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Runar Magnusson
Experimental / Ambient / Psychedelic

Runar Magnusson - Disturbing in more ways than one



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Member Since10/17/2005
Band Websitethis.is/runar (maybe coming soon)
Band Members
InfluencesEnvironmental Conversation.
Sounds Like Runar and Kristinn Magnusson in Shanghai, january 2008
Record Labelwww.this.is/whitelabel


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   About Runar Magnusson

Listen to all my music and related stuff, such as Vindva Mei and DJ Musician at Whitelabel@Last.fmYou can hear all our releases in full lenght there.

Born in Iceland.
Moved to Copenhagen, Denmark in 1996.
Working in electronic, electro-acoustic, experimental, ambient, soundart,
noise blahblahblah..whatever.
Member of Vindva Mei that has been around since 1994.
Released 3 cd´s with Vindva Mei.
Doing solo work for theater and performances since 1999.
4 solo releases: 3 cd´s and one online release on noisejihad.
Various collaborations such as: 1 release with Thor Magnusson. Generative music, on ixi label.
1 track on a russian compilation cd, Tchaikovsky electro
on KAMA records With Ozy.
Played and/or contributed to numerous concerts and festivals in Iceland, Denmark, England, Hong Kong, China, Russia and USA.
Doing masters degree in electronic music at DIEM,
The Royal Academy of Music, Aarhus.


Discography:

Coming up: Alien UFO, a collaboration with Helgi Thorsson of Stilluppsteypa and Evil Madness . A 3" cd out soon.
2007- Runar Magnusson/Thor Magnusson - kizxju ( Triposta - Belgian net label)
2007- Runar Magnusson - ixidental quark variations (skyndo - French net label)
2006- Runar Magnusson/Thor Magnusson - Tnif ( Mandorla - Mexican net label)
2005 - Runar Magnusson - Live (noisejihad) Free Download.
2004/05 - Runar Magnusson - The Art of Dying in a Live Situation (Whitelabel)
2004/05 - Runar Magnusson - The Greatest of The Great (Whitelabel)
2004/05 - Runar Magnusson - Mixed Feelings (Whitelabel)

2004 - Runar Magnusson & Thor Magnusson - SameSameButDifferent v1.
(ixi label)

2004 - Ozy & Runar Magnusson - serenade for strings in c op.48
"andante non troppo - allegro moderato" on the compilation cd Tchaikovsky electro (KAMA records)
2001 - Runar Magnusson - Feelings&Emotions(..sland ..grum skori..) -
on the compilation cd NorPol (Resonance.DK)

2004/05 - Vindva Mei - Fungi to the moon (Whitelabel)
2004/05 - Vindva Mei - Germans are people too (alive&kickin') (Whitelabel)
2000 - Vindva Mei - On Fire (Fire Inc - now deceased)
1996 - Vindva Mei - Flowers are evil (Vindva Mei MC)



RUNAR MAGNUSSON - THE ART OF DYING IN A LlVE SITUATION
(CDR by Whitelabel)
"there is nothing silly about being silly" said Heimir Bjorgulfsson, when he was a member of Stilluppsteypa, but it could be the trademark for fellow expat Icelander Runar Magnusson, whose solo work and ongoing contribution to the group Vindva Mei exhibits a self-effacing black humour embedded within a deft production of homebrewed minimalism. His self-published The Art Of Dying In A Live Situation opens with a purposefully atrocious a cappella rendition of "A Walk On The Wild Side", which dissolves not a moment too soon into a grim set of psychotropic drones punctured by digital click rhythms, bleak mechanical thuds and muffled actions sounding like someone having an epileptic fit in a room upstairs. It's all quite disconcerting, even as Magn..sson calms his shadowy activities into faint vocalisations and gaseous microwave pulses. The chilly spell is broken with an unexpected release of radioactive arpeggios tumbling in a maelstrom of overlapping patterns and melodies. It's a pretty incredible album, even with the painful return of Magnusson's singing that wraps up the album with a rendition of "We Are The World", Ugh, (Jim Haynes, The Wire 09/05 - uk).

