24/12/05
one
man's gift is another man's treasure
alison goldfrapp
has just released on her website stream versions of múm's remix
of number 1, a track from her last album supernature.
just check the news section at goldfrapp's
site and enjoy the little tinkling bells.
a merry x-mas
18/12/05
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after their asian adventure múm are now back in iceland.
the band’s next concert will take place in reykjavik at the laugardalshöll
on january the 7th. the kids performance is part of a mega concert
that will try to promote awareness of the impact that the kárahnjúkar
dam project will have on the icelandic highlands. a project approved by
iceland’s government that will undoubtedly cause a huge transformation
in iceland’s natural environment.
the line-up also includes, among others, ham, magga stína, zenna
parkins, sigur
rós, hjálmar,
kk, rass, björk,
ghostigital,
mugison and damon
albarn.
more information here:
Stórtónleikar
gegn Virkjanastefnunni
Saving Iceland
the band is currently working on the new album to be released in 2006,
meaning there will be no more concerts until summer 2006. but nothing
is definite in múm:land so there may be some special performances
before that.
just keep checking the website.
until then a merry x-mas to you all and a happy new year.;)
06/12/05
sun-kia
new set of photos (taipei concert) added to the live
photos section. you can see more photos of múm's first concert
in taiwan here.
18/11/05
li ho bo
new concert announced.
3rd december - The
Wall (Taipei-Taiwan)
more info here.
16/10/05
more road business and plenty of new sounds
japanese tour dates arrived. also added a new set of live photos taken at the cologne concert last month.
october will be a month to buy plenty of good music.
animal
collective’s new album “feels”
is released tomorrow (kristín plays piano throughout this record).
fatcat will also release vashti
bunyan’s long awaited new album “lookaftering”
this monday. a fabulous double-whammy.
another brilliant record you should listen to is ktu’s debut cd
"8 armed monkey”. ktu
(pronounced k2) is the new kimmo
pohjonen project in which he joined forces with samuli kosminen (kluster
et múm), pat mastelotto and trey gunn (king crimson et tu).
in iceland 12 tónar
released stórsveit
nix noltes debut album "orkídeur havaí". the
band was founded in the fall of 2004 by nine musicians living in reykjavik
whose interests was to play folk music from bulgaria and the balkan regions
in their own versions. you might find some familiar faces in this band.
;) buy the record here
and download one of the tracks here.
13/09/05
monkey business on the road
some múm tour related news.
adem and songs
of green pheasant will support the band in some of the concerts just
check the tour section for more info.
the kids (actually one of the kids!) have also found a few copies of "asnakjálkar
í apabúningum" lying around and will sell a handfull
of those at each of the six shows (limited quantity per show).
11/09/05
r2 but not d2
kitchenmotors,
among many other icelandic artists, is going to participate in the “reykjavik
to rotterdam icelandic cultural festival” that will take place
from friday the 23rd until thursday the 29th of september 2005.
kitchenmotors
founder member kira kira (aka kristin björk) will release her first
solo record titled “skotta” on smekkleysa
next month. the title refers to “a typical icelandic ghost”.
the album has been described as “minimalist soundscapes formed by
a digital nature force meant to be blown by the wind from ear to ear.”
kitchenmotors is also putting the final touches on their anniversary compilation
and will release it in the upcoming months.
later in november the kitchen staff is going to curate a big audio visual
art exhibition at the "living arts
museum in reykjavik" (opening november 17th).
01/08/05
the lighthouse lifts the sound
new live dates added to the tour section. also
some good news for japanese fans since there might be a japanese tour
in november. more news about that in the upcoming months.
múm are also part of the krútt
festival line-up. this icelandic festival will take place at the lýsuhóll
music hall in snæfellsnes next friday and saturday (5-6. August).
as stated previously this next tour will be a chance to listen to some
of the news songs múm are currently recording in iceland.
19/07/05
sweaty nails and a ok today
six years ago during summer, örvar, gunni, kristín and gyða
recorded a bunch of songs in a tiny sweaty room with carpenters banging
nails around them, but sometimes they put on headphones so they could
not hear them.
“yesterday was dramatic, today is ok” was originally released
on icelandic label thule musik in 2000. after some battling the kids recovered
the rights of this record back, and now morr
music will re-release it (october 2005) in europe and in the usa,
on cd and double lp. the album was remastered by helmut erler a.k.a. hey
from hey o'hansen,
and will keep its original tracklisting and artwork.
coincidentally múm will play the entire album at the "don't
look back” festival (17th september at the barbican in london).
around that same time they will do some other concerts in europe to showcase
old songs and new songs. so far there are two new dates
confirmed.
more dates coming soon.
thanks to mr. morr for the information. check the morr
website for news and tons of information about this brilliant label.
