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JFDR and Best Fit's Airwaves showcase mixed collaboration with rising talent

04 November 2017, 11:13 Photography by Ian Young
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(Cassandra Jenkins) (Slugz) (JFDR) (Ásta Fanney) (Samantha Shay) (Gyða) (Iceland Airwaves)
This week’s Iceland Airwaves festival saw JFDR join up with Best Fit at Reykjavík’s Loft to stage a day of music that saw some of the best Icelandic and International talent in an incredible, experimental collaboration.
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Slugz performed an innovative set that chopped up and spit out found noises and samples.
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Cassandra Jenkins came all the way from New York to perform.
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Danish singer Nini Julia Bang accompanied Samantha Shay's reading of King Lear.
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Poet and singer Ásta Fanney (also from aYia) took to the stage under a new name: Prim Waters.
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The entire collective joined her for a song too.
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Each artist was introduced by our co-host Jófríður Ákadóttir (aka JFDR).
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JFDR and Cassandra Jenkins share a moment.
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JFDR closed the evening with a set drawn from her debut record Brazil.
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