Festival No. 0001555 · Est. 2002
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Where it happens
The details
- Venue
- Iceland Airwaves 2016
- City
- Reykjavik, Iceland
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For the record
About the artists
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Agent Fresco formed in Reykjavik, Iceland, in 2008. Plays alternative rock, art rock, indie rock, math rock, progressive metal, progressive rock, rock. -
Anna Meredith was born in London, United Kingdom, on 12 January 1978. Plays electronic, experimental electronic, modern classical.
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Axel Flóvent was born in Húsavík, Iceland.
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Digable Planets formed in 1992, and split up in 2011, after 19 years. Plays acid jazz, alternative hip hop, boom bap, conscious hip hop, east coast hip hop, hip hop, jazz rap.
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Emmsjé Gauti was born on 17 November 1989.
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FEWS formed on 1 January 2014. Plays post-punk.
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Fufanu formed on 1 March 2011.
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Hermigervill was born in Reykjavik, Iceland, in 1984.
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Hildur was born in Reykjavik, Iceland, on 4 September 1993.
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Hugar formed in 2012.
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IDLES formed in Bristol, United Kingdom, in 2009. Plays art punk, art rock, new wave, noise rock, post-hardcore, post-punk, post-punk revival, punk.
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Julia Holter was born in Los Angeles, United States, on 18 December 1984. Plays alternative rock, ambient, ambient pop, art pop, avant-garde, avant-garde pop, electronic, experimental.
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Karo was born in 1946, and died on 14 January 2026, aged 80. Plays yé-yé.
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Kate Tempest was born on 22 December 1985. Plays hip hop, political hip hop, spoken word.
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Kevin Morby was born in Lubbock, United States, on 2 April 1988. Plays folk rock, indie folk, singer-songwriter.
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Kronos Quartet formed in Seattle, United States, in 1973. Plays classical, contemporary classical, instrumental, minimalism, modern classical, post-minimalism, string quartet.
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Kælan Mikla formed in Reykjavik, Iceland, in January 2013. Plays dark wave, new wave, poetry, post-punk, punk.
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Ladybug Mecca was born in Silver Spring, United States, on 25 July 1973. Plays hip hop.
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Let’s Eat Grandma formed in Norwich, United Kingdom, in 2013. Plays alternative pop, art pop, dream pop, indietronica, pop.
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Lush formed in London, United Kingdom, in 1987, and split up on 25 November 2016, after 29 years. Plays dream pop, indie rock, rock, shoegaze.
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Mammút formed in Reykjavik, Iceland, in 2004.
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Múm formed in Reykjavik, Iceland, in 1997. Plays electronic, electronica, glitch, glitch pop, idm, indietronica, pop, post-rock.
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Reykjavíkurdætur formed in Reykjavik, Iceland, in 2013.
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Samaris formed in January 2011. Plays downtempo, electronic, electronica, trip hop.
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Singapore Sling formed in Reykjavik, Iceland, in 2000. Plays alternative rock, neo-psychedelia, noise pop, rock and roll, shoegaze.
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The ills formed in Bratislava, Slovakia, in September 2008. Plays post-rock.
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The Sonics formed in Bremerton, United States, in 1960, and split up in 1968, after 8 years. Plays garage rock, proto-punk.
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This Is the Kit formed in Winchester, United Kingdom, in 2003. Plays alternative rock, indie folk, indie rock.
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Tim and Puma Mimi formed in Utrecht, Switzerland, in 2004. Plays electro.
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Torres was born in georgia, United States, on 23 January 1991. Plays folk, rock.
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Unge Ferrari was born in Hamar, Norway, on 2 August 1990.
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Vök formed in Reykjavik, Iceland, in February 2013. Plays electronic, pop, trip hop.
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Warpaint formed in Los Angeles, United States, on 14 February 2004. Plays alternative dance, art rock, dream pop, indie rock, neo-psychedelia, pop, post-punk, post-rock.
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Úlfur Úlfur formed in 2011.