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iceland

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Description

Icelandic music blends ethereal atmospheres with stark Nordic beauty, drawing from the island's dramatic landscapes and isolation. The genre spans experimental pop, neo-classical, and post-rock, often featuring delicate vocals, string arrangements, and electronic textures. Its distinctive sound balances intimacy with grandeur, reflecting Iceland's contrast between volcanic power and glacial serenity.

100 chronological releases

Place	Cover	Date	Artist	Album	Tags	Other places
49		1977	Various Artists	Söngvakeppnin 2024	iceland
66		1977	Various Artists	Söngvakeppnin 2022	iceland
75		1977	Various Artists	Söngvakeppnin 2019	iceland
8		1984	KUKL	The Eye	post-punk
58		1984-10	KUKL	KUKL à Paris 14.9.84	iceland
31		1993-07-12	Björk	Debut	electronic alternative	alternative # 19 electronic # 58 icelandic # 61
3		1994	Iceland Symphony Orchestra	Recurrence	composer contemporary classical iceland icelandic instrumental nordic piano
64		1995	Nanna	Crybaby	folk rock iceland icelandic indie folk
34		1995-06-09	Björk	Post	electronic	electronic # 67 icelandic # 79
4		1997	Á túr	Píka	iceland nordic
28		1999-06-07	Björk	Family Tree (CD1 Roots)	alternative electronic iceland
11		1999-09-27	Sigur Rós	Sven-g-englar	icelandic post-rock	icelandic # 42
37		1999-09-27	Sigur Rós	Svefn-G-Englar	icelandic post-rock	icelandic # 78
65		2000	Ampop	Nature is not a virgin	electronic iceland
42		2001	Björk	Vespertine (Promo_release)	alternative electronic iceland
53		2002-01-01	Apparat Organ Quartet	Apparat Organ Quartet	electronic	organ # 31
30		2002-05-20	múm	Finally We are No One	electronic	post-rock # 2 icelandic # 48
52		2002-10	Jóhann Jóhannsson	End of Summer	composer contemporary classical iceland icelandic instrumental nordic piano	composer # 10
85		2002-10	Mugison	Lonely Mountain	folktronica iceland indie folk singer-songwriter	folktronica # 26
29		2002-11-01	Björk	Greatest Hits	alternative electronic	icelandic # 10
5		2003	Amalgam	Demo	denmark iceland	denmark # 32
15		2003	Bang Gang	Something Wrong	icelandic trip-hop	trip-hop # 4 icelandic # 86
35		2003-08-20	Sigur Rós	Hlemmur	ambient post-rock soundtrack	icelandic # 23
12		2003-09-15	Apparat Organ Quartet	Romantika	alternative electronic iceland icelandic organ
26		2003-09-15	Kimono	Mineur-Aggressif	iceland icelandic post-rock rock
9		2004-03	Mugison	Sea Y	alternative iceland icelandic
50		2004-11-22	Jóhann Jóhannsson	Dís	contemporary classical
60		2004-11	Mugison	Niceland	alternative iceland icelandic
62		2005-09-12	Sigur Rós	Paint It Black	ambient iceland icelandic
51		2005-09	Jóhann Jóhannsson	Dis	contemporary classical
81		2005-11-25	Sigur Rós	Hoppípolla	ambient	icelandic # 21
74		2006	Skúli Sverrisson	Sería	bass iceland icelandic	icelandic # 11 bass # 22
10		2006	Shadow Parade	Dubious Intentions	alternative downtempo iceland indie pop indie rock rock
76		2006-09	Hildur Guðnadóttir	Mount A	contemporary classical iceland instrumental
79		2007	Mugison	Mugiboogie	alternative iceland icelandic	icelandic # 18
41		2007	I Adapt	Chainlink Burden	hardcore iceland
47		2007	I Adapt	Chainlike Burden	hardcore iceland
84		2007-02-28	Ólöf Arnalds	Við og við	alternative iceland icelandic	icelandic # 33
