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Todmobile
Todmobile is an Icelandic pop/rock band, active since 1988. Biography The band was created in the summer of 1988 around Þorvaldur Bjarni Þorvaldsson, a vocalist, guitarist, and record producer. In the beginning, all 3 members were part of local bands and studying at the Reykjavík College of Music in May 1989. "''Sameiginlegt''" was the name of their first demo, which made it onto the first studio album, ''Betra En Nokkuð Annað''. The following year, their most memorable self-titled album was released to rave reviews and respectability for their live concerts. This was followed by the release of their debut English-language songs "Opera" and "All Around". After the huge success of the ''Spillt'' album in 1993, the members of Todmobile moved onto other projects. Eyþór joined a band called ''Bong'', which had moderate success in 1994 in both Iceland and the UK. Andrea fronted a swing band called ''Citysister'' while collaborating with Þorvaldur in 1994 to form ''Tweety'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spillt
Todmobile is an Icelandic pop/rock band, active since 1988. Biography The band was created in the summer of 1988 around Þorvaldur Bjarni Þorvaldsson, a vocalist, guitarist, and record producer. In the beginning, all 3 members were part of local bands and studying at the Reykjavík College of Music in May 1989. "''Sameiginlegt''" was the name of their first demo, which made it onto the first studio album, ''Betra En Nokkuð Annað''. The following year, their most memorable self-titled album was released to rave reviews and respectability for their live concerts. This was followed by the release of their debut English-language songs "Opera" and "All Around". After the huge success of the '' Spillt'' album in 1993, the members of Todmobile moved onto other projects. Eyþór joined a band called ''Bong'', which had moderate success in 1994 in both Iceland and the UK. Andrea fronted a swing band called ''Citysister'' while collaborating with Þorvaldur in 1994 to form ''Tweety'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Betra En Nokkuð Annað
Todmobile is an Icelandic pop/rock band, active since 1988. Biography The band was created in the summer of 1988 around Þorvaldur Bjarni Þorvaldsson, a vocalist, guitarist, and record producer. In the beginning, all 3 members were part of local bands and studying at the Reykjavík College of Music in May 1989. "''Sameiginlegt''" was the name of their first demo, which made it onto the first studio album, '' Betra En Nokkuð Annað''. The following year, their most memorable self-titled album was released to rave reviews and respectability for their live concerts. This was followed by the release of their debut English-language songs "Opera" and "All Around". After the huge success of the ''Spillt'' album in 1993, the members of Todmobile moved onto other projects. Eyþór joined a band called ''Bong'', which had moderate success in 1994 in both Iceland and the UK. Andrea fronted a swing band called ''Citysister'' while collaborating with Þorvaldur in 1994 to form ''Tweety ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eyþór Ingi Gunnlaugsson
Eyþór Ingi Gunnlaugsson (born 29 May 1989 in Dalvík), transliterated/also known as Eythor Ingi, is an Icelandic singer, songwriter, producer, actor, and musician, known for solo material bands called Eldberg, Todmobile and Rock Paper Sisters, represented Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 in Malmö, Sweden with the song " Ég á líf" after winning Söngvakeppnin 2013. At age 15, he played in the Icelandic version of the musical "Oliver!", and in 2008 won the TV talent show "Bandið hans Bubba". after previously having won a song contest for high school students 2007, in which he sang the Deep Purple song "Perfect Strangers". His musical influences are Jeff Buckley, The Beatles, Led Zeppelin and David Bowie. He is the founder of the band Eldberg. In 2010, joined reactivated band Todmobile with which released the album "7". In 2011, he was nominated for Gríman theatrical Awards for his role as Riff Raff in "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" and a year later appear ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sinfónía
