[Editor's Note: This post is by Margret from the Icelandic website getRVK.com. Check it!]

With great anticipation music lovers have awaited Forgotten Lores' new album, Fra Heimsenda or From the end of the world. GetRVK sat down with one of Forgotten Lores finest. Forgotten Lores being the best in the hip hop scene in Reykjavik, they have earned the right to be heard. Diddi Felix talks about performing, making the new album and about the five artists coming together creating Forgotten Lores.

Mannfreskjan (

"Fra Heimsenda took three years in the making, because we aimed high, which paid off, comparing the two albums we all agree this one is better."

Klukk (

Now the Forgotten Lores members live both in Reykjavik and Copenhagen, how did you manage to be in sync with one another? "We stay in touch and frequently let each other know what the other is doing. We recorded the entire album in one month when me, B Ruff and Birkir went to Copenhagen and stayed in introbeat's studio apartment. Voices were recorded in a closet and the biggest credit goes to Addi "introbeats" for producing and creating the sound of this album and overseeing this whole project. When we made Tyndi Hlekkurinn we all lived in Reykjavik and had a studio on Laugavegur, another reason why the new album took three years in the making".

Sprettur (

What about your influences? You are very different when it comes to making your music. "Well, the only thing I want to say about that is that early 2000 we saw Loop Troop performing in Gaukur a Stong. That was before our first album, Tyndi Hlekkurinn, and we wanted to create that kind of a tight sound, with the dj's and rappers all together making a massive groove. As a band the stage performance has to be energetic and the entire hip hop atmosphere". Where do you enjoy performing the most? "Going to Akureyri is always great and when we organize our own shows because we have a tight group of folks that always come to support us. It changed a bit when we started having a big band with us, that attracted a new crowd. The ultimate best shows have would be Icelandic Airwaves in 2004 and Snoop Dog last year. Then we had a big band with us. Doing a show that way takes a long time so before Fra Heimsenda we went back to basics and just wanted to do it all ourselves."

Takk Fyrir (

What comes next? World domination? "(gives me a quirky smile) No, I don't think so. We really want to perform at music festivals this summer and get our music across that way. We just want to get our music to as many people as we can. We will follow up our new album that way. This is Icelandic hip hop, we want to export our style and culture, of course."