1) Leaves is an Icelandic indie band which came to prominence in 2002.
Icelandic indie band Leaves will release it’s third album this spring. The album called We Are Shadows will be available through download and mail order on May 11th. Four years in the making the album sees the band develop their sound and songwriting even further.
Formed early in 2001 the band has an interesting story to tell.
There is more than one artist with this name: 1) Hardcore band from California, featuring members of Pressvre and Downpresser. Demo available here:
http://www.sendspace.com/file/vngyk5 2) Hardcore band from Iceland. This band is actually called "Mínus" (pronounced Mee-noose) with an accent over the "I" rather than Minus. 3) Experimental and Sweet IDM producer from Romania signed to the Arhiva7 netlabel 4) Hardcore Punk band from Singapore 5) Hip/Hop Artist from Lincoln, Nebraska. 6) Indie/Rock band from Germany.
1) Kontinuum Icelandic Ambient Metal
Kontinuum started as the brainchild of Birgir Thorgeirsson, a founding and current member of dark metal act Potentiam. The seed of Kontinuum started way back in 2001 when Birgir teamed up with former Potentiam drummer Kristjan Heidarsson to record an EP called Burned and Battered under the band name Pornea. This was an experimental metal project mixing doom with punk and dark atmospheric metal.
Nascent Icelandic band with ties to The Brian Jonestown Massacre. Debut full length album for streaming and downloading available here:
http://www.dead.is/deadskeletons.html
http://www.last.fm/music/the+dead+skeletons
If you come across a Teenager or early Teen who is into HipHop nowadays, it
Electronic artist with classical influences. Mikael works more and more with different piano sounds and violins in his compositions. The album Alltihop was released in 2009, and the next album Felines Everywhere was released in May in 2012. Now, Mikael is working on a new piece based around experimental piano sounds. http://mikaellind.blogspot.com
The new project of Icelandic classical prodigy Ólafur Arnalds teams up with Bloodgroup mastermind Janus Rasmussen - http://www.myspace.com/kiasmos. Ólafur Arnalds new minimal techno side project Kiasmos shares split 12” debut with label colleague Ryan Lee West aka Rival Consoles. You can preview and pre-order it in our online store: http://store.erasedtapes.com In order to shorten the waiting period on Arnalds’ forthcoming new album, Erased Tapes Records release their first tracks ‘65’ and ‘Walled’ on March 30, 2009.
Bridging the Brooklyn-Reykjavik jazz divide with European elegance and a fiery, New York drive... Icelandic pianist Sunna Gunnlaugs is "proof that jazz is as much a part of the picture as the pop of Björk or SigurRos." - Time Out New York Unreleased FREE MP3s and exclusive content are available to subscribers of Sunna's free newsletter. Sign up via her website or choose from 8 different audio formats at her Bandcamp page. The Washington Post described her music as possessing “such timeless virtues as lyricism and grace… elegantly bridges soul-searching passages with uncluttered swing.”
Sigur Rós (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈsɪːɣʏr ˈroːus] ( listen)) is an Icelandic post-rock band with melodic, classical, and minimalist elements. The band is known for its ethereal sound, and frontman Jónsi Birgisson's falsetto vocals and use of bowed guitar.
Genres Post-rock
Dream pop
Experimental rock
Ambient