Year of the Horse is the new single of the one and only Hjaltalin
this is a special live version with The Iceland Symphony Orchestra
taken from the live cd/dvd Alpanon

yupp, WE (you and us) MADE IT!!
APC finished #2 at BT Digital Awards
and it means …. well a lot, and even more than we can imagine
THX for making us one of the best music blogs of the world
without you, readers, all this worth nothing
so THX again for your ultimate love!!!

besides of posting great tunes
we been all over Europe (me personally mainly in Iceland)
so this was deffo a really exciting month
let’s see the best chooooooooonz

first here is the official TOP 10

#01 Crystal Castles ft Robert Smith – I’m Not In Love [link]
the surprise of the month and one of the top tunes of 2010
#02 PROPELLERHEADS vs SUYT [link]
party:ON
#03 The Glass – Four Four Letter [link]
the sound of now
#04 The Good The Bad – 030 [link]
a naked chick and a guitar
#05 Party Ben – Beat Sauce [link]
yupp, this sauce haz Jacko innit
#06 Fissunix – Burn the funk [link]
DP VS DP? anytime!
#07 FM Belfast – Vertigo [link]
can’t wait for the new FM Belfast album
#08 Hjaltalin – Suitcase Man (Gisli Galdur remix) [link]
a monster epic remix, a must hear
#09 Lykke Li – Get Some [link]
she is sweeter than ever
#10 Nitzer Ebb – Promises [link]
the legends are back

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brand new video by the APC fave Icelanders, Hjaltalín
Sweet Impressions is taken from their album, Terminal
directed and edited by Arni Thor Jonsson

Hjaltalín perform Suitcase Man live
at RUV Radio during Iceland Airwaves 2009

tonite they will play at NASA from 22:30
make sure to grab the amazing Suitcase Man remix by Gisli Galdur

day two of Airwaves? in one word: WILD

first I was on a networking meeting with Icelandic musicians
it was a very intense and fun event
I was attacked by 50+ artists
got a huge pack of CDs, gave away tons of business cards
got quite few promising stuff
and I will keep my finger on the Icelandic music scene for sure

my main mission was to see Dominique Young Unique‘s show
I got there early so I saw few other bands too
Original Melody was great, funky party hip-hop, wicked vibes

Dominique simply killed it, destroyed the house, blow us away
her show was wild, full of heavy beats and even heavier rhymes
the best gig what I’ve seen on Airwaves os far!

after that I just popped in the Art Museum
which is the biggest and the main festival venue
and within a minute I’ve stumbled into Hogni from Hjaltalin
we’ve met and hanged out together in Budapest a year ago
they even came to the very first MashupCentral party
so it was great to see him again
later on he introduced me to Gisli Galdur
a great DJ/producer who made this brilliant ‘n supertrippy remix for them
it’s an epic 12 minutes journey, make sure to turn it loud!

Hjaltalin – Suitcase Man (Gisli Galdur remix) [mp3]

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at the Art Museum I saw Moderat
their ‘Kraftwerk on acid’ sound just washed me away, and cleaned my mind
the Art Museum is an amazing location
simply a brilliant idea to make concerts there

after that we went to a really sweet and cosy afterparty
but sadly this is the end of the public report, sorry ;)

this week’s cutie came from Iceland
this is Hjaltalin‘s Traffic Music, from their debut album Sleepdrunk Seasons
animation by Hermann Karlsson
you can catch Hjaltalin at Hangfoglalás / Soundquest in October

As you know it already APC teamed up with Hangfoglalás / Soundquest, to support them to create an another outstanding music bonanza this year as well. Just for the record, Hangfoglalás / Soundquest is the biggest music industry trade show in Hungary, it’s a series of free events, like exhibitions, conferences, workshops, concert and parties. This years guest country is Iceland, so the most exciting Icelandic acts will play in Hungary this October. We are ultra excited about all this, so let’s see who will play and when. NOTE: these are only the Iceland related events, we have few more surprises ;)

October 2

Budapest – MUPA / Palace of Arts
Hjaltalin
Simon Iddol & Kemuri / Iceland VS Hungary, audiovisual mashup show
Emiliana Torrini

Budapest -  A38 boat
Ourlives

October 3

Veszpém – Expresszo
Ourlives

and here is some music from the featuring bands
just in case to refresh your mind

Emiliana Torrini – Jungle Drum

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Hjaltalín – Traffic Music

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Ourlives – Nuna

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