24: Högni on Basketball

Summary: <p>Högni Egilsson is one of the most recognisable faces and voices in Icelandic music. A member of the legendary electronic collective Gus Gus since 2011, he’s also carved out a career with the bands Hjaltalín and Gluteus Maximus.</p><p>Högni mastered the violin, guitar and piano in his teens alongside a stint in his high-school choir before studying composition at the Iceland Academy of the Arts.</p><p>He has composed music for the Royal Shakespeare Company and Icelandic National Theatre and this year releases his first solo album on the Erased Tapes label, titled Two Trains.</p><p>It’s not surprising that someone of his physique and height would also play sports too but Högni's a fan of an unlikely pastime for someone from Iceland: basketball.</p><p>We met him on a rainy day at this year’s End of the Road festival to find out why he thinks it’s the most beautiful of all games.</p><p><strong>Catch up with our earlier shows by subscribing on Apple Podcasts with this link: </strong><a href="http://bestf.it/talktheline" target="_blank"><strong>bestf.it/talktheline</strong></a></p><p><strong>Talk The Line is hosted by the amazing podcast people at </strong><a href="http://pippa.io/" target="_blank"><strong>Pippa.io</strong></a><strong> who make setting up a podcast a total breeze. Take your first steps in podcasting by signing to Pippa with this link: </strong><a href="http://bestf.it/talkthelinepippa" target="_blank"><strong>bestf.it/talkthelinepippa</strong></a></p>