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Out of Scandinavia: New Indie Music from the Nordics
Ongoing, the first Thursday of each month (except for Monday, March 14, 2011), doors 7 pm/concert 7:30 pm
Concert for May 5, 2011 TBA
$10 ($8 ASF Members)
Out of Scandinavia is an on-going series of uniquely selected musical performances the first Thursday of each month, headlining a myriad of fresh Nordic musicians that features one-off and premiere performances. Through subtle, deft curating of disparate styles, Out of Scandinavia will satiate your craving for innovative and compelling new indie music from the Nordics.
Out of Scandinavia: New Indie Music from the Nordics is made possible in part by the Consulate General of Denmark, New York; the Consulate General of Finland, New York; the Consulate General of Sweden, New York; Iceland Naturally; Music Export Finland; Music Export Norway, and Export Music Sweden.
Special SxSW Showcase
featuring Nive, FM Belfast, & Giana Factory
Monday, March 14
An aural mash-up of melancholic serenades and electro-dance music from 3 up-and-coming Nordic bands bound for SxSW.
Nive
Nive Nielsen is an Inuit singer-songwriter from Nuuk, Greenland. She just finished her debut album nive sings! and self-released it on her label tuttu recordings.
Nives played more than 120 concerts in both Europe and the U.S. since she started playing live in mid-2009 (SxSW, Iceland Airwaves, Pop Montreal, Eurosonic, and Green Man, among others) and won various international awards.
nive sings! was recorded over the course of 2 years in Bristol (UK), Montreal (CAN), Tucson (AZ), San Francisco (CA), Ghent & Antwerp (BE) and in an attic in Nuuk, Greenland. The record was produced by John Parish and Nive with additional production by Jan de Vroede and Alain Auger.
FM Belfast
FM Belfast is a Reykjavík-based electro/electronica group that began as a duo in late 2005 when rni Rúnar Hlöðversson (Plúseinn) and Lóa Hlín Hjálmtýsdóttir wrote a song as a present for their friends. The band was a studio project for some time until the 2006 Iceland Airwaves Festival when the band expanded into a full on live act.
The members now vary from 3 to 8 individuals, with the core of the band made up of rni Rúnar Hlöðversson (Plúseinn, Hairdoctor, Motion Boys), rni Vilhjálmsson (Motherfuckers in the house) and Lóa Hlín Hjálmtýsdóttir. When the stars are aligned correctly the band consists of Sveinbjorn Hermann Pálsson (Terrordisco), Örvar Þóreyjarson Smárason (múm, Borko, Skakkamanage), Björn Kristjánsson (múm, Borko, Skakkamanage), Birgitta Birgisdóttir, Eiríkur Orri (múm, Kira Kira, Benni Hemm Hemm).
In 2008 the band formed World Champion Records. Their first full-length record How to Make Friends was released in Iceland on World Champion Records in October 2008. It has sold over 4,000 copies in Iceland alone.
Giana Factory
Copenhagen-based Giana Factory consists of Louise Foo, Sofie Johanne and Lisbet Fritze. Since 2008 an old warehouse in the outskirts of Copenhagen has set the scene for the creation of this trios unique musical universe - a manipulation of easily accessible pop towards the darker recesses of electro and avant-garde.
They debuted in October 2008 at the popular Copenhagen club, Little Vega, which marked the start of an intense period for the Danish trio, whose current and seductive sound quickly caught the attention of the public eye. After a staggering series of concerts in the Nordic countries, including touring with Scottish band Glasvegas in 2009, Giana Factory has established themselves on the music scene. The growing interest culminated in the summer of 2009 when they played at multiple music festivals, including the Spot Festival (Aarhus), Start! Festival (Copenhagen), and Roskilde Festival.
The debut album Save the Youth was released in Denmark September 2010 on Music For Dreams. The album invites the listener to indulge in a unique universe of dreamy pop that moves on the darker side of electronica and avant-garde.
The album, produced by the girls themselves in cooperation with producer Tomas Barfod is a nuanced exploration of the unique musical vein they first presented on their critically acclaimed EP, Bloody Game, released last year.
Fueled by an ambition to play with the contrasts between pop and melancholic electro-house, the organic and the mechanical, the classically acoustic and futurist, Giana Factorys music is layered and eerily inviting. Led by dark and elusive vocals from Louise Foo, their atypical and almost hypnotic sound has already drawn attention.
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