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FRI 06.02 Curro Rodríguez: Flamencosomia
Tickets Friday, February 6th FLAMENCOSOMIA doors 19:30 / show 20:00 2500kr / 2000kr students / pay what u can FLAMENCOSOMIA is a space of experimentation between flamenco and the body. The performance approaches flamenco not as a musical style or a form of representation, but as a bodily condition: a somatic state that organizes breath, voice, tension, and presence. The voice does not appear as an expressive vehicle, but as physical matter. Singing becomes an act of giving body to the voice, allowing sound to act upon the body, to transform it, to pass through it and structure it from within. FLAMENCOSOMIA does not propose an interpretation of flamenco, but its embodiment: a body in which flamenco is not performed, but happens. Curro Rodriguez with The Bodies Curro Rodríguez is a visual artist and experimental musician whose practice bridges traditional flamenco with radical sound exploration. His performances take the form of rituals, where sound, voice, and body create experiences of intense emotional impact. Through the fusion of flamenco heritage and innovation, Curro develops an extreme physical and vocal practice, pushing the limits of voice and body in a process of catharsis, endurance, and reinvention of “lo jondo” (the most intense, tragic, and visceral dimension of flamenco, associated with the expression of pain, lament, resistance, and emotional truth). For this occasion, Curro invites different artists into a collective exploration of corporeality. These invited presences emerge as The Bodies.
SAT 07.02 Andervel
Tickets Saturday, February 7th ANDERVEL doors 19:30 / show 20:00 2500kr / 2000kr students / pay what u can Earnest, intimate, heartfelt, delicate: Andervel is the music project of singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist José Luis Anderson. Born and raised in Mexico, Anderson creates a unique brand of folk music, seen through the lens of multicultural identity. Andervel's work is defined by a timeless, classically-trained voice and carefully crafted lyrics moving seamlessly between Spanish, Icelandic, and English. On his latest single ‘Ég finn’, Mexican-born, Reykjavík-based artist Andervel continues his poetic exploration of identity, belonging, and cultural adaptation. A tender and expansive folk song, ‘Ég finn’ captures the space between two homelands - where the warmth of Mexico meets the cool, introspective landscapes of Iceland. Andervel performs as a band, joined by Sigurlaug Thorarensen, Sólrún Mjöll Kjartansdóttir and Sakaris Emil Joensen. Links: New single: Ég Finn: http://andervel.lnk.to/EgFinn Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/andervels More: https://linktr.ee/Andervel Website: www.andervel.com
THU 12.02 Salóme Katrín
Tickets Thursday, February 12th SALÓME KATRÍN doors 19:30 / show 20:00 2500kr / 2000kr students / pay what u can Íslenska: Tónlistarkonan Salóme Katrín vinnur að sinni fyrstu plötu í fullri lengd um þessar mundir. Þrátt fyrir að Salóme hafi verið virk í íslensku tónlistarlandslagi síðustu misseri, er marga farið að ílengja eftir frekari útgáfum frá henni, enda eru fimm ár liðin frá því að hún gaf út stuttskífuna Water. Því er sérlega gaman að segja frá því að biðin er senn á enda! Salóme Katrín hefur sankað að sér einvalaliði og er nú á leiðinni í hljóðver að festa tónlistina á band. Áður en sú vegferð gefst hyggst Salóme leika úrval síns nýja efnis á hljómleikum í Mengi ásamt góðum félögum. English: Musician Salóme Katrín is currently working on her first full-length album. Although she has been active in the Icelandic music scene, many have been eagerly awaiting more releases from her, as five years have passed since she released her debut EP, Water. It is therefore especially exciting to say that the wait is nearly over! Salóme Katrín has gathered some of her favourite of musicans and is now heading into the studio to record the music. Before that journey, they plan to perform a selection of her new material at a concert at Mengi. Hljómsveitina skipa: Ingibjörg Elsa Turchi Svanhildur Lóa Bergsveinsdóttir Rakel Sigurðardóttir Tumi Torfason Tumi Árnason Hannes Arason Björgvin Ragnar Hjálmarsson
FRI 13.02 TURCHI/EGGERTSSON/ÁRNASON/PETALS/TRYGVASON ELIASSEN
Tickets Friday, February 13th TURCHI/EGGERTSSON/ÁRNASON/PETALS/TRYGVASON ELIASSEN doors 19:30 / show 20:00 2500kr / 2000kr students / pay what u can After a successfully telepathic concert in January, this large ensemble returns to develop group improvisation even further. Ingibjörg Turchi: electric bass Pétur Eggertsson: violin / electronics Túmi Árnason: saxophones / clarinets Petals: piano, winds, bells, percussion Magnús Trygvason Eliassen: drums
THU 19.02 Lindy Lin
Tickets Thursday, February 19th LINDY LIN doors 19:30 / show 20:00 2500kr / 2000kr students / pay what u can Lindy Lin is an electroacoustic composer and audiovisual experimentalist based between Reykjavík and Shanghai. Drawing on cultural heritage and personal mediums, she creates immersive, tactile works using natural soundscapes and everyday objects such as the Xiao flute, guitar, fabric, and mechanical tools. Her surreal and psychedelic compositions critically engage with themes of identity, equality, and societal imbalance. After releasing her debut album “Her Insula” in Shanghai, she relocated to Iceland in 2023 to pursue NAIP music program at the Iceland University of the Arts. She has since become an active presence in Reykjavík’s experimental music and art scene through projects including Yang Soup, Wet Flute Trio, and Sew What. Her ongoing project “Mirror Stage” explores female and gendered identities through composition and improvisation, developed as a collaborative “perfect score” practice with local female-identifying artists. In this concert, she will present new material she has been developing for her ongoing project. Special Guests? https://lindylin.univer.se
FRI 20.02 Simon Mawhinney
Tickets Friday, February 20th SIMON MAWHINNEY doors 19:30 / show 20:00 2500kr / 2000kr students / pay what u can Simon Mawhinney, piano Often described as trance-inducing and ecstatic, Simon Mawhinney’s music extends from his training in Western classical music to engage with aesthetic and performative elements encountered through collaboration, travel and listening. Ranging from strictly organised to freely improvised works, his music often takes musical ideas to their furthest extreme — and then pushes a little further. This concert features solo performances of two recent piano works (both released on Altarus Records): the tender contemplation The Lonely Tree, and the spectacular — at times monolithic — Transitional Objects. Simon Mawhinney’s work as a composer has a notably international focus, with high profile musicians in Germany, France, Iceland, UK and elsewhere regularly collaborating with him on new projects. His music ranges from quietude to frenetic exhilaration and draws on a wide range of contemporary influences: from complexist music to the colouristic harmonies of post-spectralism to the cantillation of numerous cultures. He has a particular interest in the music of Boulez and Messiaen, regarding the former’s Derive 2 as a pinnacle of contemporary music. He has performed Messiaen’s piano work Vingt Regards and will begin teaching a new module about Messiaen’s music in 2013. Indeed, his fondness for including performance in his work both as composer and lecturer was recognized by in 2012 by a Queen’s University Teaching Award. Recent composition projects have included Hunshigo for violin and piano (recorded for Altarus Records by Darragh Morgan and Mary Dullea), Perseid (commissioned by Ensemble Recherche, Germany), Starbog for chamber orchestra (commissioned by Ensemble Caput, Iceland). Mary Dullea has recently recorded his 55-minute piano work, Marlacoo, scheduled for CD release in late 2013 and Kolbeinn Bjarnason will record his sequence of piecesfor bass flute and computer in 2014. In early 2013, Simon Mawhinney was awarded a period of study leave to focus on the completion of a nine-movement work for viola d’amore and string quartet – believed to be the first work written for this particular grouping of instruments. This work was commissioned by Garth Knox and Quatuor Béla, and will be premiered in Paris in November 2013.
