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B i o g r a p h y
Johannsson
Bardi is an Icelandic workaholic. After studying Icelandic language and
grammar at the University of Iceland he began his career as a journalist
on the most important popular Icelandic magazine Seen and Heard, but soon
left to study fashion at the School of FB in Iceland. This lasted a year
until his hobby, music, gained the upper hand. After working on various
projects such as film music and TV theme tunes, he made his first record
under the name Bang Gang. The record received favorable reviews in France
and in Iceland (where it was released). Afterwards, Bardi decided to
explore other avenues and threw himself into the production of Iceland's
first erotic television program on the Skjar Einn channel, which, right
from the start, got the highest ratings. Though continuing to compose
music, he launched a daily radio program that ran for a year and met with
huge success. His second television program, Konfect, became the least
understood television series in the history of Icelandic television. The
teleiision network continued to receive complaints, as the program was
considered to be too surreal and brutal. Now, however, it is a cult
program. His next major musical effort produced new songs for some
Icelandic artists, his second record as Bang Gang and another project
entitled Lady and Bird with singer Keren Ann, with whom he also wrote the
book Lady and Bird Recording Diary, also distributed in Paris and now
extremely rare. In 2004 he was awarded a prize by the Reykjavik Artfund.
Currently, Bardi is working on a composition that the National Orchestra
of Iceland will perform in February 2005 for a silent film of 1992
entitled Haxan, as well as his third album.
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