EXTREME CHILL FESTIVAL WAS BORN IN AUGUST 2009, WHEN PAN THORARENSEN AND HIS FATHER ÓSKAR THORARENSEN, MEMBERS OF THE AMBIENT TRIO STEREO HYPNOSIS, HELD A RELEASE CONCERT
IN THE VILLAGE OF HELLISSANDUR ON ICELAND'S SNÆFELLSNES PENINSULA.

INSPIRED BY THE ATMOSPHERE AND SURROUNDINGS, THE IDEA OF ESTABLISHING A FESTIVAL AT THIS UNIQUE LOCATION WAS CONCEIVED. ONE YEAR LATER, THE FIRST EDITION OF EXTREME CHILL FESTIVAL – UNDIR JÖKLI TOOK PLACE FROM AUGUST 6–8, 2010.

SINCE ITS INCEPTION, EXTREME CHILL HAS EXPANDED BEYOND HELLISSANDUR, HOSTING THE FESTIVAL ACROSS ICELAND IN VÍK, REYKJAVÍK, AND OTHER LOCATIONS AS WELL AS INTERNATIONALLY IN CITIES LIKE BERLIN AND PRAGUE. IT HAS COLLABORATED WITH NUMEROUS FESTIVALS BOTH IN ICELAND AND ABROAD.

AT ITS CORE, EXTREME CHILL IS DEDICATED TO FOSTERING CONNECTIONS BETWEEN ICELANDIC AND INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS, UNITING DIVERSE ART FORMS FROM ELECTRONIC MUSIC TO VISUAL ARTS. THE FESTIVAL HAS ATTRACTED CONSIDERABLE INTERNATIONAL ATTENTION AND HAS ESTABLISHED ITSELF AS AN IMPORTANT PART OF ICELAND'S MUSIC SCENE, DISTINGUISHED BY ITS FOCUS ON EXPERIMENTAL, ELECTRONIC, AND AMBIENT MUSIC.

OVER THE YEARS, EXTREME CHILL AND ITS ASSOCIATED EVENTS HAVE GIVEN RISE TO COUNTLESS RELEASES, CONCERTS, COLLABORATIONS, AND FRIENDSHIPS. AS ICELAND'S LONGEST RUNNING FESTIVAL FOCUSED ON EXPERIMENTAL MUSIC AND SONIC ARTS, EXTREME CHILL CONTINUES TO THRIVE AS AN ANNUAL EVENT.

IT IS PROUD TO BE PART OF THE NEWLY FORMED

(UP NODE NETWORK)

A NORDIC PLATFORM FOR EXPERIMENTAL MUSIC AND SONIC ARTS COLLABORATION,

AS WELL AS A MEMBER OF (NERDS) – THE NORTH EUROPEAN RESONANCE AND DISSONANCE SOCIETY

AN OPEN NETWORK CONNECTING EXPERIMENTAL MUSIC ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS THE BALTICS AND NORTHERN EUROPE.

ARTIST THAT HAVE PEFORMED AT THE FESTIVAL OVER THE YEARS

Tangerine Dream, The Orb, Hans-Joachim Roedelius, Roger Eno, Biosphere, Plaid, Mixmaster Morris, Thomas Fehlmann, Jan Jelinek, Fennesz, KMRU, Klara Lewis, Meitei, Maria W. Horn, Eraldo Bernocchi, Stereo Hypnosis, Marcus Fischer, Jana Irmert, Solar Fields, Banco de Gaia, Hotel Neon,Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson, Christopher Chaplin, Sóley, Marsen Jules, Yagya, Sebastian Studnitzky,Finnbogi Pétursson, Gyða Valtýsdóttir, Ingibjörg Turchi, Hermigervill, Þóranna Björnsdóttir,DJ Flugvél og Geimskip, Hekla, Sigrún, Bára Gísladóttir, Astrid Sonne, Jónas Sen, Ragnhild May,Kristín Anna, Borgar Magnason, Kjartan Hólm, Reptilicus, Futuregrapher, Skurken, Ultraflex,Bjarki, IDK Ida, Kenichi and the Sun, Úlfur, Ayia, and many more.