''Riceboy Sleeps'' is the debut studio album by
ambient duo
Jónsi & Alex, released on 20 July 2009. The album is a collaboration between
Sigur Rós vocalist
Jón Þór Birgisson
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and partner
Alex Somers
Alex Somers (born March 7, 1984) is an American visual artist and musician from Baltimore, Maryland, who attended Berklee College of Music and Listaháskóli Íslands. Somers lives and works in Los Angeles. Previously he ran a recording studi ...
which features acoustic instrumental music alongside a string quartet,
Amiina
Amiina (formerly Amína, stylized in lowercase) is an Icelandic band composed of members
Maria Huld Markan Sigfúsdóttir, and Sólrún Sumarliðadóttir, Magnús Trygvason Eliassen and Guðmundur Vignir Karlsson. In the past they have frequent ...
, and the Kópavogsdætur Choir.
Song information
"Happiness" first appeared on the 2009 AIDS benefit Album ''
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'', produced by the
Red Hot Organization.
Videos exist for "All the Big Trees" and "Daníell in the Sea" which can be found on the duo's official website, along with an
electronic press kit
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that includes making-of information and recipes.
"Boy 1904" uses a recording of the last known
castrato singer.
Track listing
#"Happiness" – 9:18
#"Atlas Song" – 8:30
#"Indian Summer" – 9:10
#"Stokkseyri" – 7:08
#"Boy 1904" – 5:09
#"All the Big Trees" – 5:51
#"Daníell in the Sea" – 6:54
#"Howl" – 8:22
#"Sleeping Giant" – 6:41
Charts
Special editions
A limited edition of 3500 sets was released, containing the full CD album ''Riceboy Sleeps'', the ''All Animals'' bonus
CD, MP3 downloads of both ''Riceboy Sleeps'' and ''All Animals'', a ''Riceboy Sleeps'' art book, a 40 pages coloring book with 6 pencils and a badge. Despite the limited edition selling out at the end of 2009, a few were still sold in the spring of 2011 via the duo's official website.
References
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2009 albums
Jónsi albums