Tomorrow two of the founding members of Icelandic music group Múm, Örvar Smárason and Gunnar Tynes will be at the Mengi concert venue in Reykjavik, improvising electronic music to accompany the German silent film Menschen am Sonntag from the year 1930.
This performance is the first in a monthly series of improvisations to the same film, a work in progress with the aim of ultimately writing a new score to the film or at least establishing a framework for a musical accompaniment to the film.
The group posted on their Facebook page last week If you are in Reykjavik next week (or sometime in the next year) you really have to come see this film.
Múm are known for their exploratory and exuberant approach to music which can yield eclectic results. Witness to this bear their contrasting projects which range from releasing a single with the well-known singer, Kylie Minouge to being commissioned to write a piece for the MDR Sinfonieorchester in Leipzig.
Múm’s latest album Smilewound, released in 2013 and was nominated for the Nordic Music Prize last year.
The film, Menschen am Sonntag is an often overlooked gem from 1930, a directorial debut for brothers Curt and Robert Siodmak and written by none other than Austrian-born American filmmaker and journalist Billy Wilder whose career lasted over 50 years. Not only is the film one of the last of Germany's silent era cinema, but it follows a weekend in the life of a group of Berliners and is a rare glimpse into the lives of young and carefree people in a city that would soon be submerged in a dark shadow.
If you´re in Reykjavik tomorrow, be sure to head to Mengi. The event starts at 21 (9pm). Address, Óðinsgata 2, 101 Reykjavík.
Tomorrow two of the founding members of Icelandic music group Múm, Örvar Smárason and Gunnar Tynes will be at the Mengi concert venue in Reykjavik, improvising electronic music to accompany the German silent film Menschen am Sonntag from the year 1930.
This performance is the first in a monthly series of improvisations to the same film, a work in progress with the aim of ultimately writing a new score to the film or at least establishing a framework for a musical accompaniment to the film.
The group posted on their Facebook page last week If you are in Reykjavik next week (or sometime in the next year) you really have to come see this film.
Múm are known for their exploratory and exuberant approach to music which can yield eclectic results. Witness to this bear their contrasting projects which range from releasing a single with the well-known singer, Kylie Minouge to being commissioned to write a piece for the MDR Sinfonieorchester in Leipzig.
Múm’s latest album Smilewound, released in 2013 and was nominated for the Nordic Music Prize last year.
The film, Menschen am Sonntag is an often overlooked gem from 1930, a directorial debut for brothers Curt and Robert Siodmak and written by none other than Austrian-born American filmmaker and journalist Billy Wilder whose career lasted over 50 years. Not only is the film one of the last of Germany's silent era cinema, but it follows a weekend in the life of a group of Berliners and is a rare glimpse into the lives of young and carefree people in a city that would soon be submerged in a dark shadow.
If you´re in Reykjavik tomorrow, be sure to head to Mengi. The event starts at 21 (9pm). Address, Óðinsgata 2, 101 Reykjavík.
