kimono & Bloodgroup + Prins Póló @ Sódóma Reykjavík 27. November 2009

gogoyoko

presents
kimono & Bloodgroup
Special Guest: Prins Póló
27. November 2009
@ 23:00
@ Sódóma Reykjavík, Tryggvagata 22, Reykjavík
Admission: 1000 IKR
Program:
23:45 Prins Póló (Svavar Pétur Eysteinsson of Skakkamanage)
00:30 kimono
01:30 Bloodgroup
Two New Albums
"Easy Music for Difficult People" on Kimi Records - kimono
release on 4. December
& "Dry land" on Record Records - Bloodgroup
release on 2. December
kimono @ gogoyoko http://www.gogoyoko.com/#/artist/kimono
Bloodgroup @ gogoyoko http://www.gogoyoko.com/#/artist/bloodgroup
Prins Póló @ gogoyoko http://www.gogoyoko.com/#/artist/prinspolo

More Ghostigital - Back in the USA after 3 years @ Monkey Town (11. November 2009)

Ghostigital went to the USA & performed @ Monkey Town, Willamsburg, Brooklyn, New York New York with Casper Electronics. Three years ago it was with The Melvins.
www.youtube.com/v/gIOJT3P1xTU&hl&fmt=18

Ghostigital

Ghostigital @ Batteri @ Airwaves '09, 17. October 2009

Mr. E & son Kaktus & Curver on stage @ Batteri venue, downtown 101 on Saturday night 17. October 2009.

Ghostigital

For Jen goes Digital, Jennifer Leigh, Heiða & Veerle

Icons of Pop Music: Björk by Nicola Dibben

Author: Dibben Nicola (a professor of musicology at the University of Sheffield in England)

Published: November 2008 / March 2009
Publisher: Indiana University Press / Equinox Press

Paperback
27 B&W Illustrations
Pages: 224 / 232
Price: £10.99

ISBN: 0253220653 (ISBN-10: 1845531841 / ISBN-13: 9780253220653)

Description:
This book provides the first music-based account of Icelandic singer-songwriter Björk's solo work to date. She is internationally recognized for her unique and innovative musical style, as well as her collaborative working relationship with artists, musicians, and engineers. Her work blurs boundaries between club and dance culture and "high art." Björk has won many awards, including Best Actress at the Cannes Film Festival for her role in the film Dancer in the Dark, for which she also wrote and scored the music. Nicola Dibben presents an analysis of audio and video tracks, live performances, and recorded sound, viewed through the critical reception, fanzines, and interviews that surround Björk's music. This analysis reveals recurrent cultural themes: landscape and identity, the relationship between humans and technology, song as a vehicle for emotional expression, and female autonomy. Additional chapters on Björk's compositional process--with newly gathered interview material--and on the critical-musicological approach adopted in the book round out this original study.
Review of the Book by Bookslut
(September 2009)
Content Chapters of the book
Introduction
1. Biographical Overview of her life & career (with an interview with Derek Birkett of One Little Indian Label)
2. Nationalism
3. Nature
4. Technology
5. Sound
6. Emotion
7. Contribution
Discography & Filmography

Jóhann Jóhannsson Live @ Les Trinitaires @ Metz, France (10. November 2009)

Jóhann Jóhannsson in concert @ Metz, France @ Les Trinitaires
www.youtube.com/v/jpzLeDdCxx8&hl&fmt=18

J.J.'s Official Website

Iceland Airwaves '09 - The Reviews in Dutch and more

Raw Diamants from the North
Belgian journalist Dirk Steenhaut, a longtime fan of the Icelandic music scene like me (he thinks about 25% is very good), recommends these artists of Airwaves '09 for the Flemish Radio Station Studio Brussel (StuBru) here:
- Sudden Weather Change "I want to see some noses bleed" (influences Sonic Youth & Pavement) - @ the end of the interview with Dirk they played the song "St. Peter's Day" .
Slideshow of my Sudden Weather Change @ Aldrei '09 Festival Photographs

"Killgore Trout III" Live @ KEXP Radio Seattle @ Airwaves '09 Festival
www.youtube.com/v/jhACUp-6Zik&hl&fmt=18

- Mikael Lind (Swedish guy living in Iceland)
- We Made God (influences Sigur Rós & Deftones)
- Eberg
- Helgi Hrafn Jónsson
Very irritating on StuBru is that whenever they (DJs, guests, ...) say "Sigur Rós", it sounds like Sigur Ros, and it is so helvitis easy 'cause it's the same pronounciation & meaning as "Roos" (Goggi's pronounciation) in Dutch/Flemish. I hope Balli of Kimi Records/Borgin/Brak records labels is going to teach them to pronounce Icelandic words correctly soon. Maybe they can teach him the first Flemish words to communicate downtown Smetlede!

More Reviews of Airwaves '09:
In Dutch (BE/NL)
Dirk Steenhaut for Focus Knack Magazine
Dirk Steenhaut for Goddeau
Maurice Dielemans for Kindamuzik
Rob van der Zwaan for Festival Info
Ellen de Jong for 8weekly
Kees de Jong for Roar E-zine
In French (FR/CA)
Matthieu Petit for Voir
In German
Anja Wässerbach for Spiegel Online Reise
In English
Vasilis Panagiotopoulos for Drowned in Sound (DiS)
Pitchfork
Sarah Fakray for Dazed & Confused Digital
Clash Music
KEXP Radio Seattle Blog

Hjaltalín "Terminal" Release Concert @ Loftkastalinn, Reykjavik 25. November 2009

Hjaltalín Release Concert
"Terminal"
25. November 2009
@ Loftkastalinn, R'vik
@ 20:30
Admission: 2500 IKR

Two years after the release of their début album "Sleepdrunk Seasons" on Kimi Records label, they are back with second album "Terminal", on Borgin Music label. Album was recorded @ Hafnarfjörður with the help of Hjálmar members.
Tickets @ MIDI

Hjaltalín's "Terminal" @ Borgin Music Label
Listen to the new album @ Gogoyoko this weekend, buy the album now for only 7.90 EUR (circa 1460 IKR) and/or get the Debut Album "Sleepdrunk Seasons" for only 4.50 EUR (circa 830 IKR) (Scandinavian countries only).
Hjaltalín @ MySpace