13/06/05
is linear polyphony self-destructive?
i've just added some photos from the múm
meets xenakis performance to the live photos
section.
radio 4 will broadcast
this performance june 25th at 20:00 (CET). a live stream is available
here.
just click on "luister live".
thanks to daniel and stefan for info and photos.
26/05/05
bleeping like there's no tomorrow
the
don't
look back perfomance is confirmed. the concert will take place at
the barbican hall on september 17th.
the good news is that the kids will play "yesterday was dramatic, today
is ok" in its entirety, instead of "finally we are no one". múm will perform
the songs with the help of a live band.
book tickets here.
16/05/05
maybe not looking back after all...
the
"don't look back" performance was removed from the live and news section
since it still needs to be confirmed. keep checking múm:web for more details.
some facts about the holland
festival concert, that will take place on june 11th, have arrived.
that night the radio
kamer orkest will play pieces by iannis
xenakis and helmut
lachenmann, múm will intervene inbetween these pieces with their own
music.
the end of the performance will consist of a new piece created by múm
played by the kids and the radio
kamer orkest.
11/03/05
down from the ceiling drips great noise
it seems a new documentary about the icelandic music scene will hit cinemas
around the world this year. directed by ari alexander ergis magnusson
"Gargandi Snilld" (Screaming Masterpiece) is currently being promoted
in several film festivals across europe. the film features, among others,
múm, björk, sigur rós, steindór andersen, bang gang, mugison, mínus, slowblow,
quarashi, eivör pálsdóttir, ghostdigital, and nilfisk.
03/05/05
some news from the múm camp
kristín
sings on two tracks of mice
parade's new album "bem-vinda
vontade". örvar released his first book in iceland, "úfin,
strokin". the 96 pages book by örvar der alte can be bought on smekkleysa
(it is only available in icelandic). the kids created a "stop hearting
mix" for emiliana
torrini's next single "heartstopper".
21/03/05
múm meets xenakis
ever
wondered how the mixture of iannis
xenakis sound sculptures with múm's music would sound like?
well... some lucky people will have the chance to listen to this experiment
june 11th at the holland
festival 2005 in amsterdam. more information about this performance
here.
05/03/05
million beens thrown out of windows
poet
and writer andri
snær magnason finally created is own website. learn more about andri's
plays, poems and books here.
múm's collaborations with andri include the music they composed
for the plays "blue planet" and "nature's opera".
31/01/05
they removed all trace that anything had ever happened
here you show no emotion at all
hood
were confirmed today as the second guest act to play at múm's shepherds
bush empire concert.
30/01/05
con il rossetto rosso più fiero sulle miei labbra
emiliana
torrini will be one of the guest acts playing at múm's london concert
next month.
emiliana will present songs from her brand new album "fisherman's
woman" released this monday (January 31st). samuli "cosmic boy" kosminen
collaborates on some of the tracks of the album. more news about the album
here.
24/01/05
it's recuerdo time
the
live photo section is finally updated with
photos from the "summer make good 2004 tour" concerts. thank
you to all the people that sent pics in.
a new live date was announced this week. múm will play in london at the
shepherds
bush empire (february 28th) right after their appearance at all
tomorrow parties weekend. tickets are already on
sale.
03/01/05
purgatory part 2 : the son
gallery
boreas in new york (brooklyn) presents a selection of young artists
from iceland, israel, germany and denmark who will interpret contemporary
themes within the ongoing curatorial trilogy. among the constructs of
the project is the inclusion of three bands from iceland, which will perform
at the opening and at the pre-opening and after-opening events.
featured artists: bryndis ragnarsdottir, orn helgason, deville yoel cohen,
geirthrudur finnbogadottir hjorvar, ditte lyngkaer pedersen, ingirafn
steinarsson, marcus hinterthur & snorri asmundsson.
featured bands: skakkamanage,
benni
hemm hemm & reprasenSItive
man
örvar from múm is part of reprasenSItive man along with oli
and hildur. these three icelandic bands are part of the signal
in the heavens project. see all heaven pointing fingers here.
jan 6: piano's, 158 ludlow st. door: 7.30pm
jan 7: gallery boreas, 133a roebling st, williamsburg. opening: 7-10pm
jan 7: galapagos, 70 north 6th street , williamsburg.
after-opening-event: midnight-3am