After playing on the last two Sigur Ros albums (Agaetis Byrjun and their untitled album), the Album Leaf record In a Safe Place and the Efterklang album Tripper, the women of Amina have created some beautiful and engaging music of their own. Known as a string quartet, this release finds them playing to their strengths on Violin, Viola and Cello as well as many malleted instruments, a glassphone and various stringed instruments they picked up around the world.

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Amiina, the four piece female band from Reykyavik, Iceland, have perhaps been best known to date as collaborators with Sigur Ros. They also perform with the band as their string section during live performances, but have been making their own unique music since 2004 and performing as a band since 2005, touring around the world as well as frequently opening for Sigur Rós. They have previously released two limited edition EPs. Kurr is an extraordinary debut album that highlights the bands magical approach t...   [ read more ]

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This is Reykjavik-based composer/producer Ben Frost's second release for the Icelandic Bedroom Community label. Frost first took the spotlight and smashed it to pieces in 2007 with his breathtaking and critically acclaimed release Theory of Machines, which Boomkat called "the future of electronic music" and The Wire called "simply awesome - Arvo Pärt as arranged by Trent Reznor." It's impossible to truly classify where he is coming from musically, but it would be safe to say his fans would also have record...   [ read more ]

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