Dossier

Nils Smijth was born and raised in London, England. Nils showed interest in sound and recording at a particularly young age, and immediately identified with electronic and industrial groups in his youth. Nils moved to Iceland with two close friends in 1987, meeting Rufus DeWijdt in a Reykjavík bar a few short months later.

Nils handles most of the production and engineering of the Bombring material, and has taken great care to create TEH BOMBRING SOUND. Yes, that's right… "TEH BOMBRING SOUND." A fusion of electronic, rock, experimental, and even more traditional compositional elements, TEH BOMBRING SOUND is ever evolving to take more minds by storm.

Rufus DeWijdt was born in the heartland of the USA. He had only a few years' exposure to the culture of America before being shipped off to Iceland with his parents at a young age. Rufus's father was an amateur musician, and dabbled in styles varying from funk and blues to heavy metal and industrial music. Rufus grew up messing about with his father's instruments and recording setup, and began writing music at an early age.

After moving to Iceland, Rufus began playing in different bands of varying styles, eventually meeting Nils Smijth in an experimental noise band in 1989, and before long, Bombring was born.

Rufus is responsible for a great deal of the thematic content of the lyrics, being in possession of a great literal mind. Most of the themes in Bombring's lyrics stem from the political, social, and technological concepts and world-views that the band hold dear.