About Us
Bedroom Community is a Reykjavík-based record label and a global collective of artists from different musical and cultural backgrounds, working in new classical, alternative and experimental music. The label was founded in 2006 by Icelandic composer and producer Valgeir Sigurðsson and has since been operating out of the renowned Greenhouse Studios. Founding members, the American composer Nico Muhly and Australian-Icelandic producer Ben Frost launched their international careers with the release of Speaks Volumes and Theory of Machines, respectively. Bedroom Community has since become known for genre-defying — and genre-defining — records, and has steadily released seminal works by artists such as Daníel Bjarnason, Sam Amidon, Lyra Pramuk, Nadia Sirota, Manchester Collective, aYia, Emily Hall, Liam Byrne, 404.zero, James McVinnie, Sam Slater and Daniel Pioro.
The collective spirit of Bedroom Community is its most precious resource. The roster is made up of creatively diverse individuals who are drawn to the murky spaces between genres, and who work at the cutting edge of contemporary music for orchestra, film, TV, theatre, dance, opera, computer games, and art installations.
The label’s rare and eclectic live events have become a thing of legend since the original Whale Watching Tour launched in 2010. Bedroom Community artists have come together for specially curated, sold-out events at venues such as The Barbican and South Bank Centre in London, Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, Philharmonie de Paris, and across key EU/US festivals, venues and clubs. All this has established Bedroom Community as a leading voice and an uncompromising tastemaker in modern music.
"The best record label in the whole of Iceland and maybe even the entire world."
Drowned in Sound
"The influential Bedroom Community label: a lightning rod at the juncture where the ambition of classical music meets the aesthetics of indie music."
Pitchfork
"Bedroom Community have, quietly and modestly, managed to assemble a wonderfully inventive ensemble of artists."
FACT Magazine
"Bedroom Community plays home to some of the most prolific and unique composers and musicians from all over the globe, making it a creative hub of sonic geniuses that continues to evolve and produce incredible work."
BlackBook Magazine
Demo Policy
We are not accepting demo submissions. Our full attention is on the artists we already work with, and we’re committed to supporting their work with the care and attention it deserves.
Bedroom Community is a focused, tightly curated label. If you're exploring our work, we hope it's because you're drawn to the music we release and the people behind it. And if a collaboration ever makes sense, we’ll likely find each other through the work itself or a personal connection.
Instead of sending us your demo, we encourage you to dive into our catalogue, follow the artists we work with, share the music that moves you, and support our artists at the source. That kind of engagement means a lot—not just to us, but to the whole community around this label.
Thank you for listening, and for supporting independent music.
Contact
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Purchase
Our own online store is right here, it’s easy and safe to shop for instantly downloadable MP3s/WAVs, LPs or CDs which are dispatched same day. (It’s a good idea to support independent artist and labels by obtaining the releases directly from the source).
Physical distribution is handled via SRD. Please email us for information about distribution in each country or territory.
Mailorder is also available from a great number of sources worldwide, such as Boomkat.
If you prefer to buy via digital download, you can find our music at the iTunes Stores, Bandcamp, Bleep, and endless other digital sources.
If you can’t find our music or have a suggestion to where our music should be available, please email us.
Internships
Both Bedroom Community and Greenhouse Studios offer internships.
For an internship with Bedroom Community email herro(at)bedroomcommunity.net with a CV and a cover letter.
For Greenhouse Studios email greenhouse(at)greenhouse.is with a CV and a cover letter.