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26The Reykjavík GrapevineIssue 6 — 2016
Heidatrubador
The lo-fi experimenter
Heiða Eiríks, of Heida-
trubador, is releasing
a cassette of electronic
music on FALK, out May 26th.
Ultraorthodox
The electronic mastermind Ultra-
orthadox dropped a digital album
on his own label bassnoir last week.
It's titled ‘Alternative History Vol. 1’
and is available on Bandcamp and
Soundcloud.
Quest
The performance art band Quest is
touring Europe in support of their
album ‘Gala’, starting in Germany.
Marco Maria will be documenting
the band for a photography series.
You can follow the tour on Snapchat:
toquestmusic.
Sturla Atlas
The 101 boys are releasing their new-
est track “Vino” real soon, and a vid-
eo as well. After making a name for
themselves with a legendary social
media campaign last spring, they've
dropped two releases to great ac-
claim. Hopes are understandably
high for their forthcoming release.
When did you start DJing?
I was asked to DJ a few times before I gath-
ered the courage to try it out, to be hon-
est. For a while I supplied some of my DJ
friends with music to play every now and
then. In 2012 some friends borrowed my
iPod for an exhibition opening and a girl
who was looking for someone to DJ at a
hip-hop party tracked the iPod owner
down and convinced me to take the gig.
I did, and everything’s been snowballing
from there onward.
What styles do you play?
I started out playing old-school hip-hop
exclusively, but I’ve since broadened my
selection greatly. These days I most often
play hip-hop and R&B dancefloor clas-
sics mixed together with fresh new stuff.
Sometimes I take on pop-music themed
gigs which I also really enjoy, and once in a
blue moon I do soul and disco sets.
What’s your favourite
Reykjavík venue to play?
I’m a diehard Prikið girl myself and have
been going there ever since I even started
going out. I had also daydreamed about
playing there for years before I started
doing warm-up slots in 2012. Now I play
at least one long gig there each month,
usually with my friend DJ Sura under the
name SunSura. We’re playing there next
Friday! Check it!
What kind of gear do you use when
playing?
I use my Macbook pro and a Traktor S2
controller with Traktor software. I’ve been
taking Ableton classes lately and have just
starting to experiment with Ableton as a
DJ tool. We’ll see how that goes.
If you were an audio effect, which one
would you be?
That’s a hard one! Ping Pong, because I’m
all over the place.
What kind of crowd is the best crowd in
your opinion?
I just want to see people dance, the more
dancing the better.
What are your five essential
tracks of the moment?
“One Dance” by Drake, “Enginn Mórall” by
Aron Can,” Famous” by Kanye West, “Panda”
by Desiigner and “Gold Digger” by Kanye
West and Jamie Foxx, it works pretty much
every time.
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