1st place: Vök
2nd place: In The Company of Men
3rd place: Aragrúi
The People’s Band: Yellow Void
Solo Awards:
Best Guitarist: Hafsteinn Þráinsson from CeaseTone
Best Bassist: Guðmundur Ingi Halldórsson from Sjálfsprottin Spévísi
Best Pianist Ívar Hannes Pétursson from Elgar
Best Drummer: Björn Emil Rúnarsson from In The Company of Men
Best Singer: Hulda Kristín Kolbrúnardóttir from Aragrúi
Best Electronic Musician: Andri Már Enoksson from Vök
Recognition for Icelandic Songwriting: Villta Vestrið
The following 40 bands competed: Blær, The Royal Slaves, Sjálfsprottin Spévísi, White Signal, Hide Your Kids, Vök, Múspellssynir, Sudden Pressure, Óskar Harðar, StaleGrenade, Frey Scheving, While My City Burns, The Innocence of Sleep, Pönkbandið Stefán, The Cocaine Pianist, David Blessing, Glundroði, Elgar, Mojo Boutique, CeaseTone, Kjurr, In The Company of Men, Villta Vestrið, Yellow Void, OAS, Aragrúi, Arty Party, Dólgarnir, Askur, Marvin Strayte, Kaleo, Byrjun, Alexander Örn, Hóp, Aether, Turtle Taco Experience, Icarus, For colorblind people, Skerðing
Did You Know?
- Vök was the first duo to win the Music Experiments in its thirty-year history. The band was formed just one month before the competition and had never played publicly before stepping onto the stage at Silfurberg in Harpa.
- Vök participated in projects organized by the Stage Europe Network and played at music festivals in France and the Netherlands. The band Kjurr was also selected to participate in the project in the Netherlands and the members became acquainted there, with Einar later joining Vök. Einar and Klement from Kjurr later became famous in the band Hatari.
- The band Kaleo competed that year at the Music Experiments and advanced to the final night. Shortly after, the band took off and achieved great success both domestically and internationally.
- Hafsteinn Þráinsson won the award for best guitarist for the second time, having also received the award in 2011 with the band Postartica.
