Iceland Airwaves 2025 blokkenschema dag 2 - Friday 7 November 2025

Lilyisthatyou is a bold, genre-bending pop force who’s redefining what it means to be raw, honest, and completely herself. Breaking out with viral hits like “FMRN,” “RELAX AFTER WORK WITH A DRINK,” “SIREN,” and more, the Toronto-born, LA-based artist has quickly carved out her lane — merging confessional lyrics with explosive pop production and a fearless, no-filter attitude.
In 2024, she independently released her debut EP Painful Euphoria — a darkly euphoric snapshot of heartbreak, healing, and self-expression. Without major label backing or editorial playlisting, the project racked up nearly 1 million streams in under a month, fueled entirely by her dedicated fanbase and daily viral content across social media.
Fresh off her sold-out headline tour across North America — including stops in New York, Boston, Chicago, and Los Angeles — Lilyisthatyou is proving she doesn’t need a machine behind her to make noise. She is the noise.

5* lead album review from DIY “Fundamentally British yet beautifully universal.”
Dork *****
“What makes ‘Service Station…’ so special is how it balances its narrative framework with genuine heart as Szmierek examines how we find meaning in the spaces between destinations”
“Armed with spoken word songs that celebrate the beauty in the everyday, the Manchester poet is ticking off career milestones seemingly by the minute” – DIY (Class of 2024)
“tales of love, hope and ambition told paired with lightly psychedelic guitar riffs and UK garage kick patterns” – NME (Radar Breakout)
“His direct, spoken word tone makes this pondering feel blissfully optimistic, a source of reassurance in hard times” – Time Out (Artists to Watch 2024)
“he is being lauded as one of the leading lights of a new generation of truly captivating British songwriters” – The Line of Best Fit
“Literate and worldly wise, he also packs a punch – there’s romance, there, but also grit” – Clash
In only a short while, Antony Szmierek has captivated audiences with his thoughtful lyricism across rap, spoken word, and dance music. Hailed one of BBC 6 Music’s Artists of the Year for 2023, in the past eighteen months he made his television debut on Later… With Jools Holland, performed an entirely sold-out first ever UK headline tour and released two acclaimed EP’s ‘Poems To Dance To’ and ‘Seasoning’. He has had a string of A List singles on BBC 6 Music, a Maida Vale session for Future Artists on BBC Radio 1 and daytime support at the station as their Introducing Track of the Week.
Szmierek says the ultimate mission of his music is to let others know that this is all possible.

ABOUT KENYA GRACE
Helming an inimitable musical vision as a producer and projecting a magnetic voice as a vocalist, Kenya Grace presents a multi-dimensional perspective on electronic pop. The South-Africa-born and UK-raised singer, songwriter, and producer strikes a balance between nocturnal dancefloor energy and skyscraping songcraft like no other. Upon graduating from the prestigious Academy of Contemporary Music in England, she committed herself to a life in music. She did so on her own terms, eclipsing genre lines and architecting her vision around vivid storytelling.

Dallas-based rapper and producer ian makes trap music characterized by dreamy synths, Auto-Tuned vocals, and sharp punchlines. He started producing in the late 2010s and gained attention in 2024 with his mixtape Valedictorian, which went viral.
Originally from St. Louis, Ian O’Neill Smith moved to Dallas and created his SoundCloud account in 2018 under the name suburbancerberus. He began by producing beats for artists like Lil Xelly and Izaya Tiji. In 2022, he released his first track as a rapper, the self-produced “G63,” followed by several singles and the EPs Only for a While and Remembrance. His 2023 EP, Empty Suit, reflected his evolving style. Initially influenced by cloud rap and emo-rap, ian shifted to a more straightforward trap sound with Valedictorian, which reached number 54 on the Billboard 200. Recently, ian released his new project, Goodbye Horses, on October 18th which features collaborations with Lil Yachty, Chief Keef, and more.
Dallas-based rapper and producer ian makes trap music characterized by dreamy synths, Auto-Tuned vocals, and sharp punchlines. He started producing in the late 2010s and gained attention in 2024 with his mixtape Valedictorian, which went viral.
Originally from St. Louis, Ian O’Neill Smith moved to Dallas and created his SoundCloud account in 2018 under the name suburbancerberus. He began by producing beats for artists like Lil Xelly and Izaya Tiji. In 2022, he released his first track as a rapper, the self-produced “G63,” followed by several singles and the EPs Only for a While and Remembrance. His 2023 EP, Empty Suit, reflected his evolving style. Initially influenced by cloud rap and emo-rap, ian shifted to a more straightforward trap sound with Valedictorian, which reached number 54 on the Billboard 200. Recently, ian released his new project, Goodbye Horses, on October 18th which features collaborations with Lil Yachty, Chief Keef, and more.

