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The Legend of Mugison.
(the way I heard it…)
In 2001 Mugison met his first laptop – a used Mac, most likely stolen or over borrowed from a poor philosophy student in Iceland. Inside the laptop he discovered a hard drive filled with songs and the ability to burn songs on to CDRs. Using his acquired ability to burn CDs he came up with a quick money making scheme, sold 70 copies to his grandmother and bought a ticket to London. It was here that Mugison met a man by the name of Joshua who had been living in the streets since he was 9 and supported himself by DJ-ing. They discussed Mugison’s little business and decided that instead of burning the same music onto CDs like Mugison had been doing, they would record their own. Over the next few years, Mugison recorded some tracks. Those tracks came together to make the album, Lonely Mountain.
By that time Mugison met Matthew Herbert who loved his album and offered to release it on his label, Accidental Records. To Mugison’s despair, Matthew also loved the packaging of the demo – a hand made paper case stitched together with a needle and thread. So, Mugison spent the following year stitching 13,000 copies of Lonely Mountain together. On the bright side, Mugison finally had enough money to return home to Iceland. Where he started work on his new record, “Mugimama (is this monkey music?)”.
Mugison moved to the Icelandic countryside, to the West fjords where the sun doesn’t shine for 9 months of the year and you have to work for 14 hours a day in order not to freeze to death. He met a girl named Rúna and they settled in the small town of Sudavik where he built a studio in the garage.
(the way I heard it…)
In 2001 Mugison met his first laptop – a used Mac, most likely stolen or over borrowed from a poor philosophy student in Iceland. Inside the laptop he discovered a hard drive filled with songs and the ability to burn songs on to CDRs. Using his acquired ability to burn CDs he came up with a quick money making scheme, sold 70 copies to his grandmother and bought a ticket to London. It was here that Mugison met a man by the name of Joshua who had been living in the streets since he was 9 and supported himself by DJ-ing. They discussed Mugison’s little business and decided that instead of burning the same music onto CDs like Mugison had been doing, they would record their own. Over the next few years, Mugison recorded some tracks. Those tracks came together to make the album, Lonely Mountain.
By that time Mugison met Matthew Herbert who loved his album and offered to release it on his label, Accidental Records. To Mugison’s despair, Matthew also loved the packaging of the demo – a hand made paper case stitched together with a needle and thread. So, Mugison spent the following year stitching 13,000 copies of Lonely Mountain together. On the bright side, Mugison finally had enough money to return home to Iceland. Where he started work on his new record, “Mugimama (is this monkey music?)”.
Mugison moved to the Icelandic countryside, to the West fjords where the sun doesn’t shine for 9 months of the year and you have to work for 14 hours a day in order not to freeze to death. He met a girl named Rúna and they settled in the small town of Sudavik where he built a studio in the garage.
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Mugimama Is This Monkey Music?
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Lonely Mountain
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The Night is Limping
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Shoutbox
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miespaub wrote:
Totally awesome!
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redevil1990 wrote:
crazy musik
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Kowaqqatzi wrote:
MURR murr Murr mURR
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TheRollingCooki wrote:
nice legend ,nice musik and nice picuturs .I want to Iceland!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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ean_ wrote:
Listening to 47 sec Symphony is like attending a play in a theatre.
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jungybungy wrote:
http://www.intuition-online.co.uk/article.php?id=742 Another look at Mugison's quintessential album 'Mugimama...'
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zmschaap wrote:
I'm awarding Mugison with my greatest band of the eon award. I don't give it out often so you know it's special.
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LucaBrasiXL wrote:
whoa, thank you, Savitare! This guy is freakin' great. Love it. hmm hmm hmmhmmmm...
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Anton4uk wrote:
Oh! I love it!
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DanieltheCM wrote:
Thank you sotamarsu.
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sotamarsu wrote:
Indie means stuff released on independent label and Mugison does so what the hell is your problem? Maybe YOU should stop calling stuff indie that isn't.
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surlesmots wrote:
"I'm not a vegetarian, but I like sitting in the grass."
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Diego_Mel0 wrote:
I didn't like it
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Cary- wrote:
Genius!
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phantomannette wrote:
YEAH I LIKE HIM
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Ardynaika wrote:
Support Mugison and join The Icelandic Rock Artist League
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caffeinewolf wrote:
Lonely Mountain is full of some amazing sounds.
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kurofikin wrote:
Hey people join Mugison's group http://www.lastfm.pl/group/Mugison :)
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olakala wrote:
loved your performance on kexp yesterday
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noddyvantinking wrote:
Absolute torture. I love it!
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Feb
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Festival Super Mon Amour #3
La Cigale, La Maroquinerie, Le Point Ephemere, Le Social Club, Paris, France
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Feb
19
Mugison
Exit07, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
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| 2 attendees
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Feb
21
Mumford And Sons
La Maroquinerie, Paris, France
2 shouts
| 29 attendees
News
I did it -5 Boroughs. 1 Day.. Wow
24 Aug 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/mugison
Hey EveryoneA very BIG thank you to all who came to the shows a few days ago in NY. I loved all 5 shows, it was a musical marathon. I did 45 min shows in each Borough. …
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19 Jan 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/mugison
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AlicjaaM and Crisp_PR added Mugison to their libraries. yesterday evening
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PannaPeggyB wrote about Björk – All Is Full of Love in statystyki nie kłamią.. Friday evening
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Bug80 wrote about Mugison in Top 25 albums of 2009. Thursday afternoon
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IanAR connected Mugison to the group Anja Garbarek. Wednesday evening
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Lyllerh wrote about Mugison in Live 2009. Wednesday afternoon
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troubleking tagged Mugison with ‘neulieben’. Tuesday evening
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Ddomasi tagged Mugison with icelandic, singer-songwriter and indie. Tuesday afternoon
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alabasterman tagged Mugison with seen live and singer-songwriter. Monday evening
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lulu_ppf, schmiel02 and joseffdavies added Mugison to their libraries. Monday evening
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ronnyimwesten added Mugison to the lineup of Mugison at Admiralspalast. 7 days ago
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