Englabörn is the first full length
studio album by Icelandic musician
Jóhann Jóhannsson
Jóhann Gunnar Jóhannsson (; 19 September 1969 – 9 February 2018) was an Icelandic composer who wrote music for a wide array of media including theatre, dance, television, and film. His work is stylised by its blending of traditional orchest ...
, released by
Touch Music
Touch (sometimes mistakenly written 'Touch Records' and sometimes written Touch Music, which is technically the publishing side of the company) is a British audio-visual organisation, operating the Touch label. Touch was founded in 1982 by Jon ...
in 2002. Music included on Englabörn was composed for a play by
Hávar Sigurjónsson and was played by string quartet, percussionists and Jóhansson himself on several instruments. The album consists of mostly short pieces combining
classical,
ambient and
electronic
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influences.
Critical reception
The album received critical acclaim, gaining 8.9 rating from
Pitchfork Media
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on initial review.
Track listing
Personnel
Credits for ''Englabörn'' adapted from
Allmusic
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.
* Aron Þór Árnason – mixing
* Ethos String Quartet – string quartet
* Viðar Hákon Gíslason – engineer, mixing, recording
* Greta Guðnadóttir – group member, violin
* Matthías Hemstock – percussion
* Jóhann Jóhannsson – arranger, composer, electronics, glockenspiel, harmonium, organ, piano, producer
* Gudmundur Kristmundsson – group member, string quartet
* Jon Wozencroft – photography
References
External links
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2002 albums
Electronic albums by Icelandic artists
Jóhann Jóhannsson albums