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CMU Approved
Approved: DJ Flugvél Og Geimskip
By Andy Malt | Published on Wednesday 21 October 2015
Earlier this year, a friend sent me the second album by DJ Flugvél Og Geimskip (or Aeroplane & Spaceship for non-Icelandic speakers) – ‘Glamúr Í Geimnum’ (‘Glamour In Space’) – because they thought it might be up my street. “It’s a pleasant mess”, they said. And it’s hard to come up with a better description than that. You might call it ‘experimental’, but I get the feeling that Steinunn Eldflaug is just making the music that comes naturally to her.
Her songs are built on lo-fi synth and drum machine patterns. Various other sounds clatter in awkwardly as if pushed, while she delivers vocals in an impressive range of falsetto tones. The results are pleasantly messy.
Last week, coinciding with a performance at the CMJ festival in New York, she announced her third album, ‘Nótt Á Hafsbotni’ (‘Night At The Bottom Of The Ocean’). The first track released from it, ‘Hjari Veraldar’ (‘Edge Of The Universe’), previews a more beat-heavy, possibly slightly more accessible sound. Still not what you’d call mainstream pop, it has an infectious charm and personality that will stick with you and eventually draw you in.
The album is out on 4 Dec, and you can watch the video for ‘Hjari Veraldar’ here:
