Kimi Records
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Kimi Records was founded in 2007 by Baldvin Esra Einarsson and his wife out of AkureyriAkureyri
Akureyri is a town in northern Iceland. It is Iceland's second largest urban area and fourth largest municipality ....
, Iceland
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...
. The Kimi Records roster includes mainly Icelandic inde rock acts, but also includes bands belonging to other genres of music and despite it's young age, Kimi records have also released non-Icelandic acts.
Kimi Records started out as a record company and distributed their own music own their own. The label has also distributed releases by artists such as FM Belfast
FM Belfast
FM Belfast is an electro/electronica band from Reykjavík, Iceland.Its members include Lóa Hlín Hjálmtýsdóttir, Árni Rúnar Hlöðversson, Árni Vilhjálmsson and Örvar Þóreyjarson Smárason....
, Hildur Guðnadóttir
Hildur Guðnadóttir
Hildur Ingveldardóttir Guðnadóttir is a classically trained Icelandic Cellist who has played and recorded with the bands Pan Sonic, Throbbing Gristle and Múm, as well as her solo project Lost in Hildurness...
, Leaves, Seabear
Seabear
Seabear is a Icelandic seven piece indie-folk band from Reykjavik, Iceland. Although hailing from Iceland, they sing primarily in English. They are signed to the Morr Music record label....
and Stórsveit Nix Noltes
Stórsveit Nix Noltes
Stórsveit Nix Noltes are an Icelandic post-rock and Balkan folk band formed in 2004 and composed mostly of members of other Icelandic bands such as múm and Benni Hemm Hemm...
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In 2009 Kimi Records started operating an sub-label, Brak Records, for more obscure Icelandic music. In its first year of operation it released one album a month. The same year Kimi Records started operating a more mainstream label, Borgin. Borgin is now in hiatus.
Kimi's first release was Hellvars' Bat out of Hellvar on November 22 in 2007. Kimi's first compilation, Hitaveitan, saw the light of day in the summer 2010.
Roster
- Benni Hemm Hemm
- BorkoBorkoBjörn Kristiansson alias Borko is an Icelandic musician. His debut album Celebrating Life was released in March, 2008 on record labels Morr Music and Kimi Records. Borko and band toured with the Icelandic bands Múm and Seabear in 2008.-External links:...
- Hellvar
- HjaltalínHjaltalínHjaltalín is an Icelandic band that has published two albums and enjoys a wide following in their homeland. Their second album, Terminal, was chosen as the album of the year at the 2010 Icelandic music awards...
- kimonoKimono (band)kimono is an Icelandic-Canadian math rock band composed of singer-guitarist Alex MacNeil, guitarist-bassist Gylfi Blöndal and drummer Kjartan Bragi Bjarnason. Their third studio album, Easy Music for Difficult People, was released by Kimi Records on December 4, 2009...
- Me, The Slumbering Napoleon
- Miri
- Morðingjarnir
- Orphic Oxtra
- Prins Póló
- Retro StefsonRetro StefsonRetro Stefson are an Icelandic alternative/pop-band formed in 2006 in Reykjavík. The band consists of Unnsteinn Manuel Stefánsson , Þórður Jörundsson , Logi Pedro Stefánsson , Jon Ingvi Seljeseth , Þorbjörg Roach Gunnarsdóttir , Haraldur Ari Stefánsson and Gylfi Sigurðsson...
- Retrön
- Reykjavík!
- Sin Fang BousSeabearSeabear is a Icelandic seven piece indie-folk band from Reykjavik, Iceland. Although hailing from Iceland, they sing primarily in English. They are signed to the Morr Music record label....
- S.H. Draumur
- Stafrænn HákonStafrænn HákonStafrænn Hákon is the stage name used by Icelandic musician Ólafur Josephsson. Ólafur has been making music at his home studio since 1999. Stafrænn has self released 3 albums in Iceland. Later 2 of the albums were re-released on Resonant in the UK and the debut on Secret Eye in the U.S. ...
- Sudden Weather Change
- Swords of ChaosSwords of ChaosSwords of Chaos is a computer game made by Mark Peterson. It is a MUD type game for the Major BBS and Worldgroup BBS software, allowing it to be played over a dial-up connection with a modem: since the advent of the internet, it is also possible to use a telnet connection or a terminal emulator...
- Tape Tum