Join Facebook to connect with Jökull Júlíusson and others you may know. Kaleo at present. The video was shot during 22 hours, in harsh weather. With Kaleo beautiful lines and Kaleo mesmerizing voice, Way Down We Go has become quite popular. Kaleo 's Jökull Júlíusson singing "Hakuna Matata" at Bowie Alt Karaoke bar in Moscowhttp://bowiebar.ru Buckley didn't think The Beatles were bad musicianshe simply thought rock 'n' roll was uncultured garbage. Since emerging to viral fame in 2012 with their song "Vor í Vaglaskógi," they have become a global phenomenon, drawing favorable comparisons to artists like Hozier and Ray LaMontagne.Their debut, 2013's KALEO, was a break-out success, spawning several more hits that went gold. Way Down We Go will easily be one of the best songs of the year. Singers: Kaleo. Such awesome lyrics that make us feel brighter and crazy. The same year there was released a mini-album Glass House or EP (Extended Play) which includes not more than four tracks. "And fuck the money," Antonsson broke in. SKE: Ef maður trúir því að breytni manna ákvarði örlög þeirra á næsta tilverustigi, það er að segja, að breytni manna ákvarði í hvaða líkama sálir þeirra taki sér bólfestu í næsta lífi (sumsé, endurholdgun líkamans á forsendum karmalögmálsins) – þá er vart annað hægt en að trúa því að Jökull Júlíusson, söngvari Kaleo, hafi […] Iceland's KALEO make soulful blues- and folk-infused anthems centered on lead singer Jökull Júlíusson's smoky vocals. Photo from Kaleo’s Facebook Escape will cancel and close the window. They have released two studio albums, Kaleo (2013) and A/B (2016), as well as an EP, Glasshouse (2013). Jökull Júlíusson - Vocals, Guitars, Organ & Piano Davíð Antonsson- Drums/Percussion & Vocals Rubin Pollock - Guitars & Vocals Daníel Ægir Kristjánsson - Bass First Album by Icelandic Rock Group Kaleo View Jökull Júlíusson’s profile on LinkedIn, the world’s largest professional community. Instead. They were like counterfeit painters in a museum, learning the talents of the masters while trying to copy them. The USA has met the musicians from Iceland with cordial welcome and already next year after the beginning of the collaboration with Atlantic Records was saturated with the concerts. Jökull has 1 job listed on their profile. Though exactly this song which returns us to our roots is original and melodious, has brought broad recognition to the band. In 2012 the guitarist and singer Ruben Pollock joined the perspective band. Before he began his music career, the vocalist and guitarist had been working in the kinder garden and was fond of chess. A/B has sold over 910,000 albums worldwide. Kaleo's songwriting is straightforward, with singer Jökull Júlíusson equally comfortable in high and low registers, his range covering soulful and celestial sounds alike. Rubin Pollock has become a member of the music band later than others. It’s noteworthy that earlier these compositions already sounded on the local radio stations and the group was popular in Iceland. The band's record deal with Atlantic and its 2015 relocation to Austin, Texas, came about not just because the band wrote a slick pop ballad that made label executives see green but also because of the serious talent keeping the enterprise afloat. Kaleo é uma banda de rock da Islândia formada na cidade de Mosfellsbær em 2012. The charge all around the office was the same: Kaleo was derivative, phony, boring. The musicians from Iceland have become a cult of the present times. In 2014 the song "All the Pretty Girls" conquered the hearts of 18 million users. The term "easy listening" probably sounds like an insult, but in Kaleo's case it isn't so bad: sometimes things are easy to listen to because they're done well. Þeir komu fyrst fram á Iceland Airwaves tónlistarhátíðinni 2012. Kaleo er íslensk hljómsveit, stofnuð árið 2012. All this is about the band Kaleo. The background of the music band originates in the school times of three teenagers: Jökull Júlíusson, David Antonsson, and Daniel Kristjansson. For four years, it slogged through classic rock songs, some great, some overrated. The band's first U.S. album, last year's A/B, combines rock, blues, folk, and pop. The home-turf criticism of Kaleo clearly hasn't stuck very well. Fyrsta lag þeirra sem náði vinsældum var Vor í Vaglaskógi, sem þeir fluttu í nýrri útgáfu og gáfu það út þannig. Music Rights: Way Down We Go has been on everyone's lips since it's release. It was a band of sellouts who just hadn't sold out yet. Lyrics. The song in the native language under the title Vor í Vaglaskógi has brought popularity to Kaleo band. The soloist of the band Jökull Júlíusson confesses that he never knows for sure in which genre he would compose the new song. The band is lead by vocalist Jökull Júlíusson or JJ, as he goes by, drummer Davíð Antonsson, bassist Daníel Kristjánsson, and lead guitarist Rubin Pollock. Lyrics by Kaleo is another major reason for the song's success. View the profiles of people named Jökull Júlíusson. See the complete profile on LinkedIn and discover Jökull’s connections and jobs at similar companies. Composer: Jökull Júlíusson. The album consists of eight compositions in the genres of folk-rock and neo-folk. Only these guys were just trying to earn some money in Reykjavik bars. Lyricists:Jökull Júlíusson. Museum of Art, Raleighwww.ncartmuseum.org. Kaleo está formado por el vocalista y guitarrista JJ Julius (Jökull Júlíusson), por David Antonsson en la batería, Daniel Kristjansson al bajo y Rubin Pollock también a la guitarra. Trending Celebrities Age, Net Worth, Height, Weight. Get all the lyrics to songs by Jökull Júlíusson and join the Genius community of music scholars to learn the meaning behind the lyrics. Is a drummer and also a vocalist in the music band. A\B symbolizes that the band is unique and the members don't limit their creative career with the boundaries of the genre. Four singers had their debut together during the annual festival in Reykjavík which was extremely