ADHD (IS)
Available for touring in October 2026 in BENELUX
Since 2007, Icelandic quartet ADHD has been crafting sonic landscapes that breathe with the spirit of their homeland: untamed, mysterious, and charged with raw elemental power. Their music unfolds like a cinematic journey through lava fields and glaciers, along endless coastlines, driven by subterranean forces that erupt with or without warning.
“ADHD’s jazz is hard to label – it is a mixture of melancholy, jazz rock and ambient that carries you in a delightful, inspired hypnotic trip. Highly recommended!”
The four musicians – Tómas Jónsson (piano, Hammond, synths), Ómar Guðjónsson (guitar, bass), Óskar Guðjónsson (saxophones), and Magnús Trygvason Eliassen (drums) – leading names of the international Icelanding music scene, create a sound world as colorful and profound as island itself. Their latest work is more orchestral and melodic than ever, yet remains raw and warm, blending hypnotic electro-acoustic textures: Hammond soundscapes, synth bass, electric and steel pedal guitar, lyrical sax lines, and relentlessly pulsing drums. Their compositions move fluidly between introspection and eruption, harmonic calm and explosive energy.
Live, ADHD is an experience beyond definition – a ritual of sound and energy where genres dissolve like ice in volcanic water. Jazz, rock, ambient, noise, and improvisation merge into a primal force that captivates adventurous listeners across the spectrum. Each performance is a journey through time and space, a Gesamtkunstwerk of deep interaction and fearless spontaneity.
With their ninth album 9 (2024), ADHD reaffirmed their status as trailblazers.
Now, their upcoming tour sets the stage for the release of their tenth album in October 2026. Expect no predictable paths – only new horizons, resonating with the glacial silence and volcanic intensity of Iceland.
“ADHD… an unusual line up of great musicians overwhelms with their mix of jazz, blues and rock. Their live performance is one long emotional trip with references to the past, present and future of what jazz was/is/can and hast to be.”
References BENELUX
2015: Flagey - Brussels, 30CC - Leuven, KC Nona & CC Mechelen - Mechelen, CC Hasselt/Muziek-o-Droom
2017: Tivoli-Vredenburg - Utrecht, De Doelen - Rotterdam, Flagey - Brussels, Muziekgebouw Enschede, CC De Spil - Roeselare
2019: Lantaren-Venster - Rotterdam, Flagey - Brussels, KC Nona & CC Mechelen, Bimhuis - Amsterdam, Handelsbeurs - Gent
Spessi (from AdHd6). Recorded at Grindavik family session