SAT 21.02 Einakróna: Útgáfutónleikar
Tickets Saturday, February 21st EINAKRÓNA: ÚTGÁFUTÓNLEIKAR doors 19:30 / show 20:00 2500kr / 2000kr students / pay what u can Einakróna fagnar útgáfu fyrstu plötu þeirra Rembihnútar í Mengi 21. febrúar !!! Einakróna byrjaði sem sóló garageband-soundcloud verkefni Bjarkar en er núna að spila sem alvöru hljómsveit í alvöru heiminum með kontrabassa, hljómborði og trommum svo eitthvað sé nefnt. Hljómsveitin sækir innblástur í indie folk tónlist og textarnir eru ljóðrænir og persónulegir. ----- Einakróna celebrates the release of their debut album Rembihnútar in Mengi February 21st !!! Einakróna started as Björk's solo garageband-soundcloud project but is now a real band in the real world that plays with double bass, keyboard and drums, to name a few things. The band takes inspiration from indie folk music and the lyrics are poetic and personal.
THU 26.02 Sölvi Kolbeins Trio
Tickets Thursday, February 26th SÖLVI KOLBEINS TRIO doors 19:30 / show 20:00 2500kr / 2000kr students / pay what u can Tríó saxófónleikarans Sölva Kolbeinssonar leikur efni af plötunni Collage sem kom út hjá Reykjavík Record Shop í nóvember 2025. Collage er fyrsta hljómplata Sölva eingöngu með eigin tónsmíðum. Þetta er tilraunakenndur djass, innblásinn af dvöl hans í Berlín og Kaupmannahöfn ásamt því að flytja aftur heim til Íslands. Lögin eru ólík og tákna mismunandi augnablik, myndir, hver og ein með eigin stemningu og sterk karaktereinkenni. Saman skapa myndirnar heild og þaðan kemur titill plötunnar. Ásamt Sölva koma fram gítarleikarinn Hilmar Jensson og slagverksleikarinn Magnús Trygvason Eliassen. Tríóið varð til út frá dúói Sölva og Magnúsar en þeir voru paraðir saman við Hilmar á Djasshátíð 2020 og spiluðu þar stórskemmtilega tónleika. Til að byrja með spiluðu þeir sín uppáhalds lög eftir aðra en fókusinn færðist fljótlega yfir á tónsmíðar Sölva. Eftir að spila fleiri tónleika og prófa allskonar héldu þeir íí hljóðver desember 2024. Nú er komin plata og meira á leiðinni! Sölvi Kolbeinsson (f. 1996) er saxófónleikari og tónskáld. Hann stundaði klassískt saxófónnám í Tónmenntaskóla Reykjavíkur og Tónlistarskólanum í Reykjavík en rytmískt nám í Tónlistarskóla FÍH og Jazz-Institut Berlin þaðan sem hann lauk BA námi sumarið 2019. Hann er meðlimur í mörgum ólíkum hópum á Íslandi og víðar. Þar má nefna dúó með trommaranum Magnúsi Trygvasyni Eliassen, Mánudjass, Camus quartet, Ari Árelíus, La bomba, Guiding star orchestra, Hamamelidae, Volcano bjorn og Windisch quartet. Sölvi hefur spilað á djasshátíðum í Kanada, Þýskalandi, Finnlandi, Noregi, Danmörku og á Íslandi auk þess að hafa komið fram í fjölda annarra landa. Sölvi hefur gefið út þrjár plötur eingöngu með eigin tónsmíðum: Collage (2025), Live in Berlin (2022) og August (2021). Hann hlaut Íslensku tónlistarverðlaunin árið 2016 sem bjartasta vonin í flokknum Djass- og blústónlist. Sölvi kennir á saxófón og klarinett í Skólahljómsveit Grafarvogs og Tónskóla Sigursveins síðan haustið 2023. ------- Icelandic saxophonist Sölvi Kolbeinsson plays material from his album Collage, released by Reykjavík Record Shop in November 2025. Collage is Sölvi's first album solely with his own compositions. It is experimental jazz, inspired by his stay in Berlin and Copenhagen as well as moving back home to Iceland. The songs are variable and represent different moments, images, each with its own atmosphere and strong character traits. Together, the images create a whole and that leads us to the album title. Along with Sölvi are guitarist Hilmar Jensson and percussionist Magnús Trygvason Eliassen. The trio is an extension of Sölvi ́s and Magnús ́s