Icelandic artists @ Brighton's Great Escape

Icelandic Artists Play Brighton’s Great Escape

Get a taste of Iceland Airwaves at Great Escape
www.icelandairwaves.com
Icelandic Music Export presents a total of seven Icelandic artists will play Brighton’s esteemed Great Escape festival between 17th-19th May, 2007.
Jakobinarina, Amina, Lay Low, Hafdis Huld, Benni Hemm Hemm, Storsveit Nix Noltes and Seabear have all been confirmed to play in the British seaside town, which will see a total of 150 bands performing in 20 different venues during the weekend.

The Great Escape is one of Britain’s newest and groundbreaking events. By day, a series of insightful interviews with leading figures from the music industry; by night, a celebration of the very best new artists from across the globe.
Lay Low has been scheduled to play the Mojo stage, and Jakobinarina have been booked for the Music Week and Fly stages (see below for times and venues), while a special Iceland Airwaves Stage has been arranged for Saturday 19th May at the Duke Of York Picturehouse, between 10pm – 1.30am.
The Airwaves line-up will feature Icelandic artists Benni Hemm Hemm, Stórsveit Nix Noltes and Seabear. Please see below for venues and performance times.
The Great Escape http://www.escapegreat.com

The Icelandic artists

Amiina
www.myspace.com/amiina
18th May
Hotel Pelirocco at 4pm
Amína are an all-female quartet that make fascinating music with a variety of instruments. They have toured with Sigur Rós both as a support act as well as their string section and have recently released their dream-like debut album, Kurr.

Hafdis Huld
www.myspace.com/hafdishuld
17th May
Komedia (Downstairs), Time TBC
Hafdis Huld started singing with GusGus when she was just 15 years old. After leaving the band she started writing her own songs and collaborating with the likes of FC Kahuna, Ewan Pearson and Tom Middleton. Her album Dirty Paper Cup is fresh, funny, odd, seductive, Icelandic - and above all, great pop music.

Jakobinarina
www.myspace.com/jakobinarina
17th May Music Week Stage, The Beach at 8.30pm1
8th May Fly Stage, Audio at 8.30pm
Aged between 15 – 19 years old, the six members of Jakobinarina capture the sheer thwarted energy of being a mannish boy with vim, vigour and sheer gusto. Their current single, “Jesus”/”Filipino Girl” follows up on their Rough Trade EP last year.

Lay Low
www.myspace.com/baralovisa
Thursday 17 May, Hope at 8.30pm
Friday 18 May, Mojo stage, Pavillion Theatre at 8.15pm
Combining kooky northern charm with smoky barroom blues, Lay Low has taken the Icelandic music scene by storm. Her debut album Please Don´t Hate Me has been topping the Icelandic charts since its release in October 2006 and Lay Low received more nominations than any other musician at the 2006 Icelandic Music Awards: she eventually went home with three of the coveted trophies. The track "Mojo Love" was featured in "Grey´s Anatomy" on May 3rd in the US, where Lay Low will head to on May 27 to perform showcases in Los Angeles and New York.

Iceland Airwaves Stage
Seabear
www.myspace.com/seabear
Sat 19th May Duke Of York Picturehouse 10pm 1.30am (Iceland Airwaves Stage)
23-year old Sindri Sigfoesson crafts sparkling melodies from a gentle displacement of acoustic guitar and piano, synth flourishes and restrained percussion. Now a trio, Seabear’s music has been transformed into subdued and mellow folk pop with a little piano and atmospheric vocals. They are currently working on their first album.

Storsveit Nix Noltes
www.myspace.com/storsveitnixnoltes
19th May Duke Of York Picturehouse 10pm 1.30am (Iceland Airwaves Stage)
This experimental Bulgarian Folk band features members of Benni Hemm Hemm and Mum. Praised for their energetic live performances the band have toured together in America (as the Nix Noltes Big Band) and recorded the album Orkideur Hawai in an old farmhouse in Borgarfjordur. They recently supported Animal Collective on a tour around Europe and the U.S.

Benni Hemm Hemm
www.myspace.com/bennihemmhemm
19th Sat May Duke Of York Picturehouse 10pm 1.30am (Iceland Airwaves Stage)
Benedikt H. Hermannsson formed Benni Hemm Hemm in the summer of 2003, and just over a year later expanded the group into a colossal big band with over fifteen members. The group received huge critical acclaim with the release of their 2nd album Kajak earlier this year.

Source:
http://www.icelandicmusic.is