Todmobile is an Icelandic pop/rock band, active since 1988. Biography The band was created in the summer of 1988 around Þorvaldur Bjarni Þorvaldsson, a vocalist, guitarist, and record producer. In the beginning, all 3 members were part of local bands and studying at the Reykjavík College of Music in May 1989. "''Sameiginlegt''" was the name of their first demo, which made it onto the first studio album, ''Betra En Nokkuð Annað''. The following year, their most memorable self-titled album was released to rave reviews and respectability for their live concerts. This was followed by the release of their debut English-language songs "Opera" and "All Around". After the huge success of the ''Spillt'' album in 1993, the members of Todmobile moved onto other projects. Eyþór joined a band called ''Bong'', which had moderate success in 1994 in both Iceland and the UK. Andrea fronted a swing band called ''Citysister'' while collaborating with Þorvaldur in 1994 to form ''Tweety' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Perlur Og Svín
Todmobile is an Icelandic pop/rock band, active since 1988. Biography The band was created in the summer of 1988 around Þorvaldur Bjarni Þorvaldsson, a vocalist, guitarist, and record producer. In the beginning, all 3 members were part of local bands and studying at the Reykjavík College of Music in May 1989. "''Sameiginlegt''" was the name of their first demo, which made it onto the first studio album, ''Betra En Nokkuð Annað''. The following year, their most memorable self-titled album was released to rave reviews and respectability for their live concerts. This was followed by the release of their debut English-language songs "Opera" and "All Around". After the huge success of the ''Spillt'' album in 1993, the members of Todmobile moved onto other projects. Eyþór joined a band called ''Bong'', which had moderate success in 1994 in both Iceland and the UK. Andrea fronted a swing band called ''Citysister'' while collaborating with Þorvaldur in 1994 to form ''Tweety' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nik Kershaw
Nicholas David Kershaw (born 1 March 1958) is an English singer, songwriter, musician and record producer. Kershaw came to prominence in 1984 as a solo artist. He released eight singles that entered the Top 40 of the UK Singles Chart during the decade, including "Wouldn't It Be Good", " Dancing Girls", "I Won't Let the Sun Go Down on Me", "Human Racing", " The Riddle", " Wide Boy", "Don Quixote" and "When a Heart Beats". His 62 weeks on the UK Singles Chart through 1984 and 1985 beat all other solo artists. Kershaw appeared at the dual-venue concert Live Aid in 1985 and has also penned a number of hits for other artists, including a UK No. 1 single in 1991 for Chesney Hawkes, " The One and Only". Early years Nicholas "Nik" Kershaw was born on 1 March 1958 in Bristol, England, and grew up in Ipswich, Suffolk. His father was a flautist and his mother was an opera singer. He was educated at Northgate Grammar School for Boys where he played the guitar – he was self-taught ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Icelandic Music Awards
The Icelandic Music Awards ( is, Íslensku tónlistarverðlaunin) are the official annual music awards given in Iceland to commemorate the musical achievements of the year. The award was established in 1993 with an annual rock award given by the Félag íslenskra hljómlistarmanna (FÍH) (''Union of Icelandic Musicians''); since then, it has developed into a multi-category event held usually in January or February for awards of the previous year. Since 2002, the event has been sponsored by the Icelandic Music Association known as ''Samtónn''. Winners 1993 Winners: *Song of the Year: "Stúlkan" by Todmobile *Album of the Year: ''Spillt'' by Todmobile *Performer / Band of the Year: Todmobile *Singer of the Year (male): Daníel Ágúst Haraldsson *Singer of the Year (female): Björk Guðmundsdóttir *Keyboard Player of the Year: Eyþór Gunnarsson *Bass Player of the Year: Eiður Arnarsson *Drummer of the Year: Gunnlaugur Briem *Guitar Player of the Year: Guðmundur Pétursson *In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iceland Symphony Orchestra
