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| What are Amiina doing?We wish you all a happy and healthy 2008!Icelandic sheep, and the good ladies at the Icelandic Hand Knitting Society!The 7" version with the extra track will be a little bit delayed, sorry...Well, actually we did have a hard time getting online during our tour, but after that we definitely don't have an excuse!Anyways, the tour was great, we had such an amazing time.Thanks to all of you lovely people who came to see us.It never ceases to amaze us how brilliant our audiences are, always a pleasure to play for you guys!We had a video made to Hilli (At the Top of the World), while we were touring.We're working on getting the track released, which should be soon.We'll let you know as soon as it's settled!These days we're taking a bit of a break, renewing our energies before beginning to work on new music.We wish you all a happy and healthy 2008!In other news we'd like to remind you about the track we recently released in collaboration with the late great Lee Hazlewood.But we'll get it out there as soon as we can in the new year.We hope you have a lovely and relaxing time over the holidays!Well, actually we did have a hard time getting online during our tour, but after that we definitely don't have an excuse!Anyways, the tour was great, we had such an amazing time.Thanks to all of you lovely people who came to see us.And having Maggi (our drummer) with us was excellent, we hope you all enjoyed his presence and contribution to the show as much as we did.We're working on getting the track released, which should be soon.These days we're taking a bit of a break, renewing our energies before beginning to work on new music.All of you around Europe can start securing your tickets for our show, we've posted links for all of the shows now (if they don't work as they should, please let us know).Check out the Live section for those links.We won't say too much, but the person has long hair and plays an instrument we haven't had in our set before.Thanks to all of you who have sent us lovely wishes of getting well!However, we do have some cool things coming up, including a long tour in Europe in October.You'll hear about the other stuff from here and our myspace first, so keep visiting us!Confirmed dates are coming in!Hi again everyone,
We heard some people were having problems signing on to our mailing list.Monday next week we'll be on our way to the USA.Things sort of getting ready, but there are still a few matters to tend to.But we'll post the dates before long.We can tell you with a fair amount of certainty that the tour involves Portugal, Germany, UK, Denmark and some more countries!We're planning on bringing lots and lots of news and bits on here, about how things are going in amiinaworld, so check the site now and then.Edda and Hildur, four Icelandic women in their mid twenties collectively known as amiina first decided they wanted to write music together in 2004.They gathered together every last instrument they could find and piled them into their car.They then filled every available bit of space with food.This, they maintain, was a very, very important part of the process.But it was also very nearly the act that prevented the birth of amiina.Their overloaded car was unable to struggle up the steep mountainous incline to the studio they had chosen, and had a local farmer not towed them to their destination with his tractor amiina might never have come to be.KURR the bands debut album, named after the sound that birds are said to make in Iceland makes it clear that they have not learnt their lesson from this experience.And though it's true that they started with individually defined roles as a string quartet this was never going to be how they would set about making a record of their own.In amiina there are no specific assignments: no official bass player, drummer, guitarist or singer.Release for the rest of the world is June 25th.Etch'n'Sketch will release Kurr in Australia and New Zealand on June 30th."Are you sure you want to delete this comment?"Click the picture to view profile!HEART AMIINA (all caps)!!!Such a lovely world here is.Obrigado por aceitar nosso convite!Happy new year amiina!Any great plans for the new year?I've never heard music as hypnotic as Amiina.This could be an attempt to steal your username and password.This is not a MySpace login page, please do not enter your MySpace login information (email address or password).Do you wish to continue your form submission?"This user has either cancelled their membership, or their account has been deleted.Click here to check it out!Be sure to let them know on the blog if you like it, and you can also talk about it with other amiina fans in forum.If you've recorded videos of amiina gigs, please let us know so we can share it with amiina fans everywhere!Lee Hazlewood collaboration online (19.Mentioned a couple of days ago, the collaboration between Lee Hazlewood and amiina is now available to hear online.Lee Hazlewood collaborated with amiina (17.We are very sorry to inform you that due to illness within the band, we have had to postpone our North American tour schedule to start in Washington DC next week.However, we do have some cool things coming up, including a long tour in Europe in October.Harrisburg PA date added (15.Listening to amiina on CD is a lovely experience, but nothing exceeds seeing them live.Brixton Academy in London.The words "food" and "lunch" cause the girls' ears to prick up.Does one person come up with an idea and you build on it, or do you just jam until it sounds good?A: It varies but it's relaxed.It's flexible, but some days are easier than others.Byrjun, whereas Takk was composed in the studio.Q: You now have a song in your set with vocals.We never expected we would have vocals.It's an extra instrument that we can take with us anywhere.It would be a
shame not to use it.A: (they all roll their eyes at me) This is our least favorite question.We work with what we have.Q: With whom would you most like to collaborate?A: At the moment we need to develop ourselves first and release an album.We need to be just the four of us on this one, we think.Q: What was your favourite place to play and why?A: The Hollywood Bowl because it was so freaky and big.In Madison it was strange because the stage was very short and it was about 5 metres above the ground.Q: What's the weirdest thing that's happened on tour?A: Touring is kind of weird in itself.Strange things do happen occasionally, but hey, what goes on tour, stays on tour.Q: Do you have regular jobs in Iceland?We worked out that we work probably 9 hours a day while on tour.Q: If you couldn't be a musician, what would you be?A:
Hildur: Oh that's an easy one.Edda: We're sure we'd be doing something involving the arts.Q: What about solo shows?Will you be doing any of those while on tour?Powered by Movable Type 3.Edda and Hildur, four Icelandic women in their mid twenties collectively known as amiina first decided they wanted to write music together in 2004.This, they maintain, was a very, very important part of the process.But it was also very nearly the act that prevented the birth of amiina.Their overloaded car was unable to struggle up the steep mountainous incline to the studio they...Your search did not match any products.Too many keywords can constrain your search.If you want to specify which of your search terms should match the author's name and which should match the title, you should conduct an Advanced Search.Track your recent orders.View or change your orders in Your Account.Visit our Help department.You have no recently viewed items or searches.Look to the right column to find helpful suggestions for your shopping session.Amiina is a band from Reykjavik, Iceland, that has been together in various forms and guises since the late 1990s.David Karsten Daniels is doing his best to make sense of the world around him.Tag a public Flickr photo with:
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