Festival No. 0001555 · Est. 2002
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Where it happens
The details
- Venue
- Iceland Airwaves
- City
- Reykjavik, Iceland
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For the record
About the artists
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Adult Jazz plays art pop, avant-garde pop, experimental. -
Ballet School formed in Berlin, Germany, in December 2012. -
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Blaenavon formed in Liss, United Kingdom, in October 2011. Plays indie rock. -
East India Youth was born in Bournemouth, United Kingdom, in 1991. Plays ambient, electronic, experimental, idm, synth-pop. -
Emilie Nicolas was born in 1988. -
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Future Islands formed in 2006. Plays new wave, post-punk revival, synth-pop. -
Greta Svabo Bech was born in Torshavn, Faroe Islands, in 1987. -
Hermigervill was born in Reykjavik, Iceland, in 1984. -
Ibibio Sound Machine plays disco, electro, electro-funk, highlife, psychedelic. -
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John Wizards formed in Cape Town, South Africa, in 2010. Plays shangaan electro, soukous. -
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Just Another Snake Cult formed on 22 August 2010. -
King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard formed in Melbourne, Australia, in 2010. Plays boogie rock, experimental, garage rock, hard rock, heavy metal, heavy psych, jazz rock, neo-psychedelia. -
Klangkarussell formed in 2011. Plays deep house, minimal techno, nu jazz, tech house, tropical house. -
La Femme formed in Biarritz, France, in 2010, and split up on 26 November 2025, after 15 years. Plays acid jazz, coldwave, electronic, neo-psychedelia, pop, post-punk, psychedelic, psychedelic rock. -
Low Roar plays electronic, folktronica, indietronica, post-rock. -
Muck was born in Dresden, Germany, on 19 February 1948. -
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PINS formed in Manchester, United Kingdom. -
Roosevelt was born in Viersen, Germany, on 29 September 1990. -
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Samaris formed in January 2011. Plays downtempo, electronic, electronica, trip hop. -
Snorri Helgason was born in 1974. -
Son Lux formed in 2008. Plays chamber pop, electronic, experimental. -
The Flaming Lips formed in Oklahoma City, United States, in 1983. Plays alternative rock, experimental rock, indie rock, neo-psychedelia, noise pop, noise rock, progressive pop, psychedelic pop. -
The Knife formed in Stockholm, Sweden, in 1999, and split up in November 2014, after 15 years. Plays art pop, dark wave, electro, electro-industrial, electroclash, electronic, electronica, electropop. -
The Vintage Caravan formed in 2006. Plays blues rock, classic rock, hard rock, psychedelic rock, rock, stoner rock. -
The Walking Who formed in Sydney, Australia. -
The War On Drugs formed in Philadelphia, United States, in 2005. Plays dream pop, heartland rock, indie rock, neo-psychedelia. -
Tiny Ruins formed in Auckland, New Zealand. -
Tomas Barfod was born in Copenhagen, Denmark. -
Unknown Mortal Orchestra formed in 2010. Plays garage rock, indie rock, lo-fi, psychedelic, psychedelic pop, psychedelic rock. -
Vök formed in Reykjavik, Iceland, in February 2013. Plays electronic, pop, trip hop. -
Ásgeir was born on 1 July 1992. Plays art pop, folk, folk pop, folktronica, indie folk, rock, singer-songwriter. -
Ólöf Arnalds was born in Reykjavik, Iceland, on 4 January 1980. Plays indie folk, indie pop, jazz.

























A guest 80% for The Knife at Iceland Airwaves 2014 festival, Reykjavik on Wed, 05 Nov 2014
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