"Ekki múkk" is the second track on Sigur Rós' sixth studio album, ''

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, April 21, Sigur Rós released a 10-inch limited edition vinyl edition of "Ekki múkk" that plays inside out. Its B-side is an instrumental track titled "Kvistur". This B-side is also available as a pre-order bonus track for ''Valtari''.

Videos

A "moving art" video for "Ekki múkk" was released on March 26, 2012 on the band's official website,

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. On September 24 the second "Ekki múkk" video was released. The short narrates the story of a man lost in the English countryside. It was directed by Nick Abrahams and featured

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. It won the British Council award for Best UK Short at the 10th London Short Film Festival, and it was screened as Official Selection at 'Art Basel Miami 2012', 'Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival 2013'. This film for "Ekki múkk" is the tenth of the Valtari Mystery Film Experiment. "Ekki múkk" also appears on two other videos from the series: ''Seraph'', the ninth Valtari Mystery Film, displays the track briefly at the end; and the fourteenth Valtari Mystery Film, called ''Valtari'', plays the track at the beginning.

Track listing

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ekki mukk 2012 singles 2012 songs Parlophone singles Sigur Rós songs Songs written by Jónsi Songs written by Orri Páll Dýrason Songs written by Georg Hólm Songs written by Kjartan Sveinsson Icelandic-language songs