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Amiina

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Amiina (formerly Amína) is a string quartet from Reykjavík, Iceland: María Huld Markan Sigfúsdóttir (violin), Hildur Ársælsdóttir (violin), Edda Rún Ólafsdóttir (viola) and Sólrún Sumarliðadóttir (cello).

Balmorhea

1,472,126 plays (85,471 listeners)

Balmorhea, pronounced Bal-moor-ay, are Rob Lowe and Michael Muller from Austin, Texas. They self-released their first album, Balmorhea, in April 2007 and followed up with Rivers Arms in February 2008. Balmorhea have toured the US three times and released a limited edition, hand numbered Tour EP at the end of 2008.

Sigur Rós

57,171,518 plays (1,080,986 listeners)

Sigur Rós is an Icelandic post-rock band. The name is derived from the name of lead vocalist Jónsi Birgisson's little sister Sigurrós. According to their website, it is pronounced "si-ur roas (as in roast)." They hail from the same creative and vibrant Icelandic music scene as múm and Amiina. They released their first ever foray into film-making with their tour documentary, Heima in late 2007.

Jóhann Jóhannsson

1,320,238 plays (70,696 listeners)

Jóhann Jóhannsson is an Icelandic-born musician, composer and producer. Jóhann´s stately, slow-building and hauntingly melodic music, which frequently combines electronics with classical orchestrations, has been quietly bewitching listeners since he released his first solo record Englabörn in 2002 on the well respected British label Touch.

Peter Broderick

1,544,065 plays (79,920 listeners)

Peter Broderick is a musician / composer currently residing in Berlin, Germany, where he is recording a new album. He also plays violin in the Danish Efterklang live band. He has recorded and/or toured with several groups/musicians (Horse Feathers, M. Ward, She & Him, Norfolk & Western, Laura Gibson, etc.

Jónsi & Alex

668,306 plays (61,182 listeners)

Jónsi & Alex are Jón Þór "Jónsi" Birgisson of Sigur Rós, and Alex Somers, of Parachutes. Under the name Riceboy Sleeps they exhibited their visual art collaborations, published a picture book in 2006 and after several years of composing music together released their debut album - again called Riceboy Sleeps - on July 20th, 2009.

Frakkur

95,642 plays (3,945 listeners)

Frakkur is an alias used by Sigur Rós singer Jón Þór (Jónsi) Birgisson to release his solo material. His albums can be found at saeglopur's blog, http://lostmonster.blogspot.com/search?q=frakkur .

Bosques de mi Mente

358,317 plays (30,569 listeners)

This Bio is taken from his website: "Bosques de mi Mente (Forests of my Mind) is my solo project. It started by mid 2007 when, for diverse reasons, I decide on creating music on my own, to reflect some restlessness and feelings that were in my mind. The idea behind “Toy Trains” was rounding my head for some time.