Mugison

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Mugison at the Moers Festival 2006

Mugison (actually Örn Elías Guðmundsson ; born September 4, 1976 ) is an Icelandic musician and singer who usually appears as a one-man band. He's recently toured with a whole band under the name Mugison. Mugison studied music production in London .

In 2004 Mugison received the Icelandic Music Prize. The album Mugimama, Is This Monkey Music? was chosen as the best album and the song Murr Murr as the best song.

Mugison got his nickname while he was in Malaysia with his father Muggi (Muggur) . His father is a karaoke singer . Since the audience had problems pronouncing his Icelandic name, he was given the name Mugison , which means "the son of Muggis" in Icelandic.

Mugison ran for the Björt framtíð party in the constituency of Norðvesturkjördæmi in the 2013 general election in Iceland for Althing . Björt Framtíð could not win any seats in his constituency.

Discography

  • Lonely Mountain (2003)
  • Niceland (2004, soundtrack )
  • Mugimama, Is This Monkey Music? (2004)
  • Little Trip (2005, soundtrack)
  • Mýrin (2007, soundtrack)
  • Mugiboogie (2008)
  • Ítrekun (2009)
  • Haglél (2011)
  • Enjoy! (2016)

Web links

Commons : Mugison  - collection of images, videos and audio files

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  1. ↑ Interview with Mugison De sorte spejdere. Iceland Airwaves, October 19, 2007, accessed July 8, 2008 .
  2. ↑ Mugison wants to go to parliament . In: Iceland Review Online . March 8, 2013. Retrieved April 15, 2013.
  3. ↑ Björt framtíð ( Icelandic ) In: Morgunblaðið . Accessed April 28, 2013 (elected candidates)
personal data
SURNAME Mugison
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Örn Elías Guðmundsson; Guðmundsson, Örn Elías
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Icelandic musician
DATE OF BIRTH 4th September 1976