17/12/04
silently, he pulled down the shade against the shadow
múm
have confirmed their appearance at the all
tomorrow parties uk curated by slint.
the band will perform on weekend one (25-27 february 2005). a limited
number of extra tickets was released this week (slint's atp/uk sold out
last month). more info here.
14/12/04
a slamming x-mas at the opera
múm
will perform along with slowblow and the sigridur nielsdottir experience
band at the icelandic opera
on the 20th of december. this will be múm's last concert this year.
20/11/04
if in belgium grab a bike and
go!
múm
will be part of the etoiles
polaires music festival that will take place from december 1st until
december 9th at the arts centre vooruit in ghent. the band will perform
for the second time this year the music they composed for the radio play
"svefnhjólið" ("sleepingwheel").
the band members will also take part in some other concerts during the
festival, namely, the slowblow and sigridur nielsdottir band concerts
and also the helvitis microphonia performance.
other icelandic acts participating in the festival are: jaguar,
kira kira, mugison, apparat organ quartet, trabant,
glow, johann johannson, skuli sverrisson, hilmar
jensson & band, erna omarsdottir, marta hrafnsdóttir,
stafrann hakon, kippi kaninus and eberg, among others.
to see the full line-up, details, and listen to some music clips click
here.
18/10/04
suscipe laudem!
jóhann
jóhannsson has just released a new album called "virðulegu forsetar".
this is jóhann's second album for touch
music, after the highly acclaimed "englabörn". "virðulegu forsetar"
contains one hour-long piece for 11 brass players, percussion, electronics,
organs and piano. it is presented as an ordinary stereo cd and as a dvd-audio
with a high resolution 5.1 surround mix. the piece had its live debut
in hallgrimskirkja, a large church in reykjavik and the city's towering
edifice, and was named "the most memorable musical event of 2003" in iceland's
leading newspaper.
badtaste is
also selling "dis" a soundtrack jóhann composed for silja hauksdottir's
film with the same title.
jóhann jóhannsson's brand new site here.
kitchenmotors
is preparing some releases for the near future, including an anniversary
album which will include contributions from all kitchen friends and family.
more on that later.
27/09/04
un veló endormi
múm
will perform for the first time outside iceland the music they composed
for the award winning radio theatre piece "svefnhjólið" ("sleepingwheel")
or "un vélo endormi" (french
translation by Gerrard Lemarquis),
at the centre pompidou
in paris on friday 1st october.
the play is an adaptation by bjarni jonsson of a book written by gyrdir
eliasson. the piece won recently the prize for best nordic radio piece.
this performance is included in the two week cultural event "islande,
de glace et feu". more info here.
22/08/04
i spy a cat's eye
múm will finish the
summer make good tour in iceland with two concerts
held at the baejarbio in hafnafjordur on the 28th and 29th of august.
slowblow are also part of the line-up.
the promo video for will
the summer make good for all our sins? is available exclusively at
randomsummer.com.
you just have to look around and find it. next week fatcat's
website will present the video in high and low quality streaming.
11/08/04
we'll spoil the pretty snow that never feels real
múm - dusk
log cd/10"- released september 6th 2004
múm and hey - dreams
never die cd/7" + book - out now
click on the links and listen to samples of songs included on both relases.
a promo for "will
the summer make good for all of our sins?" was produced by studioaka
using live action, photographed images and 3d animation. the video was
directed by marc craste and was premiered at the glastonbury festival.
04/08/04
him et mice parade tour nippon
kristín will be touring
with him and mice
parade this week around japan. here are the dates.
aug 06 Tokyo, Japan O-West (Shibuya)
aug 07 Tokyo, Japan O-Nest (Shibuya)
aug 09 Nagoya, Japan Tokuzo
aug 10 Kyoto, Japan Metro
aug 11 Osaka, Japan Noon
aug 12 Onomichi, Japan Mukaishima Orchid Center
aug 13 Fukuoka, Japan Rooms
DJ Astralblut will also be spinning some records during this tour.
12/07/04
the raftman's razor
the band has composed
original music for a usa short film called the
raftman's razor. the kids worked on the music this spring in both
iceland and berlin. the film has just been finished and will be playing
festivals around the world starting this autumn.
the story revolves around a strange dadaist comic book that pops up out
of nowhere and the two small town boys who obsess over it.
thanks to keith bearden for the info.
02/07/04
telegraphic
kristín talks about
computers, japan, lighthouses and touring in an audio interview recorded
by well rounded radio. the interview is available here.
