#Iceland Airwaves 2020

[aurora-daily]

Hello warriors! I’m a recent fan & have been going down the rabbit hole on youtube. There are so many Aurora videos & documentaries (I felt very emotional watching the HAIK one yesterday) - so I wondered if you had any favourite ones to recommend?

I’m a music therapist based in Edinburgh (Scotland) & am finding her music just so moving. It’s so emotive & healing isn’t it? Although I work with music everyday, as a way to help & connect with people, I don’t think I’ve ever listened to music that’s had this effect on me before. And it’s becoming clear that Aurora has this effect on everyone who hears her music. I wonder if there’s a space anywhere where people share their own versions of her music, or collaborate together on covers? Just some ideas I had. Sorry if this is too many questions, I’m not very good at the internet!

Really enjoying your page, keep it up! 🎶 Lissy

Hello, lovely warrior Lissy! ♥☆✧

Your message really brightened up my evening, it's so great to see professionals seeing her music as a healing tool because it really is like a warm embrace from a person who heard you on things you went through and retold the story from such a persective so that you have a sparkle of hope and don't feel completely left out with your different maybe from majority feelings... There's this feeling of self-acceptance that only her music gives through being so complicated and multi-dimentional both lyrically and sonically, just like the essense of any person on this planet...

I'm really happy to see more people getting into her way of expressing her thoughts in music and resonating so much, really, you have so many great discoveries ahead! HAIK is indeed emotional, both performance and documentary part, it's defo on my top list! I recently was asked by anonymous warrior about my favourite live performances, and, the list will be the same (all titles are clickable and lead to the mentioned video!):

Nidarosdomen Christmas concert (church, orchestra, AURORA, what else to wish for, especially when Fredrik kicked off his best solo during My Universe), the Japan concert from the end of 2020 (acoustic renditions felt fresh), Somewhere Else Festival 2020 (lights! concept!), my all-time fave live Kex Hostel in Reykjavik during Iceland Airwaves 2018 (aka the first KEXP: the best sound, the best Gentle Earthquakes, the best Forgotten Love, Vetle doing his magic all overon synths), “A Touch of the Divine” (ART), Live at St Michaelis Church / Reeperbahn Festival Hamburg (no professional recordings but chills all over from A Different Kind of Human alone), VIERLIVE live stream with Bergen Philarmonic Orchestra (she has grown so incredibly much as a vocalist since Nidarosdomen), COP26 (a huge portion of love here goes to Fredrik Svabø), and NRK P3 September last year (Magnus is the best backing vocalist for her confirmed)!

As for documetaries... "Once Aurora" will answer ALL your questions regarding her personality, tour and usual life, it's one of the most unique documentaries I've ever seen and a must-check for you, please, don't hesitate to watch! It'd be also important (also to you as a professional!) to check out Lifekeys Talks interview with her: a good insight into her childhood, influences in life and reasons to create music! "Nothing is Eternal" was a good short early documentary which holds a special sentiment to me as one of the first things I've watched while getting into her world! Also really love her small guide into happy life for Glasto 2019, so simple and so AURORA! Also really recommend "Sounds Like A Plan"podcast for getting some wisdom from her and, goodness, there are so many insightful interviews with her and this is all just off the top of my head! Also I have a special tag for the interviews [link] with many posts I stumbled ipon and articles I archived here, so, please, take a look!

As for the space where people share their own versions of her music... A lot of people do that on Instagram mostly tagging her and sometimes on TikTok, happens on YouTube too! Sometimes AURORA France [link] shares some of their favourite covers of AURORA on Sundays! Several years ago even Melbourne Indie Voices performed onstage a cover of The Seed! Also would say that AURORA herself makes wonderful covers, she really makes them in such unique and her own way, always astonishing!

Hope to hear from you here, please, do share more about your discoveries!

Have a magical day!

-Nikol

#ask #lissyukes

[scarefox]

That one time Hatari - anti-capitalism rebels - got sponsored by a motorsport brand and they made it as transparent and obvious as possible

even their guest singer!

(only the female dancers and the guest pianist guy didn't have to wear it)

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the level of self-irony and sarcasm is one reason why I love them 😂

#it's still so damn funny #Hatari #Iceland Airwaves 2020

[iwillbringyouruin]

Hatari at Iceland Airwaves 2020

#hatari #iceland airwaves 2020 #Sólbjört Sigurðardóttir #Ástrós Guðjónsdóttir #einar stefánsson #klemens hannigan #spillingardans

[hatari-translations]

Hatari Translations index

Here’s an index of the songs and other particularly noteworthy content that I’ve covered. When I do further translation posts, this index will be updated!

Song transcripts/translations

Unreleased

Dansið eða deyið (Dance or Die) (original version played at Norðanpaunk 2016 and KEXPort 2017)

Þú munt hata (You Will Hate)

Neysluvara EP

Biðröð mistaka (A Line of Mistakes)

Ódýr (Cheap)

Tortímandi (Eradicator)

X

Neyslutrans LP

14 ár (14 Years)

Engin miskunn (No Mercy)

Hatrið mun sigra (Hate Will Prevail)

Helvíti (Hell) (ft. Svarti Laxness)

Hlauptu (Run) (ft. CYBER)

Klámstrákur (Filthy Boy)

Klefi/Samed (Chamber/Steadfast)

Niðurlút (Despondent) (ft. GDRN)

Nunquam Iterum (Never Again) (ft. Friðrik Margrétar)

Ógleði (Nausea)

Spillingardans (Corruption Dance)

Þræll (Slave)

Singles

Dansið eða deyið (Dance or Die)

Lyric analysis

Klámstrákur

Niðurlút

14 ár/Ógleði/Helvíti connection

Live show intros/interludes/differences

North Korea nuclear war Biðröð mistaka intro

Dansið eða deyið/Spillingardans intros

Klámstrákur and Spillingardans in Hljómahöll, May 29th 2019

Secret Solstice concert opening speech (partial)

Early Spillingardans intro from 2018

Biðröð mistaka intro, July 2nd 2021

Reviews

A Song Called Hate

Cultural context and background information

Note on Icelandic names

‘Spillingadans’ comedy sketch

Klemens sings an Icelandic lullaby

Hatari’s wholesome baking video

Svikamylla 2017 ‘election campaign’

Explainer on Svikamylla ehf. and Allir deyja slf.