Herra Hnetusmjör, also known as Árni Páll Árnason, is an Icelandic rapper who burst onto the country’s scene in 2014 with his debut single ‘Elías’. Throughout his career, he has collaborated with some of the biggest names in Icelandic rap like Úlfur Úlfur, Gísli Pálmi, and Emmsjé Gauti.

The world is brutal but there are cherry trees in blossom. This is the philosophy that underpins Yorkshire-born art-punk tearaways DEADLETTER. With members being friends from birth, there is an instinctive understanding of rhythm and danceability running through the group, which does nothing to take away from their obsession with frenetic energy and levity-grounded narrative lyricism.
Having toured extensively across the UK and EU from club shows to arena supports, the band have established themselves as one of the most exciting live prospects in the UK. Now with their debut album having released at the close of 2024 to critical and commercial acclaim, the only way is upwards for DEADLETTER.

Alex Amen is a twenty-six-year-old artist and songwriter from Texas. At eighteen Alex moved from Texas to California to study filmmaking. After one semester he dropped out and moved onto the “Dittman Family Commune”, a commune with historic ties to the countercultural movements of the mid-60’s. It was here that he formed his first band, “American Slang” in 2017. The band broke up shortly after, resulting in Alex’s move from Southern California to an island in the Puget Sound of Washington State. The next three years he spent in relative isolation, taking up various interests in mycology, mountaineering, poetry, and wooden boat building. As years passed, Alex felt the increasing need to return to California to pursue music. In January of 2023 he self produced his first batch of recordings (unreleased) in a self built studio at the historic Zorthian Ranch in Altadena, California. Alex now lives in Los Angeles and is performing and releasing music among the growing folk/Americana/country scene in the city.

This is Babymorocco: swaggy, sexy, supercharged. He’s the living, breathing feeling of being 12-deep in a basement club you charged in through the back. He has one plan locked for the ascendant next phase of his solo career: “I want to go absolutely insane with it.” His debut LP Amour (exec produced by Frost Children) is a breathless gust of 2010s trash-pop couture, 2-step, happy hardcore, French electro, proto-EDM, and utter BPM madness. The album landed him on covers of Gay Times, Dork, TOH! Mag, and pieces from Pitchfork, The Guardian, NME, DIY, Fader, etc. By the time the 16 no-filler tracks have barreled by, you’ll hear influences from Justice, Sugababes, and Basshunter to Space Cowboy and Lindsay Lohan. And after memorable tours with The Dare, Jockstrap, Dorian Electra, Coucou Chloe and Frost Children, there’s no mistaking Rocco for anything short of a club innovator and pop saboteur.

Spacestation hovers around the edges of Reykjavik´s rock venues and bars, beaming up every jagged guitar riff, jogging bass line, and angular feedback noise they can lay their hands on.
Like Velvet Underground, Sonic Youth and My Bloody Valentine before them, Spacestation aspire to redefine what noise can be within the context of pop music.
Their music combines inventive use of alternate tunings, guitar strumming and feedback, with the intensity of shoegaze, catchy Krautrock rhythms and the attitude of 60s psychedelia, to create a new, jogging, sonic landscape that makes you waste away insightful nights dancing with strangers.

As Brat-Pop continues to dominate, SO GOOD is at the forefront of the scene’s London attack. Teaming up with songwriting and production heavyweights Marching Ghost Music, her provocative lyrics and explosive performance have stormed both Tik Tok and Instagram at the end of 2024, gaining recognition from artists and celebrities alike.
Fiercely DIY, SO GOOD continues her viral growth, with plans to self-release all new music on her own label.
Fearsome and fearless SO GOOD will be spreading her explosive live show across Europe this year with sights set on the rest of the world thereafter..

