Kitchen Motors
Encyclopedia
Kitchen Motors is an Iceland
based think tank
, record label
and an art collective specializing in instigating collaborations and putting on concerts, exhibitions, performances, chamber operas, producing films, books and radio shows.
Kitchen Motors is known for producing collaborations between artists from different disciplines and in finding common ground where artists from often very diverse backgrounds can work together.
The founders and main architects are Kristín Björk Kristjánsdóttir, Jóhann Jóhannsson
and Hilmar Jensson.
Iceland
Iceland , described as the Republic of Iceland, is a Nordic and European island country in the North Atlantic Ocean, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Iceland also refers to the main island of the country, which contains almost all the population and almost all the land area. The country has a population...
based think tank
Think tank
A think tank is an organization that conducts research and engages in advocacy in areas such as social policy, political strategy, economics, military, and technology issues. Most think tanks are non-profit organizations, which some countries such as the United States and Canada provide with tax...
, record label
Record label
In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the production, manufacture, distribution, marketing and promotion,...
and an art collective specializing in instigating collaborations and putting on concerts, exhibitions, performances, chamber operas, producing films, books and radio shows.
Kitchen Motors is known for producing collaborations between artists from different disciplines and in finding common ground where artists from often very diverse backgrounds can work together.
The founders and main architects are Kristín Björk Kristjánsdóttir, Jóhann Jóhannsson
Jóhann Jóhannsson
Jóhann Jóhannsson is an Icelandic musician, composer and producer. He is a co-founder of Kitchen Motors in Reykjavík, the art organization/think tank/record label which specializes in initiating collaborations, promoting concerts and exhibitions, performances, chamber operas, producing films,...
and Hilmar Jensson.
CD Releases
- Nart Nibbles 1999 - Apparat Organ QuartetApparat Organ QuartetThe Apparat Organ Quartet is an Icelandic band founded in 1999 by Jóhann Jóhannsson, Hörður Bragason, Músikvatur and Úlfur Eldjárn.Apparat Organ Quartet's debut album, simply entitled "Apparat Organ Quartet" was almost 3 years in the making. The Quartet's members say it took so long because they...
, Helvítis Guitar Symphony, Músíkvatur & MúmMúmmúm are an experimental Icelandic musical group whose music is characterized by soft vocals, electronic glitch beats and effects, and a variety of traditional and unconventional instruments.- History :...
and more. - Motorlab #1 2000 - Hilmar Jensson, Ulfar Haraldsson & CAPUT, StilluppsteypaStilluppsteypaStilluppsteypa is an abstract/experimental electronic band founded at the start of the 1990s. Beginning as a punk band in the mould of Crass, The Ex et al., it soon evolved into an experimental outfit, consisting of Heimir Björgúlfsson, Sigtryggur Berg Sigmarsson and Helgi Thorsson. Heimir left the...
& Magnús Pálsson, Telefónía directed by CurverCurverCurver is an Icelandic artist/musician, born in 1976. He has divided his time between general art making and music since his career started, around 1990. He is presently a member in the duo Ghostigital along with Einar Örn Benediktsson, a former member of The Sugarcubes...
. - Motorlab #2 2001 - Apparat Organ Quartet & TF3IRA, Múm, Asa Juniusdottir & SjónSjónSigurjón Birgir Sigurðsson , known as Sjón , is an internationally known Icelandic author and poet. His pen name is formed from his given name , and means 'Sight'....
, Big Band Brutal. - Motorlab #3 (2001) - Barry AdamsonBarry AdamsonBarry Adamson is a British rock musician who has worked with rock bands such as Magazine, Visage, The Birthday Party, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, and the electronic musicians Pan sonic and Depeche Mode. Adamson created the seven-minute opus "Useless " remix for the latter band in 1997...
vs. Pan SonicPan sonicPan Sonic was a Finnish experimental electronic music duo consisting of Mika Vainio and Ilpo Väisänen.-Music:...
, The Hafler Trio. - H u g g u n - Kippi Kaninus (2002).
- Nói Albínói - SlowblowSlowblowSlowblow is an Icelandic musical duo consisting of Orri Jónsson and Dagur Kári Pétursson. Their music is an aesthetic of home-made, lo-fi analog tinkerings, which often slips into both electronic and folksy terrain. They began recording in the mid 1990s and have made several albums together...
& Sigriđur Níelsdóttir (2003). - Kitchen Motors Family Album/Fjölskyldualbúm TilraunaeldhússinsKitchen Motors Family Album/Fjölskyldualbúm TilraunaeldhússinsKitchen Motors Family Album a compilation album released in 2006. It came into being two years after the celebration of Kitchen Motors' 5 year anniversary at May 1st 2004. The album features mostly previously unreleased songs by the artists and bands who have worked with Kitchen Motors since it...
(2006) - A Compilation of Icelandic music.