The Egg Presents: múm

múm (pronunciation: [muːm] – moom) are an exploratory Icelandic musical group whose  music is characterized by experiments in electronic music, soft vocals, glitch beats,  innovative sampling and eerie effects with a variety of traditional and unconventional  instruments. The band was formed in 1997 by original members Gunnar Örn Tynes and  Örvar Smárason and has since then released six full albums, as well as a mountain of  other music, singles, EP’s, collaborations, theatre and film music. In 2013 múm released a  single with Kylie Minogue, Whistle from the film Jack & Diane which the band composed  the original score the year before. In 2015 múm wrote a special piece named Drowning with German pianist and composer Hauschka, commissioned by the MDR Sinfonieorchester in Leipzig where it was performed that summer. One of múm’s more  recent extracurricular project is a semi- improvised electronic music score to the silent  masterpiece Menschen am Sonntag (1930) and a special performance at Iceland Airwaves  Festival 2016 in collaboration with the Kronos Quartet, playing songs from múms  backcatalog at Harpa Concert Hall.  

In 2019 múm released a special 20 year anniversary edition of their 1999 debut album  Yesterday was Dramatic, Today is OK, and followed the release up with a special anniversary  tour of Europe & China. The US leg of the tour, scheduled to take place in spring 2020, was  postponed because of the global pandemic.