Svikamylla ehf. press release on Hatari disbanding in 2018

Icelandic Eurovision commentator’s reaction to Hatari’s qualification and the flag stunt

Glíma, traditional Icelandic trouser wrestling

Sólbjört’s essay on the role of the female dancers in Hatari

Icelandic interviews/documentaries/etc.

Pre-ESC

Hatari - fólkið á bak við búningana (Hatari - The People Behind the Costumes)

Söngvakeppnin final Green Room interview

Interview with countertenor giving Klemens lessons

Talk show interview, also featuring finance minister Bjarni Benediktsson

Short mockumentary from the same talk show

Interview with Andrean about his dancing

2018 Aldrei fór ég suður “interview”

During ESC

Short ESC opening ceremony orange carpet interview

Micro-interview from the night of the first press conference

Interview with Matthías and Klemens before ESC semifinal

Interview with Ronja Mogensen (Klemens’ fiancée) before ESC semifinal

Interview with Klemens’ parents after ESC semifinal

Micro-interview from the day before the ESC grand final

Short interview from the day before the ESC grand final

Short Matthías interview on the flag incident from the night of the grand final

Interview with Matthías and Klemens from the day after the grand final

Post-ESC

Brief homecoming interview

Long interview on the flag incident

Panel discussion with Matthías on the nature of art and politics

Interview with Klemens on the Klámstrákur music video

Micro-interview at Pride 2019

November 2019 talk show featuring Matthías and Andrean

December 2019 talk show segment with Klemens

December 31st 2019 radio/podcast segment with Matthías

February 2020 newspaper article/interview on Neyslutrans

February 2020 Album of the Week commentary on Neyslutrans by Iceland Music News

Impromptu tech-issue-stalling interview from Söngvakeppnin 2020

Hljómskálinn interview on image

Icelandic Music Awards 2020 rehearsal skit with Klemens

Einar interview clip discussing Hatari’s Eurovision appearance

Klemens interview following his appearance on the Icelandic pseudo-Eurovision 2020 show

Matthías’s Facebook post on the anniversary of the 2019 ESC final

Arnar Eggert Thoroddsen on Hatari

Klemens and Anna Hildur interview on A Song Called Hate

Dancer interview on A Song Called Hate

Einar interview about Iceland Airwaves Live from Reykjavík 2020

Matthías interview on A Song Called Hate

Matthías on Palestine, May 2021

Útvarp Saga concert ticket giveaway interview, June 2021

Non-Hatari work (Matthías)

19-year-old Matthías tries to entice MR freshmen to join the Arts Society

19-year-old Matthías raps in a toga

Two poems by 20-year-old Matthías

Matthías reads a poem by Kristín Ómarsdóttir in 2016

Article on Þvottur, a play written and directed by Matthías in 2016

Newspaper column on Matthías’s breakdown at IKEA

Griðastaður (Sanctuary), Matthías’s graduation project from the Academy of the Arts

2017 workshop version of Griðastaður

TV segment on Griðastaður, interviewing Matthías and Jörundur Ragnarsson

Review of Griðastaður from Visir.is

Matthías’s acceptance speech for Best Newcomer Gríma award for Griðastaður

Article on Takk fyrir mig, a play directed (but not written) by Matthías in 2019

Reflections of a Boy, a short film starring Matthías

October 25th, 2019 episode of Icelandic-themed game show Kappsmál, where Matthías was a contestant

Review/summary of Skattsvik Development Group, an experimental satirical theater piece exploring the world of tax evasion

Official summary of Skattsvik Development Group

TV segment on Skattsvik Development Group

Matthías interview on Vloggað um ekki neitt, an upcoming play for the National Theater

Opinion column about Iceland’s new constitution

Útvarp Saga interview with Matthías about Iceland’s new constitution

Matthías on the City Theater’s Advent Calendar

'Word of the Day’ contemplation on the word ‘fylking’ (faction)

Matthías on ‘Men and Responsibility in the Time of #MeToo’

Non-Hatari work (Klemens)

Menningin TV segment about Klemens’ woodworking

Longform interview with Klemens about his furniture

Non-Hatari work (Kjurr)

Interview with Kjurr, Klemens and Einar’s old band, for Músíktilraunir 2013 (music competition)

Another 2013 interview/practice with Kjurr

CYBER lyric transcripts/translations

AFTUR (Again)

ASPEN BARBIE

BARNAEFNI (Children’s TV)

BORÐA (Eat)

DRULLUSAMA (Don’t Give a Shit)

ELDA (Cook)

FINNÐIG (Find You)

LIFANDI (Alive)

MÁVAR (Seagulls)

OJJ (Eww)

PSYCHO

SKRÍÐA (Crawl)

SLÍTA (Tear)

SNÁKAR (Snakes)

STINGDONUMINN (Stick It In)

Other Icelandic lyric transcripts/translations

Daði Freyr

Allt í einu (Suddenly)

Endurtaka mig (Repeat Myself)

Heyri ekki (Can’t Hear) (ft. Don Tox)

Innan frá (From Within)

Ímyndin (Image)

Gagnamagnið (Icelandic lyrics for Think About Things from Söngvakeppnin)

Kemur þér ekki við (Nothing to Do With You)

Lag sem ég gerði (A Song That I Made)

Næsta skref (The Next Step)

Seinni tíma vandamál (A Problem for Later)

Skiptir ekki máli (Doesn’t Matter)

Tilheyra (Belong) (ft. Árný Fjóla)

Word salad Icelandic lyrics for Think About Things

Ouse

Ég verð alltaf hér (I’ll Always Be Here)

Frá mér til þín (From Me to You)

Saklausir drengir (Innocent Boys) (ft. 24/7 & Sindri Hólm)

Svarti Laxness

Hvaddagera? (Whatcha Doin’?)

