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Mugison
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icelandic, indie, iceland, electronic, experimental… see all
The Legend of Mugison.
(the way I heard it…)
In 2001 Mugison met his first laptop – a used Mac, most likely stolen or over borrowed from a poor philosophy student in Iceland. Inside the laptop he discovered a hard drive filled with songs and the ability to burn songs on to CDRs. Using his acquired ability to burn CDs he came up with a quick money making scheme, sold 70 copies to his grandmother and bought a ticket to London. It was here that Mugison met a man by the name of Joshua who had been living in the streets since he was 9 and supported himself by DJ-ing. They discussed Mugison’s little business and decided that instead of burning the same music onto CDs like Mugison had been doing, they would record their own. Over the next few years, Mugison recorded some tracks. Those tracks came together to make the album, Lonely Mountain.
By that time Mugison met Matthew Herbert who loved his album and offered to release it on his label, Accidental Records. To Mugison’s despair, Matthew also loved the packaging of the demo – a hand made paper case stitched together with a needle and thread. So, Mugison spent the following year stitching 13,000 copies of Lonely Mountain together. On the bright side, Mugison finally had enough money to return home to Iceland. Where he started work on his new record, “Mugimama (is this monkey music?)”.
Mugison moved to the Icelandic countryside, to the West fjords where the sun doesn’t shine for 9 months of the year and you have to work for 14 hours a day in order not to freeze to death. He met a girl named Rúna and they settled in the small town of Sudavik where he built a studio in the garage.
(the way I heard it…)
In 2001 Mugison met his first laptop – a used Mac, most likely stolen or over borrowed from a poor philosophy student in Iceland. Inside the laptop he discovered a hard drive filled with songs and the ability to burn songs on to CDRs. Using his acquired ability to burn CDs he came up with a quick money making scheme, sold 70 copies to his grandmother and bought a ticket to London. It was here that Mugison met a man by the name of Joshua who had been living in the streets since he was 9 and supported himself by DJ-ing. They discussed Mugison’s little business and decided that instead of burning the same music onto CDs like Mugison had been doing, they would record their own. Over the next few years, Mugison recorded some tracks. Those tracks came together to make the album, Lonely Mountain.
By that time Mugison met Matthew Herbert who loved his album and offered to release it on his label, Accidental Records. To Mugison’s despair, Matthew also loved the packaging of the demo – a hand made paper case stitched together with a needle and thread. So, Mugison spent the following year stitching 13,000 copies of Lonely Mountain together. On the bright side, Mugison finally had enough money to return home to Iceland. Where he started work on his new record, “Mugimama (is this monkey music?)”.
Mugison moved to the Icelandic countryside, to the West fjords where the sun doesn’t shine for 9 months of the year and you have to work for 14 hours a day in order not to freeze to death. He met a girl named Rúna and they settled in the small town of Sudavik where he built a studio in the garage.
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Top Tracks
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To The Bone
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Mugiboogie
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2 Birds
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I Want You
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Murr Murr
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Jesus is a Good Name to Moan
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The Pathetic Anthem
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Sweetest Melody
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Never Give Up
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I'd Ask
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Shoutbox
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bekkermarton wrote:
Dayamn, "Sad as a truck" is sick. So is the guy we all seem to adore. 8Đ
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patatos wrote:
super!!!!!
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fikarojo wrote:
no a mnie szkoda ze tam zabraklo, dzisiaj otwieram lasta z mugisonem, bo to jest coś. nie mega ohy i ahy ale dobre to.ciekawam jak bylo na koncercie. zarzucic fotami jak są!
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UncensoredRocks wrote:
CHECK OUT MUGISON'S AWESOME INTERVIEWS! http://www.uncensoredinterview.com/artists/267-Mugison
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OFF_ka wrote:
wiedziałam, że będzie cudnie, ale żeby aż tak! Bosko, bosko!!
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szelmek wrote:
Popieram ddedd! Było fantastycznie, tydzien temu ich nie znalem , cholera zylem w ciemnosci! ;)
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ddedd wrote:
dzisiejszy koncert - kosmos. Te wykonania mnie powaliły.
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jarvolt wrote:
"Mugiboogie" sounds really distorted on here, is the original that bad? It's a good song, but the distortion kills it.
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fBartekf wrote:
2 Birds -> 5 stars
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alvareo wrote:
me want free downloads!
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rikones wrote:
jesus!
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Xhi wrote:
Great! Finally an iceland-export that sounds incredibly unique!
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Gajita wrote:
Very strange and original music by this guy. May go see him in Bristol in July!
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NoktowizoR wrote:
Photos from new session added! Vote!
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kjartangje wrote:
mugimama is this monkey music? listen 2 that one
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christianhg wrote:
I'm listening to Mugiboogie and it's awesome. What album should I listen to next?
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BrooklynSK wrote:
two wishes now..
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pure_plastic wrote:
made a wish: one day, in Istanbul !!!
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pretty_electric wrote:
"Sea Y" est une bouffée d'air frais !
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surfer7 wrote:
luv Salt ... my profil pic is taken in Iceland :)
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Events
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Sep
20
Mugison
Mercury Lounge, New York, United States
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Sep
22
Mugison
North Star Bar, Philadelphia, United States
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Sep
25
Mugison
The Earl, Atlanta, United States
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Recent Activity
- chacal62, jonnman, arbeitslosen and 5 other people added Mugison to their libraries. 11 hours ago
- xgeorgx connected Mugison to the group Nordische-Musik.de. Wednesday evening
- arnsteot, tuhnik, Jussi12 and 2 other people added Mugison to their libraries. Tuesday evening
- mi-alter-ego tagged Mugison with ‘ch3ck 74’. Sunday evening
- ginaandjuice and mouthscradle added Mugison to their libraries. Sunday afternoon
- hel tagged Mugison with ‘icelandic’. 8 days ago
- vignir88 and brett316 added Mugison to their libraries. 8 days ago
- lumipyry tagged Mugison with ‘seen live’. 10 days ago
- riotsqrrrl added Mugison to the lineup of Mugison at Mercury Lounge. 10 days ago
- anjake connected Mugison to the group saving iceland. 10 days ago
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