STOP the new album
leaf album titled "in a safe place" has gyða playing on 4 tracks.
STOP the release of the new múm ep, 'dusk log' has now been postponed
until early september. STOP the kids will play at the fuji
rock festival on august 1st. STOP kristín will play with mice
parade and him on their japanese tour. more info here.
STOP
25/06/04
echo mixer
múm will play an additional show in los angeles on june the
9th at echo on sunset boulevard. the kids will use laptops, turntables,
tape player and some other gadgets in this special dj session.
16/06/04
cause nothing blows in the faraway...or does it?
The band is currently
preparing for their USA/Canada tour. Why?, Slowblow and Kim Hiorthøy will
be some of the guest acts playing with the kids. Check the tour
section for more details.
Slowblow will present their new album (released June the 8th in Europe
and end of June in the USA) during their mini-tour with múm. Kristín provides
vocals to four of the ten songs of Slowblows new self-titled record.
The collaboration between múm, hey o'hansen and metaphrog will be released
by FatCat next month. More info here.
Photos from the European tour will be uploaded soon…
11/05/04
phat kat news
‘summer
make good’ will be available in june as a limited edition 32-page
hard-bound book. including the full album cd, and covered by a dust jacket,
the book will feature the band’s drawings, writing and prints, and will
be limited to just 5,000 copies worldwide.
a new múm ep, ‘dusty log’, will be released in july. available on 10”
vinyl and 3” cd, the ep will feature ‘will the summer make good for all
our sins?’, plus three new, previously unreleased tracks.
randomsummer
will go live in the next few days.
08/05/04
flash und blitz!
I've just added
8 new sets of live photos taken at the dublin,
brighton, cologne, nantes, rotterdam and porto concerts. [thanks to darren,
maeve, aisling, michael, isa, olive, zeb, martjin]
If you have any photos from the concerts please email me.
29/04/04
polish dates confirmed
21.05 Poznan "Eskulap"
22.05 Katowice "Hipnoza"
23.05 Warsaw "Proxima"
26/04/04
kids swim across the atlantic
the first batch
of north american live dates is here.
i also added two new sets of live photos
taken at the oxford and paris concerts.[thanks to griff et eric]
in case you have some photos of the "summer make good tour"
please contact me.
24/04/04
apfelblut und tjald strike again
breezelock
bbc radio 1 - 26th april:
fatcat records
múm interview and mix
animal collective
listen the breezelock interview and dj set here.
you can also listen to múm live @ hotel mozaique here,
courtesy of vpro.
15/04/04
i hope that tonight i'll dream of salty tongues
new record = new
múm:web design by ragnar pálsson @ onrushdesign.
some more news about the special editions of summer make good
have arrived. the limited edition cd with a 32 page book (5000 copies
worldwide) will be released at the end of may. Read more here
and view some samples of the book here.
the vinyl edition
has been delayed until summer due to production problems.
14/04/04
refresh[ing] waves
fear blew somewhere in the faraway now, this fear that had
gripped my breathing when i lay in bed at night. watching the storm window.
i just could not put down my telescope anymore and kept imagining my teeth
breaking. i was having violent dreams where me and the other kids would
commit horrible acts and then run away in guilt. i needed to put down
my telescope, so i walked down to the sea. my boots were full of fog.
lying on a rock i stuck my head in the cold water. from under the waves
that kissed my shoulders, i could hear it's faint bells drifting closer.
But would the summer make good for
all our sins?
06/04/04
bookish summer
our fatcat friends have sent some extra news about the forthcoming
album. summer make good will be available in gatefold double vinyl with
an etching on the final side, and also, a limited edition cd, with a 32-page
hardbound book with dust jacket. both releases will only be in stores
in a couple of weeks due to production delays.
the regular cd will be available next week.
after the european tour the kids will travel to north america and japan.
keep checking múm:web for the live dates.
23/03/04
north to south
the portuguese dates are confirmed. contrary to what was stated
initially the concerts will take place in the following days.
as datas dos concertos portugueses estão confirmadas. ao contrário do
que foi anunciado inicialmente os concertos irão ter lugar nos seguintes
dias.
05 May - Porto - Teatro Sá da Bandeira
06 May - Lisbon - Aula Magna
20/03/04
die gäste
i've just updated the tour dates section
with all support acts that will play with múm on the next european tour.
the polish and portuguese dates still need to be confirmed. keep checking
múm:web for more information.
