http://www.bedroomcommunity.net/ en Copyright 2012 2012-01-29T18:03:47+00:00 http://www.bedroomcommunity.net/news/article/puzzle_contest http://www.bedroomcommunity.net/news/article/puzzle_contest#When:18:03:47Z The world needs another Puzzle Muteson video. And we need your help! We know that many Bedroom Community and Puzzle followers are creative in their own right and so want to see what you come up with. The song in question is the beautiful "A Tightrope Dance", second track on En Garde. Participating in the contest is easy; 1. Direct a video for the song. The video can feature anything: be it you brushing your teeth and putting on fresh songs or some weird clips from the 8mm app on your iPhone. 2. Send a video link to herro@bedroomcommunity.net before March 1st. Et voilá! All participants get to pick an album from our catalogue and the winning clip will be featured in our newsletter, on our website and social networking sites, as well as Puzzle's. So, get your Gondry on - and have fun! The song can be streamed or downloaded for free below:   <a data-cke-saved-href="http://puzzlemuteson.bandcamp.com/track/a-tightrope-dance" href="http://puzzlemuteson.bandcamp.com/track/a-tightrope-dance">A Tightrope Dance by Puzzle Muteson</a> 2012-01-29T18:03:47+00:00 http://www.bedroomcommunity.net/news/article/valgeir_daniel_nico_visit_winnipeg http://www.bedroomcommunity.net/news/article/valgeir_daniel_nico_visit_winnipeg#When:17:57:06Z The three composers are taking part in the New Music Festival: Icelandia in Winnipeg on February 1st. The evening sees the Canadian premiere of Nico's So Far So Good, the North American premiere of Daníel's Bow To String and the North American premiere of Valgeir's Dreamland as well as the Canadian premiere of Kjartan Sveinsson's Credo. Performances take place in the Centennial Concert Hall, doors open at 18.30. Artists include the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Mickelthwate (conductor), Prairie Voices; Vic Pankratz (director) and Shauna Rolston (cello). Tickets are available here but also note that the lovely people of Uptown are giving away a couple of tickets. You have until noon on January 30th to participate. 2012-01-25T17:57:06+00:00 http://www.bedroomcommunity.net/news/article/nico_blogs http://www.bedroomcommunity.net/news/article/nico_blogs#When:19:01:52Z As always, a colorful insight into Nico Muhly's daily life is provided on his blog. Two blog posts from last weekend can be read here and here, where Nico covers everything from past & upcoming projects to the wonders of Jersey Shore & fancy coctails. Go check it out! 2012-01-23T19:01:52+00:00 http://www.bedroomcommunity.net/news/article/music_for_6_guitars_video http://www.bedroomcommunity.net/news/article/music_for_6_guitars_video#When:16:33:25Z The Rolex Mentor and Protégé Arts Initiative have posted a stunning video from Ben Frost's U.S. premiere of Music For 6 Guitars. The performance created a dramatic closing to the Rolex Arts Weekend, held in November 2011. The New York Public Library proved an interesting place for the performance where Ben - along with guitarists Tim Hecker, Shahzad Ismaily, Paul Corley, Sarah Lipstate, Sarah Register and Daniel Rejmer, plus a brass sextet - shook the library's bookshelves. Ben has previously said on the piece: "It's like the last minute of a basketball game, when everyone finds this extra energy, and everything becomes manic and overtly physical and desperate. I wanted to make a piece that explored that kind of moment, but also opened it up and stretched it out to prolong it." Watch the video here. 2012-01-18T16:33:25+00:00 http://www.bedroomcommunity.net/news/article/solaris_12_vinyl_preorder http://www.bedroomcommunity.net/news/article/solaris_12_vinyl_preorder#When:23:19:15Z It's time to dust off your gramophone! A month ago we announced we'd started to ship vinyl worldwide, and promised to introduce some more titles in the coming months. And voilá: As Ben Frost puts it, the "crushing low end, smooth glacial highs" of the SÓLARIS 12" Vinyl can now be preordered from our webstore. Once purchased you'll be sent an instant download link for the album and we'll send out your vinyl on the 6th of February. We're also glad to inform you that we're getting Sam Amidon's All is Well back in stock as 12" Vinyl and will have it ready for purchase on the 6th of February via bandcamp. Other vinyl currently in stock are: Puzzle Muteson's En Garde 12" as well as the 7" En Garde single, Sam Amidon's I See The Sign, and Valgeir Sigurðsson's Ekvilibríum.   