Biografie van de kunstenaar Múm
múm Pronounced Muːm “moom” Is An Experimental Electronic Group From Iceland Whose Music Is Characterized By Soft Vocals Eccentric Beats And Colorful Effects And A Variety Of Traditional And Unconventional Instruments. Originally A Duo The Band Has Expanded And Contracted In The 12 Years Of Being And Has Counted 15 - 20 People Along The Way. The Band Was Formed In 1997 By Original Members Gunnar Örn Tynes And Örvar Þóreyjarson Smárason Their First Release Was A Split 10" With The Girl-Band Spúnk And Saw Light In The Summer Of '98. They Were Joined A Year Later By Twin Sisters Gyða And Kristín Anna Valtýsdóttir And Released Two Albums As Quartet. Following A Number Of Collaborative Projects The Group’s Celebrated Debut Album Yesterday Was Dramatic - Today Is OK Reissued By Morr Music In October 2005 Gained A Wealth Of Glowing Press And Widespread Praise. A Remix Project Please Smile My Noise Bleed Also Released On The Morr Music Label In November 2001. In 2002 After The Release Of Finally We Are No One And The Extensive First World Tour Gyða Left The Band To Return To Her Studies In Reykjavík. Shortly After The Third Sister Ásthildur Valtýsdóttir Joined For Singing Duties Temporarily And Serena Tideman Replaced Gyða On Cello For A Single European Tour. The Band's Third Album Summer Make Good A Darker And Foggier Nautically Themed Work Was Released In May 2004 Flanked By Two Singles Nightly Cares And Dusk Log. By Then The Ensemble Had Evolved To Include Eiríkur Ólafsson And Hildur Guðnadóttir Who Had Guest Appearances On Múm Recordings From The Beginning And Ólöf Arnalds. In Early 2006 Kristín Also Left The Band After Releasing And Heavily Touring The Album Summer Make Good. The Start Of 2006 Saw The Band's Creativity Start To Blossom Once Again Starting With Two Remixes Goldfrapp Of The Tracks ‘Number 1’ And ‘You Never Know’. They Followed This With Two Legendary DJ Sets At The FatCat Festival In Belgium In February And SXSW In Austin Texas 2007. With A Combination Of Decks Effects Laptops Toy Microphones Old Cassette Player Recordings And Vocals Coupled With Their Own Recorded Material Strange Electronic Covers By Friends Gypsy Folk Music And General Craziness On Stage. They Were Also Subsequently Invited DJ At Summer Sonic Festival In Japan As Well As Be Headline Act As DJ's In Radio 1’s Rob Da Bank Tent At Bestival On The Isle Of Wight. In September 2007 Múm Released Go Go Smear The Poison Ivy Which Turned Out To Be The Bands Last Release For The Fatcat Records. Múm Has Always Worked On Projects Which Could Be Classed As Unusual For A Pop Band Or A Pop Collective. Among Their Extra Curricular Activity Is Their Own Soundtrack For The Classic Sergei Eisenstein Film 'Battleship Potemkin' Live Performances Of Which Have Taken Place In Hafnafjordur Iceland Brooklyn Lyceum New York And At The Distinguished Gijon Film Festival Spain. Múm Have Also Composed For Theater Most Notably Two Radio Theater Plays 'Svefnhjólið' Sleeping Wheel By Gyrdir Eliasson Which Won The Nordic Radio-Theater Prize And In 2008 Augu Þín Sáu Mig Your Eyes Saw Me By Poet Sjón Which Múm Also Worked With In 1999 On The Operetta Kisa Cat . In 2005 They Were Invited To Amsterdam By The Holland Festival To Collaborate With The National Dutch Chamber Orchestra To Create A Performance Piece Based Around Various Compositions Of The Late Avant-Garde Composer Iannis Xenakis For One Of The Centre Piece Shows At The Festival. Múm Released Their Fifth Studio Album Sing Along To Songs You Don't Know In August 2009. The Collective Now Consists Of Founding Members Gunnar Örn Tynes And Örvar Þóreyjarson Smárason And For Touring And Recording This Line-Up Is Expanded To Include Their Friends Eiríkur Orri Ólafsson Trumpet / Piano/ Keyboards Hildur Guðnadóttir Cello / Vocals Sigurlaug Gísladóttir Vocals / Ukulele/ Various Róbert Reynisson Guitars/ukulele's And The Finnish Samuli Kosminen Drums / Percussion . The Musical Group Sometimes Extends To Ólöf Arnalds Högni Egilsson Ólafur Björn Ólafsson And Guðbjörg Hlín Guðmundsdóttir As Well As A Never Ending Family Of Friends And Musicians Who May Join At The Drop Of A Hat. Official Website Http //www.Mum.Is
