It’s Friday and that means SpaceScan. This week it features two young, very different solo artists from Norway and Iceland. First up is Jabaman, a 20 year-old doing reggae and dancehall with a political stand, and then 20 year old singer/songwriter Jóhann Kristinsson, who serves his acoustic folk in a pleasingly sparse bedroom production. Enjoy!

Jabaman (NO) (Photo)
Lately reggae and dancehall has been making a mark on the mainstream in Scandinavia and Jabaman aka Kristoffer Selvig should be next in line. The 20 year-old Norwegian knows his way around the genre and the good chorus and delivers his substantial, political lyrics in very authentic Jamaican patois (as far as I can judge, anyway).

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Jóhann Kristinsson (ISL)
Another young man in his early twenties Icelandic singer/songwriter Jóhann Kristinsson released his debut album ‘Call Jimmy’ in Iceland late last year. His weapon of choice to deliver his personal lyrics is lo-fi, acoustic folk coated in a pleasingly sparse bedroom production. Six album songs and two new are streaming on MySpace, so check him out.

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