New incarnation of a popular song
Thursday, 27 November 2008 00:00

'Þú komst við hjartað í mér' by Toggi and Páll Óskar was the number one hit in Iceland this summer, with 2 versions of the song fighting each other for first chart position.

We have covered the history of the song extensively .:here:., it might be worth a visit, or a re-visit.

Anyhow, here is the latest incarnation of the song, a version produced for Byr Saving Bank, performed by Páll Óskar himself, and produced by Don Pedro, who finally got to put his Guitalele to good use.  Reynir Lyngdal directed the spot for Pegasus, and the whole venture was conceived by Dynamo Reykjavík.

 

Here is a full version of the song:
 
 
Toggi - Silly Old Song
Friday, 21 November 2008 00:00

Today we proudly present to you Toggi's new single, 'Silly Old Song'.

 

The song was recorded in the same session as 'Wonderful', and we started work on overdubs and additional programming as soon as we released that song. There is a lot of post production work in this song, many many layers of soundscaping and vintage synths and studio goodies.

A fun trivial fact is that one of the most recognizable singers in the world sings a short backing vocal in the song. He made us swear that we wouldn't tell who he is so he wouldn't have problems with his label, but a well trained ear can hear it easily.

To celebrate the global economic recession, we have decided to offer you a very special deal, just read the banner below, and click it to go to grapewire.net for your purchase:

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It's a great deal. We thought of everything. If you hate special offers, don't believe in the econocalypse and just want to support us, you can buy the songs seperately, for double the price. As many times as you like.

If you on the other hand don't believe in paying for your music, you can just come back again and again, and listen to the stream on this page.

Song Credits:

Music: Toggi, Don Pedro, Bjarki Jonsson, Helgi Egilsson and Hallgrimur Jon Hallgrímsson. Mostly Toggi though.
Lyrics and vocals: Toggi
Keyboards, programming: Bjarki Jonsson
Bass: Helgi Egilsson
Drums, percussion: Hallgrimur Jon Hallgrimsson
Guitars, programming: Don Pedro

Produced and engineered at Studio12b and Wömbin™ by Bjarki Jonsson and Don Pedro.
Mixed by Addi 800 and mastered by Flex, both at Studio Syrland.

Lyrics can be found .:here:.

Toggi's Myspace
 
New music for KEA
Friday, 26 September 2008 00:00

Simple and light was the order of the day for Director Gudjon Jonsson who just finished a commercial for KEA dairy drinks for Filmus Productions / The Icelandic Ad Agency. Original music was produced and composed by Don Pedro.

 
 
Toggi's 'Wonderful' for VW Golf United spot
Wednesday, 02 July 2008 00:00

This must be some kind of a record.

Not 24 hours after we finished mastering Toggi's new single 'Wonderful' it got snatched for a Volkswagen Golf United commercial.

This fresh still-motion spot was shot, directed and produced in-house at Fiton by Joi B, Hrafn Gunnarsson and Jari for VW distributor Hekla.

You can listen to a full length version of 'Wonderful' by clicking .:here:.

 

 
 
RUV - New TV channel Idents
Tuesday, 01 July 2008 00:00

We just delivered music to new idents for RUV, Iceland's state television channel.

The idents were designed and produced by RUV Art Director Jakob Johannsson and motion graphics designer David Jon Ogmundsson. Don Pedro wrote and produced the music and designed the soundscape. We are currently working on more new idents for RUV, to be released later this summer as a part of an identity makeover.

 
 
Letter From Egypt
Monday, 19 May 2008 11:35

Today marks the release of Morten Harket's solo album "Letter From Egypt" in his home country Norway. Release in Germany will follow on the 30th of May.

We are very excited about this, as we lent a hand to three songs on the album. The single "Darkspace - You're with me", on which we worked, has already been 5 weeks on the Norwegian charts. We wish Morten and his management team all the best with the album, sucess would be deserved, as we know that this project is the fruit of intense work and almost unlimited passion.

We will post some anecdotes and details of our sessions here later. Unfortunately we didn't take a short moment off work to take pictures of the guys working together in our studio, instead we have for you the cover of the album:

Letter From Egypt

Check out Morten's homepage here.

 
Some music for you
Sunday, 04 May 2008 13:05

As mentioned here earlier, Arnar just finished scoring a very nice feelgood documentary entitled "Everybody Present". While we wait for the release of the film, here are some of the songs for you to enjoy:

Here is the opening theme:

 

Here is a nice moody piece that Arnar sung himself

 

 And here is a feelgood piece to round this up:

 

 

 
Just can't get enough
Friday, 02 May 2008 21:21

Agency Hvita Husid needed a spiced up version of Depeche Mode's "Just can't get enough" for Glitnir Bank's new campaign. Don Pedro got Bumcat's singer Tommi (aka TomTom) to join him in making an upbeat acoustic version of this legendary hit.

Here are the results:

 

 
 
Just the music: 
 
 

 

 

 
Heart in Line for Re/Max spot
Friday, 04 January 2008 23:02

Production house Spark just completed a 60 second spot for real estate giant Re/Max. It was aired in Iceland's most valuable screen slot, during the state television new year's entertainment program, estimated to have a whopping 93-96% of Iceland's population in front of it.

Veteran director Gulli Maggi chose Toggi's "Heart in Line" from his debut album Puppy for the spot, which can be seen below, or here if you want a bigger file with better resolution. Because you deserve it.

 
 
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