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The International Organ Summer
in Hallgrímskirkja 2015
13th June – 9th August
Hallgrimskirkja's Friends of the Arts Society 33rd season
18. 6. Lenka Mateova,
Kópavogur Church
Steinunn Skjenstad soprano
25. 6. Kári Þormar, Dómkirkjan
2. 7. Jónas Þórir, Bústaðakirkja,
film music, Star Wars and more
9. 7. Hörður Áskelsson,
Hallgrímskirkja
Fjölnir Ólafsson baritone
16. 7. Guðný Einarsdóttir,
Fella- og Hólakirkja
23. 7. Steingrímur Þórhallsson,
Neskirkja/Pamela Sensi flute
30. 7. Eyþór Wechner Franzson
6. 8. Ágúst Ingi Ágústsson
Lunchtime concerts
on Thursdays at 12 noon
In cooperation with
Icelandic Organist Association
Lunchtime concerts
on Wednesdays at 12 noon
Schola cantorum
Hallgrimskirkja Chamber Choir
13. 6. 12 noon Björn Steinar Sólbergsson,
& 14. 6. 5 pm Hallgrímskirkja
20. 6. 12 noon Iveta Aphalna, world famous concert
& 21. 6. 5 pm organist, Latvia
27. 6. 12 noon James B. Hicks, Norway
& 28. 6. 5 pm / Virginia Hicks USA soprano
4. 7. 12 noon Elżbieta Karolak, Poland
& 5. 7. 5 pm
11. 7. 12 noon Hörður Áskelsson, Music Director of
& 12. 7. 5 pm Hallgrimskirkja
18. 7. 12 noon Dexter Kennedy, USA, Winner of
& 19. 7. 5 pm Chartre Int. Organ Competition 2014
25. 7. 12 noon Janos Kristofi, Hungary
& 26. 7. 5 pm
1. 8. 12 noon Lára Bryndís Eggertsdóttir, Iceland
& 2. 8. 5 pm
8. 8. 12 noon Andreas Liebig, Basel Münster,
& 9. 8. 5 pm Switzerland
Weekend concerts
Saturday at 12 noon and Sunday at 5 pm
with international concert organists
32 The Reykjavík GrapevineIssue 10 — 2015MUSIC
Two weeks ago, the third All Tomor-
row’s Parties festival at the former
NATO base in Keflavík rocked a large
part of our world. Some of our favourite
moments included the cult-like post-
rock of Godspeed You! Black Emper-
or, the strange lute-proggers Xylouris
White chanting mantras in tongues,
and The Field blasting hypnotic ambient
techno for way too many people at the
end of Friday night.
In the Icelandic department, Pink Street
Boys created a mosh pit in a movie the-
ater and Kiasmos released a beast bass
with a neo-classical twist right at the end
of the festival in Atlantic Studios. While
not a highlight, it was also pretty weird
when an absolutely wasted gentleman at
the Officers’ Club pulled out a fire ex-
tinguisher during a great DJ set, turning
the club into what looked like Baghdad
in three seconds, and leaving the venue
out of action for the rest of the weekend.
But our real highlights came in the form
of one old act, and one brand-new. The
first arrived on Thursday in the form of
leather lizard and grandfather of punk,
Iggy Pop. His voice hasn’t aged at all,
and he plowed through “The Passenger”
and “Lust for Life” with the hormonal
rage of a horny teenager. Every single
person in Atlantic Studios that night was
his dog.
The second highlight came late on Sat-
urday night at the sit-down venue An-
drew’s Theater. The experimental rap trio
Clipping kept the whole venue standing
and jumping to abstract noise beats and
light-speed rapping—more than reminis-
cent of Andre 3000 and Saul Williams.
We sincerely hope for the continuation
of the festival since it was an immense
all-around musical joyride.
On to the next big event of the month.
LungA festival is held in the east of Ice-
land in Seyðisfjörður from July 12-19. The
festival will end with a grand concert on
July 18 with an all-star lineup of Sykur,
Grísalappalísa, Reykjavíkurdætur,
dj. flugvél og geimskip, and Sturla
Atlas—as well as the first ever concert
from the mighty and mysterious Gangly,
whose videos we premiered on our site
straum.is back in December.
Speaking of mysterious acts, we've been
listening to a curious EP that got mailed
to us this week, called 'Vald' (“power”),
by a band of the same name. It’s a jazz-
themed electronic album influenced (in
the act's own words) by Erik Satie and
Jon Hopkins. It’s a really interesting
take on the genre—but don’t just take
our word for it. You can stream the whole
thing now at http://valdmusic.jimdo.com
Óli Dóri and Davíð Roach documenting
the local music scene and helping
people discover new music at straum.
is. Straumur is associated with the radio
show Straumur on X977, which airs
every Monday evening at 23:00.
This month continues to play host to a number of com-
pletely kickass music events across Iceland. If you’re
new in town, let’s catch up.
Photos
Johanna Persson
Words
Davíð Roach Gunnarsson & Óli Dóri
STRAUMUR
Spotlight On
Festivals
Music In Brief: July 1 – 14
Straumur radio show airs
Mondays on X977 at 23:00
Straumur www.straum.is