Episode 011 : Mum
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Mum (pronounced 'moom') started making music in Iceland in 1998 after Gunnar Tynes, Orvar Smirason and twin sisters Kristin Valtysdottir and Gyda Valtysdottir brought together their love of classical, hardcore, and computer music to create something completely unique.
Mum is a mixture of the old and new, technological and acoustic, male and female, structure and mood and atmosphere. Incorporating instruments as diverse as the melodica, glockenspiel, accordian, keyboards, trumpet, viola, stroh-violin, bowed musical saw, pump organ, Chinese harp, and banjo, Mum revels in both the warmth of these instruments and in laptops and computers to create a cooler, less-than-human touch. Together, Mum creates hypnotizing songs and soothing soundscapes.
This past winter saw the release of two debut CDs from two great pop bands that are really the perfect soundtracks for summer: New York's The Baskervilles sound right on breezy, sunny days and Boston's The Douglas Fir are the perfect accompanyment for driving around on warm, summer nights: 
