bjarni daníel (ICL)

Collaboration and collectivity have shaped the musical life of songwriter and music performer Bjarni Daníel, who grew up deep in the grassroots of Reykjavík, Iceland’s vibrant music scene. As member of bands such as Supersport!, Skoffín and bagdad brothers, his voice has become synonymous with the ideals of the local DIT (do-it-together) movement, spearheaded by music and arts collective Post-dreifing.

In 2023 Bjarni Daníel was awarded one of the nordic music business Top 20 under 30 for his tireless work within the collective, specifically their venue project Post-húsið and the annual Hátíðni music festival, as well as having hosted a few of RÚV national radio’s most important new music programs over the last four years.

He has since then taken a couple of steps back from this collective work to focus on his own practice and is currently studying new media composition at the Iceland University of the Arts, alongside his work with Supersport!

The framework of Bjarni Daníel’s compositions underscores a preference for rawness and vulnerability, mutually within the realms of harmony and text, as is evident on “the bull’s eye” – a recent, bandcamp-exclusive release which compiles multitudes of musical ideas in their plainest shapes, mostly recorded on his phone during the tender moments of conception. Currently, he is working on his debut solo LP, which is set to be recorded this October, produced by Bjarni’s long time friend and collaborator Árni Hjörvar Árnason of UK indie icons The Vaccines. On this album, he elaborates on the work ethics that have defined his earlier solo works, placing simplicity and a closeness to the creative core at the forefront of the piece, while allowing Árni’s input and that of the studio band, which is comprised of some of the Reykjavík scene’s most prominent voices, to shape the material in new and unexpected ways. In this way, collaboration remains at the heart of his practice.

Eintritt ist wie immer frei. Letztes Konzert vor der Sommerpause!