Steingrimur Gudmundsson has been an active percussionist and drummer from the tender age of 16, playing different bands and project in Iceland and elsewhere. In 1976 he moved to Sweden to study drums with the drummer Petur Ostlund. In Stockholm 1976-1981 he performed in a variety of clubs, theatres and festivals with bands such as theater group Svea Strang and Ko Ko Yo Yo band touring all over Sweden. 1981 he moved to California to study Tabla drumming with the master Swapan Chauduri at the Ali Akbar College of Music in San Rafeal. In 1983 Steini moved upstate New York to study at Karl Bergers Creative Music Studio. There he performed with many great musicians such as Nana Vasconselos, Ayib Dyeng, Paulo Mora, Hadji Tekbilek, Ola Tunji and others. Steingrimur moved to Iceland in 1987 and started working with the Polish violin player Szymon Kuran, together they formed the band Suld. Suld recorded two albums and toured Iceland, England and Canada.Some of the bands and musicians that Steingrimur has worked with through the years are: Pnin, Spelverk 80, Koko Yo Yo band, Diabolis in Musica, 22 To Many, Tala Trio, Szymon Kuran, Incredible String Band, John Tichai, Bruce Hamm, Gilles Apap, Gudmundur Ingolfsson, to name a few. His main bands in the last few years have been, The Millionaires, Parabola, Bardukha, and Steintryggur.Main Records: Fria Teater-Bruket skall leva 1979- Diabolis in Musica-Lifið í litum 1980- Suld-Bukoliki 1988- Milljonamaeringarnir-Ekki thessi Leiindi 1993- Birthmark-Unfinished Novels 1994- Milljonamæringarnir -Miljon a Mann 1994- Millojnamæingarnir-thetta er nu meiri vitleysan 2001- Incredible String Band- Nebulous Nearnesses 2003- Steintryggur-Dialog 2003- Readymade-Clanky Chocolate Flavor Syrup 2004- Krás á Köldu svelli 2006- In the Swing of the Night 2006- Bardukha-Concept of Balzamer music 2006- Steintryggur-Trappa-2008

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