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valgeir sigurdsson - ekvilibrium - bedroom community - cd

Genre: Wave / Pop / Rock - Folk (tronics)

1. Symmetry
2. Evolution Of Waters
3. Focal Point
4. Baby Architect
5. After Four
6. Winter Sleep
7. Equilibrium Is Restored
8. Before Nine
9. Kin
10. Lungs For Merrilee

After cutting his teeth on four albums by Bjork, Sigurdsson decided that it was time to strike out in new directions. Most recently, he has produced and engineered albums for Will Oldham, Cocorosie, classically trained composer Nico Muhly and avant-garde electronic musician Ben Frost, drawing the artists to his home studio in Reykjavík. Ekvílibríum is a synthesis of elements that have surfaced in Sigurdsson's other projects, but here they are given full stage. There are bouncy, flickering beats, the symphonic touches, the use of acoustic instruments in ambient soundscapes and the electronic washes. The album is also interspersed with vocal performances from past collaborators like Oldham,, Faun Fables' dawn Mccartney and Machine Translations' J Walker, but in settings that are very much the producer's own. Check!