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28The Reykjavík GrapevineIssue 7 — 2016
Antimony released
a single from their
album ‘Wild Life’,
called “Wait
Around.” The alt-
poppers will be performing
at London’s Citadel festival
alongside Axel Flóvent and Sigur
Rós
Heartthrob Axel Flóvent
recently performed at SPOT
Festival in Denmark, Canadian
Music Week in Toronto and
The Great Escape Festival in
London. He will be performing at
Secret Solstice in Iceland before
heading off to London again for
the Citadel festival.
Make sure to check out Samaris’
new single “Black Lights” from
their upcoming album of the
same title. The album will be
released June 10th and the trio
will be touring in June, starting
in England and ending in Iceland
June 29th at Húrra. Pre-order
their album at www.oli.lnk.to/
blacklights.
einarIndra’s recently released
album ‘Stories’ is more refined
than his previous work, with
a distinct electronic sound
and smooth vocals. He
mixes electronics with vocal
manipulation. Check out
the album on Bandcamp and
SoundCloud.
When did you start DJ’ing?
As soon as I got my first two deck cassette
player/radio, which was around the age of
seven. I'd do experiments and record mix-
es. I didn't touch a DJ mixer until I was well
over twenty, though.

What styles do you play?
I've played everything from Britpop to
techno. It's just a matter of mood and ven-
ue. I mostly play deep house and electro
though.
What's your favourite Rvk venue to play?
I'd say Paloma and Kaffibarinn. Kaffibar-
inn just feels like home, there's always a
friendly face at the bar and on the dance
floor. They serve the best ginger beer in
town and usually keep cookies in the cup-
board so if you’re starving at 4:30 in the
morning at least you have that, a cookie.

What kind of gear do you use when playing?
A few years back I had a regular gig at a
bar in Reykjavík where I played vinyls. I'd
bring two SL-1210, a DJ mixer and loads
of records with me. One night I was driv-
ing, listening to T-Rex and approaching
the bar when I saw the street was closed.
I ended up having to carry everything a
couple of hundred metres, going back and
forth from my car to the bar. When I found
out they were about to close the street per-
manently, I swore I’d never play vinyls at a
bar/club that didn't have their own record
player ever again.
My regular setup consists of a laptop,
audio card, controller and DJ mixer. It's
compact and fits into my backpack while
still offering the luxury of containing my
whole music catalogue. I've used USB
sticks with CD players as well, but I pre-
fer having access to my whole library, you
never know what kind of crowd you are
going to get.

If you were an audio effect, which one
would you be?
That's easy, I'm a Flanger even if most of
my friends like to think of me as a Crush.
What kind of crowd is the best crowd in
your opinion?
The IT Crowd... hands down.
What are your five essential tracks of the
moment?
The first five favorite tracks that come
to mind are “Time” by Pachanga Boys,
“Paradise Circus (Gui Boratto Remix)” by
Massive Attack, “Les Djinns (Trentemoller
Remix)” by Djuma Soundsystem, “Papua
New Guinea” by The Future Sound Of Lon-
don and “Right Here, Right Now” by Fat-
boy Slim.
My current essential Icelandic al-
bums, however are ‘Vulnicura’ by Björk,
‘Silkidrangar’ by Samaris, ‘Komdu til mín
svarta systir’ by Mammút, “Mr. Silla” by
Mr. Silla and ‘CIRCE’, a collection of music
composed for the show of shows by Georg
Holm, Orri Páll Dýrason, Hilmar Örn Hil-
marsson and Kjartan Holm.
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