Sinfóníuhljómsveit Íslands (Iceland Symphony Orchestra) (ISO) is an Icelandic orchestra based in Reykjavík, Iceland. Its primary concert venue is the Harpa Concert Hall. The Iceland Symphony is an autonomous public institution under the auspices of the Icelandic Ministry of Education. Iceland Symphony Orchestra made its home in Háskólabíó (University Cinema) from 1961 to 2011, but moved into the new 1800-seat Harpa Concert Hall in spring 2011. The orchestra gives approximately sixty concerts each season. Per a 1982 law (changed in 2007), the Iceland Symphony's primary financial sources are the Icelandic treasury (82%) and the City of Reykjavik (18%). Eva Ollikainen took in September 2020 over as the chief conductor and artistic director of the Iceland Symphony, Osmo Vänskä is the orchestra's honorary conductor and Vladimir Ashkenazy holds the post of Conductor Laureate. As of the season 2021/22 Daníel Bjarnason is the orchestras artist in association but had been prin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Hackett
Stephen Richard Hackett (born 12 February 1950) is an English musician, singer, songwriter and record producer who gained prominence as the lead guitarist of the progressive rock band Genesis from 1971 to 1977. Hackett contributed to six Genesis studio albums, three live albums, seven singles and one EP before he left to pursue a solo career. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Genesis in 2010. Hackett released his first solo album, ''Voyage of the Acolyte'', while still a member of Genesis in 1975. After a series of further solo albums beginning in 1978, Hackett co-founded the supergroup GTR with Steve Howe in 1986. The group released the self-titled album '' GTR'', which peaked at No. 11 on the ''Billboard'' 200 in the United States and spawned the Top 20 single "When the Heart Rules the Mind". When Hackett left GTR in 1987, the group disbanded. Hackett then resumed his solo career. He has released albums and toured worldwide on a regular ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reykjavík College Of Music
The Reykjavík College of Music ( is, Tónlistarskólinn í Reykjavík) is an Icelandic conservatory of music that was founded in 1930 and is the oldest surviving college of music in the country.Tónlistarskólinn í Reykjavík at ismennt.is (Icelandic), retrieved 23 June 2010.Bjarki Sveinbjörnsson "Tónlist á Íslandi á 20. öld: Með sérstakri áherslu á upphaf og þróun elektrónískrara tónlistar á árunum 1960-90" (Icelandic - Music in Iceland in the 20th Century: With Particular Reference to the Origins and Development of Electronic Music in the Years 1960-90), PhD Dissertation, |
Matthías Hemstock
Matthias is a name derived from the Greek Ματθαίος, in origin similar to Matthew. People Notable people named Matthias include the following: In religion: * Saint Matthias, chosen as an apostle in Acts 1:21–26 to replace Judas Iscariot * Matthias of Trakai (–1453), Lithuanian clergyman, bishop of Samogitia and of Vilnius * Matthias Flacius, Lutheran reformer * Matthias the Prophet, see Robert Matthews (religious impostor) Claimed to be the reincarnation of the original Matthias during the Second Great Awakening * Matthias F. Cowley, Latter-day Saint apostle In the arts: * Matthias Grünewald, highly regarded painter from the German Renaissance * Matthías Jochumsson, Icelandic poet * Matthias Lechner, German film art director * Matthias Paul (actor), German actor * Matthias Schoenaerts, Belgian actor In nobility: * Matthias Corvinus of Hungary, King of Hungary * Matthias, Holy Roman Emperor, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire (Habsburg dynasty) In music: * Matthias ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atli Örvarsson
Atli Örvarsson (; born 7 July 1970) is an Icelandic film score composer. Atli's credits include composing and orchestrating music for some of Hollywood's biggest projects, including the Pirates of the Caribbean series, ''Angels & Demons'', ''The Holiday'', ''The Eagle'', '' Vantage Point'', ''Babylon A.D.'', '' Thick as Thieves'', ''The Fourth Kind'', and '' Season of the Witch''. Atli's most recent credits include '' The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones'', '' Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters'', ''A Single Shot'', NBC series '' Chicago Fire'', and together with Hans Zimmer contributed music to the Zack Snyder Superman reinstallment '' Man of Steel''. Originally from the small town of Akureyri, Atli became established in the local music scene at a young age. He earned three platinum and two gold records as a member of the Icelandic band Sálin hans Jóns míns before studying film composing at Berklee College of Music and the University of North Carolina School of the Arts. He ex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
