Happy fries and J-pop
Steinunn, aka DJ Flugvél og Geimskip and Mayu Wakisaka composing a J-pop tune at a Japanese studio at the Hokuo Music Fest project. Photo/ Steinunn Harðardóttir
Iceland's Steinunn Eldflaug Harðardóttir, otherwise known as DJ Flugvél og Geimskip, went to Japan in the wake of Iceland Airwaves where she's currently participating in the Hokuo music fest and making J-pop with Japanese artists.
"This has been a lot of fun, it's an interesting project with the goal of connecting artists and promoting Nordic music in Japan. We're making nice music, getting to know each other, smoking cigarettes and going to dinners and parties," explains Steinunn. "The Japanese are really cool. I've seen guys walking around with top hats and sunglasses and some of them even wear dresses," she adds.
The Hokuo Music Night was first held in 2011 in cooperation with Nomex and focuses on the cooperation between Nordic and Japanese artists and this year a songwriting camp was included. Icelandic rock band Oyama, who recently signed with Japan's Imperial Records played at Hokuo music night and DJ Flugvél og Geimskip is participating in the songwriting camp. Deals have come through Hokuo Music Night and local labels in Japan now look at it as the platform to launch new projects.
Steinunn let us break into her I-phone to see what she's been up to in Japan for the past couple of days.
Tokyo cityscape. Photo/ Steinunn Harðardóttir
A TV crew greeted Steinunn at the airport. Photo/ Steinunn Harðardóttir
Steinunn's room is number 808 which is very fitting , as it's also the number of one of the first drum machines, the Roland 808. Photo/Steinunn Harðardóttir
