01/02/02
Turning Russian.
múm will provide the score to the silent film Battleship
Potemkin. This classic was directed by Sergei Eisenstein in 1925 and
is considered one of the best films ever made. Edmund Meisel and Dmitri
Shostakovich did the original score that accompanied the film; this time
múm will create the music for it. This performance will be held in Reykjavik
on February the 8th. More information here.
24/01/02
A randomsummer on the web.
múm and Semiconductor are working on a web project at the moment. The
Semiconductor team is known for making films out
of sound and music. Learn more about them here.
Further news about this project as it unfolds.
23/01/02
Turning Japanese. The first Japanese website dedicated to múm is online.
The broken
string is run by gomora. Japanese fans can also buy the domestic release
of "Yesterday was dramatic...". The cd is out on P-vine records and includes
no bonus tracks.
08/01/02
Finally múm are no one.
The follow up to Yesterday was dramatic, today is ok is set to be released
this spring (April/May) on Fatcat records. The new album, Finally
we are no one, was recorded with
a little help from Samuli “Son of Yoda” Kosminen on drums, pots, pans,
water, dingldangls and floor scraping. Valgeir
Sigurdsson one of Iceland’s top programmer/engineer also participates
on múm’s new album. Valgeir’s work can be heard on Björk’s most recent
album Vespertine. The first single to be released from, Finally we are
no one, is called green grass of tunnel.
The 7” and 3” will be available around March 2002. No remixes are planned
for this single but fans can expect a video. The Finally we are no one
promotional tour will start around May and will spread múm’s music all
over the planet.
over and out.
08/01/02
A mystery is solved or maybe not:
Many fans ask themselves why are Gyda and Kristín on the cover of Belle
and Sebastian’s album, Fold your hands child, you walk like a peasant.
Apparently not even múm know the real reason. Gyda and Kristín are acquainted
with some of the B&S band members and Stuart Murdoch decided to take a
photo of both girls and use it for the album cover. Friendship does wonders.
:) Simple as that.
07/01/02
2001 reviewed by Brainwashed:
Album of the year:
1 - Radiohead - Amnesiac
20 - múm - Yesterday Was Dramatic, Today Is OK
Fave remix:
1 - 808 State - Flow Coma - Remix by AFX
8 - múm - Please Smile My Spring Reverb AMX - remix by Uwe Zahn
Most amusing song/album title:
1 - Cex - Florida (Is Shaped Like A Big Droopy Dick For A Reason)
4 - múm - Please Smile My Noise Bleed
New act of the year (band or solo artist):
1 - Explosions In The Sky
5 - múm
Who will break big next year?
1 - Cex
6 - múm
03/01/02
Some fresh news for 2002:
múm are currently helping Erlend Øye (Kings
of Convenience) on his solo album and fans can also expect a new collaboration,
this time a remix done for the French band M83. múm remixed the song “Violet
Tree” and this track will be part of “Gooom Tracks Vol.2” a compilation
set to be released later this year on Gooom
records.
21/12/01
The intro article is online and
some new photos can be found on the photos section.
07/12/01
The BBC Radio 1 Session with múm is finally online. You can download it
here. Many
thanks to Olivier Gauwin and Lunargirl.
Tracklist:
1 - The Land Between The Solar Systems
2 - Behind Two Hills, A Swimming Pool
3 - Asleep On a Train
4 - If Ever You Didst Find
5 - Please Sing My Spring Reverb
09/11/01
A small sample of Hufeland
is available for your listening pleasure. This track will be part of "Vertical
Forms". Read more about this compilation here. To download the song just
right click on the title and then choose "save as...". Enjoy! Big thanks
to Mark at Vertical Form Records.
05/11/01
múm finished the recording sessions of their forthcoming album and will
start the mixing process this week.
04/11/01
More music from and with múm is on its way. Kitchenmotors
is about to release Nart Nibbles, a compilation
that documents the musical experiments done in Iceland over the last 3
years as part of the Kitchenmotor nights. múm collaborate once again with
músíkvatur on the track, "Thurrki Thurrk". Örvar and Gyda also participate
on the Helvetis Symphony no.1 for 13 electric guitars.
04/11/01
Sony ad: The music ("I'm 9 today") on the new Sony ad in the U.S.A., was
used by the company in question with the permission of TMT records. TMT
owns the rights to the songs on "Yesterday was dramatic..." and once again,
as they did with the remix album, decided to go ahead on this matter without
consulting the band.
04/11/01
Check BBC
online to learn more about Reykjavik's Underground scene.
31/10/01
Read more about Hufeland,
múm's new track for the next Vertical Form Records compilation. Big thank
you to Mark at Vertical Records.
Press: Two new interviews available. An interview from Vibrations
magazine (French only) and an online interview at insound.
Click and read.
