Sigtryggur Baldursson

Sigtryggur Baldursson is a musician and a founding member of the Sugarcubes and the Smekkleysa label in Iceland. He sits on the board of the Music Writers Federation and is still very active in the local and international music scene.

Kamilla Ingibergsdóttir

Kamilla has degrees in creative project management, journalism and anthropology from the University of Iceland and The Kaospilots in Denmark. During her project management studies she interned at Mr. Destiny for the production of Iceland Airwaves 2007 and at SXSW ’08 in Austin, Texas.

Kamilla comes from a long line of drummers even though she can’t tell a snare drum from a cymbal. Her uncle was one of the founders of Hljómar, the Icelandic equivalent to the Beatles and her dad has had a studio in the backyard and band practice in the garage for as long as she can remember. Kamilla feels it is her familial duty to work in music.

Tómas Young

Tómas Young has been involved in music since he started taking drum lessons from the age of nine. Among many music related projects through the years Tómas has been the PR-Advisor in Iceland for Roskilde Festival since 2000.
 
In 2008 Tómas graduated as an undergraduate in Travel and Tourism studies from the University of Iceland with a minor degree in Marketing and International Business where is wrote his final thesis: ‘Influences of Icelandic music on destination promotion’. In 2010 he graduated as a postgraduate in Marketing and International Business from the University of Iceland writing his final thesis about Iceland Music Export: ‘Iceland Music Exports’ support to Icelandic musicians’.

Tómas is the co-author of the Towards Creative Iceland report about the economic effects of the creative industries in Iceland.

Zoë Howe

Freelance | Editor/Content Provider | zoe@icelandmusic.is

Zoë Howe has long been an admirer and champion of Icelandic music, and she is thrilled to be part of the IMX team. Zoë is a music writer whose books include Typical Girls? The Story of The Slits, How’s Your Dad? Living In The Shadow Of A Rock Star Parent and Looking Back At Me - the biography of British R&B legend Wilko Johnson. Zoë's work has appeared on BBC Music / 6Music, Planet Rock, Absolute Radio, E4, The Quietus, Channel4Music, NME, Company and others. She has made music radio series for stations including Resonance FM, and when she isn't writing feverishly or talking incessantly about music, Zoë plays drums and percussion and has worked with Viv Albertine, Anne Pigalle, Steve Beresford, Mick Jones and others.

Alli Metall

Adalgeir Arnar Jonsson - a.k.a. alli metall - is a 32-year-old graphic designer from Reykjavik, Iceland. He graduated from Iceland’s Academy Of The Arts in 2005 but started his graphic design career back in 1997.

Alli Metall specializes in graphic design for both print and screen media. He's really interested in working for the music industry and underground urban culture of any sort.