Drengurinn fengurinn was originally formed as a get-rich-quick scheme but has since evolved into a long-con of questionable profitability. Based in Akureyri, the project began as a solo act in 2016, with an overwhelming catalog that spans countless genres—always driven by a DIY ethic and high-speed creativity.
In early 2024, Drengurinn fengurinn transformed into a full band, featuring Agnieszka Staroń on bass and vocals, Kęstutis Balčiūnas on drums, and Drengurinn fengurinn himself on guitar and vocals. Their sound draws from no-wave and outsider music – raw, impulsive, and defiantly unpolished.

Farao combines smooth 90s R&B with sensual 80s disco, ambient spiritual jazz and layers of lush zithers to create her own sonic fantasy; Think Janet Jackson meets Alice Coltrane. Farao is the musical alias of Norwegian producer Kari Jahnsen, whose sound combines her vintage synthesizer collection and sultry vocal harmonies. Her new studio LP ‘Magical Thinking’ features a collaboration with ambient pioneer Laraaji and will be released november 2025 via marvaða and Western Vinyl.
Jahnsen is an award winning artist; Her debut album ‘Till It’s All Forgotten’ secured a nomination for ‘Best Composer’ at the Norwegian Grammy Awards. Her dreamy disco duo, Ultraflex, won ‘Best Electronic Album’ at the Icelandic Music Awards, along with two additional nominations. Jahnsen’s compositions have resonated on a global scale, drawing effusive praise from top publications such as Pitchfork, The New York Times, Line Of Best Fit, and Clash Magazine. Farao has played some of the most renowned venues and festivals worldwide, including Roskilde Festival, SXSW, Øya Festival, and Green Man Festival, captivating audiences across Europe and the USA.

JÁNA is a Swedish singer, songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist who has just released her debut studio album Orbit. The album includes previously released singles “Today,” “Distant,” “More To Life,” and “When Time Flies,” which set the stage for JÁNA’s emotive body of work exploring feelings of nostalgia and the desire to remain present.
It arrives alongside a new music video for the album’s focus track “Orbit of You.” Perhaps the album’s only true love song, JÁNA explains that “Orbit of You” is about being stuck on someone — wanting to stay in their orbit. The song highlights the album’s atmospheric production and pensive vocals, often guided by the gentle plucking of a pitched-down electric guitar.
Orbit demonstrates the creative and personal evolution of an artist who uses vulnerable songwriting as a means of self-reflection. The result is a body of work that is not only self-produced but also exceptionally honest. Written and recorded across Los Angeles, Gothenburg, and Stockholm, with contributions from Ben Reed (Frank Ocean), Emmanuel Hailemariam (Yung Lean), and Yukimi Nagano (Little Dragon), among others, JÁNA’s debut album strikes an expert balance between lush soundscapes and a Nordic sense of stillness and melancholy.
With over four million Spotify streams and past collaborations with Little Dragon, Vic Mensa, and VanJess, as well as a songwriting credit on Stormzy’s This Is What I Mean, JÁNA has already established an international presence. Her music has been featured on BBC Radio 1, COLORSXSTUDIOS, and Spotify Oyster, and she has performed at festivals including SXSW, All Points East, and Way Out West, sharing stages with Leon Bridges and Little Dragon.
This fall, she will join Yukimi Nagano (Little Dragon) on tour, bringing her new material to international stages. With Orbit, JÁNA reconnects with her roots as a guitarist and self-producing artist, presenting her most honest and present work to date.

