Sundlaugin (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈsʏntløijɪn], the swimming pool) is a recording studio located near Álafoss, in the town of Mosfellsbær in Iceland. It was converted from a drained, abandoned swimming pool built in the 1930s and adjacent buildings[1]. It is owned by the post-rock band Sigur Rós.[2]
The band originally intended to record ( ) in an abandoned NATO tracking base in the northernmost mountain in Iceland, but after inspection decided it was too impractical. Shortly after they found the abandoned pool lot in a rural neighborhood in Mosfellsbær. They bought the lot and transformed it into a studio. In order to fit the massive mixing console into the building, part of the roof was opened up and the console was lowered with a crane.[3]
Much of the band's photography and artwork is taken from the surrounding landscape, perhaps most notably the art found on the first album recorded in the studio, ( ).[4]
The recording studio has also been used for recording, mixing and mastering (usually assisted by the studio's sound engineer Birgir Jón "Biggi" Birgisson) by a wide group of other, mainly icelandic, artists including[5] Agent Fresco, The Album Leaf, amiina[2], Amusement Parks on Fire[6], Andŕum[7], Beneath, Benni Hemm Hemm[8], Bubbi Morthens, Self Defense Family, Jakobínarína, Kira Kira[9], Mugison[2], Múm[10], Ólöf Arnalds[11], Pétur Ben[12], Retro Stefson, Ske, Slowblow[13], Steindór Andersen, Storsveit Nix Noltes, For a Minor Reflection.
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