Sundlaugin

Sundlaugin (Icelandic for "the swimming pool"; also known as Álafoss after its location) 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 [cite web |url=http://www.sundlaugin.com/about.htm |title=About the studio |accessdate=2007-12-30] . It is owned by the post-rock band Sigur Rós.

The band originally intended to record "( )" 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.

Much of the band's photography and artwork is taken from the surrounding landscape, perhaps most notably the art found on the first album recorded in the studio, "( )".

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* [http://www.sundlaugin.com/ Sundlaugin Recording Studio]