Vtoroi Ka are a genre-hopping duo from Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. Formed in 2017 by old school friends Ilya and Sultan, they reached underground success with their first two studio albums (the hip-hop oriented Dependence Day [2020] and more eclectic Serial [2022]); but it was their slick Baxter Dury-esque take on post-punk that sent them viral. After the release of singles from their third album, Piggy Ride (2024), their following exploded to more than two hundred monthly listeners on Spotify in less than a year. Their fanbase is largely in Central Asia and Russia but increasingly they’re earning wider international success thanks to their enveloping vibe. Key to their pan-national appeal is combining musical talent with an ability to portray their irreverent personalities on camera. The sharp-humoured music videos and the tongue-in-cheek promos they do on social media are equally as sensational as their endlessly inventive music. Vtoroi Ka’s commitment to the Kyrgyzstani capital, where they were raised, is key here, too. In contrast to a lot of budding production duos vying for space at the forefront of the music business, they aren’t trying to pose in the major metropoles, but film their music videos in mountainous Bishkek and do an artful job of being their authentic selves and portraying their vibrant corner of the world with seductive charm.
Vtoroi Ka’s outlier charisma as people translates in terms of their every step as musicians. It would have been the easy thing to do – create a second post-punk album as it was so successful – but they defy categorization with their latest release. With the Gube EP, Sultan and Ilya have made a bombastic, rave-centric record with intricate beats with irresistible hooks. At the heart of every song – but especially new single and title track ‘Po Gube’ – is an ear for pop and its freewheeling surges of emotion. If the Hacienda was still going, they would be giving Vtoroi Ka a residency for the murky, hard-hitting ecstasy that they convey. Of their musical manifesto, Vtoroi Ka state the following: “Po Gube conveys the spirit of the city at night. Its temptations; its dark side. It’s a sonic dystopia…there is no meaning… only sound, money, instincts and decay…”
To celebrate the release of Po Gube, and as they gear up for their next album, Vtoroi Ka are leaving the highways and byways of their more regular haunts in Central Asia for Europe. 2025 is the first time in their history that they will play in the West and it’s no meagre spread of venues either. They venture to some iconic venues and play at Iceland Airwaves. With the momentum building as it is, it won’t be long before Vtoroi Ka are the name at the tip of the tongue of your cooler best friend’s lips.

Portsmouth-based Italian/Punjabi sisters Veronica & Jess Pal began playing music at the ages of six and four. In 2021, they formed their covers band AstroModa, playing over 350 live gigs.
In March 2023, they launched Baby Said, The name inspired by their favorite song by their favorite band, Måneskin. Their debut EP ‘Who Gives A Rock’ was released in June 2024, with performances at Reading & Leeds, Official Great Escape & Victorious & Rebellion
Now aged 20 & 18 years old they released their Debut Album BS! in March 2025, With DSP support Inc Spotify USA New Music Friday, Apple Music flagship playlists The New Rock & New in Rock & Deezer Brand New
Multiple UK radio plays support From the ‘Queen Of Rock’ Alyx Holcombe at BBC Radio 1 Chris Hawkins at 6 Music & international plays in Germany USA & Belgium. Recent Live shows include Glastonbury, SXSW USA & SXSW London performing at Rolling Stones Magazines Future of UK. They are currently writing their Sophomore Album and getting ready for a Summer of festivals

Ragnar Finsson is a Faroese artist, guitarist, and producer whose music is rooted in emotional honesty and creative instinct. Influenced by Big Thief, Adrianne Lenker, Steve Lacy, Sam Amidon, José González, Bon Iver, Mk.gee, and Fleetwood Mac, his songs combine thoughtful, often existential lyrics with detailed guitar work and spacious production. There’s a quiet intensity in the way he writes—intimate but unsentimental, expressive without trying too hard.
For Finsson, music is less about performance and more about presence.

nabeel is the project of Iraqi-American musician Yasir Razak. Launched in 2022 with the single ras alsanna the project blends grunge and indie rock with Iraqi Arabic lyricism. Two EPs followed, exploring themes of diaspora identity, memory, and belonging.
Shaped by Yasir’s upbringing in an Iraqi household and a close circle of musicians in the Shenandoah Valley, nabeel is a personal and evolving reflection on home. A new EP is slated for summer 2025, with singles releasing ahead of time.

