jónsi (of Sigur Rós) - Go (LP Edition)
Country: U.S.Label: XL Recordings
Released: 6 April 2010
Genre: Indie-Rock / Folk-Rock / Experimental
Details:
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.
Go is the exhilarating, joyful and fearless solo album from Jón Thor Birgisson, known to the world as Jónsi, the lead singer of Sigur Rós.
Featuring nine songs drawn from the large pool of material amassed by Jónsi during his many years as singer with Sigur Rós, and arranged in collaboration with classical wunderkind Nico Muhly (”one of the hottest composers on the planet” – Daily Telegraph), Go also features sleeve art conceptualised and realised by Jónsi’s sisters Inga and Lilja.
Sigur Rós主唱Jónsi全權主導的華麗冒險，首張個人原創專輯；誠邀曾與Björk、Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy、Antony & the Johnsons與Grizzly Bear等深具個人特色的音樂人合作之新生代編曲奇才Nico Muhly及格林美得獎錄音大師Tom Elmhirst聯手傾力製作！
首發單曲〈Go Do〉、〈Animal Arithmetic〉與〈Around Us〉猶如讓人產生瘋狂幻覺的精神興奮劑，這些帶來狂喜效用的中快版歌曲，絕對令大家對Jónsi刮目相看。
Tracklisting:
CD
1. Go Do
2. Animal Arithmetic
3. Tornado
4. Boy Lilikoi
5. Sinking Friendships
6. Kolnidur
7. Around Us
8. Grow Till Tall
9. Hengilas
