Took me a while to get the photos out of my cameras, they're still disorganized. And I have photos on Instagram too. And videos on YouTube.

Anyway! So I went to Iceland for the Airwaves festival. Our flight was delayed due to Sandy and I had my first hot shower and did my laundry when I arrived in Iceland :lol:

BTW I don't know anything about Iceland nor the Airwaves festival because it's mostly a band thing so apologies in advance if this is a disorganized bunch of pictures with vague descriptions.

[URL="http://www.mercuryserver.com/forums/djdb.php?id=1161"]Gus Gus[/URL] was one of the headliners of course, they founded the Airwaves festival. Sigur Ros closed the festival. I have videos of them.

Visiting Iceland was on my to-do list when I came to NY, I've wanted to visit since watching the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screaming_Masterpiece"]Screaming Masterpiece[/URL] documentary. I'd love to go back during a different season like summer.

This was the view from our room at Hotel Borg. Apparently the hotel has some local historical significance because a lot of local bands and musicians played there, you can find videos of Bjork @ Hotel Borg on YouTube. Funnily enough we did see Bjork giving an interview in the hotel lobby, all the more coincidental as I found out upon returning to NY she now lives in Brooklyn :lol:

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This is walking uphill towards the main shopping street for lack of a better description:

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You'll see a lot of random pictures of buildings because I love the architecture there. This here is some expensive seafood restaurant:

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In the distance is Harpa, one of the main venues for the festival. It's a huge venue with many concert halls. I'll have pictures of it lit up at night. It's kinda like the Borg spaceship"

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A few building sides have these glittery sequin stuff that glitter in the gusts:

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Unfortunately the weather was pretty shit most days we were there. Overcast, gloomy, and rain. No snow though except when we got out of the city.

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I'm always fascinated by graffiti when I visit an unfamiliar place. All the places I've been to, graffiti seems like a pretty universal expression but of course with different cultural contexts. Except Singapore, there's no graffiti there :lol:

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If this is the place I read about, I THINK it used to be a syringe-ridden park until some people in the community took the initiative and turned it into this. Except now it's getting torn down for some real estate development:

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The first [URL="http://www.mercuryserver.com/forums/djdb.php?id=494"]glimpse[/URL] of the festival going on. Airwaves happens all over Reyjavik in different venues big and small: Cafes, cinema foyers, basements, concert halls, hostel—I would recommend it to everyone on the board if you're a music fan. Even if you're a clueless one like I am.

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This is the Kex Hostel, one of the venues near the water. Walking there, the wind was so strong it blew my friend to her feet, crazy crazy winds. The Kex Hostel had a tent for outdoor drinking and smoking, it was in tatters. The inside was naturally warm and cosy. I loved this little setup for performances:

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The people on the right are facing the performance area above. You can see the sound guys, and in the background is the bar and tables:

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I didn't expect much after all the cold food and crap during Sandy, but the food in Iceland was surprisingly good.

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Tentage in tatters:

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This was a cinema venue:

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This was just so awesome. This was outside the Icelandic Bar which was right next to our hotel. We didn't even go in cos it was packed to the rafters. All we could hear from the outside was what sounded like droning heavy metal, kinda Metallica-ish. And we standing outside and behind the band, looking into the crowd. Imagine this horde of Icelanders bobbing their heads to heavy metal:

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This is what I imagine Icelanders doing at the end of the world or a zombie apocalypse:

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A view of Harpa's glass facade. It's a honeycomb design that lights up:

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First concert experience. Sorry I have no idea who this was:

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Err this was some band called Monotown:

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This was Me & My Drummer from Berlin (I think). They were so raw and genuine, cracking awkward jokes and laughing at themselves before the crowd knew to laugh:

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This was Ceruceil:

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In between sets:

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I love this grid ident. It was built using the RGBD by [URL="http://haraldharaldsson.com/Airwaves"]Harald Haraldsson[/URL]:

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Olafur Arnalds!

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He asked and recorded the crowd going 'aaaahhhhhhhh' and looped it into his performance:

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This was For A Minor Reflection, lead by the Sigur Ros' drummer. They sound like [URL="http://www.mercuryserver.com/forums/djdb.php?id=1731"]Moguai[/URL], not a bad thing:

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This was a really impressive concert venue:

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This was Exit Music:

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This was another venue, a tent in a pub's courtyard:

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This band was called Rubik from Norway (I think). They were pretty good:

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Coffee break in Iceland's oldest cafe:

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Icelandic band Heavy Experience, I loved their sound:

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You might call them post-rock, they remind me of Morphine and Tortoise, but way deeper:

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This was Prismwaves, from Colorado :lol: They were really really good because their sound was so unexpected. Lead singer is the dude with the afro. Very dreamy, psychedelic:

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And this was above the basement where Heavy Experience played:

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And then we went down to the basement again to catch Oyama:

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And this was an art museum, didn't think much of the music:

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Jelaous with a muthufuckin [B][U]J[/U][/B]

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That looks amazing!

