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Iceland (1999 – present)
Once described as “frequently mesmerizing, seamlessly interwoven combination of electronica and ambient guitar…” by the legendary Wire magazine. Stafrænn Hákon has indeed through the last 10 years been described as a mix of Post-Rock, Lo-Fi, Ambient Guitar & Electronica. The Icelandic born Ólafur Josephsson has been recording music since 1999 under the name Stafrænn Hákon (sometimes stafraenn hakon, stafrann hakon) which has often confused the media, due to the confusing Icelandic origin.
Late in 2005 and Stafrænn Hákon is hard at work on his 5th album entitled “Gummi”. Ólafur drives up to the countryside in Iceland to meet up with his friend Lárus Sigurðsson in a church to record harps into the opening song of “Gummi”. Still there is no sign of any elf or a ghost there, the reason is simple, and there is no such thing. The delicate and subtle sound of Lárus harps spread over crunchy ambient guitars in opening tones of “Járn” and make the song one of the most complete songs Ólafur has ever written. The more acoustic alive sound on the album can be clearly heard when Birgir Hilmarsson of Blindfold and Ampop plays the last notes on the harmonium as he stands up and exits the studio in the closing track “Veggur”. The climax of the song comes with Birgir singing harmony vocals over the enormous guitar layers and crunchy drums from Daniel Lovegrove (aka Dialect).
Late in 2005 and Stafrænn Hákon is hard at work on his 5th album entitled “Gummi”. Ólafur drives up to the countryside in Iceland to meet up with his friend Lárus Sigurðsson in a church to record harps into the opening song of “Gummi”. Still there is no sign of any elf or a ghost there, the reason is simple, and there is no such thing. The delicate and subtle sound of Lárus harps spread over crunchy ambient guitars in opening tones of “Járn” and make the song one of the most complete songs Ólafur has ever written. The more acoustic alive sound on the album can be clearly heard when Birgir Hilmarsson of Blindfold and Ampop plays the last notes on the harmonium as he stands up and exits the studio in the closing track “Veggur”. The climax of the song comes with Birgir singing harmony vocals over the enormous guitar layers and crunchy drums from Daniel Lovegrove (aka Dialect).
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Skvettir Edik Á Ref
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Ventill / Poki (advanced promo)
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Veggur
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Glussi
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Hausi
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Rjúpa
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Kvef
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Þurr Þurr
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Tætir Rækju
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blek
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vogor
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unnar
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Shoutbox
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asia_23_03 wrote:
where can I find his music, it isn't accessible in my country:(
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TrevorCold wrote:
apenas descubro este artista y me encanta.
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mirceapanait wrote:
ummm....pale saints, my bloody valentine, cocteau twins, love spirals downwards, slowdive, chapterhouse, ride........for god's sake, iceland man ? learn your fucking shoegaze/dreampop/ambiental/ethereal music people and stop shitting about with middle-class rich kids from iceland that barely know to play music !
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Hiigg wrote:
i love it <3
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carsandtrains wrote:
wow, out of nowhere
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theangsteffect wrote:
beautiful.
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vAlvonaUta_x wrote:
♥
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liegewiese wrote:
We hate official artist images because they're often ugly
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kamszi wrote:
<3
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AsliBayrak wrote:
♥ ethereal
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Gabi_I wrote:
Iceland has such an amazing music scene
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Saint_Si wrote:
This music is simply jaw dropping. So so beautiful. Thank you lastfm!!
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armedwithcolor wrote:
awesome! anyone know where i can find lyrics for this band?
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deanimate wrote:
Awesome music :)
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eud_1558 wrote:
HAPPY BIRTHDAY ICELAND !!!
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xgeorgx wrote:
http://www.last.fm/group/Nordische-Musik.de
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dalia_reznor wrote:
recommended by last.fm & now i'm in love.
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Hohohoo wrote:
woohoo. new album this year. i hope. i'm ready to fly over the clouds again.
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ndenatasha wrote:
i love <3
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TheEndIsNigh16 wrote:
One of the best artists I've heard in awhile~
Videos
Featured Tracks
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Járn full track | 8:28 |
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vetur full track | 7:00 |
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Glussi full track | 4:30 |
Events
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Jan
26
Stafrænn Hákon
TBA, Praha, Czech Republic
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Jan
27
Stafrænn Hákon
Firlej, Wrocław, Poland
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| 21 attendees
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Jan
28
Stafrænn Hákon
NBI, Berlin, Germany
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| 21 attendees
News
Europe Tour January 2010
5 Nov 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/shakon
Hello there. Stafrænn Hákon will hit the road in January 2010 to Europe for the first time. With IT´S OK BOOKING, Stafrænn Hákon will play with a full band. Here are the tourdates so far (stil...
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7 Apr 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/shakon
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Recent Activity
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acezee2, blueakvarel, Kieselschweig and 2 other people added Stafrænn Hákon to their libraries. 5 hours ago
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toolrockt tagged Stafrænn Hákon with ‘experimental’. Sunday evening
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Cat_attack, donelaitis, Noerdi and 3 other people added Stafrænn Hákon to their libraries. Sunday evening
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handstandsdame tagged Stafrænn Hákon with ‘icelandic’. Friday afternoon
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lovekameal, shernameerland, Lolupop and 9 other people added Stafrænn Hákon to their libraries. Friday morning
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leszek_wro added Stafrænn Hákon to the lineup of Stafrænn Hákon at Firlej. last week
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boyan242 tagged Stafrænn Hákon with icelandic. last month
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albert_fischer tagged Stafrænn Hákon with ambient, post-rock and icelandic. last month
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