Hailing from the “land of ice,” Original Melody (a.k.a. The Fantastic Four) are a hip hop quartet working out of 23 Studios.
The crew are composed of different characters, each of which is defined by a unique style: there’s Imagery (1985 a.k.a Ivar Schram), the oldest of the four, characterized by his flowing red hair and his slurry slang-heavy style of straight spit S.cro (1986 a.k.a. Ragnar Tómas Hallgrímsson), defined by his melodic and unchained style of flowing Shape (1987 a.k.a Thór Elíasson), the youngest, most notable for his fluid forms and raspy voice and Fonetik Simbol (1986, a.k.a. Helgi Pétur Lárusson) - the man with the music, utilizing various analogue instruments to produce the unique sound of Original Melody.
The four released their debut album in April 2006. Titled “Fantastic Four” it contains 23 songs (no, that’s not a coincidence, it’s just like the studio!) featuring cats like Opee (O.N.E./Quarashi), Cell 7 Subteranean) and Maximum (SubteraneaAntlew/Maximum)
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Hafdís Huld performs Kónguló, the first single from her second album,
Synchronized Swimmers. The video was shot at Café Rosenberg where
Hafdís was launching the album that very night.
Thanks to Iceland Naturally for their support for the 2009 Iceland Airwaves
Podcast.
Shot and edited by Stuart Rogers with sound recorded by Dagný Ósk Aradóttir Pind.
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