Documenting Iceland’s inaugural Kraumur Awards
The Kraumur Awards is an annual music prize organized by the Kraumur
Music Fund and awarded to the best albums being released in Iceland. This
is a short documentary covering the inaugural Awards that were given to six
albums on November 28, 2008. Nominations and the award winning albums
are chosen by a selected panel of Icelandic music journalists and radio show
hosts with years of experience playing and writing about Icelandic music.
The 2008 Kraumur Awards went to:
* Agent Fresco for Lightbulb Universe
* FM Belfast for How to Make Friends
* Ísafold for All Sounds to Silence Come
* Hugi Guðmundsson for Apocrypha
* Mammút for Karkari
* Retro Stefson for Montaña
The six winners were selected from a shortlist of 20 albums (scroll down).
Recorded and edited by Stuart Rogers.
[download as mp4]
FM Belfast Pump Up The Jam at NASA during Airwaves
FM Belfast end their top of the bill show at NASA with a cover of Technotronic’s
Pump Up The Jam. Joining them onstage for their final Iceland Airwaves show
were a few dozen close friends and admirers and a bear.
Shot and edited by Stuart Rogers.
[download as mp4]
FM Belfast play Vertigo at their rehearsal space in Reykjavik
FM Belfast play Vertigo at their rehearsal space in Reykjavik. It’s a bit of an exclusive
as it’s a new track that’s not on their debut album ‘how to make friends’. Enjoy!
Shot and edited by Stuart Rogers
[download as mp4]
FM Belfast cover The Teenagers, Snap! & Technotronic at The Glasslands
FM Belfast play their closing medley at the Glasslands in Brooklyn. The tunes they
put their own spin on include The Teenagers ‘Nicole’, ‘The Power’ by Snap! and ‘Pump
Up The Jam’ by Technotronic. Shot and edited by Stuart Rogers.
FM Belfast play the Whitney Biennial 2008
FM Belfast play The End at Park Avenue Armory as part of the Whitney Biennial 2008.
Shot and edited by Stuart Rogers.
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