Kraumur Awards
| Kraumur Awards | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Best Albums |
| Presented by | Kraumur Music Fund |
| Country | Iceland |
| First awarded | 2008 |
| Last awarded | 2008 |
| Official website | http://www.kraumur.is/ |
Kraumur Awards is a music prize, organized by the Kraumur Music Fund, awarded for the best albums being released in Iceland.
The nominations for the first Kraumur Awards were announced in November 2008. Nominations and the award winning albums are chosen by a selected panel of Icelandic music journalist and radio show hosts, with years of experience in playing and writing about Icelandic music.
The Kraumur Award goes to five albums, while 20 albums are nominated. The panel can add albums to the award category, which led to six albums receiving the awards in 2008.
The plan of the organizers is to make the Kraumur Awards an annual event.
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[edit] Kraumur Awards 2008
The 2008 Kraumur Awards went to:[1]
- Agent Fresco for Lightbulb Universe
- FM Belfast for How to Make Friends
- Hugi Guðmundsson for Apocrypha
- Ísafold for All Sounds to Silence Come
- Mammút for Karkari
- Retro Stefson for Montaña
Nominations (20 albums):[1]
- Agent Fresco - Lightbulb Universe
- Celestine - At the Borders of Arcadia
- Dísa - Dísa
- Dr. Spock - Falcon Christ
- Emilíana Torrini - Me and Armini
- FM Belfast - How to Make Friends
- Hugi Guðmundsson - Apocrypha
- Introbeats - Tívólí chillout
- Ísafold - All Sounds to Silence Come
- Klive - Sweaty Psalms
- Lay Low - Farewell Good Night’s Sleep
- Mammút - Karkari
- Morðingjarnir - Áfram Ísland
- Múgsefjun - Skiptar skoðanir
- Ólafur Arnalds - Variations of Static
- Retro Stefson - Montaña
- Reykjavík! - The Blood
- Sigur Rós - Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust
- Sin Fang Bous - Clangour
- Skakkamanage - All Over the Face
[edit] Kraumur Awards 2009
The 2009 Kraumur Awards went to:[2]
- Anna Guðný Guðmundsdóttir for Vingt regards sur l’enfant-Jésus
- Bloodgroup for Dry Land
- Helgi Hrafn Jónsson for For the Rest of my Childhood
- Hildur Guðnadóttir for Without Sinking
- Hjaltalin for Terminal
- Morðingjarnir for Flóttinn mikli
Nominations (20 albums):[2]
- Anna Guðný Guðmundsdóttir - Vingt regards sur l’enfant-Jésus
- Árni Heiðar Karlsson [1] - Mæri
- Bloodgroup - Dry Land
- Bróðir Svartúlfs - Bróðir Svartúlfs EP
- Dikta - Get it together
- Egill Sæbjörnsson - Egill S
- Feldberg - Don’t Be A Stranger
- Helga Rós Indriðadóttir og Guðrún Dalía - Jórunn Viðar, Sönglög
- Helgi Hrafn Jónsson - For the Rest of my Childhood
- Hildur Guðnadóttir - Without Sinking
- Hjaltalin - Terminal
- Kimono - Easy Music for Difficult People
- Lights on the highway - Amanita Muscaria
- Morðingjarnir - Flóttinn mikli
- múm - Singa Along to Songs that You Don’t Know
- Pascal Pinon - Pascal Pinon
- Ruxpin - Where Do We Float From Here
- Sudden Weather Change - Stop! Handgrenade In The Name Of Crib Death’understand?
- The Deathmetal Supersquad - Dead Zeppelin
- Víkingur Heiðar - Debut
[edit] The panel
The panel selecting the Kraumur Awards nominees and award albums are:
- Árni Matthíasson - head of panel, journalist with Morgunblaðið
- Alexandra Kjeld - journalist with Rjominn.is/Morgunblaðið
- Andrea Jónsdóttir - radio show host at Iceland National Radio 2
- Arnar Eggert Thoroddsen - journalist with Morgunblaðið
- Halldór Laxness (Dóri DNA) - journalist with DV
- Hildur Maral Hamíðsdóttir - journalist with Rjominn.is
- Ólafur Páll Gunnarsson - radio show host at Iceland National Radio 2
- Trausti Júlíusson - journalist with Fréttablaðið
- Þorkell Máni Pétursson - radio show host at Radio X
- Ragnheiður Eiríksdóttir - journalist with Fréttablaðið
- Arndís Björk Ásgeirsdóttir - radio show host at Iceland National Radio 1
- Halla Steinunn Stefánsdóttir - radio show host at Iceland National Radio 1
- Matthías Már Magnússon - radio show host at Iceland National Radio 2
In the panel for 2008 Kraumur Awards only
- Sigvaldi Kaldalóns - radio show host at radio FM 957
- Sveinn Birkir Björnsson journalist with Reykjavik Grapevine
In the panel for 2009 Kraumur Awards only
- Haukur S. Magnússon - editor of Reykjavik Grapevine
- Skarphéðinn Guðmundsson - 365 media
- Benedikt Reynisson - Benson is Fantastic music blog
[edit] References
- ^ a b "Kraumur» Blog Archive » Kraumsverðlaunin 2008 tilkynnt". kraumur.is. http://kraumur.is/?p=739. Retrieved 2008-12-08.
- ^ a b "Kraumur» Blog Archive » Kraumslistinn 2009". kraumur.is. http://kraumur.is/kraumslistinn/kraumslistinn-2009/. Retrieved 2009-02-25.
