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You can purchase Icelandic Music from the following websites:Icelandic Music.comSmekkleysa12 TónarDimmaIt’s difficult to think of Iceland without thinking of superlative music. From Bjork and The Sugarcubes, Sigur Ros, Mum and Mugison and many other classical, jazz, folk and pop artists, this small and remote North Atlantic nation has punched well above its weight over the last two decades.If anything, the island’s incessant soundtrack is growing ever more dynamic, as artists and bands, inspired by the continual international success of their peers, continue to create original, world class music.IMX, an exciting new government sponsored initiative aims to bring together the disparate strands of Iceland’s eclectic scene under one roof. By increasing access to information about artists, collaborating with companies to promote Icelandic music abroad and organizing marketing strategies, festival and event participation, IMX will increase the visibility of Icelandic music in the international sphere, and provide an essential one-stop resource for all interested parties.IMX will achieve its ends via a multi-strategy approach that includes building accessible, comprehensive databases, promoting Icelandic labels, bands and events, providing information on Icelandic music to markets and the media, and encouraging and helping Icelandic bands, PRs and record participate in events and festivals around the world.IMX has already been making its mark by organizing artist participation at Eurosonic, Midem and SXSW, collaborating with Mugison’s Westfjords event Aldrei for eg sudur (AFS), sending out information about Iceland Airwaves 2007, and promoting Icelandic artists at Great Escape UK, Spot in Denmark and PopKomm.Currently underway is IMX’s landmark website, which will serve as the first ever one stop shop for Icelandic Music.

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Member Since: 25/03/2008
Band Website: http://icelandmusic.is/
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Sounds Like: Sign - The Hope Mugison - The Great UnrestBloodgroup - Hips againFM Belfast - FrequencyElíza Newman - Return to me
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Hailing from Iceland FaMR comprises of four 19-year-olds from Reykjavík, Iceland - Kjartan Hólm (guitar), Guðfinnur Sveinsson (guitar and piano), Elvar Jón Guðmundsson (bass) and Jóhannes Ólafsso...
Posted by on Tue, 09 Jun 2009 13:17:00 GMT

Kimi Records Hits Europe!

Kimi Records, one of Iceland's most pro-active and forward-thinking record labels, is to unleash some of its best recent domestic releases into the European market. Skakkamanage's dazzling "All Ove...
Posted by on Tue, 09 Jun 2009 13:16:00 GMT

Trúbatrix Tour & Album

The Trúbatrix girls are on a roll this summer with a brand new album release on the 2nd of June, and a tour around Iceland to boot! The album features 15 songs all by Icelandic female artists playi...
Posted by on Thu, 04 Jun 2009 01:17:00 GMT

Benni Hemm Hemm Tour Dates + European Release

Benni Hemm Hemm the band formed by Benedikt H Hermansson in 2003, are to head out on tour. Named Most Promising Act at the 2005 Icelandic Music Awards, BHH have released solid and wildly popular al...
Posted by on Thu, 04 Jun 2009 01:15:00 GMT

Sigur Rós Open For Dalai Lama + New Album News

The mighty Sigur Rós will be playing a short set for none other than the Dalai Lama at his public talk in laugardalshöllin arena in Reykjavík, on Tuesday June 2nd, 2009. The band will be joined by ...
Posted by on Thu, 04 Jun 2009 01:13:00 GMT

Ólöf Arnalds: Back By Popular Demand

Following a rapturous series of performances in New York (including being cherry picked by Björk  to open for her and the Dirty Projectors), Icelandic folk chanteuse Ólöf Arnalds returns to NYC in Jun...
Posted by on Thu, 04 Jun 2009 01:12:00 GMT

Hallfríður Ólafsdóttir - Maximus Musicus Roars On

Hallfríður Ólafsdóttir is the author of the best-selling childrens book, Maximus Musicus, the tale of a mouse that visits an orchestra. Ms. Ólafsdóttir, a flute player with the Iceland Symphony O...
Posted by on Tue, 26 May 2009 13:23:00 GMT

Icelandic Guitar Tuner Sold To Nokia

Finnish mobile phone giant Nokia is to market an Iceland-designed guitar tuner worldwide. Tunerific an interactive guitar tuner, tone-tuner and chord-finder for mobile phones was invented by Guðmun...
Posted by on Tue, 26 May 2009 13:21:00 GMT

GusGus Album + Tour News

Although their new album, "24/7", will not be released until early September (on Germany's Kompakt Records), Icelandic electronic gurus Gus Gus will be hitting the road from the end of May onwards,...
Posted by on Sun, 24 May 2009 04:08:00 GMT

Famous Icelandic studio invades Denmark

Sýrland Studio, one of the most notable commercial studios in Iceland, is to expand into Denmark. The studio, which opened in 1988 and recorded The Sugarcubes' "Here today, Tomorrow, Next Week"  as...
Posted by on Sun, 24 May 2009 04:07:00 GMT