![]() ![]() Some of Johannsson's ability of compression gets diluted but the mysteriousness remains intact. Johannsson's input validates them and they range from basic to complex to frenzied. ![]() The variations aren't a complete set, though some tunes get multiple covers. There are multiple layers but there's also a skillful economy to the motifs - a combination at once airy, dense and vibrant. Phil Spector built walls of sound but Johannsson's compositions are like kaleidoscopes of sieves. Sixteen years later, the album's sonic palette is eminently familiar, but the compositions remain just as seductive, dramatic and captivating. The package has a remastered version of the original release, which developed from music he wrote for a play by Havar Sigurjonsson, as well as the reinterpretations.Īt the time, some of the focus was on the electronics and digital processing coloring the sounds produced by the Ethos String Quartet, tuned percussion and traditional keyboard instruments like piano and harmonium.
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