RUNAR MAGNUSSON - THE ART OF DYING IN A LlVE SITUATION
(CDR by Whitelabel)
Runar Magnusson hails from Iceland, although he is now living in Copenhagen where he has quietly been producing some of the oddest electronica to pass through the store. Certainly if you've been infected by the viral sounds of Fflint Central or the electro-absurditites of Stilluppsteypa, Magnusson's work is something to check out. That said, the album opens on unsteady grounds as fellow Icelander Asmundur Asmundsson warbles drunkenly through the words to Lou Reed's "Walk On The Wild Side," but as grim drones absorb the voice into the folds of grey vibrations, distant rumblings, and creepy electro-acoustic spasms, The Art Of Dying begins to live up to its name. An isolationist drift and shadow continues for a bit more than 35 minutes before Magnusson introduces a tumbling post-New Wave kaleidoscope of arpeggiated electronics that sounds like the dark sides of Fad Gadget and Heldon melded into a radioactive rhythmic cascade. After this incredible crescendo to the album, Asmundsson returns with another a capella clunker; for his finale, "We Are The World." Disturbing in more ways than one. (aquarius - usa)

RUNAR MAGNUSSON - THE GREATEST OF THE GREAT
(CDR by Whitelabel)
"...Some of the pieces were used for theater plays and all deal with, wether or not processed, environmental sounds, analogue synthesizers and even some voices. Most of the time the material kinda spooky, really intense and could be used right away for a horror movie, especially 'The Delicate Work Of The Creator' has these qualities... quite nice cinematographic music." (Vital weekly 506 - FdW)


RUNAR MAGNUSSON - THE ART OF DYING IN A LlVE SITUATION
(CDR by White Label)
Magnusson continues with what he left us with the previous 'The Greatest Of The Great': pretty dense and dark soundscapes, that shows an interest in The Hafler Trio as-well as some mid-nineties Stillupsteypa. Slowly unfolding soundpieces that are at times creepy, but never without a small trace of light, a trace of humor (any good horror movie has these funny bits)
(Vital Weekly 517, FdW NL)

RUNAR MAGNUSSON - FEELINGS&EMOTIONS (ISLAND ÖGRUM SKORID)
(on compilation cd Krydsfelt - NorPol. Resonance.Dk)
‘Feeling & Emotions (island ogrum skorid) flutters and vibrates like the nervous system of a butterfly in ultra-violet light or the Northern Lights on a cold February night in Lapland…It’s a dreamy feeling of olden remembrances, like an inward vision from times gone, when Gunnar from Hlidarende roamed the Icelandic crusted lava...Some completely wonderful overtone segments invade the listening space, like some kind of out-drawn wind chimes without the actual attacks of the sound, and electrostatic percussive sounds pan madly, while a waterfall is passed on your journey. This dreamy music is completely spellbinding...It’s devastatingly beautiful in all its intriguing postures of uncanny sound ingenuity. Completely original, almost scary in the way it comes across...We’ve got to hear more of Runar Magnusson!’
(Sonoloco, SE)


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Michael Brückner





Jul 14 2009 4:45 PM

Hi, Runar!

Thank You VERY much for the connection, and a wonderful experience to get lost in Your fascinating, deep and sensitive sonic cosmos!

Peace, success + good wishes,
Michael

ZERO





Jul 6 2009 1:24 PM

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Jul 5 2009 9:18 PM

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Edition NIkO





Jul 4 2009 6:01 AM

specific philosophy of music/ sound/ art,
Edition NIkO and shotahirama presents,

Deep Listening Chair Festival 2009.
11th July. 2009
17:00OPEN - 22:30CLOSE
1000YEN + 500YEN for 1 drink

at Loopline Tokyo.


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lee kwang





Jul 4 2009 5:12 AM

Hi there,

I m planning my up coming Europe tour for spring 2010 (March - April), as usual, i played stereo dj mixer feedback, solo improvisation, or can be with somebody (please inform me in advance). also i will bring my new video for screening too, if possible. and it is possible for short term project / residency too. PLEASE GET IN TOUCH!

best wishes,
glk

*****************************************************************

Goh lee kwang
Born Penang, Malaysia

Brief:
Goh Lee Kwang is probably one of the most exciting Malaysia sound / new media artists in the scene. He has travelled around the world creating sound installations, sonic-visual interactive installation, single / multichannel video, appeared in electro-acoustic improvised music performances as well as worked on radio broadcasts and soundtracks for theater / dance / indie films. His work has been showcased at festival, galleries and privates spaces in Europe & Asia.


