Sundlaugin

Sundlaugin (Icelandic pronunciation: ​[ˈsʏntlœijɪn], the swimming pool) is a recording studio located near Álafoss, in the town of Mosfellsbær in Iceland. It was converted from a drained, abandoned swimming pool built in the 1930s and adjacent buildings.[1] It is owned by the post-rock band Sigur Rós.[2]

Sundlaugin Studio

Type	Recording studio
Industry	Music
Founded	2008
Headquarters	Iceland
Area served	Mosfellsbær, Iceland
Website	www.sundlaugin.com

The band originally intended to record their third album, entitled ( ), in an abandoned NATO tracking base in the northernmost mountain in Iceland, but after inspection decided it was too impractical. Shortly after they found the abandoned pool lot in a rural neighborhood in Mosfellsbær. They bought the lot and transformed it into a studio. In order to fit the massive mixing console into the building, part of the roof was opened up and the console was lowered with a crane.[3]

Much of the band's photography and artwork is taken from the surrounding landscape, such as the art found on the first album recorded in the studio, ( ).[4]

The recording studio has also been used for recording, mixing and mastering (usually assisted by the studio's sound engineer Birgir Jón "Biggi" Birgisson) by a wide group of mainly Icelandic artists and bands, including[5][6] Agent Fresco, The Album Leaf, Alcest, amiina,[2] Amusement Parks on Fire,[7] Andŕum,[8] Beneath, Benni Hemm Hemm,[9] Bubbi Morthens,[2] For a Minor Reflection, Jakobínarína, Julianna Barwick,[10] Kira Kira,[11] Langi Seli og Skuggarnir,[12] Mammút[12] Mugison,[2] Múm,[13] Ólöf Arnalds,[14] Pétur Ben,[15] Retro Stefson, Seabear,[12] Self Defense Family, Sin Fang,[12] Ske, Slowblow,[16] Steindór Andersen, and Storsveit Nix Noltes and Trevor Geir.