25/12/02

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11/12/02

I've just added 4 new sets of photos to the live photo section. The pix are from the Lund (Sweden), Poznan (Poland), Dresden (Germany) and Berlin (Germany) concerts.

During the November tour múm had a little help from some other kids. Here is some info about them:

Ásthildur Valtýsdóttir: Singer and Gyða and Kristíns' older sister.
Serena Tideman: Lovely cello player from the USA.
Eiríkur Orri: Trumpet. Eiríkur played the trumpet on both múm albums.



01/12/02

Friends of múm

If you live in Paris you will have the chance to see Jóhann Jóhannsson (one of the founding members of Kitchenmotors) performing is most recent musical creation, "IBM 1401" at the Menagerie de Verre on the 12th and 13th of December. The piece is a collaboration with dancer/choreographer Erna Ómarsdóttir. More info here.

Jóhann is also a member of the Apparat Organ Quartet along with some other musicians that have worked with múm in the past. The band has just released their self-titled album on Thule Musik and will embark on a European Tour next year. The Apparats will perform at the Eurosonic Festival in Groeningen on January the 10th 2003. More dates will follow. The Apparat album is available at Badtaste.



20/11/02

Are you curious to see the 3 new kids that are playing with múm on this tour? Check the live photos section to see some pics taken at the Stockholm concert. The press photo section has also been updated with some new pics.[thanks to Lina]



17/11/02

Potemkin docks in Gijón

múm will once again provide the soundtrack to Sergei Eisenstein's classic film "Battleship Potemkin". The performance will take place at the Gijón International Film Festival (Spain) on November 26th.

You can also download some songs recorded at the Paris concert last June here. Courtesy of Radio Planet-Claire.



06/11/02
"Seasonal Greetings" will hit the stores in two weeks time. múm's track, "Nóttin Var Svo Ágæt Ein", is a version of a song originally written by Sigvaldi Kaldalón using a traditional lyric. The song was recorded by múm in 1999 and included in a limited edition (100 copies) Christmas CD that VPRO (Dutch Radio Station) sent to friends and business partners that same year. [thanks to heiko at mobilé records for the info]

Tracklist:

"Seasonal Greetings": a compilation of 13 Christmas and Winter songs.

1. Low "Long Way Around The Sea"
2. Orso "X'Mas Tomorrow"
3. Morgan Caney & Kamal Joory "Darling"
4. Opiate "Snow Story"
5. Komëit "Atomized"
6. Future 3 "It's That Time Again"
7. Erlend Øye "Last Christmas"
8. St. Etienne "My Christmas Prayer"
9. Badly Drawn Boy "Donna And Blitzen"
10. Hood "Winter Will Set You Back"
11. Domotic "Smith, Klaus & White"
12. Herrmann & Kleine "Catch A Snowflake"
13. Múm "Nóttin Var Svo Ágæt Ein"



02/11/02

Fresh news from the múm world:

Mobilé records is about to release a x-mas compilation titled "Seasonal Greetings". múm's contribution is a new song called "Nóttin Var Svo Ágæt Ein". Other artists included in the compilation are, Opiate, Erlend Oye, Domotic, and Badly Drawn Boy. [thanks to pedro at ananana for the info]

The band has been composing the music that will accompany RUV's (Icelandic National Broadcasting Service) theatrical adaptation for radio of "Svefnhjólið" (Sleeping Wheel) a novel by Gyrðir Eliasson. The play will be broadcasted this winter.

múm have also finished recording the session for BBC's Radio 1 show The Blue Room. The set will consist of "jams, awkwardness and little lost things".

If you have a Live Journal you can be part of the múm community created by Tiffany. Just click here to join it.



19/10/02

I've just added the final dates of the November tour.

Tomorrow (20 October) CNN International will re-run a special edition of their show Music Room dedicated to Iceland's fertile music scene. The show includes features on, múm, Björk, Quarashi, Sigur-Rós among others.

