Hjálmar is an
Iceland
Iceland is a Nordic countries, Nordic island country between the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge between North America and Europe. It is culturally and politically linked with Europe and is the regi ...
ic
reggae
Reggae () is a music genre that originated in Jamaica during the late 1960s. The term also denotes the modern popular music of Jamaica and its Jamaican diaspora, diaspora. A 1968 single by Toots and the Maytals, "Do the Reggay", was the first ...
band formed in 2004
in
Keflavík
Keflavík (pronounced , meaning ''Driftwood Bay'') is a town in the Reykjanes region in southwest Iceland. It is included in the municipality of Reykjanesbær whose population as of 2016 is 15,129.
In 1995, Keflavík merged with nearby Njar ...
.
Collaborations
On 2 June 2012, at the concer
Hljómskálinn á ListahátíðHjálmar performed with
Jimi Tenor
Jimi Tenor (born Lassi O. T. Lehto, 1965) is a Finnish composer and a musician. His artist name is a combination of an instrument and the first name comes from Lassi's childhood. When he was little next door neighbour girls used to call him Jimi ...
. When he introduced Tenor, Guðmundur Kristinn Jónsson said that Hjálmar are currently recording an album with him. The album was eventually released in 2013 titled ''Dub of Doom'' and was credited to Jimi Tenor og Hjálmar.
Members
Current
*Þorsteinn Einarsson - Guitar and vocals
*Sigurður Halldór Guðmundsson - Keyboards and vocals
*Guðmundur Kristinn Jónsson - Guitar
* Valdimar Kolbeinn Sigurjónsson (2007–present) - Bass
* Helgi Svavar Helgason (2007–present) - Percussion
Former
* Kristinn Snær Agnarsson (2004-2005)
* Micke "PB" Svensson (2005-2007)
* Nils Olof Törnqvist (2005-2007)
* Petter Winnberg (2004-2007)
Discography
Albums
*2004: ''Hljóðlega af stað''
*2005: ''Hjálmar''
*2007: ''Ferðasót''
*2009: ''IV''
*2010: ''Keflavík Kingston''
*2011: ''Órar''
;Collaborations
*2013: ''Dub of Doom''
(Jimi Tenor
Jimi Tenor (born Lassi O. T. Lehto, 1965) is a Finnish composer and a musician. His artist name is a combination of an instrument and the first name comes from Lassi's childhood. When he was little next door neighbour girls used to call him Jimi ...
og Hjálmar)
*2014: ''
Legao
''Legao'' is the second solo album from Kings of Convenience and The Whitest Boy Alive singer Erlend Øye, recorded in Reykjavík with Hjálmar, a reggae group from Iceland. It was preceded by a video for the single "Garota" shot in Seoul
...
''
(Erlend Øye
Erlend Otre Øye (born 21 November 1975) is a Norwegian composer, musician, producer, singer and songwriter from Bergen, best known for being one half of the indie folk duo Kings of Convenience, along with Eirik Glambek Bøe. Among other music ...
)
;Compilations
*2014: ''Skýjaborgin 2004-2014''
Singles
*2006: "Saga úr sveitinni"
*2008: "Dom hinner aldrig ikapp"
(with Timbuktu
Timbuktu ( ; ; Koyra Chiini: ; ) is an ancient city in Mali, situated north of the Niger River. It is the capital of the Tombouctou Region, one of the eight administrative regions of Mali, having a population of 32,460 in the 2018 census.
...
)
*2010: "Blómin í brekkunni"
*2010: "Gakktu alla leið"
*2011: "Messenger of Bad News"
(with Jimmy Tenor)
*2011: "Í gegnum móðuna"
*2011: "Ég teikna stjörnu"
*2013: "Skýjaborgin"
*2014: "Lof"
*2014: "Ferðasót"
*2014: "Leiðin okkar allra"
*2014: "Tilvonandi vor"
*2015: "Undir Fót"
*2015: "Hlauptu Hratt"
*2016: "Er Hann Birtist"
(with Mr. Silla)
*2016: "Allt er Eitt"
*2017: "Græðgin"
*2017: "Glugginn"
*2018: "Hættur að anda"
References
Icelandic reggae musical groups
Musical groups established in 2004
Keflavík
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