7		2007-04-23	Björk	Volta	electronic alternative	icelandic # 26
89		2007-05-27	Valgeir Sigurðsson	Ekvílibríum	composer contemporary classical iceland icelandic instrumental piano	icelandic # 43 composer # 89
91		2007-09-22	múm	Go Go Smear the Poison Ivy	icelandic	icelandic # 93
57		2007-11-12	Jóhann Jóhannsson	Englabörn	iceland
73		2008	Sigur Rós	Við spilum endalaust	post-rock	ambient # 99 post-rock # 100 icelandic # 100
98		2008	Emiliana Torrini	Me And Armini	female vocalists chillout iceland pop	female vocalists # 5 chillout # 44 icelandic # 64
72		2008	Yohanna	Butterflies And Elvis	iceland
17		2008-06-23	Sigur Rós	Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust	post-rock	post-rock # 89 icelandic # 96
86		2008-08	Björk	Vespertine (EU Version)	alternative alternative dance electronic electronica ethereal wave experimental pop glitch iceland icelandic	alternative dance # 30 icelandic # 35 ethereal wave # 74 experimental pop # 81
67		2008-09-12	Bark Cat Bark	Á Lífi	ambient european french iceland piano post-rock
36		2008-09-29	Menn Ársins	Menn Ársins	iceland pop rock
93		2009-03-17	Hildur Guðnadóttir	Without Sinking	instrumental composer contemporary classical iceland icelandic	icelandic # 60 composer # 95
56		2010	Moses Hightower	Búum til börn	bass iceland icelandic rnb soul
69		2010	Ólöf Arnalds	Crazy Car	alternative iceland icelandic
23		2010-04-16	Turbostaat	Das Island Manøver	german german punk iceland punk rock	german punk # 6
2		2011	Anna Thorvaldsdottir	Rhizoma	composer contemporary classical iceland icelandic instrumental nordic piano
13		2011	Anna Thorvaldsdottir	Rhízōma	composer contemporary classical iceland icelandic instrumental nordic piano
59		2011-02-17	Biggi Hilmars	Cinematic Songs	composer contemporary classical iceland icelandic instrumental nordic piano	composer # 34
32		2011-05-10	Nexion	Nexion	iceland
22		2011-08-13	Ham	Svik, harmur og dauði
43		2011-09-20	Of Monsters and Men	My Head Is an Animal	indie pop	indie folk # 49 icelandic # 85 indie pop # 86
71		2011-09-29	Mugison	Haglél	alternative iceland icelandic	icelandic # 1
83		2011-11-08	Ólöf Arnalds	Ólöf Sings	alternative book iceland icelandic	icelandic # 29 book # 83
18		2012	Biggi Hilmars	All We Can Be	composer contemporary classical iceland icelandic instrumental nordic piano
25		2012	Sometime	Acid Make-Out: Music from the Motion Picture	electronic electropop female vocalists iceland icelandic
48		2013	Ólöf Arnalds	A Little Grim	alternative iceland icelandic
82		2013-02-04	Ólöf Arnalds	Sudden Elevation	alternative iceland icelandic	icelandic # 22
16		2013-06-10	Zoon van Snook	The Bridge Between Life and Death	bristol iceland	bristol # 57
39		2013-08-07	Vök	Well Done	alternative electronic iceland icelandic indie pop
63		2013-09-30	Daníel Bjarnason	Over Light Earth	composer contemporary classical iceland icelandic instrumental piano	composer # 39
88		2013-10-22	This Will Destroy You	Live in Reykjavik, Iceland
95		2013-12-10	Of Monsters and Men	Live From Vatnagarðar	folk iceland icelandic indie folk indie pop	icelandic # 69
97		2014-06-14	GusGus	Mexico	electro electropop house iceland icelandic	icelandic # 72
92		2014-08-24	Hildur Guðnadóttir	Saman	iceland instrumental	icelandic # 6 composer # 57
70		2014-09-29	Ólöf Arnalds	Palme	alternative iceland icelandic
