At a time when groups seldom have (or use) the chance to develop as a unit, Quartester stands out as an exception. These four young musicians haven't been too hasty in rushing onto the scene, but have allowed themselves time for musical development and refinement, having been at it together since 2004. Let's just say the result can be heard. The band started out using a workshop format of a sort, rehearsing a large repertoire of music. This provided an ideal approach for experimenting; new ideas were tried and tested.

The members first met in The FÍH School of Music and have been playing together in various settings for a few years. In the summer of 2009, they received a grant from Reykjavík’s Cultural Fund to work on music during the summer. The quartet plays energy-loaded and expressive originals that are difficult to sort into genres.

Naoko Sakata Trio combines three unique, individual musical voices that embrace the listener in landscapes of beauty and exploding improvisations. Contrasts between simplicity and complexity, tenderness to natural outbursts are exposed within the groups energy. Their repertoire has its fundamental grounding in free improvisation expressed within their original compositions.

A band with an instrumentation that is quite original: vocals, tuba and drums. Sounds special? It is. PELbO moves in between rock, pop, jazz and world music. Uxing live electronics and always playing for real. The band is known for their fantastic live-performances and straight up, in your face-attitude. PELbO is a power-trio like you never heard it before. In 2009, PELbO made it to the finals in the competition ZOOM Urørt, "the search of Norway’s best live-band". Their debut album will be released in March.

Come and dance to indie-surf played by hansom guys, sit down and listen to beautiful ballads. The whole spectrum is used when Surf In Stereo walks on stage and surfs everybody out on a music adventure, where everything is possible and nothing is to dangerous.

Surf in Stereo is a new surf-jazz project. It will become a sensation on the Danish jazz stage. In 2009 Surf in Stereo won the competition "Young Jazz". Despite the low average age, Surf In Stereo has a high standard in both technical and compositional abilities. The setup is traditional, but the music is far from the old rusty jazz sound. Surf in Stereo uses parts from filthy surf, indie-rock with power, sweet pop music and latin.