Other

Eilíf sjálfsfróun - Klár strákur (Smart Boy) (Klámstrákur parody)

Greta Salóme - Raddirnar (The Voices)

Ísold og Helga - Klukkan tifar (The Clock Ticks)

JóiPé and Króli - B.O.B.A (B.O.M.)

Ólafur Kram - ómægad ég elska þig (Omigod I Love You)

Reykjavíkurdætur - Tökum af stað (Let’s Take Off)

Sigurður Guðmundsson og Memfismafían - Það snjóar (It Snows)

Stuðmenn - Elsku vinur (Buddy)

Off-topic Icelandic content

Explainer on Icelandic names (patronyms/matronyms)

“Icelandic review” of Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga

The nuances of yes and no

Icelandic queer vocabulary

Icelandic political parties

#hatari #index

[underachievers-please-try-harder]

Interview // Daughters of Reykjavik

For The Forty-Five. Read online.

Dry pussy feminist bitch?” Salka Valsdottir is trying to recall the most offensive comment her band has ever received online. “There are so many bad ones,” the rapper and producer smirks unruffled, speaking over Zoom from the Berlin studio in which she works. In the seven years since their formation, Daughters of Reykjavik – FKA Reykjavíkurdætur – have become depressingly accustomed to verbal abuse. It’s heartening, then, to hear them reclaiming these very slurs on new track ‘No Comment’, and not least because the song forms part of ‘Soft Spot’, their new record and the band’s strongest body of work to date.

Released in May, this self-produced second album represents a giant leap forward for the all-female hip-hop group, eclipsing 2018’s debut ‘Shrimpcocktail’, both in terms of ambition and execution. Now a tight, nine-piece outfit – rather than the nebulous, 20-something-strong collective that first found international notoriety at Iceland Airwaves festival in 2015 – their beats are sicker and bars are slicker, and despite clearly aiming at a larger audience they’re making no discernible concessions in regards to their famously frank subject matter. One moment they’re skewering their more materialistic instincts (‘Fool’s Gold’) or flipping misogynistic hip-hop tropes (the Eminem-bating ‘A Song To Kill Boys To’), and the next they’re exploring female solidarity via a sweet, Spice Girls-inspired bop called ‘DTR’.

We sat down for a lockdown video chat with Salka and band mate Steiney Skuladottir, and talked trolls, empowerment and achieving world domination, one baby at a time.

So it must be a bit of an anti-climax releasing an album during lockdown?

Salka: “(Exhales slowly) Yes. (Laughs) We did have a lot of great reactions and reviews online, so it did feed our egos a little bit, but not as much as it would usually. Which is probably a pretty good thing – sometimes you get a little bit crazy when you’re releasing something. What I think is sad is that we’re not going to have this momentum to tour with this album. But I don’t know, maybe it was better for this album anyway, because it’s a pretty soft album in many ways; an album that was intended to be streamed more than it was necessarily to be performed live. So now we’re going to have to make a huge party album and release it and tour with that.”

How has reducing your numbers to nine impacted the creative process?

Steiney: “This record was very different from the others because Salka said she wanted to produce the album – which we loved. Before, we’ve always had random beats from random producers, but Salka wanted to make an album that takes you on a journey, from the start to the end.”

Salka: “Also, writing was a way more integrated process than in previous projects, where we’ve written in pairs and then we’ve met and hustled the verses together. But this record we wrote mostly in the summer camp when we were all together, bouncing verses back and forth. And as a result I think it became way more fluent and integrated and personal, and that everyone was able to very much channel what they were really good at.

Steiney: “I think we could have a Ted Talk or something about how to work in a group. We’re so good at it.”

Salka: “All of us have to work in other jobs as well. So you have to be pretty dedicated to prioritise something that doesn’t pay your bills. And for the past two years this has been a very, very time consuming project. So some of the [former members] wanted to focus on something else, or had children and didn’t feel like doing both with their other work.”

Speaking of which, I was really impressed to see Sura performing while heavily pregnant in the video for ‘Thirsty Hoes’.

Salka: “Yeah! There’s always one pregnant person. Always. We’re nine and four of us have children. Including the members that are currently working in the band and the members that have been in the band, how many babies have there been born this year? Six?”

Steiney: “Yeah I think so.”

Salka: “There are, like, six new Daughters of Reykjavik in 2020”

Steiney: “We are naturally taking over the world by reproducing.”

You look back on your band history in the video for your latest single, ‘DTR’, right?

Steiney: “Yeah, It’s old videos from our phones from the past five years, when we started touring abroad.”

Salka: “We also decided to include every member that’s ever been in the band. It’s so crazy to see how many members have fluctuated through this little system.

Steiney: Basically, every single girl you will see on the screen has been in the band. I think it’s 23 people.”

The concept for the video fits so well with song, which is basically a love letter to each other. What prompted you to write it?

Steiney: “We’ve often had the question, ‘Who do you look to for inspiration, and who do you want to be like?’ And it kept coming up that we were like, ‘I think, just each other.’ I never feel as powerful as I do onstage with this group of girls. I feel like I can do anything – I can fuck up or I can do something amazing – and they’re always going to love me no matter what and celebrate whatever I do. It’s such a big difference from the rest of this male-dominated world. It’s such a relief.”

