Title: Jinx
Release date: 4 September, 2002
Record label: Sony
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Official website: Quarashi.net
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"We're the band that comes from nowhere but listens to the whole world and then produces a record," says S?lvi Blondal, the songwriter/producer behind Iceland's Quarashi (pronounced "kwa-ra?-she"). "We're not from America, we're not from Europe, we're from Reykjavik, a small city in the North Atlantic. It's probably a good anthropology study: the rappers from Iceland." But Quarashi is not only geographically unique, the group's music is an eclectic blend of rap, punk, and hard rock that displays an incredibly wide array of influences. "Our goal is to mix hip-hop and industrial, but always with a live feel," says S?lvi. "To make people think this is a live band, though most of it is programmed and sequenced."
Quarashi is: S?lvi (sewl?-vee), age 26, the band's producer and drummer; H?ssi (huh?-see) Olafsson, 23, the lead voice, whether rapping or singing; Steini (stain?-ee) Fjelsted (fyel?-stead), 25, rapper; and Omar Swarez, 26, also a rapper. S?lvi and Omar met as children. S?lvi met Steini after being ordered by a judge to perform community service at a Reykjavik skate park. Quarashi--a term meaning "supernatural" which Steini read in a book--was a nickname given to Steini--a former Icelandic skateboarding champion--by a friend. The term became Steini's tag name when he lived in Arizona and eventually began appearing on walls and streets all over Reykjavik. When it came time to find a name for their new band, Quarashi seemed the perfect choice.
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