Icelandic Music 101: Amiina

Here is a pretty long clip we found of quartet Amiina (formerly know as Amina) performing on Icelandic TV about a year ago. Mostly music, but also some talk in Icelandic.

If you happen to be in London on 18 October, you can catch them at the Arts Theatre [map]. They’ll also be in Paris, Brussels and Madrid around the same time.

Amiina: Official Site | Fansite | MySpace | Last.fm

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By » Mývatn: Lake of Ice, Fire, Hidden People, Man’s Harmony with Nature, etc. » Come to Iceland on 15 Oct 2006 at 2:26 am

[…] For the people living around the lake, all that geothermal stuff is as much a part of everyday life as watching Desperate Housewives. Guðný of Reynihlíð, for example, bakes pretty great rye bread, burying dough in the warm ground and leaving it there for 24 hours. Then she tops it with smoked trout from the lake, prepared by her husband’s nephew, Héðinn of Strönd. (And by the way, these are actual people, not actors.) You can find their products in Gamli bærinn, a tavern by the lake, near Hótel Reynihlíð. The taste is great, and it really channels the surroundings; the lake, geothermal heat (yawn) and what my colleague who posted that Amiina video would probably call ‘man’s harmony with nature’. […]
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By Something for the Weekend: The Almost Christmas Edition at How Do You Like Iceland, a weblog by Iceland Express on 07 Dec 2006 at 8:56 pm

[…] More eccentric Icelandic music at Tjarnabíó on Friday night as string quartet Amiina play, amongst other things, office bells and the saw. They record with Sigur Rós, doncha know. […]