Kraumur Awards
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Kraumur Awards is a music prize, organized by the Kraumur Music Fund
Kraumur
Kraumur Music Fund is an independent Icelandic music fund and operation established by the in the beginning of 2008 to "to strengthen Icelandic musical life, primarily by supporting young musicians in performing and presenting their works."...

, 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.

Kraumur Awards 2008

The 2008 Kraumur Awards went to:
  • Agent Fresco
    Agent Fresco
    Agent Fresco are an Icelandic "polyrythmic oddtime rock with jazz and funk influence" band formed in 2008 just weeks prior to competing in the Músíktilraunir which they won. They also won ‘best guitar’, ‘best drumming’ and ‘best bass playing’...

     for Lightbulb Universe
  • FM Belfast
    FM Belfast
    FM Belfast is an electro/electronica band from Reykjavík, Iceland.Its members include Lóa Hlín Hjálmtýsdóttir, Árni Rúnar Hlöðversson, Árni Vilhjálmsson and Örvar Þóreyjarson Smárason....

     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):
  • Agent Fresco
    Agent Fresco
    Agent Fresco are an Icelandic "polyrythmic oddtime rock with jazz and funk influence" band formed in 2008 just weeks prior to competing in the Músíktilraunir which they won. They also won ‘best guitar’, ‘best drumming’ and ‘best bass playing’...

     - Lightbulb Universe
  • Celestine - At the Borders of Arcadia
  • Dísa - Dísa
  • Dr. Spock - Falcon Christ
  • Emilíana Torrini
    Emilíana Torrini
    Emilíana Torrini Davíðsdóttir is an Icelandic singer, best known for her 2009 single Jungle Drum, 1999 album Love in the Time of Science and for performing "Gollum's Song" for Peter Jackson's film The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers.-Early life:Torrini grew up in Kópavogur, where, at the age of...

     - Me and Armini
    Me and Armini
    Me and Armini is the fifth studio album by Icelandic singer and songwriter Emilíana Torrini. It was produced by Dan Carey. The album was released on 8 September 2008, preceded by the digital single "Me and Armini" on 19 August...

  • 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
    Sigur Rós
    Sigur Rós is an Icelandic post-rock band with classicaland minimalist elements. The band is known for its ethereal sound, and frontman Jónsi Birgisson's falsetto vocals and use of bowed guitar. In January 2010, the band announced that they will be on hiatus. Since then, it has since been announced...

     - Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust
    Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust
    -Track listing:-Personnel:* Jón Þór Birgisson – vocals, guitar* Kjartan Sveinsson – keyboards* Georg Hólm – bass* Orri Páll Dýrason – drumsStrings: Amiina...

  • Sin Fang Bous - Clangour
  • Skakkamanage - All Over the Face

Kraumur Awards 2009

The 2009 Kraumur Awards went to:
  • 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):
  • Anna Guðný Guðmundsdóttir - Vingt regards sur l’enfant-Jésus
  • Árni Heiðar Karlsson http://arniheidar.is - 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

The panel

The panel selecting the Kraumur Awards nominees and award albums are:
  • Árni Matthíasson - head of panel, journalist with Morgunblaðið
    Morgunblaðið
    Morgunblaðið is a newspaper published in Iceland, founded by Vilhjálmur Finsen & Olaf Björnsson, brother to the first president. The first issue, only eight pages long, was published on 2 November 1913. Six years later, in 1919, the corporation Árvakur bought out the company...

  • Alexandra Kjeld - journalist with Rjominn.is/Morgunblaðið
    Morgunblaðið
    Morgunblaðið is a newspaper published in Iceland, founded by Vilhjálmur Finsen & Olaf Björnsson, brother to the first president. The first issue, only eight pages long, was published on 2 November 1913. Six years later, in 1919, the corporation Árvakur bought out the company...

  • Andrea Jónsdóttir - radio show host at Iceland National Radio 2
    RÚV
    Ríkisútvarpið is Iceland's national public-service broadcasting organization.Operating from studios in the country's capital, Reykjavík, as well as regional centres around the country, the service broadcasts a variety of general programming to a wide audience across the whole country via radio...

  • Arnar Eggert Thoroddsen - journalist with Morgunblaðið
    Morgunblaðið
    Morgunblaðið is a newspaper published in Iceland, founded by Vilhjálmur Finsen & Olaf Björnsson, brother to the first president. The first issue, only eight pages long, was published on 2 November 1913. Six years later, in 1919, the corporation Árvakur bought out the company...

  • Halldór Laxness (Dóri DNA) - journalist with DV
    DV (newspaper)
    DV is an Icelandic newspaper published by DV ehf. It came into existence in 1981 when two formerly independent newspapers, "Vísir" and "Dagblaðið", merged. It is published four times a week from Monday to Friday...

  • Hildur Maral Hamíðsdóttir - journalist with Rjominn.is
  • Ólafur Páll Gunnarsson - radio show host at Iceland National Radio 2
    RÚV
    Ríkisútvarpið is Iceland's national public-service broadcasting organization.Operating from studios in the country's capital, Reykjavík, as well as regional centres around the country, the service broadcasts a variety of general programming to a wide audience across the whole country via radio...

  • Trausti Júlíusson - journalist with Fréttablaðið
    Fréttablaðið
    Fréttablaðið is the Icelandic newspaper with the largest circulation. Fréttablaðið is in Icelandic and is distributed free of charge to homes in parts of the country.It is published by the media group 365 prentmiðlar....

  • Þorkell Máni Pétursson - radio show host at Radio X
  • Ragnheiður Eiríksdóttir - journalist with Fréttablaðið
    Fréttablaðið
    Fréttablaðið is the Icelandic newspaper with the largest circulation. Fréttablaðið is in Icelandic and is distributed free of charge to homes in parts of the country.It is published by the media group 365 prentmiðlar....

  • Arndís Björk Ásgeirsdóttir - radio show host at Iceland National Radio 1
    RÚV
    Ríkisútvarpið is Iceland's national public-service broadcasting organization.Operating from studios in the country's capital, Reykjavík, as well as regional centres around the country, the service broadcasts a variety of general programming to a wide audience across the whole country via radio...

  • Halla Steinunn Stefánsdóttir - radio show host at Iceland National Radio 1
    RÚV
    Ríkisútvarpið is Iceland's national public-service broadcasting organization.Operating from studios in the country's capital, Reykjavík, as well as regional centres around the country, the service broadcasts a variety of general programming to a wide audience across the whole country via radio...

  • Matthías Már Magnússon - radio show host at Iceland National Radio 2
    RÚV
    Ríkisútvarpið is Iceland's national public-service broadcasting organization.Operating from studios in the country's capital, Reykjavík, as well as regional centres around the country, the service broadcasts a variety of general programming to a wide audience across the whole country via radio...



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

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