The european tv channel "arte" dedicated an entire evening to Reykjavik
on their "Europe Attitudes" series. A documentary featuring múm's music
was aired. Here you can see an interview with Solveig Anspach the director
and catch some snippets from the documentary. It's only available in the
French version.
Listen to samples
from Please Smile my Noise Bleed. Courtesy of brainwashed.com.
The lighthouse adventure:
múm have been busy recording their new album. Part of the recording was
done in a lighthouse in the northwest of Iceland. múm were surrounded
by nature and the only way to get in the “studio” was by helicopter or
rubber boat. The second proved to be quite unstable and made múm better
sailors for sure. According to insiders Kristín got lost on the mountains.
Don’t worry! She got back safe and sound. The recording became an adventure,
involving motors and old generators breaking down, flames coming from
an exhaust pipe and promptly extinguished by Fatcat’s fireman Jamie.
múm are now back in town and will continue the recording of their new
album with a little help from Finish drummer Samuli Kosminen.
News on the remix front: múm remixed a French band called M83. The remix
will be out on gooom
records. múm consider this remix as one of the best they have done
so far.
The morr remix album, Please Smile my Noise Bleed, will be out in October.
Here is the track list:
1:on the old mountain radio
2:please sing my spring reverb
3:please sing my spring reverb (stryromix by styrofoam)
4:please sing my spring reverb (caetena mix by i.s.a.n.)
5:flow not so fast old mountain radio
6:please sing my spring reverb (phonem mix)
7:on the old mountain radio (christian kleine mix)
8:please sing my spring reverb (amx mix)
9:please sing my spring reverb (b.fleischmann mix)
Read a review here.
Correct tracklist for the BBC Radio 1 Session:
múm - The Land Between The Solar Systems
múm - Behind Two Hills, A Swimming Pool
múm - Asleep On a Train
múm - If Ever You Didst Find
múm - Please Sing My Spring Reverb
Check this new múm interview. Just go to anewnoise.com
and enjoy.
Want to learn more about, Andri Snaer Magnason? Just click here.
The Thule records múm remix album is out on stores. It contains 9 remixes
of songs taken from the album "Yesterday was dramatic-Today is ok". µ
Ziq, ILO, Traktor, Ruxpin, Biogen and El Hombre Trajedo are some of the
remixers to be found on the tracklist.
múm will be part of another Kitchenmotor Night (22nd June). This time
the band will play in Amsterdam at the Paradiso accompanied by experiMETAL
group Big Band Brutal. This project goes under the name MINI múm BRUTAL.
Some of the songs the band will play in Amsterdam were revealed at a surprise
gig held in Reykjavik on the 16th of June.
Thule records is going
to release a remix album of “Yesterday was dramatic…”. This release is
not, in any way, endorsed by múm and will be released without the band’s
consent. múm want nonetheless to thank all the remixers involved in this
project and say that they do deeply respect the remixers work. Later this
year Morr records will release a remix album and this time with múm’s
official collaboration.
A track called “Hufeland” recorded in Berlin is múm’s contribution on
a Vertical Form records (UK) compilation coming out soon.
Something Finish may have happened to múm! The band has recently collaborated
with a Finish drummer during the gigs held in Finland and is looking forward
to work with him on the future.
Last but not least, a big thanks goes out to Sergei in Russia for getting
Gunni out of trouble at the last minute.;)
múm recorded a live session for BBC's Radio1 show One
World (Thursday 10th May 2001). The show also included performances
by Sigur Rós and GusGus. múm session tracks:
múm - 'Land Between Solar'
múm - 'Behind 2 Hills'
múm - 'Asleep On a Train'
múm - 'If Ever You Didst Find'
múm - 'Please Sing My Spring'
American band figurine
and Slag Boom Van
Loon (µ-zik+Speedy J) have both requested múm to remix one of their
tracks. Múm remixed figurines new single “IMpossible” and will also participate
on Slag Boom Van Loon’s remix album “So Soon”.
BBC Radio 1 aired a show about Iceland's fertile music scene. múm participated
on the show. You can download the mp3 of "Northern Lights" here,
just click on Iceland.
The Kitchenmotors collective released the second Motorlab compilation,
in this album one can find the collaboration that múm did with poet Sjón.
For more details go to icelandculture.
múm are recording their new album with the working title Loksins erum
við engin ("At last we are no one"). This new recording will be out in
the shops in September on Fatcat records. In July Fatcat will also release
the first single taken from Loksins....
Morr Music will soon release Please Smile My Noise Bleed, featuring múm
songs remixed by isan, Styrofoam, Phonem, Arovane, Bernard Fleischman,
Christian Klein among others.
The Ballad Of The Broken Birdie Records 12" remix EP has just been re-issued
by TMT (Feb 2001)/distributed by SRD.
The album Yesterday was dramatic - Today is ok has been re-issued (March
2001) and is available on Thule records.