{{Short description|Icelandic musical duo}} {{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Musicians --> | name = Slowblow | image = | caption = | image_size = | background = group_or_band | alias = | origin = Reykjavík, Iceland | genre = Electronic, lo-fi, folk | years_active = Early 1990s–present | label = Sirkafúsk Records, Kitchen Motors, Mobile / Plug | website = | current_members = Orri Jónsson<br/>Dagur Kári Pétursson | past_members = }}
'''Slowblow''' is an Icelandic musical duo consisting of Orri Jónsson and Dagur Kári Pétursson, formed in the early 1990s.<ref>{{cite journal | title=Screaming Masterpiece | journal=CMJ |date=August 2007 | issue=146 | pages=49 |issn=1074-6978 }}</ref><ref name="cinema">{{cite book | title=Historical Dictionary of Scandinavian Cinema | publisher=Scarecrow Press | author=Sundholm, John and Isak Thorsen, Lars Gustaf Andersson, Olof Hedling, Gunnar Iversen, Birgir Thor Møller | year=2012 | pages=227 | isbn=978-0810855243}}</ref><ref name="Sullivan">Sullivan, Paul (2003) ''Waking Up in Iceland'', Sanctuary, {{ISBN|978-1860744600}}, p. 216</ref><ref>{{cite book | title=Nordic Sounds | publisher=Nordic Council of Ministers/NOMUS, the Secretariat for Nordic Cultural Cooperation | author=NOMUS, Nordic Council of Ministers. Secretariat for Nordic Cultural Co-operation | year=1998}}</ref> Their music is an aesthetic of home-made, lo-fi analog tinkerings, which often slips into both electronic and folksy terrain. They began recording in the mid-1990s and have made several albums together. They created the soundtrack for the successful independent Icelandic movie ''Nói Albínói'' (e. ''Noi the Albino''), which Dagur directed.<ref>''Iceland Review'', Vol. 42, p. 10, 2004</ref> They have worked with other Icelandic artists such as former Múm band member Kristín Anna Valtýsdóttir, who provided vocals on the band's self-titled 2004 album, and Emilíana Torrini.<ref name="Larkin">Larkin, Colin (2006) ''The Encyclopedia of Popular Music'', Oxford University Press, {{ISBN|978-0195313734}}, p. 534</ref> In 2009 the duo provided the music to the film ''The Good Heart''. They have released albums under the Reykjavík based record labels Smekkleysa, Kitchen Motors, and Mobile / Plug.
==Discography==
===Albums=== * ''Quicksilver Tuna'' (1994), Sirkafúsk * ''Fousque'' (1996), Sirkafúsk * ''Nói Albínói'' (2004), Kitchen Motors * ''Slowblow'' (2004), Mobile / Plug
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[http://www.smekkleysa.net/ Smekkleysa website] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20060220125825/http://www.johannjohannsson.com/kitchenmotors/ Kitchen Motors website] *[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0351461/ IMDB page for Nói Albínói] *[http://vimeo.com/channels/musicfromthemoon/ Music From The Moon - A scenic documentary movie about music in Iceland & Greenland] feat. Benni Hemm Hemm, Emilíana Torrini, Members of Sigur Rós, Múm, ...
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