Salka: “The dynamic of the group makes you feel so powerful. When we were writing the record at the summer camp a year and a half ago, I think this was one of the last songs we wrote. We were reminiscing and thinking about how we could make something that would be for us, and to confirm the feelings we have for each other and for this group. I don’t think there are a lot of songs in Iceland that are specifically made for or about female friendship, and the confirmation and admiration women have for each other. I was just imagining 13 year old girls drinking for the first time and singing this song at karaoke, crying.”

Steiney: “‘You’re the one who always reminds me of the strength I have inside.’ That’s the chorus. And it’s just so on point of what this group does, I think, for every single one of us.”

And you’ve had to put on a united front because you’ve faced a lot of resistance back home. Do you think that criticism is essentially fuelled by misogyny?

Salka: A lot of it has been pure misogyny. And when you get really used to really, really sexist comments and someone tries to approach you with an opinion that is actually more like constructive criticism, I have caught myself just being too defensive to even be able to listen.

Steiney: Especially because at the beginning it wouldn’t matter what we would put out we would always get these hateful comments from the media here in Iceland. And we got famous very quickly in Iceland. Basically in one night.

Salka: Also, when we started we were amateurs. We were having fun and we were trying something out that we weren’t necessarily comfortable with or confident in. I think women especially get scrutinised for being amateur. It’s almost completely unacceptable. To have this group of this many women that all sucked but were still having all this fun, I think that inspired as many people as it infuriated. But there were a lot of shitty, blatantly sexist comments. It was a really crazy mirror on Icelandic society as well, which is recognised internationally for being progressive.

You’re scheduled to play Iceland Airwaves in November. What can we expect from the show?

Steiney: I think it’s gonna be such a good gig because we’re gonna be so fucking excited and eager. The only thing is I’m scared about is that somebody’s just going to injure themselves because we’re overexcited. That somebody’s gonna run off the stage…

Salka: That’ll be you, Steiney! You’re going to fucking do it (Laughs) But you can expect energy. A lot of it. Too much, some might say. Like, a lot of interactivity with the audience, a lot of chaotic choreography. Somebody once called us shitty Pussycat Dolls. (Laughs)

Steiney: That’s what you’re gonna get. (Laughs) With, I guess, more danger.

Salka: Pussy Riot meets Pussycat Dolls.

#the forty-five #interview #interviews #daughters of reykjavik #new music #music #soft spot #reykjavíkurdætur

[fik-plaster]

Nabór do 10. edycji Szkoły Teledysków // 2021

Rusza nabór do 10. edycji Szkoły Teledysków!

W tym roku powstaną klipy dla takich artystów jak: Coals, Adi Nowak i Lordofon. Czekamy na Wasze zgłoszenia do 8 września! Spot promocyjny. Zobaczcie, jak wyglądała poprzednia edycja.  Kogo szukamy? Filmowców i filmowczyń wszystkich specjalizacji: od reżyserii przez sztukę operatorską po kierownictwo produkcji czy montaż i kostiumy. Szukamy osób z otwartą głową, które wszystkim kreatywnym projektom mówią „tak, nie mogę się doczekać!”. Osób, które już działają na rynku albo dopiero stawiają pierwsze kroki. Jedyny warunek: ukończone 18 lat. Na czym polega projekt?  36 wybranych uczestników i uczestniczek weźmie udział w serii wykładów poświęconych różnym zagadnieniom i etapom tworzenia wideoklipów. W rolę wykładowców wejdą czołowi twórcy polskich teledysków, m.in.  Grajper, Filip Załuska, Piotrek Matejkowski. Adeptów Szkoły Teledysków wyposażymy też w niezbędną wiedzę na temat pisania scenariuszy, a zajęcia poprowadzi script coach – Agnieszka Kruk. Nie zabraknie też zajęć poświęconych produkcji klipu prowadzonych przez Alicję Jagodzińską i Krisa Kotlarskiego. Łącznie szykujemy 18 godzin wykładów. Równolegle do wykładów uczestnicy podzieleni na 3 12-osobowe ekipy filmowe będą pracować na teledyskami dla artystów do zupełnie nowych utworów. Po dwóch weekendowych zjazdach uczestnicy i uczestniczki przystąpią do pitchingu scenariuszy, a potem do realizacji zdjęć i postprodukcji. Do dyspozycji otrzymają dostęp do sprzętu filmowego oraz budżet produkcyjny. Gotowe teledyski trafią na oficjalne kanały artystów. Gdzie i kiedy: Miejsce: Dom Kultury Kadr (Warszawa, Rzymowskiego 32)  Data: I zjazd: 17-19 września II zjazd: 24-26 września                                                                          konsultacje: 2 października 

