Parachutes (based in Reykjavik, Iceland) is: Alex Somers and Scott Alario, taking their name from the seeds of a dandelion flower. They began with homemade bedroom recordings, today they record their songs in the kitchen.
Alex and Scott play lots of different toys and instruments and often sample objects from around the house. Their music develops organically, with layers of acoustic instruments, old marching drums and hushed vocals.
Recently the boys formed a full live band of eight members with good friends Þórdís Björt Sigþórsdóttir, Tinna Jóhanna Magnusson, Björn Pálmi Pálmason, Kári Hólmar Ragnarsson, Brendan Glasson, and Gunnar Gunnsteinsson.
When not touring, Parachutes are in Reykjavik, making their debut album (proper) and plan to release it in 2009.
The Parachutes tracks here were mixed by Jón Þór Birgisson (Sigur Rós) and feature the strings of Amiina.
Band in Box (based in Malmö, Sweden) is Siri af Burén and, in the live setting, also a bunch of musical friends. It started as a playful project; based on the idea of bright pop melodies, teenage lyrics and a dash of irony. But Siri decided to take the project to an entirely new level, based on a set of rules. The rules of the Band in Box bakery:
1. Band in Box will explore a new instrument each month.
2. Band in Box will, as illustrated by the name, never grow larger than approximately 1.5 by 1.5 metres. Thus, it will always fit in a large box and Siri will never have to learn how to play the double bass.
3. No fake instruments allowed.
The rules brought back long-forgotten inspiration and gave rise to a new sound. The melodies changed from yellow to dark green (Siri dresses her songs in shapes, colours and animal costumes) and new layers of words and voices were added. Now, Band in Box can be considered as a neat collection of old, partly broken pottery, carefully packed in a banana carton, also housing a girl and her thirteen instruments. This is the magical sound of Band in Box.
In between studying to be a practitioner of medicine, Siri writes, sings, plays all instruments and records and mixes her music. Band in Box's debut album, This Fiction, is also available to download on Klicktrack.
Parachutes
1. Your Stories
2. Tree Roots Turn To Forts
Band in Box
3. Icaria I
4. Lost And Foundland
5. Icaria II
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Drunken Trees
Skinnad 7"
Drömmen om Skansros
7 Trx + Intermission
…and then there was Timo
Cowboy Up
Hidden
Hvaler (2-spors single)
Caroline (jag såg dig)
Over/Out
Holy Wars
Caught the breeze
En hand himlen
Connie Talbot's Christmas Album
Neon (The Single)
Shell For The Mourning
Adrenaline
Länge Leve Parken
It's Nothing Personal, It's National Security
Saturday Night
Flashbacks
About you now
Big in Japan
Rocco's Revenge
Julesingle
Big In Japan
Waffenladen Gold
Big In Japan
Equally Dumb
Radius 
No Way Down
A Compact Disc Including The Embassy
On Trade Winds
We Is
Hanna med H Soundtrack
Silent Shout single (with remixes)
though, I'm just me - NEW EDITION
(...And the JFG?)
Vingslag
With Every Heart Beat - Meat Boys remix