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This was Philco Friction. You get a sense of scale here:

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This was Rangleklods. If I'm not wrong they're Danish. Really really dark electronic. They were a great warmup:

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And then, Gus Gus back at Harpa!

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Videos. I would've love to record more but I forgot to empty out my iPhone:

[video=youtube;KIAlaDIy49I]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIAlaDIy49I[/video]

And had to quickly switch to my camera to record :lol: :

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Needless to say they were absolutely absolutely amazing. First came across them on Northern Exposure 2, and I can't believe how fresh their sound is. They played mostly from their new latest album which I'm not too familiar with.

Catching them in Iceland was just breathtaking. The crowd was older, all ages really, people in suits, a guy behind us standing on a platform singing along and dancing along like the Japanese Para Para :lol: A couple beside us dancing and singing along to each other. I've been to so many parties but nothing with a vibe like this before.

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More walking around and random pictures.

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In the background is a church that reminded me of Vulcan architecture from the Star Trek reboot:

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And the viking who found Iceland:

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Yup, finally a clear day:

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So there's a lotta buildings, interiors and party pics. Finally:

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Sorry there's only so many ways you can take a scene like this with a point-and-shoot:

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And we went back to the Kex Hostel again. They got a new tent:

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And this was us making a 45-min trek out of the city to the stadium to catch Sigur Ros:

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You can see a bit of the queue to get in:

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They took forever to come on, one hour late:

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We stood right at the back:

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Guess one of the crew is a Star Wars fan:

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Finally. This was a really big production with projections, lights, and lasers towards the end. Are all concerts this crazy these days?! This was like watching a music video live:

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Yup, lasers:

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Videos:

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Yup they're loading for me! Looks like a fantastic trip. I'm very jealous. Did you get any chance to travel around the country or did you just stay in the city?

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We spent a day going up north into the outdoors, I'll post those pictures tomorrow. We set aside a night for the Northern Lights but unfortunately the weather was too bad,

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Dude super bad ass. Going to Reykjavik is on my bucket list and being able to see Sigur Ros and GusGus would be even more amazing. Sweet pics!

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Awesome pics! Looks like you had a fabulous time :)

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very nice pics. I´ve never seen pics from Iceland. Lovely places to listen to live music! Everything looks so quiet outside. Thanks for sharing this

ps: and thanks for the advice in "screaming masterpiece" documentary

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This page took ages to load tethering from the phone. But all the wait was worth it. Some excellent shots mate, it seemed like it would have been an amazing place as well,. Would love to vsit some time preferably around the northern lights time,

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Was it expensive? Icelandic-Air?

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It was kinda expensive for the duration and distance of the flight, I think 700ish?

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Outdoor pics, we went North.

Here're some blurred landscapes taken from the bus.

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You begin to see the change in the landscape as it gets rockier and snowy:

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Our first stop was a green house:

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That grew, of all things, tomatoes:

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And this was right outside and behind the green house:

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Don't quite remember what this was :lol:

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Walking ...

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This was a tourist center:

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for THIS:

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For a sense of scale, you can see tiny black dots on the left that are people:

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Sorry for the Instagram pics :lol:

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(BTW that waterfall generates more power than Niagara Falls).

Next up was some geysers. Another tourist center:

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with some weird 'multimedia' room:

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The view outside:

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Walking towards the geyser:

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I think you can sorta tell from the ground that the land is very mineral-rich:

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Little geyser!

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The adults stand waiting for the money shot while the kid plays with ice :lol:

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Here we go:

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So alien:

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Money shot:

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On the bus again:

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The landscape is dotted with these lone-standing houses far from anyone or anything. Makes me wonder what they do out there.

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Next up, we went walked the fault line that Iceland is on: Iceland straddles North America and Europe. For Game of Thrones fans, this is the Wall!

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You can see a house in the distance. Seriously what do they do out there? Post on forums and listen to Soundcloud?

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So that's pretty much my Icelandic trip :)

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Looks very beautiful! Would love to take a trip out there someday!

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looks like somewhere needs some buildings :roflmao:

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the color of the sky is.... sad hahahahha but I love it, it looks so lonely out there. I´d build a Casino and create the new Las Vegas :)

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perfect place for any kind of crazy self expression

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Wow man, simply incredible. Photos loaded fine on my phone illiuminate.... I love how music sounds in remote open mountainous regions like this, bet it was magical and changed you a little. Love all the laughing smilies, that's how I feel after a vacation somewhere new as well, like a child almost. Thanks for sharing these and taking the time to.

I have the latest mix from Rob Dowell "boundary conditions" streaming right now, a perfect soundtrack for viewing such photos :lol:

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might as well enjoy a full night’s sleep without sound of the freeway

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Looks like another planet in some of the landscape pics...the are and culture side looks unique.

People seem ok given its economy virtually collapsed

What about general expenses in ISL? Expensive to do stuff their or can it be done on a shoestring?

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I expected it to be more expensive but I'd say dining is similar to Sydney or New York.

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Ughhh I really want to go...

Also a great video filmed in Iceland:

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