múm
| múm | |
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 múm at the Aldrei fór ég suður festival in Ísafjörður in April 2009 |
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| General information | |
| Genre (s) | Electronic music , clicks & cuts , IDM |
| founding | 1997 |
| Website | http://www.mum.is/ |
| Founding members | |
| Örvar Þóreyjarson Smárason Gunnar Örn Tynes Kristín Anna Valtýsdóttir (until 2006) Gyða Valtýsdóttir (until 2002) |
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| Current occupation | |
| Örvar Þóreyjarson Smárason Gunnar Örn Tynes |
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múm [muːm] is an Icelandic band from Reykjavík , which was founded in 1997 by Örvar Þóreyjarson Smárason, Gunnar Örn Tynes and twin sisters Kristín Anna and Gyða Valtýsdóttir. According to the members, the band name should mean nothing. In a previous interview it was explained as a picture: The letters represent two elephants waving their trunks.
Band history
The first musical experiments came in 1998, which led to the debut album Yesterday was dramatic - Today is ok . For the creation of the album Finally we are no one , which was also released as Loksins erum við engin in Icelandic , the band members withdrew to an abandoned lighthouse . At the time of Summer Make Good's creation , the band members lived temporarily in Berlin . In Germany some releases are distributed by the Berlin-based label Morr Music .
In addition to the albums, there were also numerous collaborations and also a soundtrack to the film Battleship Potemkin by Sergej Eisenstein and a soundtrack to the play Blái hnötturinn by Andri Snær Magnason .
In 2006 Kristín Anna left the band to concentrate on other musical projects.
style
Múm make experimental music using computers and many acoustic instruments .
Discography
Albums
- Yesterday Was Dramatic - Today Is OK (2000, TMT; 2005, Re-Release, Morr Music )
- Finally We Are No One (2002, FatCat Records )
- Summer Make Good (2004, FatCat Records)
- Go Go Smear the Poison Ivy (2007, FatCat Records)
- Sing Along to Songs You Don't Know (2009, Morr Music)
- Early Birds (2012, Morr Music)
- Smilewound (2013, Morr Music)
- People on Sunday - Live in Berlin (2018, Morr Music)
Singles and EPs
- The Ballad Of The Broken Birdie Records (2000, TMT)
- Green Grass of Tunnel (2002, FatCat Records)
- Nightly Cares (2004, FatCat Records)
- Dusk Log (2004, EP, FatCat Records)
- The Peel Session (2006, EP, FatCat Records)
- Prophecies & Reversed Memories (2009, Morr Music)
Compilations and miscellaneous
- Blái hnötturinn (2001, soundtrack)
- Please Smile my Noise Bleed (2001, Morr Music, 3 New Tracks + Remixes)
- múm: remixed (2002, TMT, remixes by Yesterday Was Dramatic - Today Is ok )
- Loksins erum við engin (2002, Smekkleysa Records, Icelandic version of Finally we are no one )
Web links
- official site (English)
- múm: web (english)
- Múm at Discogs (English)
- Múm at Morr Music
Individual evidence
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from January 29, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
