Sundlaugin

{{Short description|Recording studio in Iceland}} {{coord|64|10.007|N|21|40.714|W|display=title}} {{Infobox company |name= Sundlaugin Studio |logo= |image= |image_alt= |image_caption= |type=Recording studio |foundation= 2008 |area_served=Mosfellsbær, Iceland |key_people= |industry = Music |homepage= {{URL|https://www.sundlaugin.com}} |footnotes= |intl=  }} '''Sundlaugin''' ({{IPA|is|ˈsʏntˌlœyjɪn}}, ''the swimming pool'') is a recording studio located near Álafoss in the town of Mosfellsbær in Iceland known for being the recording and rehearsal location of post-rock band Sigur Rós. The location was originally a swimming pool built in the 1930s which had been abandoned when Sigur Rós purchased it in 1999 and converted it and adjacent buildings into a studio.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=2020-05-16|title=Kjartan kaupir Sundlaugina|url=https://www.ruv.is/frett/2020/05/16/kjartan-kaupir-sundlaugina|access-date=2020-07-15|website=RÚV|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=About the studio|url=http://www.sundlaugin.com/about.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080126180111/http://sundlaugin.com/about.htm|archive-date=2008-01-26|access-date=2007-12-30|work=sundlaugin.com}}</ref>

The band originally intended to record their third album, titled ''( )'', in an abandoned NATO tracking base in the northernmost mountain in Iceland, but after inspection decided it was too impractical. Shortly after they found the abandoned pool lot in a rural neighborhood in Mosfellsbær. They bought the lot and transformed it into a studio. In order to fit the massive mixing console into the building, part of the roof was opened up and the console was lowered with a crane.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sigur-ros.co.uk/band/trivia.php |title=sigur rós - trivia |access-date=2009-04-12 |work=sigur-ros.co.uk}}</ref>

Much of the band's photography and artwork is taken from the surrounding landscape, such as the art found on the first album recorded in the studio, ''( )''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sigur-ros.co.uk/band/disco/parenth.php |title=sigur rós - discography » ( ) |access-date=2009-02-07 |work=sigur-ros.co.uk}}</ref>

The recording studio has also been used for recording, mixing and mastering (usually assisted by the studio's sound engineer Birgir Jón "Biggi" Birgisson) by a wide group of mainly Icelandic artists and bands, including:<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sundlaugin.com/Sundlaugin/misc/Pages/Clients.html#grid |title=clients |access-date=2009-10-10 |work=sundlaugin.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://milocostudios.com/studios/sundlaugin/clients/ |title=Sundlaugin Studio Clients |access-date=2017-06-10 |work=Sundlaugin - "The Backbone of Icelandic Music Production"}}</ref> {{Div col}} * Agent Fresco * The Album Leaf * Alcest * amiina<ref name="izotope">{{cite web|title=Biggi - Engineer at Sundlaugin Studio talks about recording and mixing Sigur Rós and more|url=http://www.izotope.com/artists/biggi.asp|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081228032844/http://www.izotope.com/artists/biggi.asp|archive-date=2008-12-28|access-date=2017-06-10|work=sundlaugin.com}}</ref> * Amusement Parks on Fire<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.advertiser.ie/galway/article/7721 |title=Amusement Parks On Fire - 'magical and intense' - Galway Advertiser - January 29, 2009. |access-date=2009-02-07 |work=advertiser.ie}}</ref> * Björk<ref>{{Cite news |last=Tingen |first=Paul |author-link=Paul Tingen |date=April 2015 |title=Inside Track: Björk’s Vulnicura |url=https://www.soundonsound.com/techniques/inside-track-bjorks-vulnicura |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160628052237/https://www.soundonsound.com/techniques/inside-track-bjorks-vulnicura |archive-date=28 June 2016 |access-date=12 May 2024 |work=Sound on Sound}}</ref> * Bubbi Morthens<ref name="izotope" /> *Emmanuel De La Paix<ref>{{cite web |url= https://15questions.net/interview/fifteen-questions-interview-birgir-jon-birgisson-sigur-ros-bjork/page-1/ |title= Fifteen Questions Interview with Birgir Jón Birgisson (Sigur Rós)- October 29, 2020.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= https://inverted-audio.com/feature/emmanuel-de-la-paix-terre-brulee/ |title= Emmanuel De La Paix discusses the makings of ‘Terre Brûlèe’- November, 2021.}}</ref> * Flying Hórses * For a Minor Reflection * Jakobínarína * Julianna Barwick<ref>{{cite web |url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/18408-julianna-barwick-nepenthe/ |title = Julianna Barwick: Nepenthe Album Review {{!}} Pitchfork|website = Pitchfork}}</ref> * Langi Seli og Skuggarnir<ref name="sundlaugin-info-material">{{cite web |url=http://www.sundlaugin.com:80/Sundlaugin/equipment/Pages/mics_files/brochure.pdf |title=sundlaugin studio |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120413022954/http://www.sundlaugin.com/Sundlaugin/equipment/Pages/mics_files/brochure.pdf |work=sundlaugin.com |archive-date=2012-04-13 |access-date=2007-06-10 |url-status=dead }}</ref> * Mammút<ref name="sundlaugin-info-material" /> * Mugison<ref name="izotope" /> * Múm<ref>{{cite AV media notes |others=Múm |date=2004 |title=Summer Make Good |type=liner notes |publisher=Fat Cat}}</ref> * Ólöf Arnalds<ref>{{cite AV media notes |others=Ólöf Arnalds |date=2007 |title=Við Og Við |type=liner notes |publisher=12 Tónar}}</ref> * Retro Stefson * Seabear<ref name="sundlaugin-info-material" /> * Self Defense Family * Sin Fang<ref name="sundlaugin-info-material" /> * Ske * Slowblow<ref>{{cite AV media notes |others=Slowblow |date=2004 |title=Nói Albínói |type=liner notes |publisher=12 Tónar}}</ref> * Steindór Andersen * Stórsveit Nix Noltes {{div col end}}

As of 2020, Sundlaugin is owned by Sigur Rós keyboardist Kjartan Sveinsson.<ref name=":0" />

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