Daníel Ágúst Haraldsson (born 26 August 1969) is an Icelandic singer and producer. He is the lead singer of the bands

GusGus GusGus is an electronic music band from Reykjavík, Iceland. Although initially a film and acting collective, the group is mostly known for its electronic music. The group's discography consists of twelve studio albums. History GusGus was in ...

Nýdönsk Nýdönsk (alternatively Ný dønsk or Ný dönsk, literally New Danish) is an Icelandic musical group established in 1987 by Daníel Ágúst Haraldsson, Björn Jörundur Friðbjörnsson, Ólafur Hólm Einarsson, Einar Sigurðsson and Valdimar Bra ...

, and Esja.

Biography

Daníel has been part of the local and international music scene since he started his career with the Icelandic pop group Nýdönsk in 1987. In 1989, he participated in the

Eurovision Song Contest 1989 The Eurovision Song Contest 1989 was the 34th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest, held on 6 May 1989 in the in Lausanne, Switzerland. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster (TSR) on behalf of the Swiss Bro ...

for

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with the song "

Það sem enginn sér Iceland was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1989 with the song "", written by Valgeir Guðjónsson, and performed by Daníel Ágúst Haraldsson. The Icelandic participating broadcaster, (RÚV), selected its entry through . Before E ...

". He finished in 22nd place, scoring no points. After releasing 5 albums with Nýdönsk, he produced an album with the electronic rock group Bubbleflies. He then branched out into acting in the National and Municipal theatres, playing roles in

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(

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), and Stone Free. Film directors Arni and Kinski approached him to play a lead role in their short film Nautn. During production, Daníel founded

in 1995 with Kinski. Daníel took a break from

in the year 2000 to write music for both TV and documentary films and compose music for the Iceland Dance Company. His first solo album, ''Swallowed a Star'', was released by

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in Europe (2005) and North America (2006). Daníel formed a musical pet project with heavy metal band

Mínus Mínus are an Icelandic alternative rock/post-hardcore band from Reykjavík, formed in 1998. They were signed to the record label Smekkleysa. Mínus have shared the stage with, among others, Metallica, Foo Fighters, and Queens of the Stone ...

front man Krummi Björgvinsson, called Esja, and released a self-titled album in 2008. Daníel rejoined GusGus with the releases of ''

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'' in 2007, ''

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'' (2009), ''

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'' (2011), and ''

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'' (2014), touring extensively in Europe. Daníel released his second solo album, ''The Drift'', in 2011.

References

External links

Official site

Daníel@Myspace
1969 births Living people

Daniel Agust Haraldsson Daniel commonly refers to: * Daniel (given name), a masculine given name and a surname * List of people named Daniel * List of people with surname Daniel * Daniel (biblical figure) * Book of Daniel, a biblical apocalypse, "an account of the activi ...

Eurovision Song Contest entrants {{singer-songwriter-stub