" - 2:26 #"No Credibility" - 4:57 #"Bodybag" - 2:51 #"Rain's House" - 4:05 #"Piano" - 2:12 #"Quicksilver Tuna" - 2:07 1994 albums Slowblow albums {{1990s-electronic-album-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emilíana Torrini
Emilíana Torrini (born 16 May 1977) is an Icelandic singer and songwriter. She is best known for her 2009 single " Jungle Drum", her 1999 album '' Love in the Time of Science'', and her performance of " Gollum's Song" for the 2002 film '' The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers''. Early life Emilíana was born in Iceland, where she grew up in Kópavogur. At the age of seven, she joined a choir as a soprano, until she went to opera school at the age of 15. Her father, Salvatore Torrini, is Italian (from Naples), while her mother, Anna Stella Snorradóttir, is Icelandic. Because of name regulations in Iceland at the time, her father had to change his name to "Davíð Eiríksson", which also meant that Emilíana had to use the surname after her father in the traditional way. A few years later, the name regulations were changed, and she was again allowed to use her original surname. After being discovered singing in a restaurant in Iceland by Derek Birkett, the owner of One Little ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kitchen Motors
Kitchen Motors is an Iceland based think tank, record label and an art collective specializing in instigating collaborations and putting on concerts, exhibitions, performances, chamber operas, producing films, books and radio shows. Kitchen Motors is known for producing collaborations between artists from different disciplines and in finding common ground where artists from often very diverse backgrounds can work together. The founders and main architects are Kristín Björk Kristjánsdóttir, Jóhann Jóhannsson and Hilmar Jensson. CD releases * Nart Nibbles 1999 - Apparat Organ Quartet, Helvítis Guitar Symphony, Músíkvatur & Múm and more. * Motorlab #1 2000 - Hilmar Jensson, Ulfar Haraldsson & CAPUT, Stilluppsteypa & Magnús Pálsson, Telefónía directed by Curver. * Motorlab #2 2001 - Apparat Organ Quartet & TF3IRA, Múm, Asa Juniusdottir & Sjón, Big Band Brutal. * Motorlab #3 (2001) - Barry Adamson vs. Pan Sonic, The Hafler Trio. * H u g g u n - Kippi Kaninus (2002) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noi The Albino
''Noi the Albino'' ( is, Nói albinói () is an Icelandic film by director Dagur Kári released in 2003. The film explores the life of teenage outsider Nói (played by Tómas Lemarquis) in a remote fishing village in western Iceland. It won multiple awards. ''Nói albinói'' was filmed in Bolungarvik (pop. 957), a fishing village in the far northwest of Iceland, located on the Westfjords peninsula. The moody original musical score is from the director's band, Slowblow. The '' Los Angeles Times''' Kenneth Turan called the movie "singular enough to have swept the Eddas, the Icelandic Academy Awards" and noted that it was a selection in "dozens of film festivals." Skye Sherwin of the BBC called it "a coming-of-age tale, bound between grinding humdrum and exquisite surrealism." Plot Nói Kristmundsson is a 17-year-old living in a small unnamed remote fishing village in western Iceland with his grandmother Lína (Anna Friðriksdóttir). His father Kiddi ( Þröstur Leó ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kristín Anna Valtýsdóttir
Kristín Anna Valtýsdóttir (born 5 January 1982), also known as Kría Brekkan, is an Icelandic vocalist and classically trained multi-instrumentalist. She is best known as a former frontwoman of múm, and later on for collaborating with former husband David Portner as Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan. Biography Kristín Anna was a member of the band múm from 1998 until 2006. During that time the band released three full-length albums, '' Yesterday Was Dramatic – Today Is OK'', '' Finally We Are No One'', and '' Summer Make Good'' She was accordion player in a Balkan folk and post-rock band Stórsveit Nix Noltes in 2003–2010. Those years she also appeared on recordings and performed live with the bands Mice Parade and Slowblow. In 2005 she recorded the album '' Feels'' with Animal Collective. She is credited as "Doctess" on the album. While in the studio, Eyvind Kang heard her piano playing and asked if she'd perform solo at The Stone in New York City. On April 16, 200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Icelandic Alternative Rock Groups
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Electronic Music Duos
Electronic may refer to: *Electronics, the science of how to control electric energy in semiconductor * ''Electronics'' (magazine), a defunct American trade journal *Electronic storage, the storage of data using an electronic device *Electronic commerce or e-commerce, the trading in products or services using computer networks, such as the Internet * Electronic publishing or e-publishing, the digital publication of books and magazines using computer networks, such as the Internet *Electronic engineering, an electrical engineering discipline Entertainment *Electronic (band), an English alternative dance band ** ''Electronic'' (album), the self-titled debut album by British band Electronic *Electronic music, a music genre * Electronic musical instrument *Electronic game, a game that employs electronics See also *Electronica, an electronic music genre *Consumer electronics Consumer electronics or home electronics are Electronics, electronic (Analogue electronics, analog or digi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lo-fi Music Groups
Lo-fi (also typeset as lofi or low-fi; short for low fidelity) is a music or production quality in which elements usually regarded as imperfections in the context of a recording or performance are present, sometimes as a deliberate choice. The standards of sound quality (fidelity) and music production have evolved throughout the decades, meaning that some older examples of lo-fi may not have been originally recognized as such. Lo-fi began to be recognized as a style of popular music in the 1990s, when it became alternately referred to as DIY music (from "do it yourself"). Harmonic distortion and " analog warmth" are sometimes confused as core features of lo-fi music. Traditionally, lo-fi has been characterized by the inclusion of elements normally viewed as undesirable in professional contexts, such as misplayed notes, environmental interference, or phonographic imperfections (degraded audio signals, tape hiss, and so on). Pioneering, influential, or otherwise significant artist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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