The four friends had already been working together in different constellations for various projects, so when they officially founded their band in 2008 it felt like just the next logical step. Since then ADHD has released four highly acclaimed albums, the first of which (‹ADHD›) was promptly crowned ‹jazz album of the year› at the Icelandic Music Awards. They are currently on tour around Europe with their fifth album, which was recorded in Ivar Ragnarson's Sundlaugin Studios. The songs are a dynamic mixture of jazz and rock, sometimes melancholic, cheerful, drastic, and everything in between. «What's special about ADHD is their very particular ‘Icelandic' sound. Considering the incredible warmth and depth of the musical timbre, it seems as though the band summons geothermal energy from their homeland. Intelligent, memorable melodies and sensual phrasing take care of the rest» (Contemplate Music).
On November 25 with Specialguest Skúli Sverrisson (*1966), one of Iceland's most important and influential jazz bassists, composers and producers. Over the past two decades the New York-based Icelander has collaborated with the crème de la crème of the jazz world, including Allan Holdsworth, Laurie Anderson, Jim Black, Derek Bailey, Chris Speed and Lou Reed. His approaches range from traditional folk, across mind-sets and styles of jazz, to forms, which work themselves free of all stylistics.