successful. In 2017 Kaleo band visited forty states. Celebrity Gossip, News and Biography. This composition entered the charts and achieved the leading positions. This article appeared in print with the headline "Greener Pastures. So it's surprising that Kaleo got such a chilly reception at home. By the way, the crater is sleeping for more than four thousand years, but the tourists are allowed to go here only since 2011. "We had a lot of good songs we could work on.". The song "Way Down We Go" which came out in 2015 became the peak of band’s popularity. The most awaited I Want More song was released on January 15, 2020. The soloist of the band Jökull Júlíusson confesses that he never knows for sure in which genre he would compose the new song. In 2017 Kaleo band visited forty states. Just for a couple of years, four musicians from Iceland have conquered the whole generation of the admirers of folk music, light blues, and aggressive rock motives. © EN.24SMI.ORG, 2018 - 2021. At the time, Kaleo had multiple chart-topping songs on Icelandic radio, a raucous debut record with fantastic production quality (now out of print), and ambitions clearly larger than the local market. In 2015 the American Atlantic Records label which is the greatest American organization which specializes in the sound recording got interested in the band. We can't do this without you. His pseudonym is JJ Julius Son, and he was born in 1990. In 2016 the band performed at the concert which took place in the crater of the sleeping volcano Thrihnukagigur (the video of the well-known composition "Way Down We Go" was shot in the same place). Of all the clichéd controversies that have sandbagged rock 'n' roll since the beginning, probably the most persistent, after the sex and drugs, is the old idea that rock music is lowbrow. By the version of the employees of Rolling Stone magazine, it is worth to follow the creative career of these musicians. It was an expensive affair but both the musicians and critics were admired. What international audiences don't often get to glimpse, however, is the large number of insular Icelandic music critics and relatively unknown musicians slagging off the country's more famous exports. Or they could use the services of the transport, by the helicopter. As it happens, Icelandic band Kaleo has been on the receiving end of highbrow criticism before, though not coming from an Ivy League conservative like Bill Buckley. In one of the interviews, the participants confessed that there wasn’t any story connected with the name of the band. Since emerging to viral fame in 2012 with their song "Vor í Vaglaskógi," they have become a global phenomenon, drawing favorable comparisons to artists like Hozier and Ray LaMontag…. – this is what Júlíusson says. Vom Beginn ihrer Karriere in einem Dorf nahe Reykjavik bis … KALEO. There are no clear boundaries in the creative career of Kaleo that's why during the short time the band gained the interest of millions of fans. The words of the lyrics became the basis of the song. The Icelandic band considered their relocation a breakthrough. At the same time, the band began to work on the album A\B together with the producer Jacquire King. The title of the music band Kaleo is translated as "sound" from the Hawaiian language. KALEO | Length : 03:39 Writer: Jökull Júlíusson. their respective owners. The story of the song Vor í Vaglaskógi begin in the sixties. Wir alle kennen und lieben ihre Musik aber hier finden Sie alles, was Sie über die isländische Band Kaleo wissen sollten. Kaleo is an Icelandic blues/rock band that formed at Mosfellsbær in 2012. "In the summer of 2012, we decided we wanted to focus on our own stuff," Júlíusson said. He speaks Spanish a little as he often spent his vacations in the southern part of Spain together with his parents. Árið 2014 gáfu þeir út smáskífuna „All the pretty girls“ sem vakti mikla athygli. By the words of the participants, it’ probably not the last crazy location for the shootings and concerts. I once asked Júlíusson and drummer David Antonsson about this time and the artistic frustrations that led them to start writing and recording their own music. All images belong to Their songs have become soundtracks to blockbusters, and their leading hits have become a cult for the young generation. The admirers of Icelandic musicians are looking forward to seeing their favorite band. 2,698 Followers, 3,549 Following, 63 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from Jökull Júlíusson (@kaleo_newss) Kaleo's songwriting is straightforward, with singer Jökull Júlíusson equally comfortable in high and low registers, his range covering soulful and celestial sounds alike. Moreover, the Icelandic quartet will visit Kiev UPark in the summer of 2018. The soloist explains his unusual idea with the fact that he can’t work in a definite genre. A colleague of mine at the magazine, referring to Kaleo's sincere if predictable love affair with Robert Johnson and Delta blues, once called them "authenticity fetishists," which was funny because that colleague was a Scotsman living in Iceland and wouldn't himself have known the difference between the Mississippi Delta and the Nile Delta. The concert was held in the same conditions and without the phonogram, just real sound in fascinating acoustics of the severe crater. Since that time the band gave concerts in Iceland and was gaining popularity. His lyrics won't ever win him a Nobel Prize, but they still convey an honest heart. As of early 2020, the band has released two studio albums, KALEO in 2013 and A/B in 2016. Iceland's KALEO make soulful blues- and folk-infused anthems centered on lead singer Jökull Júlíusson's smoky vocals. Jökull knows a couple of foreign languages, among which: English, Icelandic, Danish. Back in Iceland, when Kaleo used to play small clubs packed to the brim, Júlíusson sang like he meant it, and that hasn't gone away as the group has moved up into larger venues and outdoor music festivals around the world.