“Stunning.” – Clash
“A beautifully ritualistic trance.” – The Guardian
“The most magical single of the year so far.” – KCRW’s Travis Holcombe
Mermaid Chunky. It’s all in a name, sometimes. The danceable, costumed, curiosity rich duo of artists Freya Tate and Moina Moin are as imaginative as they profess. Or, to get more to the point, as we all need them to be.
Freya and Moina are two visual artists and musicians from Stroud and South London, places where they importantly found communities (Stroud’s SVA and the capital’s Total Refreshment Centre) of like minded people just as willing to chase down an idea to its possibly illogical conclusion. And it is in the collective and the idea of participation that Mermaid Chunky really clicks. This is a party, a collective dance, made all the better with more: people, ideas, layers, kick drums, recorders, saxophones, frogs.
To wit, the album’s first track and first single, “Céilí,” named after a traditional Scottish or Irish social gathering and dance, which builds from a simple recorder line into a swelling, warm burst of major chord dance music. Goosebumps or check your pulse.
Further down the rabbit hole, “Chaperone” is almost boardwalk electro, like Fischerspooner on a ferris wheel; “Frogsporn” and “Nature Girl” are mucky, trippy dirges filled with stalactites of synth and squelch; “Tiny Gymnast” is a kaleidoscopic waltz into the night. Hold onto your seats, ladies and gentlemen.
You might be wondering how we, DFA Records, all the way over in cynical Brooklyn, entered the picture. There was a day a few years ago, sun shining in full Springtime splendor, when James heard something while waiting for a coffee down the street from the office. It sounded simple yet deceptively complex: a dance track, but one where the one – that anchoring first beat in a measure – could be heard a thousand different ways. Frustrated and interested, he Shazamd the song, playing at the shop from an episode of Zakia’s Questing show on NTS, and brought it back to the office, where we all listened to it about fifty times. (The song was “Friends,” from Mermaid Chunky’s VEST EP, released in 2020. It led to an invitation to open for LCD at Brixton Academy in 2022. Mermaid Chunky has also played live alongside The Comet Is Coming, Alabaster Deplume, Snapped Ankles, and many others.)
Thus began our search for Mermaid Chunky. A quest it has been and a quest it will always be.

Combining bedroom pop and dance music, KUSK & Óviti have been working together since 2022. Collaborating in writing, producing and performing they have paved their way into the Icelandic music scene with sincere and heartwarming songs. However in 2025 they release their first collaborative full length studio album together where they explore new aspects of their sound and production, drawing inspiration from synthwave, dance music and drum and bass beats.
In their live set, KUSK & Óviti translate their music in a joyful way, but in the audience you can never really know if the next song is captivating and moving or will make you dance off your feet.
(We have two spotify profiles and two tik tok profiles, Óviti’s are in the links above and here are KUSK’s:
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3fHqQO1LcGMWjAhvDSWl5Q?si=TjtbyThxStO3UDGSDU0NdQ
Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@kuskidokkarallra?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc

Just when Sean Solomon thought he was out, they pulled him back in. The songwriter had stepped away from the mic, making the difficult decision with his bandmates to put his Sub Pop-signed band Moaning on indefinite hiatus and recalibrate. He poured himself into animation — an obsession and dream job that quickly became a reality. He made music videos for Run The Jewels, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, CHAI, and Odd Future. He was living a dream, but it was only part of the dream. He still heard chords when he went to bed, aching for the feeling that artists like Elliott Smith, The Microphones, and Neutral Milk Hotel gave him.
The itch returned, so he started writing again during the pandemic. He couldn’t imagine a life without songwriting, but this time he pursued it free from the expectations that come with a career in the industry. It allowed him to make music that felt closer to his ideal self than ever before. “That’s when it clicked and I started making this kind of music where I didn’t give a shit what anyone thinks.”
One of the songs he recorded with producer Jarvis Taveniere (Whitney, Purple Mountains, Waxahatchee) was a track called “Car Crash.” It was inspired by his unwillingness to drive — despite being from Los Angeles — facing his fears and learning how to navigate an automobile, then getting in a horrifying wreck that was completely his fault.
After writing and recording, Solomon was restless enough to simply drop a live performance video online without fanfare. His entire life changed. Almost immediately after its release, the song found a massive audience — his audience. The simple guitar melody and raw, in-your-face vocal performance resonated with people everywhere. “Life is chaos, love is pain,” Solomon sings. The chorus, featuring Shannon Lay, is short but packs a mighty punch. “I think people are reacting to the sincerity and honesty. I’m just being myself,” Solomon speculates. Everything today is algorithmically curated, and “Car Crash” feels like the exact opposite — a spur-of-the-moment flash of brilliance. It’s vulnerable, and you can hear the emotions Solomon works through as he sings. It’s a splash of cold water on a hot day.
It’s a tale so morally driven that it belongs in a self-help book: Follow your dreams, honor your vision, and good shit happens. More like: work your ass off for a decade honing the voice you’ve always heard in your head, follow the light that keeps you up at night — then, just maybe, you might find your fan base. That fan base might be ten hardcore devotees, or millions of views across social media.
As for “Car Crash,” Sean had no idea it would resonate with people the way it has. “Kids were covering the song before it was even released. It’s so touching. It’s amazing,” he marvels, before hedging his bets: “This was all a surprise. I’ll take what I can get.”

