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Ingvi Thor Kormaksson is featured on Outbound Radio |
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 Ingvi Thor is a native Icelander and has occupied himself with songwriting for the past 25 years and has to this day 10 LP's / CD's to his credit. Altogether; he has had more than 130 of his compositions recorded by various Icelandic artists. He writes mainly in the AC (adult contemorary) genre. Jazzy chord progressions, bossanova and samba rhythms are often featured in his music but sometimes folk music traditions and blues can also be heard. The band Ingvi is involved with, JJ Soul Band, is named after an Englishman, J.J. Soul, who lived and worked in Iceland for several years but is now back in Oxford, UK. - Ingvi Thor and JJ are a songwriting team and together they founded the group in 1993. They've made four albums together. All have received excellent reviews from critics. The band's music has been loosely defined as blues-(con)fusion, and is also here at Outbound. Members of JJ Soul Band help with arranging and performing on Ingvi’s Icelandic albums where the music is often written to modern poetry by famous Icelandic authors. In the more pop oriented songs Ingvi works with Icelandic lyric writers. Many of Iceland’s most popular AC and jazz singers have appearead on Ingvi’s albums. JJ Soul Band's new album is “BRIGHT LIGHTS” (2008). Ingvi’s and JJ’s songs can be found on various CD-compilations like ”1st Smooth Jazz Avenue” and “In Love With Jazz”. AWARDS ETC. Kormaksson & Soul (JJ Soul Band) "CITY LIFE" (City Life) - 1. prize; R&B/Jazz category; USA Songwriting Competition, 1997. “ANGELIQUE” (Reach For The Sky) 1. prize; Jazz/Blues cat.; Pacific International Song Contest, 2005 “COOL TONIGHT” (Reach For The Sky) – 1st Place Award; SongPrize, 2004 "WATCH OUT" (Hungry For News) - 2. prize; the 4th Hastings International Songwriting Contest, 1996. "FIVE BELOW ZERO" (Hungry For News) - award of merit; South Pacific International Song Contest 1997 "ALTERED STATES" (City Life) - achievement award; UNISONG International Song Contest 1997 "CAN´T WAIT A LIFETIME" (Reach For the Sky) honor award; The Great American Song Contest, 2000. “THE TIMES WE’RE LIVING IN” (Reach For The Sky) – finalist; UK Songwriting Contest, 2002. “BETTER” (Reach For The Sky) – finalist; Unisong International Song Contest, 2003. “MOONBRIGHT – MOONLIGHT” (Reach For The Sky) – finalist (jazz&blues); UK Songwriting Contest, 2003. “COOL TONIGHT” (Reach For The Sky) – honorable mention award; Mid-Atlantic Song Contest, 2003 JJ SOUL BAND (album: Reach For The Sky) - finalist (Blues/R&B); Independent Music Awards, 2004 “GETTING COLDER BY THE YEAR” (Bright Lights) – nominee; Los Angeles Music Awards 2007. “REALLY WILD” – nominated for Hollywood Music Awards 2008 INGVI THOR KORMÁKSSON: TONIGHT MY LOVE also called LOVE ME TONIGHT … (Icelandic title: "Í nótt") by Kormaksson and Erlingsson 1. prize Funk/Latin/Reggae/World + 3. Overall Prize; 100% Music Songwriting Contest, 2008 1. prize (latin category); Song Expo (Benelux International Song & Culture Festival), 2003 , 1. prize (instrumental / jazz category); UNISONG 2004, 2. prize; “Runner Up” (World Music Category); John Lennon Songwriting Contest, 2004 Finalist (folk / country category); The UK Songwriting Contest, 2003 , Honorable Mention Awards (“World” category”); Billboard Song Contest, 2004 Achievement awards from UNISONG 1998 and 2001 for instrumental songs "WHEN YOU ARE NEAR and "THE MIRROR". The former also received honor award from USA Songwriting Competition 2001 with another song, “I ALMOST TOUCHED YOU” (A gotu), finalist (jazz category). Finalist; UNISONG 2007 - World category; “Í HÚSINU MÍNU ER ÞOKA” , lyricist Kristín Ómarsdóttir. Channel 1 Radio Song Contest, 1999; 2. prize: VID DONSUM SAMBA Ljósalagid 2004, finalist: NÓTTIN HVÍSLAR |
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