Mr David Berndsen, or "Berndsen" as we know him is a regular Iceland Airwaves favourite. He wears his flawless eighties influences high up on his sleeve for all to see. His shows are all about giving the crowd a good time. They're usually full of locals too, that's always a good sign.

Hello – Where are you and what are you doing right now?

I am having a cup of coffee, and preparing for Airwaves and planning to move to Porto next monday!

Wow! Good luck! When you play at Airwaves there will be 5 or 6 other shows happening – so why should people come and see you play? what should we expect?

People who are in a good mood and want to have a good time should see us play! or if you just want to chill you can see something else! There are a lot of fun bands playing this year.

Is it fair to say that you're a guy who loves the music of the 80s? Are there any bands in particular who influence your sound?

I love the 80´s music, and all things about it, the synths, the look, the sounds. I am mostly influenced by OMD, Duran Duran and The Twins.

But you have a beard! (a very excellent one) there weren't many beards in music in the 80s were there?

Ha Ha… I don´t know if my beard is considered to be 80´s! It's just a twist on things.

I've just recently heard your excellent song with Bubbi Morthens – how did that collaboration happen?

We used to work on a radio program together, and fooled around making a song and couple of months later we did a song and it became a mega hit.

Have you seen the festival line-up? What are you really excited to see?

Excited to see Oculus, Hermigervill, Gus Gus and a lot of cool stuff.

What are your tips for first-timers at Iceland Airwaves?

I recommend people to just walk around downtown and see whatever that's always so fun, just see thing you don´t know nothing about!

And that, my friends, is THE BEST TIP for Iceland Airwaves, go and discover stuff you don't know. Do as Mr Berndsen says! You can see Berndsen at Iceland Airwaves 2011 at Hresso on Wednesday at 4pm, at i8 on Friday at 4pm and his main show on Saturday is in Nasa at 9:40pm. Synthtastic.