14/03/04
slowblow
the new slowblow album, in which kristín collaborates as guest
vocalist, will be released in the first week of june. the album will be
mobilé
records first artist release. smekkleysa
will release the new album in iceland and also re-issue "quicksilver tuna"
and "fousque" the albums slowblow released in 1994 and 1996. [thanks to
heiko]
02/03/04
want to know a little more about the new album? check these
two brand new interviews: an audio interview with gunni here
and the interview the 3 kids gave to "the milk factory" here.
22/02/04
say cheese!
i've just added a set of new promotional pictures to the press
photos page.
17/02/04
island ogrum skorid
Erna Omarsdóttir and Johann Johannsson will
perform their duet, IBM
1401 - a user's manual, at the Teatro
Pradillo Madrid (Spain), on 19. 20. 21. February 2004.
The performance on the 19th of February will be broadcasted via internet
here.
09/02/04
from aarhus to zurich!
european tour dates here.
mugison the boy
from the lonely mountain will be the support act in some of these concerts.
29/01/04
will the summer make good for all our sins?
summer
make good et nightly
cares artwork/tracklist online. the japanese edition
of the album (released on march 13th) will contain extra super 8 footage
recorded by the kids in the last couple of years all over the world.
múm will start the "summer make good tour" around mid-april,
first in europe and then the usa. keep checking múm:web for dates and
locations.
a video for nightly cares is also in the plans. more soon...
24/01/04
do you see the roaring sounds?
Blending live instrumentation and electronic / programmed elements,
múm produced a wealth of sonic texture, with instrumentation including
melodica, glockenspiel, accordian, keyboards, trumpet, viola, stroh-violin,
bowed musical saw, pump organ, Chinese harp, and banjo.
With most of the tracks originally written in a remote lighthouse in Galtarviti
in the northwest of Iceland, "summer make good" was then recorded
over a period of seven weeks in an empty weather station / light-keeper's
house beneath the circling beams of another lighthouse in Gardskagatá,
at the southwest edge of the same country. Both were spartan, magical
locations - isolated and surrounded by open seas and rugged landscape.
At Galtarviti, communicating with the outside world entailed a three-hour
climb up a mountain to where they could get a mobile reception, whilst
the band had to cross rough seas in a tiny boat to get provisions.
One night, the boat's faltering engine totally died on Gunni around midnight
in the open sea and he was luckily rescued by a returning fishing boat.
When FatCat's Dave Cawley went to visit the band there, they ended up
stranded for three days and forced into a nightmarish adventure during
fierce winds and a storm that involved climbing across mountains, being
rescued by local Icelandic fisherman, and eventually being delivered back
to the lighthouse by two different (drunken) fisherman who were swigging
a large bottle of whiskey whilst firing shotguns at seals and seagulls
as their boat lurched and rolled in a 15ft swell. Whilst events at Gardskagatá
were far less dramatic, they were no less informative to the album, and
the location itself is audible throughout. Scattered across the album
between the more complete songs, lie a number of dysfunctional / eerily
atmospheric interludes: you can hear the wind, creaking wood, dripping
water and the crackle and click of old vinyl…
Within the building's spartan and peeling interior, the band founded an
experimental and intensely creative atmosphere. With a huge pile of instruments
and equipment dragged from Reykjavik on the back of a pickup truck, recording
locations were set up in rooms throughout the house. Instead of recording
into and manipulating everything on computer, they sought a more physical
/ hands-on process. There are still electronic elements there in the mix,
yet rather than running recorded sounds through DSP / plug-ins, they pushed
them instead through a variety of vintage amplifiers and old gramophone
speakers. Tracks became synchronised between Pro Tools and one inch analogue
tape. The resultant grain and depth of recording is immediately audible
- less thin, increasingly less reliant on digital technology, this album
sounds rich, warm and incredibly deep; suffused with layers of crackle
and hiss. Listen in and the level of accumulated details becomes astonishing
- a wealth of sparkling, heavily layered intricacies that swirl, fizz
and bounce around without ever descending into an overloaded mulch. Combined
with the continually-shifting / sprawling dynamics of the songs, these
fleeting details draw you in and make you want to listen back again, offering
a real adventure for the listener.
more news soon...
summer makes news!
the people at badtaste posted one article with some details
about múm's new album "summer make good". just check
the Bad News on their website.
07/01/04
a title is a title!
‘Nightly Cares’ – the single
7FAT14 / CD7FAT14 (7”/ 3” CD) - single released in march
‘Summer Make Good’ – the album
FATCD26 / FATLP26 (CD / 2xLP) - album released in april