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Jónsi & Alex

685,566 plays (62,305 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.

Sigur Rós

57,413,806 plays (1,084,433 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.

Ólafur Arnalds

2,349,741 plays (126,060 listeners)

Born in 1987, Ólafur hails from the suburban Icelandic town, Mosfellsbær, just a few kilometres outside of Reykjavík. He has immersed himself completely in a world of delicate symphonic compositions generating near weightless orchestral pieces.

Stafrænn Hákon

400,017 plays (57,202 listeners)

Once described as “frequently mesmerizing, seamlessly interwoven combination of electronica and ambient guitar..” by the legendary Wire magazine.

Amina

264,878 plays (45,643 listeners)

(For information on the Icelandic quartet formerly called Amína, please see Amiina.) Amina can refer to either of two artists:

Frakkur

96,448 plays (3,968 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 .

Kira Kira

138,526 plays (12,694 listeners)

Kira Kira is a constant enigma- extremely hard to define and almost impossible to anticipate. As a founding member of Icelandic art collective Kitchen Motors, she has been a pivotal figure in contemporary Icelandic music, composing music extensively for theatre, dance and film and creating myriad sound and film installations everywhere from Beijing to New York.

Kjartan Sveinsson

75,454 plays (6,512 listeners)

Kjartan "Kjarri" Sveinsson, born January 2, 1978, is a multi-instrumentalist who became famous with the icelandic post-rock band Sigur Rós.