Sigur Rós "Ágætis byrjun" 1997

...In 2001, Sigur Rós christened their newly completed studio by recording an EP titled Rímur with an Icelandic fisherman named Steindór Andersen. The EP contains six songs, all of which feature Steindór Andersen reciting traditional Icelandic rímur poetry. Sigur Rós accompany him on three songs. Two songs feature Steindór alone. The last song on the EP, "Lækurinn", is a duet with Sigurður Sigurðarson. A thousand copies of the EP were printed and sold during the spring tour of 2001. The EP was sold in a blank-white-paper case.[17] In 2001 the band toured in Canada, performing at Massey Hall in Toronto in September...
...Drummer Ágúst left the band after the recording of Ágætis byrjun and was replaced by Orri Páll Dýrason.[19] In 2002, their highly anticipated follow-up album ( ) was released. Upon release all tracks on the album were untitled, though the band later published song names on their website. All of the lyrics on ( ) are sung in Vonlenska, also known as Hopelandic, a language without semantic meaning, which resembles the phonology of the Icelandic language. It has also been said that the listener is supposed to interpret their own meanings of the lyrics which can then be written in the blank pages in the album booklet.
In 2002, the band also wrote an original score for the Bodyscript dance production by Wayne McGregor Random Dance in collaboration with Sadler's Wells Theatre and the Arts Council England.
In October 2003, Sigur Rós and Radiohead both composed music for Merce Cunningham's dance piece Split Sides; Sigur Rós's three tracks were released on the March 2004 EP Ba Ba Ti Ki Di Do. Radiohead's contribution was not commercially released. Sigur Rós' 1997 debut album Von found a US and UK release in October 2004...to be continued... - wiki

trax:
01 Intro 02 Svefn-G-Englar 03 Starálfur 04 Flugufrelsarinn 05 Ný batterí 06 Hjartað Hamast (Bamm bamm bamm) 07 Viðrar vel til Loftárása 08 Olsen Olsen 09 Ágætis Byrjun 10 Avalon
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