Iceland Airwaves Day Two
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Residence window display, Bergtaðastræti
We spent the day walking about; we spotted my old blog-pal Auður on the street, giving a tour. We didn’t interrupt her when she was working. The Weaver bought some wool and I went into 12 Tónar, picking up some CDs and the EP/Chocolate bar of JFDR’s:
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I’d say that you’ve really made it when they make a personalized chocolate bar.
A mix of acts today we saw Petúr Ben and Nini Julia Bang at the Nordic House off-venue. Petúr was accomplished but Nina was supernatural, singing her spooky folk songs with help from JFDR and Sóley:
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Petúr Ben
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Nini Julia Bang
Nina’s performance was the highlight of the festival so far:
The evening was a bit of a blur, but here are some pix to give you an idea. The first act we saw was Vicky, I had seen them in 2009, they were a little older, but could rock just as hard now as they did then. The SiriusXM personality, Rolling Stone and Mojo journalist David Fricke was in attendance:
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Vicky
We went over to Iðno to see Ateria end their set, they were just as spooky as they were the night before:
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Ateria
We then bopped over to Fríkirkjan, a nineteenth-century church that was featuring a young chamber orchestra playing divinely:
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Gabriel Ólafs
Back to Iðno, where Gyða was playing with a string section, with the great Shahzad Ismaily on percussion:
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Gyða with Shahzad Ismaily
Over at the National Theatre, the duo Hugar was doing some trippy things with guitar, synths and trombone:
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Hugar
The highlight of the evening was Högni. I had seen him play with Hjaltalin in 2009, this was a whole ’nother thing. A string quartet was, at times, “directed” by Högni from one of the boxes at the side of the auditorium. This gave way to a wild hipster-ish rant about life and time. Very theatrical and musical:
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Högni
At midnight Ólafur Arnalds, neoclassical composer and conceptual artist, performed a series of ambitious pieces that somehow lacked focus for me. Pretty, though: Tomorrow’s Airwaves coverage…
2 Comments:-
jono said...
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Shoshanah Marohn said...
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Thanks for the pics!
No pics of the wool?
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