Sigur R?s - ?g?tis Byrjun
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Artist: Sigur R?sEdition: Music CD
Format: Original recording reissued
CD Release Date: 2001-05-22
Music Label: Play It Again Sam
Soundtracks:
- Intro
- Svefn g englar
- Staralfur
- Flugufrelsarinn
- Ny batteri
- Hjartad hamast
- Vidrar vel til loftarasa
- Olsen olsen
- Agaetis byrjun
- Avalon
Music reviews of ?g?tis Byrjun
Music Review: Birth of blinding beauty
Rating: 3 Stars
3 1/2
An earnest first stab at greatness finds the sonic innovators gently beginning to click into space as slight missteps are made
Description of ?g?tis Byrjun
UK version of the Icelandic experimental/alternative act's international debut (their third album overall). Originally released in 1999, 'Agaetis Bryjun' is multi-platinum in their homeland. Includes the singles, 'Svefn-G-Englar' and 'Ny Batteri'. Single disc packaged in a very cool envelope style digipak. 2000 release.Reykjav?k-based noise quartet Sigur R?s are the biggest band in their native Iceland, which should say much, much more about the collective insanity of that earthquake-ridden, blizzard-beaten crag of an island than anything to do with Sigur R?s's sound. But in their music, Sigur R?s reflect all the breathtaking glory of the Icelandic wastes--a fairy-tale explosion of unhinged elemental majesty that's finally crystallized here, their debut European release. Poised somewhere between the haunting soundscapes of Labradford and the lilting Celtic falsetto of Enya, Agaetis Byrjun is a truly breathtaking listen. Frontman Jon Por Birgisson sings in a language that Sigur R?s dub "Hopelandic"--an otherworldly mutation of Icelandic, sung in the falsetto cadence of angels; similarly, he plays his guitar with a violin bow, opening the floodgates for brilliant waves of feedback. And while it's the opening "Svefn-G-Englar" that's Sigur R?s' moment to date, there's far more that they have to offer; listen to the pomp and flourish of a full orchestra on "Flugufrelsarinn," or the awe-inspiring near-religious mantra of "Ny Batteri." --Amazon.co.uk
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