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"Vor í Vaglaskógi"
This IS Kaleo's first ever music video! After getting so much Icelandic radio play in 2013, Davíð asked Eyk Studio to help them make a video. They all quickly got together and took only about a week to create the story, find a cast, shoot, and edit it (fun fact: this song is a remake of a 1966 Icelandic tune sang by Vilhjálmur Vilhjálmsson) |
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"Rock 'n' Roller": This live performance is from Stúdíó A, a live music program by The Icelandic Public Service television RÚV (www.ruv.is), which aired on November 7, 2013.
I'm listing it here because this song was originally Kaleo's second ever produced music video! The original music video released in November 2013 by (of course) the fabulously talented crew over at Eyk Studio; however, it has since been made private on YouTube (as of a search in Mar 2022). I hope to see it released again someday! *UPDATE 7 Jun 2024: Official Visualizer video released today! |
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"No Good" (Official Video) - Follows the band around with behind the scenes footage of and during their first US tour. The amazing visual artists over at Eyk Studio calls it "grungy".
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"WAY DOWN WE GO" (Official Video)
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"ALL THE PRETTY GIRLS": Largely filmed at Davíð's family's summer house, the beautiful landscape of Eastern Iceland around Lagarfljót, and Mývatn.
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"No Good" - Recorded live at United Record Pressing in Nashville, directed by Shaun Silva. Song featured on the HBO® Original Series "Vinyl". Martin Scorcese and Mick Jagger heard an unfinished version of this song and wanted to use it for their show. JJ had 3 days to finish writing the song and get Kaleo to a recording studio in Pittsburgh. “One simply doesn’t say ‘no’ to Mick Jagger when he asks for one of your songs.” (fun fact: JJ is playing a Fender Telecaster in this video) Source: Iceland Magazine
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"Vor í Vaglaskógi": Official music video released in June of 2013.
There was a previously videotaped performance in 2013 for radio showcase Skúrinn (“The Garage”) at Icelandic State Radio’s Rás 2, which was what propelled them into the country’s national spotlight. That video appears to have been taken down (in 2021). You can still watch "Bang Bang" here (source: The Reykjavik Grapevine) |
"Vor í Vaglaskógi": 2016 Lyric video produced at the request of record company to show Icelandic scenery. "We went on a road trip around the country to film while simultaneously developing a concept for the video. It is definitely a documentary music video. Everyone in the film are real people we visited around Iceland while focusing on capturing them in their most natural environment."
(from Hörður Freyr Brynjarsson of Eyk Studio) |
LIVE recorded videos
Their friends at Eyk Studio & Rough Cult really know how to showcase everything we didn't know we wanted about both Iceland and Kaleo at the same time. These videos are equally captivating in both cinematography and emotion, visually giving us all the feels:
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"I Can't Go On Without You" - Recorded live during the winter at Búðarkirkja Church on the Snæfellsnes Penninsula in Western Iceland (fun fact: they originally had a bit of trouble getting inside because it was so cold that the door had frozen shut!)
"Break My Baby" (Stripped Back) -Shot on Lake Ellidavatn in Iceland, video by Hordur Freyr Brynjarsson
"Backbone" - LIVE Performance from Breiðarmerkurjökull, filmed on Jan 29, 2021; video produced by Rough Cult
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"WAY DOWN WE GO": Live performance recorded 120m down inside þríhnúkagígur, located in the Bláfjöll mountain range. Took about 26 hours to execute from start to finish.
"Break My Baby" - Live from the Þrídrangar lighthouse, shot on July 5, 2020, exactly 78 years later from when the lighthouse was completed. Located in the Westman Islands of southern Iceland.
"I Want More " - LIVE Performance at Skálholt Cathedral in southern Iceland; video produced by Rough Cult
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"Save Yourself": Gear powered by two generators on boats nearby, with power lines running underwater. Rain forced strings players to drop out of the shoot, and iceberg was in motion. Spent 22 hours filming one day in June 2016.
(info from WSJ exclusive video premiere) "SKINNY" - LIVE Performance from Fagradalsfjall Volcanic Eruption (video produced by Rough Cult)
"Lonely Cowboy " - LIVE Performance at the Colosseum in Rome, Italy; produced by Vertigo Live
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"In celebration of Icelandic Independence Day, we've gathered all our videos shot around Iceland and created a page to highlight each location's beauty. Let us know what you think! Live from Iceland Map"
-- 17 Jun 2022, @officialkaleo Twitter account
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"Lonely Cowboy" Sept 2024 from Valley of the Moon, Montana (fun fact: the horse JJ's riding is named Blue Moon!)
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"Vor í Vaglaskógi" Aug 2024 from Þjóðhátíð í Vestmanneyjum Festival in Herjólfsdal, Iceland
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"Lonely Cowboy" Apr 2024 at Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, Tennessee
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Road Sessions (ALSO produced by the marvelous Eyk Studio!)
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"ALL THE PRETTY GIRLS": they had been driving for 10 hours when they saw this spot in New Mexico and pulled over to film their very first Road Session right then and there
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"AUTOMOBILE": filmed in various parts of Mexico while on tour as part of their Road Sessions series
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On the road music sessions
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"AUTOMOBILE": Fun fact - those other two guys helped write this song! Everyone gets in for a drive around Iceland and starts jamming out.
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"AUTOMOBILE": filmed live with GoPros for A Red Trolley Show
in San Diego, California |
Behind the Scenes
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Some candid clips from the "Lonely Cowboy" live acoustic video shoot in September 2024, from Valley of the Moon in Montana, USA.
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- See all of their official videos here