Record in Iceland

18/04/2024

Leifur Björnsson talked to Music Cities Events about Record in Iceland – the 25% refund system on all recording costs incurred in Iceland.

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22/03/2024

See Nanna from Of Monsters and Men deliver a stellar performance of 'Godzilla' with RAKEL in an exclusive session where The Line of Best Fit partnered with Record in Iceland during Iceland Airwaves.

Of Monsters and Men vocalist and guitarist Nanna Bryndís Hilmarsdóttir teamed up with Best Fit for a session filmed during Iceland Airwaves last year.

07/12/2023

It’s become an annual tradition to invite our esteemed delegates and press on a STUDIO SAFARI, a tour around Iceland’s brilliant studios.

This year we turned it up a notch, Nanna from Of Monsters and Men and RAKEL performed songs from Nanna's latest album 'How To Start A Garden' and Elín Hall performed IN A CAVE.

You can now see the photos and further information about the Studio Safari here:

It’s become an annual tradition to invite our esteemed delegates and press on a STUDIO SAFARI, a tour around Iceland’s brilliant studios. Our aim is to show off our incredible recording facilities, from the obvious to the unusual. Over the years we’ve visited some of Iceland’s most stunning ...

04/09/2023

Here is something beautiful that was recorded in Iceland – Olafur Arnalds performing a set in Hafursey for Cercle.

​ performing live with his band from the volcanic wilderness of Iceland, in Hafursey, Myrdalssandur, Kötlujökull, Katla, Iceland for Cercle. ☞ ...

29/06/2023

Record in Iceland is a direct refund program funded by the government of Iceland. Which means that 25% of music production costs incurred in Iceland are refundable.

Recording in Iceland is Easy, Smart and Inspiring.

Find out more on our website: https://www.record.iceland.is/

Write to us at [email protected] if you have any questions.

Record in Iceland is a direct refund program funded by the government of Iceland. Which means that 25% of music production costs incurred in Iceland are refu...

04/05/2023

"It took a while, but in musical terms, Iceland is certainly having a moment." says the Guardian.

Outstanding new composers and genre-hopping experiments are not the sole reasons the Iceland Symphony Orchestra’s UK tour is so anticipated – the country itself is a seed bed for musical talent

01/05/2023

Björk's Coachella 2023 show featured a stunning spectacle with 800 drones – totally unforgettable. See footage NME collected together to see for yourself.

https://www.nme.com/news/music/watch-bjork-light-up-coachella-sky-with-864-drones-watch-footage-setlist-3431341

27/02/2023

The New Colossus is an annual music festival and conference that happens on NYC’s Lower East Side. This year the festival will start on the 8th march and end on the 12th march. This festival celebrates independent music communities and features over 120 emerging artists from all over the world.

This year Record In Iceland will have the pleasure to be there and to present the Record in Iceland 25% refund program.

RECORD IN ICELAND is a reimbursement program offered by Iceland’s Ministry of Culture and Business Affairs that gives anyone who records their music in Iceland a 25% refund on all recording costs incurred in Iceland. All you need to do is submit all costs related to the recording after releasing the recording, including travel, accommodation, wages and even post-production like mix and master and the refund will go through in the following quarter.


The New Colossus Festival Iceland Music

22/02/2023

Love Letters From Eylenda by Indolore is an album that was recorded in Sundlaugin Studio in 2017. It includes 7 songs. Completely romantic and soothing at the same time, we got to know Indolore gently. It's like a friend who talks about his feelings around a coffee. This album is also comforting. We all have a moment where we need this album.✨

17/02/2023

The album Fossora by Björk was recorded in Studio Sýrland in 2022. It includes a total of 13 songs for 54 min 14 sec. The style of this album is ambient, leftfield, tribal, abstract and vocal.

Björk's newest project does not sound like most “pop music” of recent years. It is based on bass clarinet and fungi, with a title in Latin. “Fossora” is an intentionally incorrect feminization of the word “fossor,” which means digger.

With Fossora, you’ll find themes of feminine reclamation, connection, and love

18/01/2023

This year Leifur Björns will make a presentation at the ESNS 2023 (18-21 January).

This presentation will talk about the 25% refund scheme offered by Iceland’s Ministry of Culture and Business Affairs that gives anyone who records their music in Iceland a 25% refund on all recording costs incurred in Iceland.

18/01/2023

This year Leifur Björnsson will make a presentation at the Eurosonic 2023 (18-21 January).

This presentation will talk about the 25% refund scheme offered by Iceland’s Ministry of Culture and Business Affairs that gives anyone who records their music in Iceland a 25% refund on all recording costs incurred in Iceland.

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16/01/2023

We work again with our friend from in .studios for a performance from the Icelandic artist and composer !

16/01/2023

Discover the new live session of Eydís Evensen at Greenhouse Studios for The Line Of Best Fit. Filmed with our support.

Find here the wonderful live session :

https://youtu.be/K-1LyMaT04w

Find here our article about it :

https://www.record.iceland.is/news/eyds-evensen-performs-brotin-icelandairwaves-6ns4y

Eydís Evensen performs "Brotin" live in association with Record in Iceland, at Greenhouse Studios is a fully-equipped, purpose-built recording facility nestl...

