Iceland invades Popkomm 2007!

Sept. 14, 2007 - PRLog -- Rising stars Lay Low and Bloodgroup will be representing Iceland at the Popkomm main festival on 19th September while the Icelandic Music Stand presents more of the country’s young bands, labels and vibrant music scene.

25-year-old Lay Low established herself with her first album ‘Please Don’t Hate Me’ which went directly to the top of the Icelandic Charts. She has also won the Icelandic Music Award; her superb, off-kilter blues appealing to a wide range of fans across the hottest clubs in London and New York.

Meanwhile, Bloodgroup siblings Halez, Raggi and Lilja and their Faroese bandmate Janus, delivered clear, danceable Indie-Elektro-Pop-Beats for the Hot-Pants Party on MidSummersNight. Both acts will play on Thursday 19th September: Bloodgroup play the ‘nbi’-Club, while Lay Low will perform at the ‘Maschinenhaus’ in the Kulturbrauerei.

The Popkomm exhibition will also host a stand with the brand new Icelandic Music Export (IMX) office, which represents the larger musical picture of the island. Labels like Believer Music, 12 Tonar, Reykjavik Records, Smekkleysa, Blánótt and Ambulant Entertainment and the celebrated Iceland Airwaves Festival - which takes place in Reykjavik between 17 - 21 October (and where you can see again Lay Low and Bloodgroup alongside world-renown Icelanders GusGus and international bands like Bloc Party) – will all be present at stand 401 in Hall 21.

Also scheduled to appear at the stand is the lauded Icelandic pianist Nina Margret Grimsdottir, along with the Association of Icelandic Chamber Music and Association of Musicians and Soloists.  

The 2007 Popkomm festival promises to be a unique chance to discover some of the budding talent that is still pouring out of Iceland.

For more information on Icelandic artists, visit: http://www.icelandicmusic.is

For further Popkomm enquiries, interviews, press materials and guest list requests, contact us at:

Iceland Music PR
Michael Frohoff
Kruger Media
Tel: +49 30 30 64 54 80
frohoff@kruger-media.de

Source: http://www.kruger-media.de

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Icelandic Music Export Office (IMX)

The Icelandic Music Export Office (IMX) was founded in 2006 and aims to act as a Service Centre for musicians and music companies, and to offer journalists and investors access and information about the Icelandic music scene. IMX supports musicians with contacts and financial resources, cooperates with concert agencies and festival producers, creates press conferences and gets artists on stage at international fairs and festivals.

Website: www.icelandicmusic.is