Stay tuned for some more vinyl related news. 2012-01-11T23:19:15+00:00 http://www.bedroomcommunity.net/news/article/goodbye_2011 http://www.bedroomcommunity.net/news/article/goodbye_2011#When:23:05:42Z Read all about our highlights of 2011! 2011 is over and a new year has begun. What better time to reflect on the label's adventures and share the highlights with you? -The Bedroom Community family grew bigger with the addition of Puzzle Muteson and his debut album En Garde, released in June. -Nico Muhly premiered not one but two operas; Two Boys and Dark Sisters as well as composing a handful of other works. -Ben Frost and Daníel Bjarnason performed and released SÓLARIS to great acclaim. -Ben also worked with Brian Eno as part of the Rolex Arts Initiative, composed the score to films Sleeping Beauty and The Invisibles and curated Donau Festival in Austria, to name a few. -Daníel premiered a new piece in early 2011 - Birting - which got nominated for the Iceland Music Awards as Composition of the Year as well as Daníel himself for Composer of the Year. -Valgeir Sigurðsson wrote Nebraska for the Chiara Quartet, scored Architecture of Loss by choreographer Stephen Petronio and was busy as ever in various studios producing albums for Bedroom Community, Feist and others. -Bedroom Community's first ever film was born: Everything Everywhere All The Time was premiered in Iceland in September and then had its International premiere in Denmark in November. -Greenhouse studios got a makeover, a whole lot of visitors and was the home of some of the best musical moments of 2011. -Bedroom Community took Iceland Airwaves by a storm, with a memorable concert by Puzzle, film screenings and performances by Valgeir and Daníel with the Iceland Symphony Orchestra as well as their regular off venue concerts. -In the tradition of last year we released the 2011 Bedroom Community Yule mix, consisting of exclusive unreleased material, available free with all purchases in December. ©Iceland Chronicles We asked the guys to share some personal highs and lows of the year 2011: Ben: This year I caught 3 Salmon, approximately 3 sea, and 21 freshwater Trout. I fixed the leak in my Defender, forgot to change it over to the summer tires and was fined on two separate occasions, once for doing 94km in a 60km zone and the second for driving on the wrong side of the road. I took a sledgehammer to my kitchen, removed several splinters, walked the red carpet and sat next to Dr Steve Brule at Cannes. This year I finished the acoustics and patchbays in Greenhouse Studio B and made it look and feel like the inside of a Rothko painting, I recorded approximately 10 hours of music, ate at St John's 3 times, paid approximately 700 euros in excess baggage charges and purchased an icelandic horses head with Eno. This year I recorded and mixed an Lp by 13 piece japanese metal band in 5 days, got food poisoning from a german pizza joint, drank Absynthe Champagne and went bike riding in Slovenia, grew my second longest beard, and was fired from the same film not once, but twice.   Puzzle: ... arriving sleepless in Dordrecht, getting caught in the rain, walking into my rehearsal space where the ensamble Lunapark were waiting,then playing along with the altered arrangements for the first time. The show was a highlight too. Sam: 2011!!! trajectory of your giggle… best movies of the year: melancholia, mission impossible ghost protocol, melancholia, bridesmaids, melancholia, mission impossible ghost protocol best albums: eamon o’leary “old clump,” paul motion “the windmills of your mind,” drake “take care”, gillian welch “harrow & harvest,” lou reeed and metallica “lulu” special mention: jimmy giuffre, 1961 (was not released in 2011 best day: july 10 most mountains: the country with the big mountains. best rock: that one over there. best rock: that one over there.  