Festival No. 0001555 · Est. 2002
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- Reykjavik, Iceland
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For the record
About the artists
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Active Child was born on 28 May 1983. Plays ambient, chillwave, downtempo. -
Agent Fresco formed in Reykjavik, Iceland, in 2008. Plays alternative rock, art rock, indie rock, math rock, progressive metal, progressive rock, rock.
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Austra formed in Toronto, Canada, in 2009. Plays dark wave, electronic, experimental, indie pop, indietronica.
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Beach House formed in Baltimore, United States, in 2004. Plays dream pop, indie pop, pop, shoegaze, slowcore.
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Björk was born in Reykjavik, Iceland, on 21 November 1965. Plays alternative dance, alternative pop, alternative rock, ambient, ambient pop, art pop, avant-garde, avant-garde pop.
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Clock Opera formed in London, United Kingdom, in 2009.
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Dad Rocks! formed in Aarhus, Denmark, in 2010.
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De Staat formed in Nijmegen, Netherlands, in December 2008. Plays alternative rock, indie rock, rock.
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Dope D.O.D. formed in 2006. Plays big beat, hip hop.
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Dungen formed in Stockholm, Sweden, in 2001. Plays neo-psychedelia, psychedelic.
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Elephant Stone formed in 2009. Plays indie rock, neo-psychedelia, psychedelic pop, psychedelic rock.
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Esmerine formed in Montreal, Canada, in 2003. Plays contemporary classical, post-rock.
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Hauschka was born in Kreuztal, Germany, in 1966. Plays avant-garde, electronic.
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Hoffman was born in 1977.
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Honningbarna formed in 2010. Plays hardcore punk, post-hardcore, punk, rock.
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Iceage formed in Copenhagen, Denmark, in 2008. Plays art punk, noise rock, post-hardcore, post-punk, punk blues, punk rock.
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JD McPherson was born in Broken Arrow, United States, on 14 April 1977. Plays rock and roll, rockabilly.
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Jenny Hval was born in Oslo, Norway, on 11 July 1980. Plays ambient pop, art pop, avant-folk, avant-garde, dream pop, electronic, experimental, indietronica.
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John Grant was born in Buchanan, United States, on 25 July 1968. Plays alternative rock, folk, folk rock, indie rock.
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JR JR formed in Detroit, United States, in 2010. Plays indie rock.
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Just Another Snake Cult formed on 22 August 2010.
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K-X-P formed in 2006. Plays electronic, krautrock, neo-psychedelia, space rock, stoner rock.
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Karkwa formed in Montreal, Canada, in 1998. Plays indie rock, pop rock, rock.
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Liturgy formed in Brooklyn, United States, in 2004. Plays avant-garde, avant-garde metal, black metal, blackgaze, classical, contemporary classical, experimental, experimental rock.
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Murmansk formed in 2002. Plays noise rock, shoegaze.
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Nedry formed in March 2008.
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Niki & The Dove formed in Stockholms län, Sweden, in February 2010.
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Of Monsters and Men formed in Keflavik, Iceland, in 2010. Plays folk, folk pop, indie folk, indie pop, indie rock, pop, rock.
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Owen Pallett was born in Mississauga, Canada, on 7 September 1979. Plays experimental, indie pop.
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Oy formed in 2010.
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Random Recipe formed in 2007.
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Retro Stefson formed in Reykjavik, Iceland, in 2006.
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Samaris formed in January 2011. Plays downtempo, electronic, electronica, trip hop.
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SBTRKT was born in London, United Kingdom. Plays dubstep, future garage, post-dubstep.
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Secret Chiefs 3 formed in 1995. Plays avant-garde, avant-prog, electronic, experimental, experimental rock, instrumental.
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Sin Fang was born in Reykjavik, Iceland, in 1982. Plays alternative rock, ambient, chamber pop, folktronica, indie folk, indie pop, indietronica.
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Sizarr formed in Landau, Germany, on 3 May 2009.
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Snorri Helgason was born in 1974.
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Soley plays biguine, reggae, salegy.
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Suuns formed in 2006. Plays art punk, art rock, electronic, krautrock, pop, post-punk, psychedelic rock, rock.
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Team Me formed in Elverum, Norway, in 2010.
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Ter Haar formed in 2005. Plays post-rock.
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The Vintage Caravan formed in 2006. Plays blues rock, classic rock, hard rock, psychedelic rock, rock, stoner rock.
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Treefight For Sunlight formed in 2007.
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tUnE-yArDs was born in 1979. Plays art pop, lo-fi.
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Valdimar formed in 2009.
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Veronica Falls formed in London, United Kingdom, in 2009, and split up in 2014, after 5 years. Plays indie pop.
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Who Knew formed in 2005.
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Young Galaxy formed in Vancouver, Canada, in 2005. Plays dream pop, indie pop.
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Young Magic formed in Brooklyn, United States, in 2010.
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Zebra and Snake formed in 2007.
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Árstíðir formed in Reykjavik, Iceland, in 2008.
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Ólafur Arnalds was born in Mosfellsbær, Iceland, on 3 November 1986. Plays ambient, avant-garde, classical, classical crossover, contemporary classical, dance, deep house, edm.
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Ólöf Arnalds was born in Reykjavik, Iceland, on 4 January 1980. Plays indie folk, indie pop, jazz.
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