Reykjavík Grapevine - 02.02.2018, Page 31

Music
TRACK BY TRACK
Various Artists -
Myrkfælni 2
“This track is about blood donation,
mucus shit and burning alive. We’re nice
people though.”
Myrkfælni is a magazine about
the Icelandic underground music
scene. Their second compilation,
available as a download and cas-
sette, features everything from
hardcore to hip hop—”something
for everyone to both love and hate,”
they say. Here’s what each artist
had to say about their contribution.
Lafði Lútra
World Narcosis: This is probably
World Narcosis' most 'fun' song. It
earned the working title "Celestine
lagið" for its headbangable parts,
further emphasised by getting the
singer of said band to do guest vo-
cals.
Sea Creature
IDK IDA: The only song I’ve written
about love is a heartbroken one.
Someone broke my heart and
I couldn’t forget her; I was like a
sea creature on land. It’s the first
track I produced in Iceland, on the
floor of Sveinbjörn Thorarensen’s
studio space.

Verslunarleiðangur
Lúin Bein: A tiny little tune made
from scratch in a couple of days
with an assortment of analogue
synths, about a cold, slippery bi-
cycle trip to buy coffee, tobacco
and gifflar.
Bruni
Dead Herring: This track is fast,
short and violent. It’s about blood
donation, mucus shit and burning
alive. We’re nice people though.
HLAUPTU
Salka from CYBER: After playing to-
gether in 2017, we talked with HA-
TARI about making a song together.
Klemens and I exchanged demos,
spending about eight hours in the
studio trying different things. The
concept came naturally since we
all play clear roles in our bands;
Jóhanna and I are the deadly pred-
ators looking for someone to play
with, Klemens is the willing victim,
and Matti overlooks the whole
thing, judging it from above. The
perfect game of tag!
Baby Please Let Me In (For
Christmas)
Pink Street Boys: A song about a
guy coming to his babe for Christ-
mas.
Silverstream
Rattofer: Rattofer is an odd one
who’s not so present in the Reyk-
javík scene. However, he’s spent
many hours somewhere in the dark
with his monitors overheating. If
there were a soundtrack for a high
energy, endless-sleep-deprivation
experience, you’d likely hear his
music rumbling and booming in the
background.
Í blindbyl ótta og haturs
Vonlaus: The endless cycle of in-
ebriation and self-hate; we drink
to escape from hopelessness only
to awaken once more devoid of all
hope.
Action Man
Nicolas Kunysz: A one-take track
made mainly on an old harmonium,
recorded on a cassette four-track.
It came out pretty distorted. On
the tape was dictaphone record-
ings of Maggý, Sólveig and I talking
nonsense in the U-Bahn in Berlin.
Sword and Shield
GRIT TEETH: If you don’t deliver, you
aren’t worth the time. Cops can
suck shit.
Suicide Sisters
Madonna + Child: Two devil sisters
hold hands and sing a fast-beat
techno lullaby about their game
of death.
Holographic Capsules
Godchilla: This track’s working
title was “Snákurinn liðast” (“The
Snake Slithers”). We’re very fond of
long, circular riffs. It accidentally
sounded very motorcycle—hence
the name, a spin on The Capsules
motorcycle crew from ‘Akira.’
Hrævareldar (hrásalat)
Holdgervlar: Hrævareldar are a
phenomenon similar to Will o’ the
wisp: flickering lights seen above
swamps, signifying that a body is
buried beneath, sometimes with
treasure alongside.
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