duo. They were paired with Hilmar at the 2020 Reykjavík Jazz Festival and played a great concert there. At first, they played their favourite songs by others, but the focus soon shifted to Sölvi's compositions. After playing more concerts and rehearsing, they went into the studio in December 2024. Now there is an album out and more on the way! Sölvi Kolbeinsson (b. 1996) is a Icelandic saxophonist and composer. He studied classical saxophone at the Reykjavík School of Music and rhythmic studies at the FÍH School of Music and the Jazz-Institut Berlin, from where he graduated with a BA in the summer of 2019. He is a member of many different groups in Iceland and beyond. These include a duo with drummer Magnús Trygvason Eliassen, Mánudjass, Camus quartet, Ari Árelíus, La bomba, Guiding star orchestra, Hamamelidae, Volcano bjorn and Windisch quartet. Sölvi has played at jazz festivals in Canada, Germany, Finland, Norway, Denmark and Iceland, as well as having performed in many other countries. Sölvi has released three albums of his own compositions: Collage (2025), Live in Berlin (2022) and August (2021). He received the Icelandic Music Award in 2016 as the brightest hope in the Jazz and Blues category. Sölvi has been teaching saxophone and clarinet at the Grafarvogur School Orchestra and Sigursveinn Music School since 2023.
FRI 27.02 Ásta Fanney
Tickets Friday, February 27th ÁSTA FANNEY doors 19:30 / show 20:00 2500kr / 2000kr students / pay what u can MORE INFO TBA Ásta Fanney Sigurðardóttir (1987), deals with art, poetry, filmmaking and music. She has exhibited and performed her work in museums and festivals around the world, including Reykjavík Art Gallery, Ars Longa, Onassis and MOT and was nominated for the Bernard-Heidsieck-Centre Pompidou prize in France in 2021. Ásta Fanney will represent Iceland at the Venice Art Biennale in 2026.
SAT 28.02 Amor Vincit Omnia: Extended Babe Album Release
Tickets Saturday, February 28th AMOR VINCIT OMNIA: EXTENDED BABE ALBUM RELEASE doors 19:30 / show 20:00 2500kr / 2000kr students / pay what u can Amor Vincit Omnia invites all to their release concerts where the new EP extended babe will be premiered along with various instrumentalists. The EP has been in the making for a long time and we are super excited to share it with you in all its glory. Amor Vincit Omnia býður til útgáfutónleika þar sem nýja stuttskífa þeirra extended babe verður frumflutt ásamt hinum og þessum hljóðfæraleikurum. Platan hefur verið í vinnslu í þó nokkurn tíma og erum við spennt að deila henni með ykkur í heild sinni. ------ Amor Vincit Omnia is a pop-project born in 2023. Amor’s music is best described as playful and eccentric. They are inspired by people who push the boundaries of pop music, and their sounds are inspired by everything between Skrillex and Steve Reich. In 2024, Amor released their debut EP, brb babe, earning them Reykjavik Grapevine’s ‘One to Watch’ and the Kraumur Awards. In February they are releasing their second EP, extended babe, a heartfelt collection of songs made for the sole purpose of making people feel worse about their love life. Amor Vincit Omnia er popp hljómsveit skipuð af þeim Erlu Hlín og Baldri. Tónlistinni þeirra má lýsa sem leikandi og spennandi og dregur innblástur frá framsæknu tónlistarfólki, allt á milli Skrillex og Steve Reich. Fyrsta stuttskífa Amor kom út 2024 og fyrir hana fengu þau kraumsverðlaun og unnu í þokkabót titilinn ‘One to Watch’ hjá Reykjavik Grapevine. Í febrúar ætla þau að gefa út splunkunýja stuttskífu, extended babe, en það er samansafn af lögum sem gerð eru til að láta fólki líða verr og drukkna í harmi ástarinnar.