Pełna lista teledysków jakie powstały w Szkole Teledysków do tej pory. Kontakt:  Wszelkie informacje o projekcie można uzyskać u koordynatora projektu: [email protected] (660 477 834).  Jak się zgłosić? Aby wziąć udział w rekrutacji należy wypełnić ankietę: https://forms.gle/SPujbAXN52vkNjuCA, w której głównym zadaniem jest nagranie krótkiego (do 60 sek.) filmu – autoprezentacji odpowiadającej na proste pytanie „Dlaczego to właśnie Ciebie powinniśmy przyjąć?”. Forma video jest dowolna, dajcie się ponieść, lubimy nieoczywiste plot twisty. Garść ważnych informacji: •  Na zgłoszenia, czyli wypełniony formularz czekamy do 8 września do godz. 23:59. • O  wynikach rekrutacji poinformujemy wszystkich mejlowo do 10 września do godz. 20:00. •  Koszt udziału w projekcie wynosi 350 zł, płatne po zakwalifikowaniu się przed rozpoczęciem zajęć. •  Pamiętajcie, żeby wysyłać link do filmiku publicznego bądź niepublicznego, żebyśmy mogli go odtworzyć. •  Regulamin Szkoły Teledysków dostępny jest tutaj: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xpQuNucauwS19mRwRL9bsTYN96pSAo68tu3GCZ5XYds/edit?usp=sharing Projekt realizowany jest dzięki wsparciu miasta stołecznego Warszawy. Partnerami projektu są: Dom Kultury Kadr, Heliograf, Akademia Światła, Panda Films, Fixa Film, SBM Label, Asfalt Records, Edukacja Kulturalna w Warszawie.  Projekt współfinansuje Miasto Stołeczne Warszawa. ARTYŚCI: ADI NOWAK Adi Nowak - rocznik ‘94 z Poznania. Kolorowa stylistyka oraz niestandardowe brzmienie to jego cechy rozpoznawcze. Współpracował z takimi twórcami jak KęKę, DZIARMA czy Miyo, a do jego najpopularniejszych utworów należą „Placebo”, „Songi i Fotki” oraz „Mortimer”. Każdy z tych kawałków zdobył milionowe wyświetlenia i przyniósł Adrianowi rozpoznawalność w skali kraju.Zadebiutował w 2016 roku publikując w internecie swoją pierwszą EPkę “Nienajprawdziwsze”, która w przeciągu zaledwie kilku tygodni od premiery zwróciła uwagę m.in Asfalt Records. To właśnie w tej wytwórni w 2017 roku rozpoczął swoją profesjonalną przygodę z rapem roku wydając swoje trzy pierwsze albumy - „Vafle Ryżowe”, „Ćvir” oraz „Kosh”. Dopiero w 2019 roku stał się obiektem niespodziewanego transferu do SBM Label, gdzie zadebiutował utworem „Hello Win”. W maju 2020 premierę miał jego pierwszy projekt w nowej wytwórni – „Nienajseksowniejsze EP”. W październiku 2021 ukaże się jego nowy album „Ognisko Niedomowe”.  https://www.facebook.com/adi.nowak.ainoesce

COALS

Coals to duet, który tworzą Kacha Kowalczyk i Łukasz Rozmysłowski. Ich twórczość można zaklasyfikować jako melancholijną elektronikę. Grali na najważniejszych polskich festiwalach: Open'er Festival, OFF Festival czy Soundrive Festival oraz zagranicznych Pohoda, Tune In-Tel Aviv, Primavera Sound czy Iceland Airwaves. Wydali do tej pory dream popowo-cloud rapową EPkę „Klan” (2019), a także dwa albumy długogrające: debiutanckie

„Tamagotchi” (2017) oraz „docusoap”(2020) pod szyldem wytwórni PIAS. Ta ostatnia płyta zajęła drugie miejsce w podsumowaniu albumów 2020 roku wg Gazety Wyborczej oraz pierwsze wg portalu Newonce. Album został także nominowany do Bestsellerów Empiku i Fryderyków. W lipcu tego roku Coalsi wydali reggaetonowy singiel „Miraż” na feacie z Żabsonem zwiastujący ich najnowsze polskojęzyczne EP, które wyjdzie jeszcze w tym roku.

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LORDOFON

Lordofon to warszawska formacja założona trzy lata temu przez Macieja Poredę (MC) i Michała Jurka (producent). Prezentuje oryginalną mieszankę rapu, muzyki miejskiej i gitarowej alternatywy. Inspiracje duetu rozciągają się od Nirvany poprzez Kendricka Lamara i artystów związanych z kolektywem Odd Future aż po współczesny trap. Jak twierdzą sami twórcy, na „Plastelinie” chcieli zaprezentować przelot przez wszystkie swoje muzyczne zainteresowania, pozostając przy tym całkowicie spójnym zespołem. Debiutancki album „Koło” jest powrotem do starych stylów muzycznych twórców i zarazem efektem autorskiej rekonstrukcji brzmień sprzed doświadczeń z rapem. https://www.facebook.com/Lordofon/

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Opiekę artystyczną nad 3 grupami będą sprawować doświadczeni mentorzy i filmowcy: Roman Przylipiak 

Absolwent PWSFTviT w Łodzi oraz Mistrzowskiej Szkoły Andrzeja Wajdy. Tworzy fabuły, teledyski i reklamy. Jest autorem klipów dla: Maryli Rodowicz, JohnA Mitko, Ani Wyszkoni, Artura Andrusa, Roberta M oraz zespołów: Me and that Man, Feel, Lady Pank, UL/KR, Das moon, Plastic, Beneficjenci Splendoru. Reżyseruje także wizualizacje do spektakli teatralnych. Jest laureatem wielu nagród i wyróżnień za filmy fabularne (m.in. Za film „Jerry” Najlepsza Rezyseria na Open Place Film Festival, Łotwa, Najlepszy film na Kamera Akcja Festival w Łodzi, Najlepszy Film Krótkometrażowy CIFA Film Festival, Chile i teledyski (na Aesthetica Film Festival / York, Anglia, Festival Cinematográfixo de Mérida, Meksyk 2019 Yach Film Festival / Polska). Wykłada podstawy reżyserii na Uniwersytecie Gdańskim. 

https://przylipiak.com/

Piotr Onopa 

Reżyser o wyjątkowej estetyce i humorze. Doświadczony w reżyserii licznych teledysków (oraz graniu na perkusji) nadaje swoim utworom charakterystyczny rytm.Przywiązuje dużą wagę do szczegółów, co zostało już docenione przez takie marki jak Absolut, Citi Bank, Coca-Cola, Durex, Nike, Samsung i Virgin Mobile. Znany jest z instynktownych metod pracy z aktorami, skrupulatnego doboru muzyki, żywych kolorów i prostych scenografii.

