Reykjavík Grapevine - 05.07.2019, Side 19

19 The Reykjavík Grapevine
Issue 11— 2019
Words: Rex Beckett Photos: Patrik Ontkovic
In a bright sunlit living room lined with
antique furniture and tchotchkes, a
group of friends are gathered around a
large wooden table, pouring coffee and
delighting over the theme song to The
Price Is Right. More people arrive in
a casual open-door-policy manner,
making themselves right at
home. The seven who are here are
but a tiny fraction of the members
of Post-dreifing, a sprawling music
and art collective that is rallying grass-
roots, underground artists. Incidentally,
they are also igniting a resurgence of
indie rock and weird music in the Reyk-
javík music scene. And they are doing it
together.
Post-dreifing is mainly focused on
creating a platform for young musi-
cians and artists to support each
other and collaborate in terms of
creating music, releasing projects
and organizing events. They operate as
an egalitarian democracy and therefore
do not consider any individual to be the
founder or leader of the group. Although
only a handful of them are here to meet,
they make it clear that none of them
speak unilaterally for the group.
Started with
a bang
Formed in late 2017, Post-dreifing
came together after a crazy concert
called Lovely Great Time in an old studio
space in Grandi. Over ten bands played,
including GRÓA, Korter í Flog, asdfhg.,
Umer Consumer, and bagdad brothers.
They each played a ten minute set with