CV:
Goh Lee Kwang (family name Goh) is internationally recognized sound artist from Malaysia. He has created sound installations, sonic-visual interactive installations, single channel videos, multi channel videos, electro-acoustic improvisation music performances, tape music, works for radio broadcasts and soundtracks for theater / dance / independent movie. They are shown in various festival, galleries & independent art space in Asia as well as in Europe. Goh's works focus on the various possibilities of both natural sound and recorded sound, crossing the boundaries of digital and analog, electronic and acoustic, go beyond language, allowing audiences to experience the work directly, and in their own personal way.

Goh in concert in cities such as Manila, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, New Delhi in Asia, and Dublin, London, Paris, Berlin, Vienna, Stockholm, Zürich and
Per Olund band 2





Jul 1 2009 11:51 PM

Hello great Runar! New song at my place! Come and get it!
fog's cave





Jun 30 2009 11:35 AM

hi,

thanx for the add !!!!

have fun
fog
hÅkon danielsen





Jun 30 2009 11:11 AM

hvis det er tale om kl 10 om morgenen, så kan jeg alle dage. ellers tak for en super time med dine lyde i fredags.
Donna





Jun 30 2009 8:57 AM

Studio 9/11  night design   'fragile'
Studio 9/11  night design   'fragile'
Per Olund band 2





Jun 26 2009 5:10 PM

Hej Runar, oj vad jag gillar ditt begåvade sätt att leva i ljudets värld! För att inte tala om din drastiskt underhållande slide show!
hÅkon danielsen





Jun 25 2009 8:08 AM

helt i orden. det er vel sommerfugle effekten som trækker dig udenbys?
vi tager det bare næste uge - og, hvis det bliver nemmere for dig at bruge postmand pat til de cd'er, så sig endelig til
The new Interface





Jun 24 2009 9:35 AM

Hello Runar,
very impressing sounds/music !
Thank you for your friendship.
Greetings
Michael


hÅkon danielsen





Jun 22 2009 10:33 AM

hej runar.
jeg kan alle dagene resten af juni. håber du har tid., hvad siger du til førstkommende onsdag kl 12?
hÅkon danielsen





Jun 19 2009 12:44 PM

det lyder rigtig fint. og tak for tilbudet på cd'erne. jeg prøver lige at finde ud af hvilken dag der passer mig bedst,men kom endelig med forslag.
-h
Bitter a la spine





Jun 17 2009 12:04 PM


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hÅkon danielsen





Jun 17 2009 9:23 AM

thanks for answering.
well i live i copenhagen, so oslo is far away.
i can see you are listed in iceland/denmark.
det betyder måske at du også taler dansk.
i would really like to buy these two albums. depends on the price of course.
'the art of dying i a live situation'
'the greatest of the great'
and i would really like to buy the album you are most proud of yourself. so give me a tip about that..
if you are i kbh, then it might be easier to just meet and hand over the goods
-h
fog's cave





Jun 17 2009 8:05 AM

hi,

thanx 4 tha add !

have fun
fog
hÅkon danielsen





Jun 16 2009 9:50 AM

hey runar. can you tel me where to buy your cd's? whitelabel is a dead end. found 1 link to amazon, but nothing there.. its your solo's im interested in
-h
kARSTEN pFLUM





Jun 15 2009 11:42 PM

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Jun 11 2009 12:04 PM


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Jun 9 2009 5:20 PM


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and all digital stores!!

moshimoss





Jun 2 2009 2:52 AM

TaKk!!!! moshimoss
MILITIA MUZIK™





Jun 1 2009 6:17 PM


wHUuT uP ??? hOPE iT'S aLL gOOD..
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May 11 2009 8:25 AM

dear friend,

thanks for the add - may light be with you...

smiles,
ke
Emmanuel Torres





Apr 29 2009 9:17 PM

Hello friend. Ive listened your work. Its very special. I hope see you in your country. I taping down freom Mexico. Ive made few songs. hope you like it.
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