Sunday showtimes:

17:30 Los Angeles
20:30 New York
21:30 Buenos Aires, Hong Kong
23:30 Berlin



08/10/02

Örvar and Gunni will be djing tomorrow [22:00] @ rookie // husemannstrasse 31 // berlin prenzlberg.




06/10/02

See some new photos taken at the London(May 30), Chicago(July 18) and Barcelona (September 21) concerts here. There is also a small video online from the Barcelona performance, just click here to watch it.[thanks to darren, margaret and token@k10k]



29/09/02

Two new exclusive interviews added to the press section. You can also see a new set of live photos taken at the Dublin concert last May.[thanks to tom, darren et paul]

The live section has also been updated with a series of new dates concerning the upcoming European tour. Most of it still needs to be confirmed and changes may occur. Keep checking the site for updates and information.



20/09/02

The next two múm concerts will be very special, since this is the last time Gyða is playing with the other kids. The band will perform in Barcelona (September 21) and in London (September 23). Gyda will also participate in the recording of a Peel Session (BBC Radio 1) to be broadcasted on October the 3rd.

Read Gyðas' statement here.

All friends of the random summer wish Gyða the best of luck. ;)

05/09/02

I've just added some photos taken at the Reykjavik concert. While in Iceland múm also did a special improvised session at the record store 12 Tónar. Samuli Kosminen and Adam Pierce helped the band in both occasions. You can see all the pictures here.

múm have also been busy working on new music. This time they produced one track for Japanese singer Aco. The song will be included on Aco's next album to be released in 2003.



25/08/02

You can take a look at three new sets of photos from the San Francisco and Vancouver concerts in the live photo section. I have also added the "LA Weekly's" review of the LA Knitting Factory concert to the press section. [thanks to steven, debra, jon, julia et steven g.]



18/08/02

múm have just finished the US/Canada/Japan leg of the "Finally we are no one" Tour. The band will now return home and after a deserved period of rest they will do another series of concerts in Europe. More dates and venues will be announced soon.

Meanwhile check some live photos taken at the Osaka and Tokyo concerts here.



13/08/02

New pics, taken at the Hollywood and San Francisco concerts, added to the live photo section. You can also download the mp3 of some kids from múm performance at the ICA in London here. Most of the ICA set is made of experimental tracks but the kids still had time to play a beautiful rendition of "now there's that fear again".



10/08/02

Live photos taken at the Dallas, Carrboro and Minneapolis concerts added to the live photos section. You can also listen to an interview Kristín and Örvar gave "Spinning on Air", a show broadcasted by WNYC Radio, just click here. [thanks to winton, paris, lance, wes et tommy]



06/08/02

Australian street magazine "3D World" published recently an interview with Gyða. On this article she explains the reason why she will leave the band when the "Finally we are no one" tour finishes. múm will become a trio and Gyða will finish her studies at the "The Academy of the Arts" in Iceland. Click here to read the article.



31/07/02

Fresh from the US: Check the live photos section for some pics taken at the New York City and Carrboro concerts, and read the articles published by "The Village Voice", "The New York Times" and "TimeoutNY" magazine here. Italian magazine Tutto published recently an interview with the band, click here to read the article. [thanks to oz, mark, mike, andrew, luca et eddie]



24/07/02

Check the live photos section for some pics taken at the Minneapolis and Toronto concerts, and also read reviews of the Colombus and Chicago concerts. The newspaper "New York Sun" published an article about the band, click here to read it. [thanks to anton, alberto, john, carly et gary]



22/07/02

Listen to the second night of performances done by the Kitchemotors family at the ICA in London. The BBC 3 Mixing it session includes performances by, some kids from múm (some new songs/experiments, and a rendition of "now there's that fear again"), Slowblow and Iceland's latest musical extravaganza Apparat Organ Quartet.



18/07/02

Gunni talks about song titles, cinema and the Sigur Rós remix (from the album "von brigði")in a interview made by Livio Sandel for Megaphone when the band played in Ferrara (Italy). Click here to download the audio file (in English) or here to read the Italian translation of the interview.

múm also appeared on the front cover of Toronto's weekly independent newspaper Eye. Read the interview here.



