Reykjavík Grapevine - 28.08.2015, Qupperneq 49

DINNER
6 COURSE MENU
STARTS WITH A “REFRESHING“ SHOT
OF THE NATIONAL SNAPS BRENNIVÍN
FOLLOWED BY A BITE-SIZED TASTE OF PUFFIN
OCEAN PERCH
Slow cooked ocean perch, beetroot purée, spicy
butter, serrano ham, beetroot
MINKE WHALE
Shallot vinaigrette, crispy Jerusalem artichokes
SEA TROUT
Yuzu mayo, truffle mayo, crispy quinoa, apple
PLAICE
Samphire, green asparagus, blood orange, lime beurre blanc
RACK OF FREE RANGE ICELANDIC LAMB
Lamb fillet, leeks, pickled onions, browned celeriac, baked
carrots, spinach and dill cream
Dessert by pastry chef Axel Þ.
CHOCOLATE ROSE
Chocolate mousse, raspberry gel, Sacher layer
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classical cuisine
When we’re in a position of having left-
over money, it all goes to the interna-
tional artists, to pay for their trips. We
make the participating artists aware of
the fact that we might not be able to pay
for all of their travels, but they get the
chance to experience meaningful face-
to-face networking, which is important
to them. This year we’ve got the cura-
tors from Hamburg and Cologne in at-
tendance, who also run other festivals.
There are thus several opportunities for
artists to make important connections
for the future.
With the festival, we do our best
to break even—we don’t have much in
terms of financial support, but it some-
how always works. The modus operan-
di is just to cover costs. It’s not always
easy, but we don’t want to make it a tick-
eted event.
Right now
Has the festival always been
acoustic exclusive?
Well, most of the artists are acoustic
artists, but it’s not limited to that. We
have some bands that are performing
stripped-down sets—like this outfit
from the UK called Spaceships are Cool,
who usually play glitzy electro music
with a hundred thousand instruments.
They still have an element of that, but
they do sort of minimalize their sets,
and we encourage bands to do that. And
then there’s also Hemúllinn…
Yeah, I was going to say, Hemúl-
linn is not exactly “acoustic.”
No, not at all, but he’s a passionate song-
writer, and I guess we want to encour-
age those kinds of people to join us. We
like having the flexibility of being able
to invite who we want to!
What is it about the festival that
makes you keep coming back to
it?
There’s this sense of effortless joy that
comes with it. There’s something about
community that’s really powerful, that
I wasn’t aware of when I was younger.
You just get these little magic pockets
where you feel like time is suspended,
where you have the full attention of a
hundred people at once. I’m very inter-
ested in those kinds of environments,
but then again I’m a hippie at heart, so
there’s that.
MUSIC
FESTIVAL
Lineup
August 28
Café Rosenberg
21:00 - Svavar Knútur
21:30 - Torben Stock (DE)
22:10 - Bram Van Langen (NL)
23:00 - Hello Piedpiper (DE)
23:50 - Poems for Jamiro (DE)
00:40 - Spaceships are Cool (UK)
August 29
Loft Hostel
16:00 - Eggert Einer Nielson
16:40 - Rebekka Sif
17:20 - Sveinn Guðmundsson
18:00 - Mantra
18:40 - Helgi Valur
19:20 - Torben Stock (DE)
20:00 - Hello Piedpiper (DE)
20:40 - Poems for Jamiro (DE)
Café Rosenberg
21:30 - Lori Kelley (US)
22:10 - Meadows Ever Bleeding (SE)
23:00 - Ava (NO)
23:50 - Charlie Rauh (US)
00:30 - Hemúllinn
August 30
Loft Hostel
16:00 - Friday Night Idols
16:40 - Anna Helga
17:20 - Simon Vestarr
18:00 - One Bad Day
18:40 - Owls of the Swamp (AU)
19:20 – Næmi
20:00 - Insol
20:40 - Hinemoa
21:20 - Meadows Ever Bleeding (SE)
22:00 - Myrra Rós