Be more chill musical4/20/2023 “We came here because I felt like Reykjavík needs this,” he explains. From small town venues in places like Hellissandur and Vík í Mýrdal, to overseas showcases, and even a cop riot thrown into the mix, the festival has now landed in what was probably always its spiritual home: Reykjavík, which Pan wryly describes as, “the electronic music capital of Iceland.” Over the years Extreme Chill has moved, grown, and gone through many changes. How can something chill be extreme? Pan smiles: “it can mean a lot of things.” There’s no place like home “In addition, we had these Extreme Chill nights at Kaffibarinn for years, so when it came to naming the festival it just made sense.” It seems fitting, as well, that the name itself represents an oxymoron. “This is the key,” Pan says, of the mixes (which are now available online-although not many know this). They named the festival after a compilation series Pan and Óskar had started to make of underground electronica music. With the event being such a success, the following year they returned to West Iceland for the first ever iteration of Extreme Chill Festival. “But we were really surprised, over 150 people came to what was basically a joke-or more of an art performance,” he corrects himself. We had Myspace at the time and were trying to promote it there, to get people to come over,” Pan says. “When people don’t know the lineup I’m really happy” Of course, at that time there were no computers-it was all hardware.” “Over the years I became more and more experimental with my music, and ultimately I started creating electronica music. “I was always producing beats that were a little bit different from what people were doing here in Iceland,” Pan says. “Now because of Spotify and so on it’s really easy to discover something.” Family affairĪs a result of his growing record collection and interest in the unusual, Pan’s own musical tastes began to change and widen, as he was exposed to a community of musicians beyond the local Reykjavík scene. “It was a lot harder than it is today,” he laughs. We went to underground record shops in New York and were buying a lot of music there. “It was really hard to find the stuff, of course,” he explains. Pan’s ability to travel outside of Iceland and purchase records abroad had a big impact on his musical journey, and ultimately made him kind of an expert when it came to experimental and electronic music in Iceland. “I was making music in the Icelandic hip-hop scene in the beginning.” Pan was a member of famed hip hop crew Twisted Mindz, making beats and travelling with the band internationally at a young age to places very much unlike Iceland, like Tokyo and New York. “It started when I was a teenager,” Pan says of his life-long, ever-evolving musical escapades. Best of Reykjavík 2022 Autumn edition is out! To celebrate we are adding a copy to all discount boxes ordered until September 12th! As always, join our High Five club to support our journalism, get discounts in our shop/tours and the latest issue sent straight to your email.
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