best rock: that pebble.  best rock:  big rock.  best rock: rock rock.   Nico: I wrote two operas, nearly lost my mind, managed to not, moved to London, got my phone to work, moved away from London, ate an unbelievable amount of entire pigs, went to Iceland in December and had the most relaxing and secretly productive two weeks EVER. Daníel: I managed to sing karaoke in at least 3 different countries.   My memory got worse.  I truthfully can't remember anything anymore. I recorded an album in a space ship in Poland. I spent alot of time in the new big shiny glass house by the harbour. I became addicted to Fifa12 in my iphone and ended up deleting it after a few weeks, mostly due to pressure from my family.  I am not allowed to own a playstation. I moved house twice. I both met and worked with alot of wonderful and generous people that I wish I could stay in touch with more. I discovered tamarin toasted almonds. Valgeir: A year of musical-mountaineering, from the Swiss Alps to the stormy cliffs of Big Sur, California. Looking skyward for Condors but seeing none. Hanging out with rare birds in the studio makes up for it. In one way or another made records with Feist, Ben Frost & Daníel Bjarnason, Puzzle Muteson, Damon Albarn, Hilary Hahn & Hauschka, Mr. Fogg, Ingrid Lukas, Jóhann Jóhannsson, Rafiq Bahtia, Mia Maestro, Alias Hilsum, Sigur Rós, Sleeping Dog, yMusic... some will come out in 2012. Thought about never making another record, ever. Abandoned the thought. Wrote a string quartet and had my first 'composer-in-the-audience' experience when Nebraska Quartet was premiered by the Chiara Quartet in NYC - and again in Finland by the Avanti Quartet. Learned a lot. Renewed my love for drums and electric guitars. Spent only a 3rd of the year away from the iceberg —compared with half the preceding years. Home improvement, electrical wires, picture frames. Road trips in Iceland, visited my grandmother. I took a photo-of-the-day for almost every day of the year.  A diligent parent. The Iceland Symphony Orchestra performed Dreamland under the baton of Daníel Bjarnason. I participated in concerts with Puzzle Muteson, Sami Kukka, and the Britten Sinfonia. I helped make a film, somehow: Everything Everywhere All The Time with Pierre-Alain Giraud and Bedroom Community, the best little collective on earth. Observed 'my team-awesome' growing stronger and tighter; Mio, Paul and Hildur, and the wondrous interns. Ben Frost brought Brian Eno in to record with us at the Greenhouse. Systems were employed, material was generated. I learned about MST, coaching, World of Warcraft, the Ooga-Booga. Turned 40 on a boat, went to karaoke. Saw Nico's Two Boys. Didn't upgrade my computers. Wrote music for Petronio's new dance and am looking forward to the premiere in March. I prefer looking forward, looking back is strange.   ©Iceland Chronicles So, what's going to happen in 2012? Well, we can certainly promise you a productive year with some new additions and releases to the label. But to find out exactly what, stay tuned... Oh, and don't forget to participate in our yearly giveaway! Like last year, we're giving away one copy of each of our albums via Facebook. Follow these easy steps for a chance to adopt the CD of your choice: 1. 'Like' our Facebook page
 2. Post the album you'd want the most from our catalogue
