Axel Flóvent releases "Forest Fires"

Axel Flóvent is a musician hailing from the northern fishing village of Húsavík. At the age of 20 Axel has already spent a few years creating his own music and performing in Húsavík as well as all over Iceland by himself and as a part of his bands.

His music can be described as modern folk music. At its core its acoustic and low key but bears obvious influences from other forms of music such as indie rock, pop and electronic music. Keeping in the vein of modern folk singers.

He has been chosen to represent Iceland as the official EBU act at Eurosonic early 2016 and he played both the Great Escape and SXSW in 2016. Axel was one of the press favorites at Iceland Airwaves and 2016 looks like Axel’s year.

His song Beach was featured in the Vampire Diaries TV show and his song Dancers will be in the Canadian TV Show Degrassi this season. His Forest Fires track will also be used in a big TV commercial in Germany in 2016.