Reykjavík Grapevine


Reykjavík Grapevine - 14.10.2018, Qupperneq 36

Reykjavík Grapevine - 14.10.2018, Qupperneq 36
Music Acclaimed producer and DJ President Bongo—a former member of GusGus—has announced a new solo record. The re- lease is the third in the LAPB (Les Aven- tures De President Bongo) series—an ambitious endeavour wherein Bongo “assumes the role of producer/instiga- tor/artistic director, tasking some of modernity‘s most revered musicians with expanding their horizons.” This will result in 24 LPs released over the next seven years. The third in the series, entitled ‘Quadrantes,’ is a collaboration between the Prez himself and Óttar S, to be released on September 21st with remixes by Sonic Deception and Yotam Avni. JR The New York Times reported recently that Iceland Airwaves has become the first festival to boast a lineup featur- ing at least as many female as male performers. Airwaves’ effort is part of the global Keychange initiative, which 109 festivals have signed on to, with the goal of achieving gender parity of festival lineups by 2022. According to Iceland Airwaves’ head of operations, Will Larnach-Jones, it was easy to reach their goal: “We looked at people we really liked, and then in meetings said, ‘Do we have enough?’ Happily we always did.” NE Gyða Valtýsdóttir, whose album of reworked classical compositions ‘Epicycle’ met with great acclaim in 2017, has unveiled a video for “Moonchild.” It’s her first original solo work to be released under the new project name G Y D A, and the first taste of a solo album ‘Evolution’ that will come out on figureight this Septem- ber. Gyða rose to prominence as a member of múm, but has been gradually weaving an intriguing world in her solo performances; the new song is a haunting, gossamer-delicate composition that promises great things for the LP. We premiered it: hear it at grapevine.is/music. JR MUSIC NEWS The Architect And The Engineer Hugar expand their horizons Words: Christine Engel Snitkjær Photo: Nat Kontraktewicz Tour See Hugar’s European tour dates at hugar.is or Facebook, and listen on Spotify. Remember when you were a child and the teacher would ask the class, “what do you want to be when you grow up?” You’d quickly answer the first thing that came to mind, be- fore realising that there was more than one answer—maybe you want to become a singer, but also a fire- man. And a dancer. There were so many careers to pick from, so many interesting ways to occupy your time. How could you ever possibly decide? Neo-classical post-rock duo Hugar believe you shouldn’t have to. “I think people won’t just be de- fined as one thing in the future,” says Pétur Jónsson, one of the two members of the band. “You won’t just be an architect or an engineer. Maybe you’ll be an engineer who is also a chef.” Bergur Þórisson, the other member, adds: “For both of us, doing many different things has to do with the Icelandic mentality that nobody can just do one thing.” Many different things Alongside their careers as musicians, both Pétur and Bergur have other occupations. Pétur just finished a degree in architecture, forming the foundation of his future as an archi- tect. Bergur is an acclaimed record- ing engineer who has worked with artists such as Björk, Ólafur Arnalds, and the late Jóhann Jóhannsson. “I think that it ben- efits music-making to work on many differ- ent things,” Bergur re- flects. “Going to uni- versity, for instance, is really healthy and it opens your mind to new things.” The beginning of Hugar Bergur and Pétur have known each other as long as they can remem- ber. They studied music in the same school and were in various bands throughout their adolescence. Hugar began when Bergur was looking after Danish musician Tina Dickow’s stu- dio while she was on vacation with her husband, Helgi Jónsson. Bergur was assisting Helgi at the time, and was handed the studio keys with the words: “You can do anything.” “I called Pétur,” Bergur explains, “and I said, ‘shit, we have to make something happen!’” Since then, Bergur and Pétur have released an album, and given away their music for free through online streaming platforms. “These platforms helped expose our music,” Bergur explains. “The free downloads paved the road for us to go travel and tour the world.” The lyrical narrative Hugar’s music is instrumental, which plays a purposeful role for Ber- gur. “I love how music can express emotions without putting words on it,” he says. “We don’t give our music that narrative of lyrics, where people know exactly what to think and what to feel. That’s a big part of why I do it.” Their other activities aside, Hugar will tour Europe this autumn, and they have singles and videos on the way before the release of their second album in early 2019. They’ll tour as a duo, because unlike most bands with members dedicated to a single defined role, Hugar do pret- ty much everything themselves. From composing to record engineering and playing all the instruments, this intriguing pair re- main a self-contained duo in the true sense of the word. events venuebar & Tryggvagata 22, 101 Reykjavík EVERY TUESDAY EVERY MONDAY KARAOKE PARTY 21.00 / FREE ENTRY STANDUP COMEDY IN ENGLISH / 21.00 / FREE ENTRY 10/8 11/8 15/8 16/8 17/8 18/8 19/8 REYKJAVÍK GOTH PRIDE: „BEFORE THE FALL“ FT. SKAÐI DJS: GBIT, VETRARSORG, MOLE IX, FLUFFYCTHULHU PRIDE PARTY OF GAUKURINN DJS: MIGHTY BEAR, VILLILJÓS DRAG SHOW BY HONEY LABRONX SÓLVEIG ÁSGEIRSDÓTTIR & FRIENDS INLAND SHRINES, ROHT & MORE DRAG-SÚGUR QUEER VARIETY SHOW ON CULTURE NIGHT (16+) SINGER/SONGWRITER NIGHT gpv.is/music Share this + Archives Hugar having a laugh, yesterday
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