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KREP 048EP
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This is a four-song EP, released as a limited 10" 45 rpm record. These four songs are poured over the vinyl straight from the heart of Withered Hand. Lauded by Rolling Stone, MOJO, and Jarvis Cocker, Withered Hand (Dan Willson) is a member of Scotland's mysterious Fence Collective and his brilliant debut album, Good News, continues to win fans and crop up in unlikely places (Skins, MTV). Dan has toured in Europe and the U.S. both solo and with his band since 2009. Includes mp3 download.
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KRLP 025EP
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The Heavy Experience is an Icelandic 5-piece electric rock group. The Heavy Experience play dynamic and understated music, a blend of saxophone-driven drone, Spaghetti Western and divine doom-blues. Featuring well-seasoned members of Reykjavik's grassroots scene, their eponymous debut EP features two impeccable sinister compositions in a special limited 10" release. Previously only available in Iceland.
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Miri is a band of four guys from the remote east fjords of Iceland. They have been making their strange instrumental post-rock dance music since 2006. With countless shows under their belts, they have gained a reputation as an energetic and playful live band, infamous for their epic, mid-song speeches about life, synchronized dance moves, happiness and peace. Okkar is Miri's first full-length release. Okkar can be described as an instrumental alternative rock album (one song has some vocals). It treads lightly on the verge of being a post-rock album, but without the dramatic gloom often attached to such music. Okkar was recorded, produced and mixed by Curver (Ghostigital). Amongst the guests on this album are a whole brass quartet, Örvar Þóreyjarson Smárason (múm, FM Belfast) who sings and plays the harmonica and Ólafur Björn Ólafsson (Benni Hemm Hemm, Stórsveit Nix Nolte) on xylophone and marimba.
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LP version. Prinspóló is the alter-ego of Skakkamanage's front man Svavar Pétur Eysteinsson. Prinspóló sings about the important things in life, like food and senior citizens. His quirky lyrics and catchy tunes have gathered him some popularity in the downtown Reykjavík music scene and among suburban housewives. Prinspóló has released one EP called Einn Heima and Jukk is his first LP. The album contains nine songs in Icelandic about candy, hips, Spaghetti Bolognese and marriage. "Jukk" is an Icelandic slang-word meaning "everything, something and nothing." Prinspóló performs with a band consisting of members from FM Belfast, Reykjavík! and Sudden Weather Change. Includes one exclusive vinyl-only track, plus a download code for the entire album.
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KRCD 028CD
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Prinspóló is the alter-ego of Skakkamanage's front man Svavar Pétur Eysteinsson. Prinspóló sings about the important things in life, like food and senior citizens. His quirky lyrics and catchy tunes have gathered him some popularity in the downtown Reykjavík music scene and among suburban housewives. Prinspóló has released one EP called Einn Heima and Jukk is his first LP. The album contains nine songs in Icelandic about candy, hips, Spaghetti Bolognese and marriage. "Jukk" is an Icelandic slang-word meaning "everything, something and nothing." Prinspóló performs with a band consisting of members from FM Belfast, Reykjavík! and Sudden Weather Change.
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This is the third studio album from Icelandic progressive guitar/math rock band, Kimono. Easy Music For Difficult People marks a significant change in style for the band, returning as a trio with their first album since 2007. The band, which was formerly a quartet, has been active for eight years and has released two studio albums, one EP and one dub album based on their 2003 debut. At just over 30 minutes and featuring nine songs, the album represents a shift from the "calm before the storm" soundscape (with which the band has been associated on their previous records) to a full-on post-punk album where urgency, darkness and immediacy hold sway. This time around, Kimono took their time polishing their sound with the songs that comprise Easy Music For Difficult People. After experimenting with live multi-track recordings in their studio in downtown Reykjavík, the band recruited Arctic Death Ship engineer Aron Arnarsson and recorded the entire album live over a long weekend in the summer of 2009. Lead singer and guitarist Alex MacNeil manned the post of producer. All instruments, amplification and drums were set up in one space with no dividers to isolate the roaring interplay of guitars from the relentless sonic attack of the drums. The result is an electrifying studio album where the band has attempted and succeeded in bringing its notable live experience right to your stereo.
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KRCD 017CD
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This is the debut album by Tape Tum. The Night We Called It A Day is a collection of nine graceful, hypnotic-textured compositions with ample experimental tendencies. Balancing masterfully between the analog and digital domain, the Belgian brothers of Benjamin and Lieven Dousselaere demonstrate an impressive song-crafting aptitude, enhanced with continental ethics and an evident love for Grizzly Bear, The Beach Boys and Sparklehorse. Soothing soundscapes and acoustic sensitivities injected with smart beats, airy jazz touches and elegant bleeps are the elements that make up the eclectic mixture of Tape Tum's vintage art-pop. Starting out in the rural town of Beernem as an attic project, Tape Tum are now a fully-fledged outfit with a support slot for the legendary post-rock experimentalists Tortoise and a contribution to the Domino compilation of prominent UK magazine Wire in their arsenal. Their cutting-edge live appearances combine sound with film, installation art and contemporary dance and include collaborations with Icelandic performer Erna Ómarsdóttir, visual artist Gabriella Fridriksdóttir and French-Belgian choreographer Damien Jalet.
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This is the second release on Kimi Records for Benni Hemm Hemm. With a move to Edinburgh, Scotland, Benni Hemm Hemm learnt two things: he learned to speak Scottish and that it's just as much fun recording at home as it is to record in the Sigur Rós studio. To practice his recently discovered knowledge, Benni made an EP by himself with his home recording gear, apart from the usual 10+ member Benni Hemm Hemm collective. This EP is called Retaliate and it's a collection of five songs which feature knives, gold, lazy pioneers, confident Talibans, blood-thirsty vampires, Stan-Stan-the-caretaker-man, and last but not least -- blood, lots of blood. This is Benni Hemm Hemm's first release all sung in English -- and with English lyrics, a new sound evolves. Retaliate is home-made in almost every sense. It is recorded in Benni's home in Edinburgh and Benni plays most of the instruments, very important exceptions being the wonderful contribution of Emily Scott (double bass) and Peter Liddle (trumpet & alto-horn). Retaliate is Benni Hemm Hemm's third EP (and sixth overall release) but the previous two, Summer Plate and Ein Í Leyni, have been released in Iceland only.
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This is the first studio-length album from Iceland's hot-buzz electro-dance band FM Belfast. FM Belfast makes joyful electronic dance music interlaced with fun and good fortune, with an inability to stand still or sit. The band started out as a duo on Christmas 2005 when Arni R. Hlodversson and Loa H. Hjalmtysdottir made a song as a present for their friends. What was initially thought of as a studio concept became a live band in the summer of 2006 when Arni and Loa performed at an art opening in a cave on the Faeroe Islands. Later that year, Arni Vilhjalmsson and Orvar Th. Smarason joined the band. In October of 2006 they played their first full concert at the Iceland Airwaves festival in Reykjavik. The band first released this debut album locally in Iceland and have sold 5,000 albums already. This is angular, minimal electro-beats and catchy synths with male and female vocals in abstract, broken English that you will simply not be able to resist on the dancefloor.
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