The release date of Jónsi's debut solo album, 'Go', has been confirmed for the week of April 5th around the world*. Featuring 9 songs drawn from the large pool of material amassed by Jónsi during his many years as singer with Sigur Rós, and arranged in collaboration with classical wunderkind Nico Muhly ("one of the hottest composers on the planet" Daily Telegraph last week), the album now has a finished sleeve, conceptualised and realised by Jónsi's sisters Inga and Lilja. Here's how it looks:
World tour
Meanwhile, details of his first live concerts outside of Sigur Rós will be announced next Monday (Feb 1). The shows which start in North America in April, will feature a brand new band and a stage set designed by 59 Productions. Both these things promise to be drop-dead amazing. The idea of the stage collaboration with 59 Productions is to bring together the worlds of theatre and music in a new and hopefully unique way, in order to create something other than the hoary old cliches that pass for innovation in rock'n'roll. The ideas remain very much "in development", but there will be some surprises, for sure. Here's a maquette (a tiny cardboard model, to you and me) of how things might appear. Cute, huh?
Anyway, we wanted you to know we are going for broke on this and it ain't in any way going to be Jónsi alone on stage with an acoustic guitar, no sirree. Wish us luck.
New video
Meantime, first week of Feb is also when everyone finally gets to see the video for 'Go Do', the first single to be taken from 'Go'. Directed by Arni & Kinski (previously responsible for no fewer than six Sigur Rós videos, including 'Glósóli' and 'Viðrar vel til loftárása'), the video was filmed on location in Iceland between Christmas and New Year, which is quite an achievement when you realise there are about four hours of daylight at that time of year. It looks gorgeous, and here's a still to prove it.
Acoustic set
For those of you who can't even wait a week for their next fix of new Jónsi music, you can check how three of the songs must have sounded before Nico got his hands on them and, in Jónsi's words, made them "explode", by going to Jónsi's Soundcloud page and listening to the man and his acoustic guitar navigate their way through his first ever live radio session last week on WNYC, New York. Wow! I'm telling you, 2010 is going to be LOT of fun.
*April 2 in Germany and April 1 in Australia. Other countries may be different, so check your local record shop or Amazon.com just to be sure.
Entre (sufocantes) "papers", o tempo (que me obrigo a reservar) tem sido dedicado ao delicioso Proust Era Um Neurocientista de Jonah Lehrer...
Assumo a (minha) pequenez, ao reconhecer ser possível, aos 25 anos, construir-se algo tão grandioso...
"(...) Os Cientistas descrevem o nosso cérebro em termos físicos, falam de células eléctricas e espaços sinápticos. A Ciência esquece, porém, que não é assim que nos vemos... Por isso precisamos da Arte... A Ciência é incompleta. Nenhum mapa da matéria explica a imaterialidade da nossa consciência....
Medir não é o mesmo que compreender e é aqui que a Arte suplanta a Ciência. (...)"
De Escrita fluida, cativante e (muito) informada, Proust Era Um Neurocientista agita águas e obriga a pensar...
Que assim seja!
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5 February – Centro Cultural Olga Cadaval – SintraInfo & Bookings: +351 21 910 71 10Online tickets: http://www.ticketline.pt
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