14/07/02

Two new dates added to the live section along with some new photos taken at the Quart Festival in Norway.



10/07/02

The rehearsals for the US/Canada tour are underway in New York, and this time most of the live drumming will be done by Adam Pierce from Mice Parade. During their US stay the band will also record a live session for BBC's Radio 1 show Blue Room.

múm have recorded a cover version of a Slowdive song called "Machine Gun" taken from Slowdive's album "Souvlaki". The song will be included in the double CD compilation "Blue Skied An' Clear" (entirely dedicated to Slowdive songs) set to be released by Morr Music this autumn.

Check some new photos taken at the Roskilde Festival in the Photos section (live and press).



03/07/02

The Kitchenmotors @ ICA performances will take place next weekend in London. Kristín, Gunni and Örvar will perform a special "...short, kind of improvised, experimental, more than electronic than not, finallywearenoone free set..." on Sunday. Kristín will also be playing a couple of songs with Slowblow and Emiliana Torrini that same day. Check the full program for Saturday and Sunday.

The Batlleship Potemkin US performance location as been disclosed. The event will take place at the Lyceum in Brooklyn.



02/07/02

A new múm fansite is online, this time from Italy and in italian. Click here to see Andreas' website, and while you are there click on the flying múm logos to see photos taken at the Brescia (Italy) concert.



29/06/02

The Ferrara (Italy) performance is set to become one of the most special concerts from the European leg of the "Finally we are no one" tour. Bad weather forced the band and promoter to improvise a stage under the arches of the Ferrara Castle and a magical setting was created. The band performed 3 songs acoustically before starting the usual tour line-up.

See some live photos taken by Simone Grossi and read a review (in Italian) here.



16/06/02

Live photos from the Frankfurt, Cologne and Copenhagen concerts added to the photos section.



14/06/02

New US/Canada live dates added to the live section. Along with the "Finally we are no one" concerts múm will do a special show in Brooklyn on July the 25th. The band will provide the score to a silent film, most likely Sergei Eisenstein's classic Battleship Potemkin. The location will be announced soon.



06/06/02

The first U.S./Canada tour dates have finally arrived, you can find them in the live section here on múmweb. The live photos section has also been updated with pics from the Sheffield concert and you can see a report and photos from the London show here.



31/05/02

múm have just finished the UK/Ireland leg of the "Finally we are no one" tour. Check the photos section for some pictures from the Bristol (UK) concert and photos and a video from the Fríkirkjan (Reykjavik) performance.

Also check Badtaste for an interview the band gave mbl.is, and an interview at www.totallyradio.com on Claire Kember's daily show. On this site, www.mcd.ie, you will find photos from the concert at Spirit in Dublin.



28/05/02

Kitchenmotors is about to start a series of new activities.

The first ever solo work to be released on Kitchenmotors comes from Kippi Kaninus. Kippi's album "Huggun", a mixture of "…organic electronics, nano beats and hidden melodies", will be out in June. To promote the release Kippi will support múm on some of the U.S. tour dates.

múm will also be part of the "New music for silent films" CD series to be released this fall. These events were curated by Orri of Slowblow for the Icelandic Film Museum in 2001 / 2002. múm's participation, to be included in one of the CD's, is the score they created for Sergei Eisenstein's classic film Battleship Potemkin. Other works to be included on the 2 CDs were composed by, Jóhann Jóhannson, Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson, Skúli Sverisson & Hilmar Jensson.

On the live front Kitchenmotors will travel to Spain, Italy and England :

June 14th - Kitchenmotors will be at the Sónar Festival in Barcelona (Spain).

June 1st et 2nd - Some artists from the Kitchenfamily (Músikvatur, Sigtryggur Berg, Auxpan, Kira Kira, among others) will play in Florence (Italy) at the "Vie di Fuga" Festival .

