Friday, December 12th
JFDR
doors 19:30 / show 20:00
2500kr / 2000kr students / pay what u can
i've been working on some new songs over the last year and a half and realised i was mostly working with lots of voices, layered and in harmonies, and the good old guitar. so this fall i reached out to some friends who i knew had beautiful voices but also were interested in playing more guitar and we started meeting up regularly and learn and workshop these new songs together. we had a great time playing them at iceland airwaves a couple of weeks ago and now we're going to bring it to mengi. the players are: áslaug magnúsdóttir, anna róshildur and fríða björg pétursdóttir.
JFDR is Jófríður Ákadóttir. As a 14 year old in Reykjavik Ákadóttir began her musical career exploring the vast universe of experimental music while retaining a massive heart at her core. Over the past 12 years Ákadóttir has released 12 records including as a member of Pascal Pinon & Samaris collaborated with renowned artists Ólafur Arnalds and Damien Rice, scored the award-winning Icelandic film Backyard Village and garnered fans across the world – including Björk who cites Ákadóttir as an inspiration. Following 2017’s Brazil (her first record as JFDR), Ákadóttir returned with 2020’s New Dreams “very haunting electro-pop music that’s very subtle very inward looking” (NPR Music) and “the kind of album that might give you space to reach your own small revelations” (Stereogum). Her new album Museum is out now. In March 2024 it won Icelandic album of the year at the Iceland Music Awards.