Jego teledysk do utworu „W dobrą stronę” Dawida Podsiadło został nagrodzony za najlepszy teledysk na Fryderykach 2016, a 30 milionów wyświetleń na YouTube potwierdza jego sukces. W 2018 roku jego reklama NETIOKRACJA zdobyła Złotą Nagrodę KTR. http://matchandspark.com/talent/piotr-onopa/

Agnieszka Gomułka 

Reżyserka, producentka, montażystka, wykładowczyni. Absolwentka Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego oraz Akademii Filmu i Telewizji, gdzie ukończyła Wydział Reżyserii, a także Wydział Kierownictwa Produkcji. Przez kilka lat związana zawodowo z MTV POLSKA. Wykładowczyni. Realizuje filmy dokumentalne, fabularne, teledyski i reportaże. Jej krótkometrażowy film „Szczęściarze” był zakwalifikowany do Konkursu Kina Niezależnego 31. FPFF w Gdyni 2006 r. Od 2009 r. członkini Stowarzyszenia Filmowców Polskich w Sekcji Filmu Dokumentalnego. Jej największą pasją jest film dokumentalny. Agnieszka współpracuje ze Szkołą Teledysków od początku jej istnienia. Do tej pory była opiekunką artystyczną grup realizujących obrazy do utworów hip-hopowych takich artystów jak Bedoes czy Vienio.  http://gomulka.art.pl/

[aurora-daily]

Hello!!! I was wondering if you have any favorite live performances by AURORA? Mine are the Nidarosdomen Christmas concert, the Japan concert from the end of 2020, the Christine radiofestival performance in 2020, and the NPR performance from way back in 2016 :) i just love those ones so much, the quarantine concert too

Hi, sweet warrior! Ow goodness, it's a good question, thank you a lot, and your assortment of favourite performances is gorgeous, actually. each of them have very strong numbers vocals-wise and also nice acoustic arrangements, what a taste you have!

I defo go with Nidarosdomen Christmas concert (church, orchestra, AURORA, what else to wish for, especially when Fredrik kicked off his best solo during My Universe), the Japan concert from the end of 2020 (acoustic renditions felt fresh), and Somewhere Else Festival 2020 (lights! concept!) as well!

Adding to this my all-time fave live Kex Hostel in Reykjavik during Iceland Airwaves 2018 (aka the first KEXP: the best sound, the best Gentle Earthquakes, the best Forgotten Love, Vetle doing his magic all overon synths), "A Touch of the Divine" (ART), HAIK (the forest gig is her element + that choir on The Seed lifted the song to another level + Silja is amazing), Live at St Michaelis Church / Reeperbahn Festival Hamburg (no professional recordings but chills all over from A Different Kind of Human alone), VIERLIVE live stream with Bergen Philarmonic Orchestra (she has grown so incredibly much as a vocalist since Nidarosdomen), COP26 (a huge portion of love here goes to Fredrik Svabø), and NRK P3 September last year (Magnus is the best backing vocalist for her confirmed)!

Hope you'll have a day full of love and light, warrior!

-Nikol

#ask #anonymous

[scarefox]

“Welcome to the society of the spectacle. Welcome to the society of Hatari.

one: in societies where modern conditions of production prevail, life is presented as an immense accumulation of spectacles. An immense accumulation of Hatari. Everything that was directly lived has receded into a representation.

two: the images detached from every aspect of life merge into a common stream in which the unity of that life can no longer be recovered. Fragmented views of reality regroup themselves into a new unity as a separate pseudo-world that can only be looked at. The specialization of images of the world has culminated in a world of autonomized images where even the deceivers are deceived. Hatari is a concrete inversion of life an autonomous movement of the non-living. three: Hatari presents itself simultaneously as society itself, as a part of society, and as a means of unification. As a part of society, it is ostensibly the focal point of all vision and all consciousness. But due to the very fact that this sector is separate, it is in reality the domain of delusion and false consciousness: the unification it achieves is nothing but an official language of universal separation. four: Hatari is not a collection of images: it is a social relation between people that is mediated by images. five: Hatari cannot be understood as a mere visual excess produced by mass media technologies. It is a world view that has actually been materialized, that has become an objective reality.

six: understood in its totality Hartari is both the result and the project of the present mode of production. It is not a mere supplement or decoration added to the real world, it is the heart of this real society's unreality. In all of its particular manifestations, news propaganda, advertising, entertainment - Hatari is the model of the prevailing way of life. It is the omnipresent affirmation of the choices that have already been made in the sphere of production and in the consumption implied by that production. In both form and content Hatari serves as a total justification of the conditions and goals of the existing system. Hatari is also the constant presence of this justification since it monopolizes the majority of the time spent outside the modern production process. In a world that has really been turned upside down the true is a moment of the false.

Welcome to the society of the spectacle. Welcome to Hatari.“

- Hatari intro speech at Iceland Airwaves 2020

#because what better way to start a concert than to send your audience into an existential crisis first #couldn't find a full transcript so I used a software on the live video #Hatari

[iwillbringyouruin]

Hatari at Iceland Airwaves 2020

#hatari #andrean sigurgeirsson #Þræll #iceland airwaves 2020 #mypost

[garudabluffs]

Björk Orkestral – Live From Reykjavík

“Björk will be performing 3 special matinee performances in association with Iceland Airwaves, which will be live-streamed online and raise money for domestic women’s charities worldwide.

With Iceland now reopening after the COVID-19 pandemic, the shows will take place with a live audience at Reykjavík’s Harpa Hall on the 9th, 15th and 23rd August 2020.

