Sundlaugin

Coordinates: 64°10.007′N 21°40.714′W / 64.166783°N 21.678567°W / 64.166783; -21.678567

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, For a Minor Reflection, Jakobínarína, Julianna Barwick,^[9] Kira Kira,^[10] Mugison,^[2] Múm,^[11] Ólöf Arnalds,^[12] Pétur Ben,^[13] Retro Stefson, Self Defense Family, Ske, Slowblow,^[14] Steindór Andersen, and Storsveit Nix Noltes.

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• Sundlaugin Recording Studio