TAPPI TIKARRASS - Miranda - GRAMM w. BJORK Iceland postpunk 1983 NM

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TAPPI TIKARRASS -  Miranda - GRAMM - ICELAND 1983

with original insert
"Tappi Tíkarrass, was a famous Icelandic punk/pop band which added elements of funk, disco and jazz to their music marking a difference to other traditional bands at that time. The band is also considered as the first serious music project of now renowned singer Björk Guðmundsdóttir.  Origins
By 1980-81 Björk was playing in a garage band called Jam-80 next to bassist Jakob Smári Magnússon and guitarist Eyjólfur Jóhansson. They performed a mixture of pop and punk and despite having recorded a cassette demo, they never released any official album and this music project came to an end when decided to create a punk band with more serious music. That is how Tappi Tíkarrass came into being by September 1981 when Björk, Jakob Magnússon and Eyjólfur Jóhansson joined, vocalist Eyþór Arnalds, and drummer Guðmundur Gunnarsson, who was later replaced by Oddur F. Sigurbjarnarson. The name Tappi Tíkarrass, which in Icelandic means “Cork the Bitch’s Arse” was given after Jakob’s father claimed that the band’s music “fitted like a cork in a bitch’s arse”.
Tappi Tíkarrass combined elements of punk and pop music to create an exotic post punk with references to Siouxie and the Banshees and the first stage of The Cure. 
Releases: Bítið Fast í Vítið and Miranda
 
Tappi Tíkarrass on stage (1982)     Their started to record by August 1982 and released an EP titled Bítið Fast í Vítið which went out through label Spor. This 12” vinyl was formed by 6 tracks performed by Björk, who replaced the original vocals by Eyþór. The only song in English was “London”.
They followed up in 1983 with the release of their first album titled Miranda, which was released by Gramm. This record consisted of 13 tracks and even though Tappi Tíkarrass was the less experimenting project of singer Björk, this album outstands with songs like “Kríó” which feature pop melodies, and “Tjet”, a song that renders a mellow start and ends with disco references. 
Featuring and appearances on film
Tappi Tíkarrass appeared in Rokk í Reykjavík, a TV documentary directed by Friðrik Þór Friðriksson. Tappi Tíkarrass was one of the 19 bands featured in the film and collaborated with two songs: “Hrollur” and “Dúkkulísur”, both of them performed by Björk and Eyþór. 
Despite the raise on the interest on this band as Björk developed into an international music artist, the discography of Tappi Tíkarrass has never been reissued and all the original releases are widely unavailable.
The band has appeared only in two Icelandic compilations, Satt 3 which was released in 1984 and featured two live B-sides: “Sperglar” and “Seiður”. Finally, by 1998 record label Spor released Nælur, another compilation which contained the songs “Iltí Ební” and “London”, both of them taken from Bítið Fast í Vítið. 
Tappi Tíkarrass split up and the fate of its members
By July 1983 the band split up when Björk joined Purrkur Pillnikk’s singer Einar Örn Benediktsson, Þeyr’s guitarist Guðlaugur Kristinn Óttarsson and drummer Sigtryggur Baldursson, with Medúsa’s keyboardist Einar Arnaldur Melax, and finally Birgir Mogensen bassist from Spilafífl. Together they formed a goth-oriented and more experimental band called KUKL. Jakob Magnússon has collaborated with Bubbi Morthens and SSSól, among others, and he is currently a session musician. Eyþór Arnalds has worked in the music industry as a producer."
CONDITION
COVER NM VINYL NM LABEL NM
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