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Ekvílibríum
''Ekvílibríum'' is an album by Valgeir Sigurðsson, released in 2007. Notable appearances on the album include Bonnie 'Prince' Billy and Dawn McCarthy, who contribute vocals, along with Nico Muhly, who appears in half of the tracks playing different keyboard instruments. Drummer Samuli Kosminen from fellow Icelandic band múm also makes a guest appearance. Track listing #"A Symmetry" - 4:41 #"Evolution of Waters" - 4:39 #"Focal Point" - 6:09 #"Baby Architect" - 4:51 #"After Four" - 3:39 #"Winter Sleep" - 4:49 #"Equilibrium Is Restored" - 8:24 #"Before Nine" - 1:42 #"Kin" - 5:09 #"Lungs, For Merrilee" - 5:10 Personnel *Una Sveinbjarnadóttir - violin *Jónína Auður Hilmarsdóttir - viola *Hrafnkell Orri Egilsson - cello *Bonnie 'Prince' Billy/ Will Oldham - vocals and writing on tracks 2 and 9 * Dawn McCarthy - vocals and writing on track 6 * Nico Muhly - piano and celesta on tracks 2, 3, 5, 6, 8 and 9 * Samuli Kosminen - drums A drum kit (also called a drum s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valgeir Sigurðsson
Valgeir Sigurðsson (born 18 June 1971) is an Icelandic record producer, mixer, composer, audio engineer and musician. Biography Coming from a musical background, Valgeir's fascination with recording technology led to a job in a small recording studio at the age of 16. He plays keyboards, bass, percussion, electronics/programming and studied classical guitar, graduating with a Tonmeister degree from London's SAE Institute. In 1998 Valgeir was hired by fellow countrywoman Björk as engineer and programmer on the soundtrack for Lars von Trier's ''Dancer in the Dark''. A song from the film, ''I've Seen It All'' (a duet with Radiohead's Thom Yorke) was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song but lost to Bob Dylan's ''Things Have Changed''. Valgeir created the distinctive train-rhythm that runs through the song. His working relationship with Björk continued beyond the film project and was consistent from early 1998 until 2006, during which time Valgeir was one o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |