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Week 41 | Tuesday November 10 2009
 
 

Introducing JAJAJA!
JaJaJa logoJA JA JA is an exciting new monthly club night in London showcasing the best emerging talent from the Nordic countries: Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden. The night aims to provide a strong independent platform where new ‘export ready’ artists across multiple genres are able to showcase their music to key British music industry professionals, media, tastemakers and punters alike...

Bedroom Community's Whale Watching Tour
Valgeir SigurðssonIceland's Bedroom Community record label (formed in 2006 by Valgeir Sigurðsson, Nico Muhly and Ben Frost) are heading out across Europe for The Whale Watching Tour. More than just a series of concerts, the tour is an extension of the ongoing musical exchange between the label's roster of diverse artists. Disparate musical backgrounds coexist and collide as Valgeir, Nico, Ben and recruit Sam Amidon perform music from their catalogues, as well as introducing new and previously unreleased material (plus a surprise or two along the way).

Seabear Ready New Album
SeabearHaving enjoyed a fantastic year with his solo project Sin Fang Bous (following his superb debut album Clangour), vocalist/producer Sindri Már Sigfússon has been busy behind the scenes again with his pals from Seabear, working hard in the studio on a new album. A recent news article on their label website (Morr Music) revealed that the band were putting the finishing touches to the project at the Sundlaugin studios and are expected to be releasing it early next year


GusGus News Update
GusGusThe latest GusGus news is in! The band have finished their highly successful European tour, rounding it off with a stellar show at Reykjavik's Nasa. They are about to release the remixes of their recent single "Add This Song," which come courtesy of Australian sound environmentalist Ben Frost and Italian nujazz phenomena Analog People in a Digital World.

Record Records News & Streams
Record Records logoIcelandic label Record Records have been busy of late, with a wealth of activity from artists like Bloodgroup, Lára Rúnarsdóttir and Sykur. To celebrate they're offering some downloads and streams for all you Icelandic music fans....

  NEW RELEASES
 

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Elíza Newman - Pie In The Sky
Pie in the Sky is Elíza Newman's second debut album. It was recorded and mixed in London and Iceland with producer Gísli Kristjánsson and contains ten original songs, incuding the number one hit Ukulele Song For You, and new single Hopeless Case. Elíza, known as former lead...


 

 

IN THE SPOTLIGHT

Eliza Newman

Elíza Newman
Elíza Newman – formerly lead singer of all-girl Icelandic band Bellatrix and rock band Skandinavia – went solo in 2007, when she released her debut album “Empire Fall”. She’s now all set to follow up with her sophomore effort, “Pie In The Sky,” which has already spawned two Top Ten hits ...

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PODCAST DOWNLOAD
Dísa // Fast Train
(Dísa performs her excellent new track 'Fast Train' at Iðnó during Iceland Airwaves 2009. Click song name do download, hit 'subscribe' to subscribe)

I <3 ICELANDIC MUSIC'S SONG OF THE WEEK
Iceland Music PuffinIn conjunction with the I <3 Icelandic Music blog icelandicmusic.blogspot.com), we now offer up our track of the issue. Press 'Read More' to listen to and read about this fortnight's track, Pascal Pinon's 'Djöflasnaran'. 

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