#OE2ICELAND 2024

On our trip to Iceland in 2024, we didn’t record any videos with Icelandic artists. Instead, we gave two wonderful concerts.
It was a bit of a premiere as it was the first time Frank and Jo performed at the same event. Many thanks to the nice people at the Fish Factory for making us feel so welcome. We had the concert hall to ourselves all day and really enjoyed preparing, practising and creating a unique evening for the very interested audience.

„Throng of the Spoondrift“ by Jo – Stöðvarfjörður, August 8th 2024

Frank Live: Fish Factory – Stöðvarfjörður, August 8th 2024

Frank also played a concert at 12 Tónar in Reykjaík.
He started this special concert with a 20 minute solo set. After the 20 minutes he was joined by our friends Ida Schuften Juhl (@knackered ) and Steinunn Eldflaug Harðardóttir (@dj. flugvél og geimskip).  This concert was announced as a Pre- warm up for the Extreme Chill Festival 2024 in Reykjavík. Hosted by Pan Thorarensen (@pan.thorarensen)

Orange ’Ear Recording tours: #OE2ICELAND 2015/2016 #OE2UK 2019

2015 it was time for Orange ’Ear to take to the road: with a few cameras, a mixing board, some film lights, a trustworthy bit of camping gear, and a few oranges… In May 2015 Orange ’Ear was on a recording tour in Iceland. In November 2016 during the Airwaves festival we were back in Reykjavík to discover new music and meet friends again. We filmed 18 bands at the MYRKRAMAKT festival in 2 nights and produced a music video with the Pink Street Boys. 2019 we hit the road to the UK. We came back with five very special videos. It was great fun to meet Hamilton Yarns, Nummo Twin, Garden Centre and Rattle and to work with them together. We did not meet Plïnkï Plønkï in person, but they was so kind to send us the song Hiraeth. In the mood of this song we captured pictures during our journey and we were very happy about the opportunity to produce a video for them.

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PLÏNKÏ PLØNKÏ – HIRAETH | plnkplnk.bandcamp.com

Here is a description from Plïnkï Plønkï about the meaning of the title:

„Hiraeth (from our second album, ‚Pangur Din‘) is a Welsh word with no direct translation. It means a kind of nostalgia, or pining for a place or time you know you can never go back to, or perhaps was never even there. Whilst melancholic- it’s existence as a word we find somewhat reassuring! Words come to exist when there is a necessity, a permanence of concept- and to know that others can feel this sense of longing is to realise that one is less alone. We are all hurting, loving, missing, and feeling, together. Across the globe and across time- something unifies our experience. That is what we find most often in music, comedy, and art, and with every person who is kind enough to lend an ear or a word to our songs.“

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