ADHD
LOCH, Bergstraße 50, 42103 Wuppertal Directions
Sun 04.10.2026 20:00
Greetings from Iceland
I am writing to you on behalf of the Icelandic band ADHD, who will release their ninth
album, ADHD 9, in 2024. They are looking for opportunities to perform in Europe in
October 2024, and we think your venue would be a perfect fit for their unique and
captivating music.
ADHD is a band that defies categorization. They create a sonic landscape that is
both organic and electric, blending elements of jazz, rock, ambient, and folk. Their
concerts are immersive and exhilarating, drawing the audience into a trance-like
state of collective ecstasy. They have been praised by critics and fans alike for their
originality, creativity, and virtuosity.
ADHD consists of four professional musicians, who have been playing together for
almost two decades: Óskar Guðjónsson on saxophone, Ómar Guðjónsson on guitar,
pedal steel and bass, Tómas Jónsson on piano and keyboards, and Magnús
Trygvason Eliassen on drums. They have released eight albums so far, each one
exploring a different aspect of their musical identity. Their latest album, ADHD 9, was
recorded in an intimate setting at Castle Studio in Dresden. The album captures the
raw energy and spontaneity of their live performance, as well as the intimate
connection they have with each other.
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There are bands where every album is a step into the unknown. There are others whose development is a reliable and consistent expansion of their terrain. The latter applies to the Icelandic musicians’ collective ADHD.
It is almost impossible to describe their concerts along traditional musical parameters. A performance by these four Vikings is always an all-encompassing ritual, a magic potion of incantation dance and a phenomenon of nature. When keyboarder THÓMAS JÓNSSON, guitarrist and bass player ÓMAR GUÐJÓNSSON, saxophonist ÓSKAR GUÐJÓNSSON, und drummer MAGNÚS TRYGVASON ELIASSEN are on stage, the ordinary Middle European mortal will get at least a vague sense of how the island people in the very north of Europe have been able to survive the long and icy winters through the centuries. They simply produce their energy out of themselves.
This unbridled stream of human vibration, which overrides all perimeters of genre and fascinates jazz fans as much as rock fans and ravers, follows a most ancient human desire, whose non-verbal impulse is older than any language and yet is entirely rooted in the present. The expanse of the cosmos and the infinity of time culminate in this happening of total music, as well as a profound mysticism of free imagination and an unflagging confrontation with contemporary issues.
The Gesamtkunstwerk ADHD cannot be quite captured in words. This sublime timelessness in the here and now can only be experienced.