As the mayor of Reykjavík, the comedian Jon Gnarr, calls for ''a drug-free parliament till 2020''. A joke? Well, not quite. After the economic collapse of Iceland in 2008, the mock-party was elected with 35 percent of the votes.
In the framework of these elections, Einar Örn Benediktsson was appointed to the position of party responsible for culture. He had been the trumpeter and singer of Björk's first band, The Sugarcubes, and this is also the relation to the moers festival, as one of his first decisions in office was to substantially increase funding for the Reykjavík Jazz Festival. Haukur Gröndal promptly founded the Iceland's New Liberation Orchestra where he plays the saxophone and is the musical arranger for this 8-man band.
The band describes their music as ''original, multicoloured music influenced by free jazz, classical music, urban and rural sounds with a straight out message''.
Last year, this sound could be heard in Reykjavík, this year on Whitsun, we'll be hearing them in Moers - as the very first band on Friday, at 5pm in the tent.
Website of Haukur Grondal>>
complete line-up:
Haukur Gröndal - bandleader, alto saxophone, clarinet and flute
Jóel Pálsson - tenor saxophone, clarinet
Birkir Freyr Matthíasson - trumpet, fluegelhorn
Samúel J. Samúelsson - trombone
Valdimar Kolbeinn Sigurjónsson - double bass
Þorgrímur Jónsson - double bass
Pétur Grétarsson - percussion, electronics
Scott McLemore - drums
In the framework of these elections, Einar Örn Benediktsson was appointed to the position of party responsible for culture. He had been the trumpeter and singer of Björk's first band, The Sugarcubes, and this is also the relation to the moers festival, as one of his first decisions in office was to substantially increase funding for the Reykjavík Jazz Festival. Haukur Gröndal promptly founded the Iceland's New Liberation Orchestra where he plays the saxophone and is the musical arranger for this 8-man band.
The band describes their music as ''original, multicoloured music influenced by free jazz, classical music, urban and rural sounds with a straight out message''.
Last year, this sound could be heard in Reykjavík, this year on Whitsun, we'll be hearing them in Moers - as the very first band on Friday, at 5pm in the tent.
Website of Haukur Grondal>>
complete line-up:
Haukur Gröndal - bandleader, alto saxophone, clarinet and flute
Jóel Pálsson - tenor saxophone, clarinet
Birkir Freyr Matthíasson - trumpet, fluegelhorn
Samúel J. Samúelsson - trombone
Valdimar Kolbeinn Sigurjónsson - double bass
Þorgrímur Jónsson - double bass
Pétur Grétarsson - percussion, electronics
Scott McLemore - drums
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