We are a brother and sister, Danimal and Bara Heiða that are making a vinyl together with our EP's each on one side.

We've finished recording and wanted to give people the opportunity to buy the album in advance, and at the same time make it possible for us to release it.

10% of album proceeds will go to the CFC research fund, which is a rare genetic disorder that Breki, our little brother suffers from. Our mother, Anna Kristín, is a geneticist who created the fund to find a cure to the disease.

Skagarokk ‘92 

The untold story

A Documentary about two men's adventurous optimism and remarkable perseverance to fulfill their dream ... the dream to get their favorite bands to perform in their hometown.

In 1992, Black Sabbath and Jethro Tull came to perform in an Icelandic fishing village of 5,000 people. That could not end well.

Omotrack

Our names are Markús Bjarnason and Birkir Bjarnason. We are brothers and have been playing and composing music together since we were little. We were raised in Ethiopia in a small village called Omo Rat. The idea of ​​our band's name, Omotrack, came from this small village. 

The main instruments we use are electro drums, electric guitar, piano, synthesizers and brass instruments. We have received a number of suggestions to describe our music. Here are few of the suggestions: "Electro - pop", "Indie - electro" and "Lo-fi electro-rock". We are not sure which is true but we like the outcome. 

https://www.karolinafund.com/project/view/1255 

The idea of ​​our project is simple. We love making music and art, and we look forward to get feedback from listeners. We are making an album titled "Mono & Bright" and it will include nine songs. Backers will enjoy album delivery in USB sticks, but we also intend to sell and distribute our album via online streaming and / or downloading services. To each song we will create one graphic picture. 

You can follow us on Facebook & Instagram: https://www.facebook.com/omotrack 

 Hvassast 

Hvassast úti við sjóinn is a book on the beauty of the Icelandic everyday with photographs and text by Hallgerdur Hallgrimsdottir. The work is comprised of a series of photographs and a text piece, which together evoke the quiet and forgotten beauty of the Icelandic everyday. 

 There is no photo of an Icelandic horse or Gullfoss in this book. For that there are other books. There is however an image of a papier-mâché rock and a wooden castle. 

 Lately the photo book has been making a serious comeback, or perhaps it is finding fame properly for the first time. This has happened somewhat because self publishing has become easier, largely thanks to crowd funding sites such as Karolina Fund. 

 The work 

 The photographs were made in various places around Iceland and show a familiar yet peculiar world. The text piece is a list of Icelandic weather words that I have been collecting for a while, such as hundslappadrífa (dog-paw-snowing), sori (filth) and gluggaveður (window-weather). 

 The book builds on my first solo exhibition which opened in Listasafn ASÍ in October of 2014. Now I aim to present the work in a new manner using the book form. By becoming a book the work acquires newfound freedom and voice. The book design is in the hands of Lóa Auðunsdóttir. 

Our focus is mainly on advocacy - Pourquoi Pas Borgarnes is a short documentary consisting of many interviews with folks from a small town in Iceland. They share their views about how art has affected their lives and how they perceive art. We aim to show the importance of art in rural communities. 

Conceiving the idea for the film came about last fall, when the Spanish filmmaker Alberto Garcia contacted me and asked if we could create something together in Iceland. Up till then my friends and collaborators hosted a handful of workshops and exhibitions mostly geared towards art and environment such as creating design objects from salvaged materials. 

Dozens of talented artists/designs/film makers were coming and going in my home studio the past years.. so much seemed possible. So I was stoked when Alberto made contact and agreed to make this film together. When he arrived in Iceland it was the end of February and I was still in Italy with my boyfriend preparing paintings for an exhibition at the museum in Borgarnes. My good friend Kuba was staying at our home and waiting for Albertos arrival to assist him in filming the interviews. He is learning Icelandic and was able to conduct the interviews.

Two weeks before Albertos arrival we had dozens of Skype meetings Kuba, Alberto and I. Kuba and I discussed the details of the legwork and interviews, I worked out the sketches for the storyboard and Alberto commented on them. On route from Italy to Geneva via Facebook I arranged the filming schedule.

It was February 29th when I returned back home in Iceland. Kuba and Alberto were still filming interviews. Icelandic friends from Borgarnes were translating the texts and working together with Alberto editing the film.

Our experiences in this vast wild Icelandic landscape have been phenomenal, but not just because of the nature, we feel incredibly attached to the nature of the people in this town.

As of now Alberto is at home in Spain finishing up the editing together with our friend Erik Rex who is in NY mastering the music. We’ve had a few very nice scores donated and I am really excited about the outcome.

We submitted a proposal to the Icelandic Art Festival PLAN B, which takes place in Borgarnes, and hope to preview our film there!

As we near the final days of our campaign, Alberto García brings us a new teaser for our viewing pleasure!

Mit navn er Frida Fridriks. Jeg er en islandsk sangerinde som har været bosat i Danmark siden 1996, og arbejder som musiklærer i Næstved Musikskole. Jeg udgav i 2009 CD‘en “Sofðu rótt“, hvor jeg synger uden underspil, 27 vuggeviser på islandsk. Stor del af overskuddet, fra salget af denne CD, blev doneret til foreningen ”Umhyggja”, til støtte for langtidssyge børn.

Jeg indledte min musikuddannelse i den lokale musikskole i syd Island, hvor min mor Sigridur Sigurdardottir var skolebestyrer, og 16 år gammel begyndte jeg at synge diner-jazz akkompagneret af min far Friðrik Gudni Thorleifsson. Siden da har jeg sunget med mange forskellige orkestre og nu synger jeg med danseorkestret ”Frida and the Grown Boys” og med jazzkvartetten ” ”Frida’s Lounge”.

Jeg begyndte at komponere mine egne sange og tekster for ca. 3 år siden, og nu ønsker jeg at indspille disse sange til albummet ”Lend Me Your Shoulder” for udgivelse og download. Jeg søger derfor din og Karolina Fund’s hjælp, for at føre indspilningen of udgivelsen af albummet ud i livet. Ved at forudbestille albummet, eller støtte projekter på en eller anden måde, kan du være med til at virkeliggøre projektet!    

Planen er at begynde optagelser med producenten Klaus Sandberg og danske musikere i studiet Frostbox i København hurtigst muligt efter at målet opnås.

Støt projektet her.