Bad Taste (record label)

Smekkleysa (Eng. " bad taste " ), also known as Bad Taste, is an Icelandic music label. The company was founded in 1986 with headquarters in Reykjavík counts by the (first) publication of the works of bands such as The Sugarcubes, múm and Sigur Rós the major labels Islands.

The origins of the label back to the successful sale of postcards, the Ásmundur Jónsson Einar Örn Benediktsson and other musicians from the environment of alternative rock and punk scene Islands operated in 1986 to the financial means for recording the band The Sugarcubes after the dissolution of KUKL round up. The first EP of the band, Einn Mol'á man, appeared in the same year and was the third release on the label.

One of the principles of Smekkleysa today is that the label for any music group out there more than one album. All proceeds go to the promotion of new art and music projects. The career of many Icelandic bands began at the label; as published, for example, the first three studio albums by Sigur Rós at Smekkleysa. Among the artists who have published key in the bathroom, near those named Björk include ( Gling -Glo Bjork & Trio Guðmundsdóttir Guðmundar Ingólfssonar ) GusGus (15 ára, 2010) and minus (Jesus Christ Bobby, 2001).

The label maintains in Reykjavík's main street Laugavegur a record store. International sales will be organized among other things, the British label One Little Indian.