46		2015	Anna Thorvaldsdottir	Aerial	composer contemporary classical iceland icelandic instrumental piano	composer # 2
94		2015-04-01	Ólafur Arnalds	We Contain Multitudes (from home)	composer contemporary classical iceland icelandic instrumental nordic piano	contemporary classical # 19 nordic # 61 icelandic # 66 composer # 97
38		2015-10-02	Stafrænn Hákon	Eternal Horse	ambient rock iceland icelandic post-rock	ambient rock # 93
19		2016	Lockerbie	[BadPanda065] Lockerbie	alternative pop alternative rock ambient rock baroque pop chamber pop experimental indie iceland icelandic post-rock soft rock	experimental indie # 73 ambient rock # 85
27		2016	Eivør Pálsdóttir	Best Of	female vocalists iceland
33		2016	Mugison	Enjoy!	alternative iceland icelandic
55		2016-02-24	Hotel Neon	Remnants	ambient drone field recordings iceland meditation noise soundscape	field recordings # 50 soundscape # 67
21		2016-07-16	Ljáin	Endasálmar	black metal iceland icelandic metal
20		2016-07-25	Ljáin	Klofnar tungur	black metal iceland icelandic metal
100		2016-10-28	Ólafur Arnalds	Island Songs	contemporary classical iceland icelandic instrumental piano	piano # 79 instrumental # 86 contemporary classical # 88 icelandic # 95
44		2017-04-21	Valgeir Sigurðsson	Dissonance	iceland
1		2017-10-31	Biggi Hilmars	Dark Horse	composer contemporary classical iceland icelandic instrumental nordic piano
96		2018-04-06	Ólafur Arnalds	re:member	instrumental	contemporary classical # 28 icelandic # 71 instrumental # 81
54		2019-11-11	Faraón Love Shady	Panocha	iceland
61		2020-01-27	Hildur Guðnadóttir	Fólk fær andlit	composer contemporary classical iceland icelandic instrumental nordic	composer # 38
40		2020-08-28	Gyða Valtýsdóttir	Epicycle II	composer contemporary classical iceland icelandic instrumental nordic
45		2020-10-23	Skálmöld	Skálmöld og Sinfóníuhljómsveit Íslands (Extended)	folk folk metal iceland icelandic metal symphonic metal viking metal
78		2020-11-06	Ólafur Arnalds	Say My Name (feat. Arnór Dan)	composer contemporary classical iceland icelandic instrumental nordic piano	nordic # 14 icelandic # 16 composer # 70
68		2021-04-23	Eydís Evensen	Brotin	contemporary classical iceland icelandic instrumental piano composer	composer # 44
87		2021-04-23	Eydís Evensen	Bylur	contemporary classical iceland icelandic instrumental piano composer	icelandic # 37 composer # 84
14		2021-04-23	Eydís Evensen	Næturdögg	contemporary classical iceland icelandic instrumental piano composer
77		2021-09-10	Ólafur Arnalds	saman	composer contemporary classical iceland icelandic instrumental nordic	nordic # 7 icelandic # 13 composer # 67
99		2021-09-10	Ólafur Arnalds	Trance Frendz	iceland icelandic instrumental piano	piano # 71 instrumental # 72 icelandic # 90
80		2021-10	The Colorist Orchestra	The Colorist & Emiliana Torrini	iceland icelandic	icelandic # 20
6		2022-03-18	Ottoman	Heretic	iceland rock stoner rock
24		2022-03-25	Mari Sainio	Minus 25	composer contemporary classical iceland icelandic instrumental nordic piano
90		2023-11-22	Ólafur Arnalds	Eulogy for Evolution 2017 (Remastered 10th Anniversary Edition)	composer contemporary classical iceland icelandic instrumental nordic piano	icelandic # 45 nordic # 46 composer # 90

Related genres

• icelandic
• instrumental
• contemporary classical
• composer
• piano
• nordic
• alternative
• rock
• electronic
• ambient