July 5th - Kitchenmotors will collaborate once again with some of the FatCat records artists. This time it is Kitchenmotors turn to visit Brighton (England).

July 6th et 7th - Kitchenmotors will be at the ICA in London (England) doing a two day Festival promoted by BBC 3's Mixing it. Some kids from múm will perform on July the 7th.



20/05/02



he grabbed my thumb and led me away from the accident. there was no point in watching any more, still i was reluctant to move. "we have to go find the others" he said. he never looked straight at me. we walked in the grass, around the shack and down to the stream. for some reason, i had never walked down there before. we went into a concrete tunnel, dark but warm, a part of a noise was leaking from the ceiling. now there was that musik again. he sat down and heard me do the same. "finally we are no one" he said.

-múm



16/05/02

Badtaste announced the release of an Icelandic version (all vocals are in Icelandic) of "Finally we are no one". "Loksins erum vid engin" will only be available on CD and the number of copies is limited. The special version of the album is released May the 27th in Iceland. FatCat will release the english version of the album on CD and Double 10" on May the 20th. Pre-order "Loksins erum vid engin" at Badtaste.



15/05/02

"Too many have people have died and been buried in unmarked graves. This has happened to many of my friends. Where do we place their tombstones? Only music can do so. I am willing to write a composition for each of the victims but that is impossible. Therefore I dedicate my music to them all."

-Dmitri Schostakovitch

Not all is bad news for Icelandic fans after all. múm will take part of a memorial in honour of the victims of war and fascism next Saturday (18th May) at the Fríkirkjan in Reykajvik (by the Tjörnin). The memorial begins at 21:00.

The program consists of the Choir Graduale Nobili, múm, and the Áróra kvartettin that will play Schostakovitch's String Quartet no.8.



13/05/02

The special concert in Hafnafjördur at the Bæjarbíó has been cancelled due to some problems concerning release schedules. This means the first concert of the Tour will take place in Bristol on May the 23th.



11/05/02

múm are currently in Iceland rehearsing for the "Finally we are no one" promotional tour and scheduled a special concert in Hafnafjördur at the Bæjarbíó on May the 16th. Most of the European dates of this tour will have Samuli Kosminen behind the drums.



10/05/02

uni:form has just released the compilation "42 more things to do in zero gravity / part one". The double CD set includes one track by múm, "Smell Memory (Traktor/Trabant mix)", and a brand new mix done by the band for fellow Icelanders Kanada, "Nitro (múm mix)". You can get more information here.



06/05/02

The lovely people at MTV.IT have built a special page about múm. The page includes the green grass of tunnel video and also an interview in Italian. Click on the small yellow TV's to see movie segments of the interview in English. Many thanks to Mauro Santoriello @ MTV.IT.



02/05/02

The green grass of tunnel video will premiere next monday (May 6th) on mtv:new. The show airs at 20:00 CET on MTV Europe and goes out to Europe excluding France, Germany, Austria, UK & Ireland, Holland, Italy, Spain, Switzerland and Poland. The video was directed by the design team Semiconductor. Thanks to Jr @ MTV.



29/04/02

themilkfactory published a review of Finally we are no one. Click here to read the review.



25/04/02

Index magazine interview and photos added. Check the press section. 



23/04/02

"Hear Tommorrow's Stars Today"
múm: A slightly skewed take on the joys and oddities of childhood transformed into sparkling electronica? That’s múm. The Icelandic quartet’s first album, ‘Yesterday Was Dramatic, Today Is OK’, was a fragile, beautiful piece of laptop orchestration. Their new single, ‘Green Glass Of Tunnel’ and album, ‘Finally We Are No One’, are, however, darker affairs.
Ian Watson 20/04/02  New Musical Express



12/04/02

green grass of tunnel special.



11/04/02

Read Örvar's interview for The Wood fanzine, were he talks about grasshoppers, the new album and future projects. múm are also featured on the April issue of Index magazine.



21/03/02

Live section updated with some photos from the Austin Showcase.



18/03/02

1 . green grass of tunnel

7" / 3" CD