{"id":294654,"date":"2017-07-21T16:57:36","date_gmt":"2017-07-21T20:57:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.aws.dancingastronaut.com\/?p=294654"},"modified":"2017-08-15T19:15:22","modified_gmt":"2017-08-15T23:15:22","slug":"secret-solstice-3-days-music-daylight-reykjavik","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dancingastronaut.com\/2017\/07\/secret-solstice-3-days-music-daylight-reykjavik\/","title":{"rendered":"Secret Solstice: 4 days of music and daylight in Iceland"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Secret Solstice: 3 days of music and daylight in Iceland <\/h2>\n

Iceland is a magical place. The tourist destination has long been known for its idyllic and photo worthy landscapes.<\/p>\n

After the tours and the waterfalls, there’s a rich music culture and an appreciation that runs across generations. It’s why the lineup for the country’s largest festival, Secret Solstice, included The Prodigy, Anderson .Paak, Foo Fighters, Chaka Khan, Rick Ross, Young M.A, and Dubfire. On an island of only 330,000, most of the music that gets consumed here is consumed by everyone, no matter the age. Young fans crowded Chaka Khan, while some of the more daring adults got deep in the pit for The Prodigy, thrashing along with kids who weren’t even born when Fat of the Land<\/em> was released.<\/p>\n

Now in its third year, Secret Solstice has grown into an established event for both the people of Iceland and the visitors who descend on its capital city of Reykjavik for the summer solstice. For 3 days of endless daylight, a crowd of nearly 20,000 fills the city sports complex and the surrounding fields with music from all corners of the world. The best and brightest Scandinavian find themselves following up rap legend Pharoahe Monch, or cult phenomena Ata Kak, the Ghanian cab driver made famous by Awesome Tapes from Africa, who’s music somehow found its way into the ears of highschool age Icelanders that shouted every word he hyperactively rapped.<\/p>\n

Photos courtesy of Secret Solstice and Damien Gilbert, Birta Ran, SOLOVOV, Asgeir Helgi, AKA Photography.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n

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The Black Madonna and Seth Troxler kick off Hel <\/h2>\n

The festival was complete with its own late night dance club so when the curtains closed on the main stage, most found their way home but for everyone else there was Hel.
\nThursday’s night pre-party kicked the place off with a grungy array of house and techno. The Circoloco crew with Troxler at the helm painted Reykjavik’s sports complex in a haze of their signature red. Inside it was 3am. A smoldering cavern of drum beats stomped out by Icelanders of all ages. Outside the sun sat at the horizon, casting the outdoor smoker’s area in a perpetual dawn.<\/p>\n

In the nights that followed, Hel would pack to the brim for John Acquaviva, Lane 8, Kiasmos, Livia, Dusky, Dubfire and more.<\/p>\n