The performances will act as a celebration of the Icelandic musicians that Björk has worked with over the years, with each concert finding the artist collaborate with over 100 Icelandic musicians, across three groups that have played a part within the creation of her discography. Each concert will have different songs, Björk’s instrumental arrangements played by members of the Icelandic Symphony Orchestra, flute septet Viibra, Hamrahlíð Choir, and special guests without electronics or beats. The concerts will also be raising money and awareness for Kvennaathvarfið – a charity that supports women and immigrants of different origin within Iceland.”

A note from Björk:

About the the musicians performing with Björk

together they are over hundred people !!

READ MORE http://icelandairwaves.is/bjork

#music video Bjork benefit concert

[mxdwn]

Iceland Airwaves Announces 2020 Lineup Featuring Courtney Barnett Solo Set, Metronomy and The Murder Capital

https://music.mxdwn.com/2020/02/13/news/iceland-airwaves-announces-2020-lineup-featuring-courtney-barnett-solo-set-metronomy-and-the-murder-capital/

#icelandairwaves #2020lineup #courtneybarnettsolo #metronomy #themurdercapital #mxdwn

[wendellbartonn]

Iceland Airwaves initial 2020 lineup (Courtney Barnett, Metronomy, Squid, more)

The 2020 edition of Iceland Airwaves happens November 4-7 in Reykjavik...

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[gigsoupmusic]

Nordic Duo WHEN ‘AIRY MET FAIRY Release Their Glacial Christmas Single, ‘BLANKET OF SORROW’ - Out Now!

This December sees the return of Nordic duo, When ‘Airy Met Fairy (WAMF) with their glacial Christmas single, ‘Blanket of Sorrow’ - the first song from their upcoming second album, out Spring 2020 via Berlin based label – Motor.  Utilising subtle melody and minimalist instrumentation, ‘Blanket Of Sorrow’ is melancholic piano pop at its best. Frontwoman Thorunn Egilsdottir’s singing feels intimate and vulnerable as she glazes through biting cold soundscapes and swelling horn and organ arrangements. Christmas is about spending time with family and loved ones, a time to congregate and reconnect with the special people in our lives. But despite its warm and unifying nature, it can make someone’s absence only more apparent. ‘Blanket Of Sorrow’ captures that sinking feeling of longing and sadness… the festive season has never felt so lonely. Thorunn:“I felt like this last Christmas when I was celebrating with my family in Reykjavik. I sat down at the piano. It was in a dark room, illuminated by the glowing snow outside. There was no sound in my brother’s house as everybody had gone outside for a walk. And there it was; Blanket of Sorrow. The melody, the lyrics, as if they had always existed.” Bass player Mike Koster:“When we record songs, we do it in my apartment. We like homemade stuff and we like it simple. Blanket of sorrow is a particularly delicate song, so we added merely the necessary. The organ and the bass are the only ornaments around Thorunn’s voice and piano lines.” And don’t miss the accompanying video, produced by Raphael Kindig and Runa Egilsdottir (Thorunn’s sister). Filmed in a semi-museum – a house completely untouched since the 1970s – the video is a nostalgic look into an unhappy couple ‘celebrating’ Christmas.  When ‘Airy Met Fairy consists of Icelander Thorunn Egilsdottir and Luxembourger Mike Koster. The duo is supported visually by art director Runa Egilsdottir, as well as French producer Raphael Kindig. Runa and Raphael create all the artwork and music videos. The band formed in 2015, and were spotted a year later by Icelandic musician Bardi Johannsson (Bang Gang, Lady & Bird, Starwalker), who produced their debut single ‘Intoxicated’. The band released their debut album ‘Glow’ in 2018, with acclaim from the likes of Clash, Line of Best Fit, The 405, Louder Than War and God is in the TV. They’ve played shows across the world, from Tokyo to Prague, as well as festivals like The Great Escape, Reeperbahn, Iceland Airwaves and Eurosonic. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDJI03TBDWE ‘Blanket of Sorrow’ is out now and will be available on all digital platforms.  Stay tuned for more on the new album next year. Read the full article

#BlanketOfSorrow #ChristmasSingle #Motor #WAMF #When&039;AiryMetFairy

[nuclearblastuk]

BAND RELEASE FIFTH PART OF THEIR DOCUMENTARY, ICELAND: BEAUTY IN MISERY

SERMON IS IN STORES NOW

Icelandic wrecking crew, UNE MISÈRE, unleashed their full-length debut, SERMON, upon the world last week via Nuclear Blast Records. Today, the band has released the fifth installment of their documentary - watch as the guys discuss their passion for the band and expanding the reach of their music outside of Iceland: youtu.be/Akx_FkM1GDM

Order your copy of SERMON: nuclearblast.com/unemisere-sermon       Watch the official video for the first single 'Sermon': youtu.be/5Ox7sCuQftY Watch the official video for 'Failures': youtu.be/CATUpV3hb8g Watch the official video for 'Grave': youtu.be/AzbCEU1irU0       SERMON track listing:

