Stilluppsteypa is an abstract/experimental electronic band founded at the start of the 1990s. Beginning as a punk band in the mould of Crass

Crass

Crass are an English punk rock band that was formed in 1977, which promoted anarchism as a political ideology, way of living, and as a resistance movement. Crass popularised the seminal anarcho-punk movement of the punk subculture, and advocated direct action, animal rights, and environmentalism...

, The Ex et al., it soon evolved into an experimental outfit, consisting of Heimir Björgúlfsson

Heimir Björgúlfsson

Heimir Björgúlfsson is an Icelandic artist born in Reykjavik, Iceland in 1975. Heimir lives and works in Los Angeles, California. He holds a BFA from the Gerrit Rietveld Academy and an MFA from the Sandberg Institute, both in Amsterdam, The Netherlands...

, Sigtryggur Berg Sigmarsson and Helgi Thorsson. Heimir left the group around 2002. The group has collaborated with a number of like-minded artists such as The Hafler Trio, Ryoji Ikeda

Ryoji Ikeda

Ryoji Ikeda is a Japanese sound artist who lives and works in Paris. Ikeda's music is concerned primarily with sound in a variety of "raw" states, such as sine tones and noise, often using frequencies at the edges of the range of human hearing...

 and Melt-Banana

Melt-Banana

Melt-Banana is a Japanese punk band that is known for playing extremely fast noise music mixed with experimental electronica and pop-based song structures. They have worked with artists as diverse as Merzbow, John Zorn, Mike Patton, and Discordance Axis...

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Selected discography

• One Side Mona Lisa (The Front Side Only), 1996, FIRE Inc.
• The Best Pet Possible, 1997, Staalplaat
• Reduce by Reducing, 1998, FIRE Inc.
• Interferences Are Often Requested: Reverse Tendency as Parts Nearly Become Nothing, 1999, Ritornell/Mille Plateaux
  Mille Plateaux
  Mille Plateaux is an influential electronica record label founded 1993 by Achim Szepanski in Frankfurt, Germany. It is known for mostly releasing minimal techno, glitch music and other experimental electronic music.-History:...
  
  
• Not a Laughing Matter, But Rather a Matter of Laughs, 2000, FIRE Inc.
• Stories Part Five, 2001, Ritornell/Mille Plateaux
• We Are Everyone in the Room w/ TV Pow, 2001, Erstwhile Records
  Erstwhile Records
  Erstwhile Records is an independent record label devoted to free improvisation, particularly the electroacoustic variety. Erstwhile was founded by Jon Abbey in 1999, and his knowledgeable personality and tastes are closely identified with the label.Characteristic label artists include guitarist...
  
  
• The Immediate Past Is of no Interest to us: 10 Years of Continuous Pointless Activities, 2002, Bottrop-Boy