SONIC ICELAND - an introduction
Kai and Marcel are fans and bloggers, who used the power of the web to create this portrait: research, financing, live documentation, publication – everything was done with a DIY-mindset. This website combines music, photography and written words into a very personal, yet informing travelogue about Icelandic music in 2010. Sonic Iceland has no inclination of being a complete guide or an exhaustive overview of Icelandic music. It is the story of a trip of two friends to an island up north, armed with camera and notebook. We met many friendly artists and fell in love with Iceland.
Things to know
This website is done with a book in mind. We want this thing printed on paper. But since we also wanted to reach as many people as possible, we decided to do both. First the website, then thinking about publishing a book. This also means for you, if you'd like to enjoy this website in full: take your time. There are lots of words to read, and lots of photos to see.
Pro Tip: Grab a coffee (that's what Icelanders do all the time), and dive in.
Even more things to know
We divided our stories in chapters. One day, one chapter. There's already a few of them online, and we'll add more, one after one.
Interviews
We did a lot of interviews. These interviews have their own pages, since they are full of good words. You'll find them by looking at the chapters.
SONIC ICELAND Blog
We started blogging about this project early 2010. Since then, we documented our preparations, wrote from Iceland as we were there and now it's the place where we inform you about updates (new chapters) and everything related to Iceland and its music. Make sure to subscribe to the blog's RSS-Feed.
Iceland Airwaves – a rockumentary.
Remember that we went to Iceland Airwaves last year? So here’s a nice rockumentary about Airwaves 2011, see if you can spot balding Marcel somewhere amongst the twentysomethings.
AIRWAVES – a Rockumentary from Gudjon VIDEO on Vimeo.
We’re back. Almost.
Hello there, here’s the first blogpost in ages, combined with wishing you a happy new year, belatedly. We again had some other things to work on, so Sonic Iceland lay dormant for a while. First of all, both Kai and Marcel now based in Berlin, which will enormously help with finalizing the online-project and start focussing on getting the printed…
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Sigur Rós: Inni
So, yesterday I sat down in my darkened living room to watch Sigur Rós’ latest optical output, the concert movie Inni. First of all: this is not Heima. No images of the guys playing in Sleipnir’s hoofprint here – there’s no Icelandic landscape at all. The show was filmed at London’s Alexandra Palace in 2008, and it’s completely black and…
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