Icelandic Music Business Directory

Find venues, studios, labels, Festivals, Media companies, and more in this directory of music businesses in Iceland.

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Fast facts

Dial Code: +354

Population: 364,000

Language: Icelandic

Capital City: Reykjavík

Currency: ISK

GDP Per Capita: $56,066

Labels, distribution & licensing

There is a small number of record labels in Iceland, and only a handful of these (eg Bedroom Community) operate on an international level. Most labels release music domestically or have digital-only international distribution.

LABELS

● 12 Tónar

● Bedroom Community

● Möller Records

● Record Records

● Alda Music

● Smekkleysa SM/Bad Taste SM

● Dimma

● Why not? Plötur.

● Lucky Records

● Post-dreifing (DIY collective)

RECORD STORES

● Smekkleysa SM/Bad Taste SM

● Lucky Records

● 12 Tónar

● Reykjavik Records

● Geisladiskabúð Valda

Publishing & Performance rights

STEF is the performing rights organisation in Iceland and it retains a strong association with the other Nordic CMOs.

Inni is a new publishing company in Iceland, owned by composer Atli Örvarsson and Colm O ́Herlihy.

Media, PR & Promotion

Most Icelandic managers are independent, and the number of managers working internationally from Iceland is rather low. There are a few management companies established:

● Klapp

● Iceland sync

● Record Records

● Peer Agency

Live

Sena Live is the main event promoter for large local and international acts, but venues usually arrange bookings themselves, note, this is a very small market.