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hjörvar

Coming soon - 2nd album, A copy of Me

About Me

Hjörvar Hjörleifsson, singer/songwriter. His debut album, Paint Peace, received great reviews when released in 2004, securing Hjörvar a nomination as Best Debut Artist at the Icelandic Music Awards under the name Stranger. The musical style is rock-based, with a melodious angle and some electro-in-betweens – popish rock or rockish pop, depending on how you look at it.Hjörvar..s second studio album was recorded by Hrannar Ingimarsson and Páll Borg at PUK Studios Denmark, May 2006. Mixed in studio Sýrland Iceland in May 2008 by Ken Thomas .It will be released in June 2008. - - - - - - - - - - - TO BUY the debut album, Paint Peace, for ISK 1500 please send email to [email protected]

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 7/25/2006
Band Website: hjorvar.com
Band Members: In band are: Hjörvar Hjörleifsson (vocals and guitars), Guðni Finnsson (bass), Arnar Þór Gíslason (drums), and Þorbjörn Sigurðsson (guitars)
Influences: Depeche mode ,Primus,Beck,OMD,Gary Numan,Air,Ultravox and many more
Sounds Like: "He seems to have everything going for him; being one hell of a rock singer, with a lazy and cool voice, a dark and gloomy falsetto that actually brings to mind artists preceding Bowie; the late Billie McKenzie of Associates, Peter Murphy from Bauhaus, Robert Smith and at times even Bono." - - - - "He calls himself Stranger, which is appropriate, because here has emerged an unknown stranger, but at the same time a fully matured musician that one hopes to hear a whole lot more from." - - - - "Paint Peace [...] manages to keep its course and tempo from start to finish, as it has clearly been thought out and worked hard on to bring about a strong coherent feel to it." - - - - Skarphéðinn Guðmundsson, music review in Morgunblaðið newspaper, November 26th 2004 (****)
Record Label: INFO: [email protected] tel.003546956100
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

www.hjorvar.com

my website will soon be up and runningcheck out www.hjorvar.com
Posted by hjörvar on Sat, 10 May 2008 01:14:00 PST

No longer Stranger

On my new album i have desided to perform under my own name instead of using Stranger , so for now on look for Hjorvar
Posted by hjörvar on Sat, 10 May 2008 01:12:00 PST

Ken Thomas

i have just finished mixing my 2nd album in Studio Sýrland in Iceland with Ken Thomas
Posted by hjörvar on Sat, 10 May 2008 01:05:00 PST