Jónsi (of Sigur Rós)

Description

Jonsi's amazing show has drawn plaudits to equal - and possibly even eclipse - Sigur Ros's own fearsome live reputation and has to be seen to be believed.

go contains nine songs amassed from the large pool of songs written by jónsi during his many years with sigur rós. the album is sung in english and icelandic, and was co-produced by jónsi, his partner alex somers and peter katis (the national, interpol).

when he began working on go, jónsi initially thought he would be making a low-key, acoustic album until, as he says, “somewhere along the line, it just sort of exploded.” that explosion resulted in sheer aural fireworks. not a straight ahead pop record, nor rock, folk, ambient or electronic, it encompasses all of these to create an expansive musical palette that’s been brought to life by jónsi alongside a number of free-spirited collaborators.

chief among these is nico muhly, the philip glass protégé who is renowned for his work with björk, antony & the johnsons, bonnie “prince” billy and grizzly bear. muhly has arranged all the songs on go, bringing strings, brass and woodwind to dance playfully alongside his offbeat piano playing. add into the mix the percussive genius of samuli kosminen, whose original drumming powers many of the songs along, and you have a sonic landscape that bears little relation to anything else around today, yet explodes from the speakers with sheer happiness and wonder, wide-eyed and eager to be heard.

Special goodies for concertgoers! everyone buying tickets to jonsi's upcoming american, uk, europe and asia concerts will get:

* A sneak preview of the upcoming Sigur Ros live film
things have been moving on apace with the film we are making of sigur ros's final concerts in london in november 2008, and we are currently finalising two exclusive work-in-progress edits of songs from the project with all people buying tickets for jonsi's shows, direct from the computer of director vincent morisset (arcade fire's "miroir noir", etc) himself. these edits will be delivered to ticket purchasers at some point during august.

* the chance to win agaetis byrjun 10th anniversary solid silver pendants
ticket buyers will be automatically entered into a draw to win an exclusive solid silver limited edition pendant specially created to celebrate the 10th birthday of sigur ros's classic agaetis byrjun album, 20 of which will be distributed to lucky winners at each venue from the merch stand. all winners will be notified in advance by email.

* the chance to win jonsi & alex original framed artwork
one super lucky concert goer will also be chosen at the end of the year to receive an original framed work of art by jonsi & alex completed around the release of their excellent riceboy sleeps album.

More Info

Link

http://www.thefoxoakland.com/calendar.php