The music of the Icelandic Iðunn Einars emerges from dreams and nightmares. After many years of classical violin and composition studies, she decided to change paths within her music in 2021. With the release of her EP Allt er blátt in 2022 she has found her own way in performance and composition by using her classical education alongside a desire to create something new. The result is dream-like experimental pop music guided by Iðunn’s bright and childish vocals. Her first full length album, Í hennar heimi, was released late 2024 and attracted considerable attention in her home town of Reykjavík. The album won the Kraumur award as one of the most creative and ambitious albums of 2024 as well as being nominated as the pop-album of the year at the Icelandic Music Awards. In concert, Iðunn focuses on theatrical elements in order to bring the world of her music alive.

Equally adept as a composer, producer and keyboardist, Magnús Jóhann’s presence was a marker of quality on hundreds of contemporary pop, r&b and hip-hop recordings in Iceland long before his eclectic interests exploded onto ambitious solo albums spanning introspective jazz, timeless popular songs, dissonant string scores and oddball electronics. Since his teens, he has been an artist in high demand and the variety of projects he’s worked on has seen him grow in many directions simultaneously. Nevertheless, he has carved out a personal sonic niche characterised by bold melodic colours and a healthy disregard for genre conventions. The critically acclaimed Icelandic artist merges contemporary classical piano with jazz and electronics and is an award winning live performer. An ethereal and dynamic performance with emotional depth and cinematic qualities is what one can expect at one of his concerts.

Enji returns with her new album Sonor, set for release on May 2, 2025.
Following the success of her last record ‘Ulaan’, Enji went back to the studio at the end of last year, which was by far the busiest in her musical life so far, to process everything through writing and recording new music.
On her third album on the Squama label, the Mongolian singer explores questions of identity and belonging through metaphoric language, vigilant and always hopeful. Musically, like its predecessors, Ursgal and Ulaan, Sonor sits somewhere between jazz and folk, without being clearly confined to a single genre.

Originally from Louisiana, I Am Roze turned to music after losing everything during Hurricane Laura in 2021, and was discovered by producer Fred again.., who sampled their Instagram videos on his album released in the same year. Now based in the UK and collaborating with leading producers, Roze has quickly emerged as one of the most promising voices of their generation.

The Icelandic artist, songwriter and producer lúpína embarked on her solo journey by releasing her dreamy Icelandic synth pop single ‘alein’ in autumn 2022. Since then, she has captivated audiences with her singles and albums ‘ringluð’, in early 2023, and ‘MARGLYTTA’ or “jellyfish” in the fall of 2024. Her music includes complex layers of synths, soundscapes and captivating lyrics. MARGLYTTA is an ode to herself, allowing people to see through her and her emotions – just like a jellyfish.
Lúpína’s music is a fusion of Icelandic lyric-focused Scandi pop, where she explores the boundaries of pop music, blending different genres seamlessly. She brings a fresh perspective to Icelandic music, infusing it with global appeal while staying true to her roots. As she continues to evolve as an artist, her music promises to leave an indelible mark on the local and international music scene.

Ms. Obama is a Barcelona-based singer, songwriter, and multidisciplinary artist whose work merges soul, hip hop, spoken word, and experimental electronic music. Born in Valencia and raised between Spain and London, she draws from a rich tapestry of Afro-European and Caribbean influences. Her music is emotionally charged and politically rooted, offering raw, vulnerable storytelling through powerful vocal performances.
Known for her unique stage presence and poetic delivery, Ms. Obama blends melody and rap with theatrical intensity. Her lyrics explore themes of identity, mental health, migration, and womanhood—shaping each show into a deeply human and immersive experience. In 2022, she released her debut album TEMPLE, followed by a series of singles that pushed her sonic boundaries even further.
She has performed in iconic venues such as Sala Apolo (Barcelona) and has recently been selected by The Spanish Wave to represent emerging Spanish talent abroad, including her upcoming showcase in Cologne. Ms. Obama is currently developing her second album alongside a new visual performance concept.
With her bilingual lyrics and boundary-defying sound, she speaks to a global audience. Ms. Obama is not just a musician—she is a storyteller, a disruptor, and a powerful new voice in the international underground scene.

