''Kitchen Motors Family Album'' (Icelandic: ''Fjölskyldualbúm Tilraunaeldhússinsis'') a compilation album released in 2006. It came into being two years after the celebration of

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' 5 year anniversary on May 1, 2004. The album features mostly previously unreleased songs by the artists and bands who have worked with Kitchen Motors since it started in 1999. For some artists this marks their debut under a solo name, e.g.

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front man and vocalist

Jón Þór Birgisson Jón is an Old Norse common name still widely used in Iceland and the Faroes. According to Icelandic custom, people named Jón are generally referred to by first and middle names and those without a middle name are referred to with both first nam ...

contributes a track under the name Frakkur, while

Múm Múm (stylized in lowercase) () is an Icelandic indietronica band whose music is characterized by soft vocals, electronic glitch beats and effects, and a variety of traditional and unconventional instruments. History The band was formed in 1 ...

band member

Gunnar Örn Tynes Gunnar Örn Tynes is a founding member of the Icelandic experimental band múm. He is also a producer and a recording engineer An audio engineer (also known as a sound engineer or recording engineer) helps to produce a recording or a live pe ...

makes a contribution under the name ''illi vill''. While ''Auxpan'' is contributing with a song called "Ugla" and

Amiina Amiina (formerly Amína, stylized in lowercase) is an Icelandic band composed of members Maria Huld Markan Sigfúsdóttir, and Sólrún Sumarliðadóttir, Magnús Trygvason Eliassen and Guðmundur Vignir Karlsson. In the past they have frequent ...

(who participate with a song of their own) has composed a song of the same name they bear no resemblance to each other.

Track listing

# "Mic dictator of love anthem" (Represensitive Man) – 0:56 # "Shoo ba ba" (

Borko Björn Kristjánsson, known professional as Borko, is an Icelandic musician. His debut album '' Celebrating Life'' was released in March 2008 on record labels Morr Music and Kimi Records.

) – 4:07 # "Mugi wants to be Mum" (

Mugison Örn Elías Guðmundsson, known professionally as Mugison (born 4 September 1976), is an Icelandic musician. Early life In 1977, Guðmundsson and his family moved from Reykjavík to Ísafjörður. In 1982, his family moved from Iceland to C ...

) – 2:13 # "GítStemm" (Benni Hemm Hemm) – 3:40 # "Hemipode" (

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) – 4:34 # "Frank's Theme" (

Slowblow Slowblow is an Icelandic musical duo consisting of Orri Jónsson and Dagur Kári Pétursson, formed in the early 1990s.Sullivan, Paul (2003) ''Waking Up in Iceland'', Sanctuary, , p. 216 Their music is an aesthetic of home-made, lo-fi analog ti ...

) – 1:32 # "Ég sé í hljóđum" (illi vill) – 5:39 # "Ástarjátning" (Sigridur Nielsdottir) – 1:57 # "ammælisstrákur" ( Frakkur) – 5:31 # "Einvegis" (Hilmar Jensson &

Skúli Sverrisson Skúli Sverrisson (born 23 October 1966) is an Icelandic composer and bass guitarist. He has worked with musicians Wadada Leo Smith, Derek Bailey, Lou Reed, Jon Hassell, David Sylvian, Arto Lindsay, and composers Ryuichi Sakamoto, Jóhann ...

) – 4:35 # "Upptalning" (Paul Lydon) – 3:16 # "Asleep in a hiding place" (

múm Múm (stylized in lowercase) () is an Icelandic indietronica band whose music is characterized by soft vocals, electronic glitch beats and effects, and a variety of traditional and unconventional instruments. History The band was formed in 1 ...

) – 4:28 # "Beginning and end" (

Jóhann Jóhannsson Jóhann Gunnar Jóhannsson (; 19 September 1969 – 9 February 2018) was an Icelandic composer who wrote music for a wide array of media including theatre, dance, television, and film. His work is stylised by its blending of traditional orchest ...

) - 6:21 # "Purer, softer, deader?" (Kippi Kaninus) – 4:52 # "Your Favorite DJ" (DJ Musician) – 4:54 # "Demon Jukebox" ( Stilluppsteypa) – 2:55 # "Ugla" (Auxpan) – 2:39 # "Stylophonia" (

Apparat Organ Quartet Apparat Organ Quartet was founded in 1999 in Reykjavík, Iceland. It is a band that originally included the musicians Hörður Bragason, Músikvatur, Úlfur Eldjárn and Jóhann Jóhannsson. They were soon joined by drummer Þorvaldur Gröndal, ...

) – 3:44 # "Theme for Reynimelur 92" (Músikvatur) – 2:00 # "Hjartafanturinn skrjáfar" (Kira Kira) – 2:57 # "Kitchen Motors anthem" (The

Family) – 1:52

References

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* {{Authority control Electronica albums by Icelandic artists Experimental music albums by Icelandic artists 2006 compilation albums