 3. On Wednesday January 18th we'll announce the lucky winners on Facebook Wishing you all a very happy new year, Bedroom Community. 2012-01-10T23:05:42+00:00 http://www.bedroomcommunity.net/news/article/daniel_nominated_for_icelandic_music_awards http://www.bedroomcommunity.net/news/article/daniel_nominated_for_icelandic_music_awards#When:19:28:06Z For the second time in three years, Daníel Bjarnason has been nominated for the Icelandic Music Awards as Composer of the Year and for Composition of the Year. The 16th Icelandic Music Awards, presented in March 2009, saw Daníel winning Composer of the Year for the music on his debut album Processions and Composition of the Year for "Bow to String". The 18th Icelandic Music Awards will take place in late February 2012 and as previously mentioned Daníel is again nominated twice; as Composer of the Year and for Composition of the Year for "Birting" ("Emergence") which was premiered earlier this year at the Dark Music Days in Iceland and later performed at the Iceland Airwaves Music Festival in Harpa. We're of course very proud parents. Congratulations, Daníel! 2011-12-30T19:28:06+00:00 http://www.bedroomcommunity.net/news/article/ben_featured_on_rough_trade_compilation http://www.bedroomcommunity.net/news/article/ben_featured_on_rough_trade_compilation#When:19:26:50Z Ben Frost is among artists featured on Rough Trade's new compilation album - Electronic '11. The album will be released on January 16th 2012 and features tracks by artists like Pan Sonic, Modeselektor, John Maus, Hercules & Love Affair, Flying Lotus ft. Thom Yorke, Alva Noto and more with Ben's "Ó God Protect Me" as the closing track. See the full track list below, and for more info on Electronic '11 visit Rough Trade's website. 1. rene hell - oxford meter end 2. nicolas jaar - space is only noise if you can see 3. flying lotus - ...and the world laughs with you featuring thom yorke 4. shackleton / king midas sound - deadman, death dub remix 5. ayshay - warn-u 6. john maus - head for the country 7. ford and lopatin - emergency room 8. rustie - hyperthrust 9. hercules and love affair - my house 10. azari and iii - manhooker 11. modeselektor - evil twin feat. otto von schirach 12. death grips - guillotine 13. sensational meets koyxen - +weekend2 (remix work) 14. alva noto - uni deform 15. anne-james chaton - pop is dead 16. marcus schmickler - discordance axis 17. ekoplekz - critical condition 18. pansonic with keiji haino - if i could incarnate this feeling would you consider it a creation 19. prurient - a meal can be made 20. solar bears - twin stars 21. mark mcguire - alma (reprise) / chances are 22. ben frost - ó god protect me 2011-12-29T19:26:50+00:00 http://www.bedroomcommunity.net/news/article/yule_2011 http://www.bedroomcommunity.net/news/article/yule_2011#When:08:05:32Z It's that time a year again...! Some of you might recall last year's Yule album, a special Christmas compilation album with previously unreleased material named after Iceland's notorious 'yule lads'. This year sees a new edition of Yule, which is free to download exclusively with every purchase made through our web store in December. With the album comes 'create your own CD' kit, so you can even make your own copies of the CD and give to your loved ones as the perfect handcrafted Christmas present! Yule 2011 features previously unreleased music from Ben Frost, Valgeir Sigurðsson, Nico Muhly, Daníel Bjarnason , Sam Amidon & Puzzle Muteson, including remixes by Scanner, FM Belfast and Montauk in February. Full track list below: Puzzle Muteson — Will You Love Me Tomorrow Nico Muhly — Once in Royal David's City Daníel Bjarnason — Spindrift / Montauk in February Remix Valgeir Sigurðsson — Flesh and Wine and Firewood Ben Frost — Stomp / Scanner Remix Nico Muhly — The Holly and the Ivy Ben Frost — The Gravity of Numbers Daníel Bjarnason — Air to Breath / Montauk in February Remix Sam Amidon — How Come That Blood / FM Belfast Remix 2011-12-05T08:05:32+00:00 http://www.bedroomcommunity.net/news/article/fancy_some_fancy_vinyls http://www.bedroomcommunity.net/news/article/fancy_some_fancy_vinyls#When:19:07:11Z We're now shipping worldwide! Albums currently available in this timeless format are Puzzle Muteson's En Garde 12" with a brand new cover as well as the 7" En Garde single, Sam Amidon's I See The Sign, and limited tour copies of Valgeir Sigurðsson's Ekvilibríum - slightly worn around the edges and signed by Valgeir. We will be introducing some new and older titles on vinyl early next year, so stay tuned! 2011-12-04T19:07:11+00:00