Covered from head to toe in freckles, Ukraine-based rapper Tricky Nicki is a fresh trend in Ukrainian rap culture with a native western sound. Distinguishing feature of Tricky Nicki is that he makes music in English while being an Russian-Ukrainian native speaker, so that’s why he has his own specific accent in the songs. The music of Tricky Nicki is versatile and hits the spot, so every listener will find their mood and vibe in it.

Formed in Barcelona in 2015, PANAM is an alternative rock band that sings in English and blurs the lines between genres. Their sound, driven by guitars, synths, and powerful vocals, fuses 2000s indie, 70s psychedelia, Brit-pop, dance rock, new funk, and organic electronica. Each song delivers a cinematic, immersive experience with a message that inspires and a bold identity that defies labels. PANAM doesn’t just make music, they build a sonic universe of their own.

MAIAA is an up-and-coming dark-pop artist from Iceland, blending bold lyricism with powerful, emotionally charged soundscapes. After competing in the Eurovision national finals in 2024, she released her debut EP Lovesick alongside a captivating music video.
With her latest singles Ecstasy and Burn, MAIAA dives into themes of love, empowerment, and self-worth, delivering raw honesty through her striking voice and unapologetic storytelling.

Prince of the City are brothers who came up playing live in bars and music venues in Reykjavík were they had a repertoire of over 40 original songs.
They released their debut single, “How You Feel Like” recorded at Sigur Rós legendary studio “Sundlaugin” in 2024.
Their sound has been described as mind numbingly sweet and silky cocoa for the ears while their lyrics deal with themes such as unrequited love, obsession
and fantasizing about strangers online. Their debut EP, “When we met I didn’t know what Gucci meant” is scheduled for release in 2025.

Atli is an Indie Artist from the north of Iceland who recently moved back home after spending the last 3 years in London. He’s been releasing under his own name since 2021 and has seen some great successes in that time.
His debut album Epilogue of Something Beautiful (2023) was born from an incredibly difficult time in his life where he struggled with loneliness, growing up, & letting go. The album saw him getting recognized in the indie scene with songs like Missing Her So, Loved To Be Loved By You & Waterfalls earning him a few million streams across platforms and securing him a record deal with German label “Two Keys Records”. The album continues bringing him attention with the song “Gone (Halo)” being procured by NBC for their TV series Found in November 2024.
Atli released his Sophomore album “Lights Out” in January of 2025 and has been touring around Iceland with his bandmates Gabrielle Lacerda & Daníel Andri Eggertsson hoping to bring connection to anyone who needs it.

Flesh Machine is an indie/alternative band based in Reykjavík Iceland that blew up in the underground scene in late 2022. Flesh Machine is the brainchild of Kormákur Jarl Gunnarsson as an expression outlet while he was living and studying in Berlin and as a coping mechanism for his depression and anxiety. After he moved back to Iceland he decided to expand that Idea by adding members and forming a band: Baldur Hjörleifsson and Lukas Zurawski on guitars, Jón G. Breiðfjörð on drums, and Viktor Árni Veigarsson on bass.
The band performed its debut show in August 2022 and has been active in the Reykjavík music scene ever since, always performing for fully-packed venues and festivals including Norðanpaunk, Lunga and off-venue Iceland Airwaves. The band’s first single, released in January 2023, was very well-received and even caught the attention of Anthony Fantano, who hosts the YouTube channel “The Needle Drop, ” giving the single a good review. Flesh Machine won an award for the music video to their song “Problems,” at the 2024 Stockfish film festival. That same video also got nominated at the 2024 Muvid awards in Peru, competing in the same category as Harry Styles and Jungle. In the year 2025 the band got nominated at the Reykjavík Grapevine Music Awards in the category “Ones To Watch”. The same year the band played their first concert outside of Iceland, on the first edition of the showcase festival Music Week Poland, held in Warsaw, Poland.
The creative world of Flesh Machine draws musical influences from The Velvet Underground, Iggy Pop, Depeche Mode, Brian Eno, Tears for Fears, and David Bowie. The band is also influenced by the creative mind of David Lynch. The essence of Flesh Machine is blending two worlds of flesh, representing warmth, emotion, and humanity, and the Machine which represents the cold, mechanism, and synthetic. Blending acoustic and electronic sounds to create music that explores the human experience, depression, and the dark corners of the human psyche.
Vision: Flesh Machine is currently working on their debut album “the Fool” and has already released four singles that will be featured on the album. Flesh Machine aims to boost their image to reach an international crowd.