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Artist
Moses Hightower
12+ albums
soulicelandicfunkjazziceland
about
For four years, Reykjavík-based quartet Moses Hightower has been in the vanguard of Icelandic soul, its output “unlike anything else in Icelandic music” (Fréttablaðið). The band has performed sold-out concerts at venues big and small, released two critically acclaimed full-length albums, and received nominations for the Icelandic Music Awards along the way. Consisting of guitarist Daníel Friðrik Böðvarsson, drummer Magnús Trygvason Eliassen, bassist & lead singer Andri Ólafsson, and keyboard player & lead singer Steingrímur Karl Teague, Moses Hightower has since its conception been plagued by being scattered across Europe, its members taking turns studying abroad. Starting out in 2007 as the live band for solo chanteuse Dísa (now half of Song for Wendy), the group soon received considerable airplay with the smooth, plain-spoken single that would later become the title track of their debut album, Búum til börn (which translates as “Let’s make babies”). In July 2009, the band headed out into the countryside to cut the album's 10 tracks. Sound wizard Magnús Øder (Benny Crespo’s Gang, Lay Low) was brought along as producer, and once all sessions were wrapped up in March 2010, he took on the job of mixing the album. Self-released on July 5, 2010, the result was a dynamic, groovy cocktail of ‘70s soul with a hint of neo-soul and dub, all set to Icelandic lyrics that projected the same relaxed, feel-good vibe as the music. Quickly carving out a steady presence near the top of nat
