AMFJ

AMFJ is a power noise musician from Reykjavík, Iceland. The outfit has one member, Aðalsteinn Jörundsson, whose initials are the basis of the project name.[1] He debuted on the electronic/noise scene with a performance at Reykjavík's Organ bar on 30 July 2008 performing alongside Krakkbot, Auxpan and Oberdada von Brutal. Since then, AMFJ has performed at many of the venues of Reykjavík music scene. A typical AMFJ show is filled with feedback loops, mixed with loud, beat oriented playbacks and heavily sound-altered vocals. In addition to regular performances, AMFJ has appeared at the first annual Réttir music festival in Reykjavík [2] and performed an off-venue gig at Eistnaflug 2009, a long running metal festival that runs every July in Neskaupstaður, in eastern Iceland.

AMFJ's inaugural cassette, Itemhljóð & Veinan, has been released on FALK, an artist run label/art society in May 2009.[1] The offering has received media attention for its medium, the often considered obsolete cassette tape. Adding to the oddity of the release is the extensive hexadecimal labelling system used to document the manufactured cassettes. Several of the cassettes feature hidden tracks (another oddity for a cassette) that were spontaneously created and mixed by AMFJ during the manufacturing process.

Itemhljóð & Veinan has been critically acclaimed, with one review in the Reykjavík Grapevine stating: "There's a point where art-music becomes almost transcendentally self-indulgent and that is the point at which it also becomes magnificent."[3]