A few years ago, when I was regularly creating mixes for a podcast, an idea came across to compile music for my funeral. One thing I am sure about - I will die. And when I pass on, music will be filling in the void that was once my presence. How touching. Why shouldn't I be the one to select the pieces that would make others weep? Yes, I'll admit, I can be self centered like that. For my openin...
Jóhann Jóhannsson is out with a new album, Fordlandia, and video. The album was released on November 3 via 4AD. The video is for the song Melodia (Guidelines for a Space Propulsion Device based on Heim´s Quantum Theory). "Fordlândia is a fascinating, immersive and deeply rewarding web of ideas and melodies, sure to please fans and [...]
Iceland is alive with the sound of string composers of late. Hildur Guðnadóttir, "lafur Arnalds and Amiina have all released lovely albums celebrating the pomp and melancholic circumstance of the North. Note for note though, Jóhann Jóhannsson manages to hover a few centimetres above them all. Fordlandia, his second release...
Iceland's prolific songwriter Jóhann Jóhannsson is poised to release his latest epic "Fordlandia" in November on the 4AD label. The mesmerizing new album is a molasses-paced journey through haunting melodies and luscious orchestrations that tackles a wide panorama of oddly juxtaposed topics--a... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit the MCMB website for full links, free music, great videos.
Iceland's prolific songwriter Jóhann Jóhannsson is poised to release his latest epic "Fordlandia" in November on the 4AD label. The mesmerizing new album is a molasses-paced journey through haunting melodies and luscious orchestrations that tackles a wide panorama of oddly juxtaposed topics--a... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit the MCMB website for full links, free music, great videos.
A few years ago, when I was regularly creating mixes for a podcast, an idea came across to compile music for my funeral. One thing I am sure about - I will die. And when I pass on, music will be filling in the void that was once my presence. How touching. Why shouldn't I be the one to select the pieces that would make others weep? Yes, I'll admit, I can be self centered like that. For my openin...
Jóhann Jóhannsson is out with a new album, Fordlandia, and video. The album was released on November 3 via 4AD. The video is for the song Melodia (Guidelines for a Space Propulsion Device based on Heim´s Quantum Theory). "Fordlândia is a fascinating, immersive and deeply rewarding web of ideas and melodies, sure to please fans and [...]
After going back to this song for three times during the day it became pretty obvious that the elegiac quality of Jóhannsson's Chimaerica befits today's gray weather and our loss in the Turkish FA Cup better than any other song. Off his fantastic Fordlândia album that has been mentioned before on undomondo .