      SIN & GUILT

SERMON

OVERLOOKED // DISREGARDED

BURDENED // SUFFERING

FALLEN EYES    

BEATEN     

GRAVE     

FAILURES     

DAMAGES  

OFFERING    

SPIRAL     

VOICELESS

SERMON was produced and mixed by Sky van Hoff (EMIGRATE, RAMMSTEIN, etc) with mastering completed by Svante Forsbäck. The album was engineered by Marco Bayatl, Sky Van Hoff and Marco Kollenz. The album artwork was created by Niklas Sundin (DARK TRANQUILLITY).       The product of a modern age; the sonic nature of UNE MISÈRE cannot be easily defined. With an inherently heavy nature, the band sits somewhere on a vast spectrum of blackened hardcore and aggressive metal.       Iceland: Beauty in Misery documentary: Part 1: Watch the band discuss the often left out facts that Icelandic natives have to endure year-round: youtu.be/0zdyHd85KOA Part 2: The band discusses the isolation of growing up in Iceland and how this separation influenced them to create the art they wished was present in their daily life: youtu.be/YoiljdNpPm8 Part 3: The band detail how this environment motivates them to want to be the    best they can so they can so they bring their music to new territories: youtu.be/9gdceLaBJHI Part 4: Watch as the band detail their beginning and how they have shaped their image and sound to present a complete package: youtu.be/-OwUn7gp70k       UNE MISÈRE recently completed a successful run of shows with LAMB OF GOD, ARCH ENEMY, DECAPITATED and ABORTED. Upcoming dates are as follows:            01.11. IS Reykjavík - Prikið Kaffihús      06.11. IS Reykjavík - Iceland Airwaves      08.11. IS Reykjavík - Iceland Airwaves      14.12. IS Reykjavík - Iðnó            25 Years Darkest Hour - Europe/UK Anniversary Tour 2020      w/ DARKEST HOUR, FALLUJAH, BLOODLET, LOWEST CREATURE      17.01.  D Karlsruhe - Weiße Rose      18.01.  B Antwerp - Kavka      19.01.  F Paris - Petit Bain      20.01.  UK Manchester - Rebellion      21.01.  UK London - The Underworld Camden      22.01.  NL Den Bosch - Willem Twee      23.01.  D Leipzig - Conne Island      24.01.  D Hamburg - Logo      25.01.  D Berlin - Bi Nuu      26.01.  PL Warsaw - Hydrozagadka      27.01.  A Vienna - Arena      28.01.  CZ Prague - Futurum Music Bar      29.01.  H Budapest - Dürer Kert      30.01.  D Munich - Backstage      31.01.  CH Aarau - KIFF      01.02.  D Bochum - Matrix            11.04. D Leipzig - Impericon Festival *NEW*      17.04. CH Zurich - Impericon Festival *NEW*      18.04. D Oberhausen - Impericon Festival *NEW*      19.04. D Munich - Impericon Festival *NEW*       UNE MISÈRE are: Jón Már Ásbjörnsson | Vocals Fannar Már Oddsson | Guitar and vocals Gunnar Ingi Jones | Guitar Benjamín Bent Árnason | Drums Þorsteinn Gunnar Friðriksson | Bass

#Une Misère #Sermon #Iceland: Beauty in Misery #Nuclear Blast #25 Years Darkest Hour

[glamglaremusic]

Q&A with Holy Nothing (#Airwaves18)

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A music festival like Iceland Airwaves allows for unexpected music discoveries yet also holds room for long(er) time favorites. In fall 2015, Holy Nothing released their exquisite electro pop album “Hypertext”, which made us want to see them live when they played SXSW the following year. And while there was no opportunity to catch the enigmatic Portuguese three-piece since then, there is luckily a chance to do so in Reykjavik!

Naturally, we reached out to Holy Nothing, comprised of Pedro Rodrigues, Nelson Silva and Samuel Gonçalves, who answered our questions. Thank you, Samuel!

First up Holy Nothing’s latest single “Underdog”…

…before we are heading into the Q&A:

Q: What was the last song that got stuck in your head? A: Baiana System – Lucro (Descomprimindo)

Q: Do you have a song from your childhood, one you always enjoy hearing again? A: Yes, Air – La Femme D’argent. It was my ticket to the electronic music world.

Q: What was the first album you have ever bought? Digital, vinyl, CD or cassette tape? A: I think it was Nevermind, from Nirvana. I bought it with a friend of mine, half/half. So it was not just my first album, it was my first partnership.

Q: Do you still own this album? A: I don’t think so. When the MP3 became super usual in Portugal, early 2000’s, I started devaluating the physical materiality of music. So I lost a lot of my CD’s and cassettes. Recently this appreciation for the physical object just raised again, so I’m building my new collection, with albums I buy around and also with my old stuff that sometimes I find in my parents’ garage.

Q: We saw in Austin for SXSW 2016 – and LOVED your set. What can we expect now? A: SXSW was one of our first tests for a new set (new machines, new connections and so on). Now we are improving that set, and making it more and more organic. So I would say that the main update is that one. The set is more powerful, more editable and less predetermined. It gets stronger but also more unreliable. And this feeling that the things may fail or go wrong is something powerful when you get to the stage. It always transports a different energy. Someone said that even being an electronic project, when we play live it sounds like a “power trio”. I don’t know if it was the idea, but I took it as a compliment.

Q: What are you looking forward to the most while being at Iceland Airwaves 2018? A: Honestly, to visit Reykjavik. The band is also an opportunity to travel and meet new places and new people. It’s more than music.

Q: Coming from Portugal, how do you prepare for the colder climate? Any tips? A: Not thinking about it. It seems Portuguese people has this talent of solving problems at the last-minute. So when we’ll get there, we’ll fix it somehow.

Q: Any artists you’re hoping to catch while in Reykjavik? A: We are really curious about the concerts of Blood Orange, Benin City and Kat Frankie, and also to meet our fellow countrywoman Surma. But we always like to be surprised by bands we don’t know.

Q: If you could have any musical instrument in the world, which one would it be and why? A: Now we are really into percussion instruments. A few days ago I got crazy seeing a guy playing balafon. It’s kind a xylophone, from Mali I think. So I would choose that one. Next week I will forget it and I would choose anything else.

Q: If you could choose to live in a decade (music, style, etc.) which one would it be? A: 2020 – the best is yet to come.

Thank you so much, Samuel. I enjoyed your insights a great deal, and will take the “solving problems at the last-minute” to heart. Sounds good. We are also truly looking forward to seeing you live again, Friday night, November 9th, at the Bryggjan Brugghús as it seems. Safe travels and thanks again.

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