50 Vergelijkbare nummers:
50 Topmuzieknummers voor Múm - Frogtoon Muziek
Múm - Green Grass Of Tunnel
Múm - We Have A Map Of The Piano
Múm - Don't Be Afraid, You Have Just Got Your Eyes Closed
Múm - The Land Between Solar Systems
Múm - Now There's That Fear Again
Múm - I'm 9 Today
Múm - Sleep/Swim
Múm - Marmalade Fires
Múm - Green Green Grass Of Tunnel
Múm - Finally We Are No One
Múm - Faraway Swimmingpool
Múm - Moon Pulls
Múm - Blessed Brambles
Múm - A Little Bit, Sometimes
Múm - K/Half Noise
Múm - Smell Memory
Múm - Dancing Behind My Eyelids
Múm - Nightly Cares
Múm - The Ghosts You Draw On My Back
Múm - Asleep On A Train
Múm - Random Summer
Múm - Awake On A Train
Múm - There Is A Number Of Small Things
Múm - These Eyes Are Berries
Múm - The Ballad Of The Broken Birdie Records
Múm - Weeping Rock, Rock
Múm - I Was Her Horse
Múm - Sing Me Out The Window
Múm - Slow Bicycle
Múm - Guilty Rocks
Múm - The Ballad Of The Broken String
Múm - Small Deaths Are The Saddest
Múm - Winter What We Never Were After All
Múm - They Made Frogs Smoke 'til They Exploded
Múm - Stir
Múm - Away
Múm - I Can't Feel My Hand Any More, It's Alright, Sleep Still
Múm - Sunday Night Just Keeps On Rolling
Múm - Rhuubarbidoo
Múm - Behind Two Hills,,,,a Swimmingpool
Múm - Toothwheels
Múm - Hú Hviss - A Ship
Múm - School Song Misfortune
Múm - Abandoned Ship Bells
Múm - The Island Of Children's Children
Múm - Oh, How The Boat Drifts
Múm - The Colorful Stabwound
Múm - Will The Summer Make Good For All Of Our Sins?
Múm - If I Were A Fish
Múm - Underwater Snow
50 TopmuzieknTeksten voor Múm - Frogtoon Muziek
Múm - Green Grass Of Tunnel | Lyrics
Múm - We Have A Map Of The Piano | Lyrics
Múm - Don't Be Afraid, You Have Just Got Your Eyes Closed | Lyrics
Múm - The Land Between Solar Systems | Lyrics
Múm - Now There's That Fear Again | Lyrics
Múm - I'm 9 Today | Lyrics
Múm - Sleep/Swim | Lyrics
Múm - Marmalade Fires | Lyrics
Múm - Green Green Grass Of Tunnel | Lyrics
Múm - Finally We Are No One | Lyrics
Múm - Faraway Swimmingpool | Lyrics
Múm - Moon Pulls | Lyrics
Múm - Blessed Brambles | Lyrics
Múm - A Little Bit, Sometimes | Lyrics
Múm - K/Half Noise | Lyrics
Múm - Smell Memory | Lyrics
Múm - Dancing Behind My Eyelids | Lyrics
Múm - Nightly Cares | Lyrics
Múm - The Ghosts You Draw On My Back | Lyrics
Múm - Asleep On A Train | Lyrics
Múm - Random Summer | Lyrics
Múm - Awake On A Train | Lyrics
Múm - There Is A Number Of Small Things | Lyrics
Múm - These Eyes Are Berries | Lyrics
Múm - The Ballad Of The Broken Birdie Records | Lyrics
Múm - Weeping Rock, Rock | Lyrics
Múm - I Was Her Horse | Lyrics
Múm - Sing Me Out The Window | Lyrics
Múm - Slow Bicycle | Lyrics
Múm - Guilty Rocks | Lyrics
Múm - The Ballad Of The Broken String | Lyrics
Múm - Small Deaths Are The Saddest | Lyrics
Múm - Winter What We Never Were After All | Lyrics
Múm - They Made Frogs Smoke 'til They Exploded | Lyrics
Múm - Stir | Lyrics
Múm - Away | Lyrics
Múm - I Can't Feel My Hand Any More, It's Alright, Sleep Still | Lyrics
Múm - Sunday Night Just Keeps On Rolling | Lyrics
Múm - Rhuubarbidoo | Lyrics
Múm - Behind Two Hills,,,,a Swimmingpool | Lyrics
Múm - Toothwheels | Lyrics
Múm - Hú Hviss - A Ship | Lyrics
Múm - School Song Misfortune | Lyrics
Múm - Abandoned Ship Bells | Lyrics
Múm - The Island Of Children's Children | Lyrics
Múm - Oh, How The Boat Drifts | Lyrics
Múm - The Colorful Stabwound | Lyrics
Múm - Will The Summer Make Good For All Of Our Sins? | Lyrics
Múm - If I Were A Fish | Lyrics
Múm - Underwater Snow | Lyrics