12/01/2023

We’ll be be at ESNS 2023 for a presentation on Thursday Jan 19th at 3pm. More information here :

The project manager Leifur Björnssom from IcelandMusic will have the pleasure to do a presentation about the Record in Iceland 25% refunds.

12/01/2023

We’ll be at ESNS 2023 for a presentation on Thursday Jan 19th at 3pm. More information here :

The project manager Leifur Björnssom from IcelandMusic will have the pleasure to do a presentation about the Record in Iceland 25% refunds.

01/12/2022

We went on a little safari trip with our friends..

On November 5th, during the Iceland Airwaves music festival, Iceland Music, along with local collaborators including STEF and Reykjavik Music City, invited visiting industry professionals and press attending the festival, on a Studio Safari tour.

28/11/2022

Watch Nation of Language perform their single "From The Hill"
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We teamed up with our friends at The Line Of Best Fit and headed to Sundlaugin, Sigur Rós's legendary recording studio, for a performance from Brooklyn Trio Nation of Language during Iceland Airwaves festival.

Brooklyn trio Nation of Language joined us in Iceland earlier this month – during their appearance at Iceland Airwaves – for a special session recording of new single "From The Hill".

03/10/2022

Bonnie "Prince" Billy recorded their album "The Letting Go" in The Greenhouse Studios in 2006!

The album was produced by Valgeir Sigurðsson, who is known for his work with the Icelandic artist Björk.

The album's title comes from the last lines of the Emily Dickinson poem that starts "After a Great Pain, A Formal Feeling Comes."

This is the hour of lead
Remembered if outlived,
As freezing persons recollect the snow,
First chill, then stupor, then the letting go.

27/09/2022

Not many think of Iceland as full of tress and soft colours, but you can find it by Lagarfljót in East Iceland. The nearest studio to their is Studio Silo in Stöðvarfjörður!

26/09/2022

Theory of Machines by Ben Frost was recorded in The Greenhouse Studio in Iceland

Ben exploits every extreme of pitch, volume and timbre, the changes in music sometimes seem as gradual as changes in the weather - and sometimes as violent. As the music changes it changes only in textures, colour and intensity so that the sense is not of something being created, altered or even developed, but of something already present being slowly illuminated.

19/09/2022

Bear McCreary featured the Schola Cantorum, the chamber choir of Reykjavík’s prominent Hallgrímskirkja, on the soundtrack for Sony‘s video game God Of War.

The soundtrack features an orchestra with 50 strings, 17 brass and six low woodwinds, in addition to the Icelandic 22-singer choir and another 48-singer choir from Prague.

“The main reason why they asked us to do this was because the lyrics are in old Norse, which is very close to the language of the Icelandic Sagas,” explains choirmaster Hörður Áskelsson.

Peter Scaturro explains that they “recorded the Icelandic choir first because we wanted to have the authenticity in the pronunciation of the lyrics”. This authenticity has enabled the producer to create an emotional identity to the main character. “Thats what I think draws us to the gameplay and makes that connection with the characters”, according to Peter Scaturro.

14/09/2022

Sigtryggur Baldursson and Leifur Björnsson from Iceland Music attended Classical:NEXT this spring, with a presentation abot the 25% refund scheme inspiring the future of classical artists to consider recording in Iceland 🇮🇸

Sigtryggur Baldursson and Leifur Björnsson, managing director and senior project manager at Iceland Music attended Classical:NEXT, with a presentation at the conference and an information stall, to inspire the future of classical musicians to record in Iceland.

12/09/2022

Metals is the fourth studio album of Feist and was recorded in Greenhouse Studios in Iceland.

The New York Times and The Globe and Mail named Metals as the best album of 2011!

09/09/2022

Not only is Iceland a haven creatives love to visit to get inspired, you can also get a 25% refund of all recording costs incurred here 🇮🇸 More info on our website.

07/09/2022

We are so grateful to for letting us talk about there earlier this year, introducing to the attendees about Iceland's 25% refunds on all recording costs incurred in Iceland!

As a result, our programme got coverage in which read: "[Introducing the]Record in Iceland project, through which the Icelandic Government reimburses up to 25% of expenses of artists who choose the territory to record music."

https://www.record.iceland.is/news/westwaylab

Our team presented the project at the online conference in Portugal to present Record in Iceland!

05/09/2022

Alcest recorded their album "Shelter" in Iceland at the sundlaugin studio with Sigur Rós producer Birgir Jón Birgisson who masterfully gave the album its light and ethereal sound.

02/09/2022

02/09/2022

Any project qualifies for the 25% refund regardless of budget or which studio is used. It makes Iceland the smart and easy choice for anyone wanting to find an inspiring location to record their next album 🌋

31/08/2022

We are so grateful we got to visit Tallin Music Week to introduce attendees to our 25% reimbursement scheme, where anyone who chooses to records their music in Iceland can qualify for a 25% refund of the costs incurred!

https://www.record.iceland.is/news/tallinnmusicweek2022

Managing Director of Iceland Music Sigtryggur Baldursson attended Tallin Music Week to speak at their conference on Record in Iceland.