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You can purchase Icelandic Music from the following websites:
Icelandic Music.com
Smekkleysa
12 Tónar
Dimma
It’s difficult to think of Iceland without thinking of superlative music. From Bjork and The Sugarcubes, Sigur Ros, Mum and Mugison and many other classical, jazz, folk and pop artists, this small and remote North Atlantic nation has punched well above its weight over the last two decades.
If anything, the island’s incessant soundtrack is growing ever more dynamic, as artists and bands, inspired by the continual international success of their peers, continue to create original, world class music.
IMX, an exciting new government sponsored initiative aims to bring together the disparate strands of Iceland’s eclectic scene under one roof. By increasing access to information about artists, collaborating with companies to promote Icelandic music abroad and organizing marketing strategies, festival and event participation, IMX will increase the visibility of Icelandic music in the international sphere, and provide an essential one-stop resource for all interested parties.
IMX will achieve its ends via a multi-strategy approach that includes building accessible, comprehensive databases, promoting Icelandic labels, bands and events, providing information on Icelandic music to markets and the media, and encouraging and helping Icelandic bands, PRs and record participate in events and festivals around the world.
IMX has already been making its mark by organizing artist participation at Eurosonic, Midem and SXSW, collaborating with Mugison’s Westfjords event Aldrei for eg sudur (AFS), sending out information about Iceland Airwaves 2007, and promoting Icelandic artists at Great Escape UK, Spot in Denmark and PopKomm.
Currently underway is IMX’s landmark website, which will serve as the first ever one stop shop for Icelandic Music.
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