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johann johannsson - And In The Endless Pause There Came The Sound Of Bees
You might be surprised by the number of film soundtracks Jóhann Jóhannsson has completed over the course of his career. While his hugely popular and influential catalogue of work for labels like Touch and 4AD tends to dictate how we think about his music, the volume of documentary, short and feature film scores he's penned is prolific to say the least. Even his most widely celebrated work to date, Englabörn, was conceived as a theatre soundtrack. It's surely a testament to the standalone power of this man's output that despite so much of his material having been designed to accompany other people's projects, it's still so much a part of the modern classical canon in its own right. This incredible album for Type was composed as a soundtrack for Marc Craste's award winning animated film Varmints, and draws on the signature elements of Jóhannsson's compositional style: utterly jaw-dropping widescreen orchestration, beatific choirs and the most finely crafted electronic backdrops imaginable - all colluding for some of the most intoxicating and unashamedly beautiful music you'll hear this year. It doesn't take Jóhannsson long to delineate the tone of what's to come, establishing an introductory theme for strings, backed with lyrical piano keys and a soundscape of seabirds and thunderclaps emerging from the mix in the latter stages. After these evocative, scene-setting beginnings comes a burst of celestial melodrama through 'City Building's choral passages, giving an indication of the lofty, unearthly extremes this composer has a penchant for. Within a matter of moments the more abstract and textural leanings of 'The Flat' take us somewhere entirely different, flooding the track with phased, airy noise atmospheres and weightless plumes of strings. 'Rainwater' continues to sew processed electronics into the fabric of the music, reminding you that this is after all an artist who has shared a label with the likes of Fennesz. The recurrent rumbling of deeply ingrained background static only reinforces how cinematic this music is - there's a tangible sense of place and (at the risk of sounding a bit pompous) mise-en-scene, but even beyond that, the album follows a kind of undulating structure that's very much in-keeping with the notion of a beginning-middle-end narrative; you can feel the music slipping into a sombre, minor-key mode by the end of 'The Gift', entering into the desolation of 'Dying CIty', with its processed field recordings and lone voices. 'Escape', with its dark-ambient drones and broad solo cello strokes only reinforces the suggestion of peril, but by the album's final leg glimmers of optimism creep into the denouement, first imbuing 'Inside The Pods' with a magisterial, reverberant grandeur and then reaching outright jubilation over the course of the end theme - a dose of euphoric crescendo that could only have come from the same part of the world as Sigur Rós. The music on this album has already been awarded first prize for 'Best Original Score' at the Rhode Island International Film Festival, and for our money is the finest thing he's done since his debut. Jóhannsson's just on exceptional, moving form here - miss out at your peril.
Sadly, The Future Is No Longer What It Was (Deluxe Triple CD Edition)
History Always Favours The Winners
3CD // £15.99
Incredible triple CD set, over 4 hours of music housed in a custom outer card slipcase - ESSENTIAL PURCHASE.
Dandelion (Expanded CD Edition)
DIGITALIS
CD // £7.99
NOW: £4.99
*Expanded CD Edition - includes over 35 minutes of material not featured on the vinyl edition of this album*
Wintermusik (Erased Tapes Edition)
ERASED TAPES
CD // £10.99
New edition of this Incredible piano-led album from burgeoning modern classical talent Nils Frahm.
The Bells (Erased Tapes Reissue)
ERASED TAPES
CD // £12.99
Sublime modern classical works from Nils Frahm - made available again by Erased Tapes
EXPERIMEDIA
CD // £13.99
Luscious new Aaron Martin album, exhibiting a more composerly, less improvised feel than prior works
and they have escaped the weight of darkness
ERASED TAPES
CD // £13.99
The second full-length from the young Icelandic composer features his most assured and developed work yet
TRACE RECORDINGS
CD // £8.99
The Rothko co-founder offers up a solo album of minimal compositions and spacious post-rock
BEDROOM COMMUNITY
CD // £12.99
An epic soundtrack album feat. contributions from Nico Muhly, Ben Frost, Sam Amidon and Daniel Bjarnason
Home Assembly Music
2CD // £9.99
Hauntological hip-hop variations on the up-and-coming Home Assembly Music
and in the endless pause there came the sound of bees
Johann Johannsson
MP3 Download // £4.99
FLAC Download // £5.99
The gorgeous new album from Johann Johannsson...
4AD
MP3 Download // £8.99FLAC Download // £8.99
So here it is, Jóhann Jóhannsson's eagerly awaited debut album for the 4AD label.
4AD
MP3 Download // £8.99FLAC Download // £8.99
**Digital edition includes a Bonus Track Exclusive to Boomkat**
FLAC Download // £8.99BILL MORRISON / JOHANN JOHANNSSON
BFI
DVD // £14.99
An elegy in film and music to the coal mining history of North East England...
JG THIRLWELL, ACHIM MOHNE, JOHANN JOHANNSSON, ANONYMOUS & LEIF ELGGREN
Touch
MP3 Download // £5.99FLAC Download // £6.99
A highly impressive selection of tracks created for a truly worthy cause.
NILS FRAHM / JOHANN JOHANNSSON / HAUSCHKA
Explorer's Club: 7. Belfast- Reykjavik
LOAF
MP3 Download // £1.95FLAC Download // £2.95
Superb piano-driven pieces from Johann Johannsson, Nils Frahm, Hauschka & Stefan Schneider
Editions Mego
CD // £14.99
An Icelandic super-group made up of BJ Nilsen, Johann Johannsson and members of Stilluppsteypa!
Editions Mego
LP // £15.99
An Icelandic super-group made up of BJ Nilsen, Johann Johannsson and members of Stilluppsteypa!
Singular Forms (Sometimes Repeated)
Type Recordings
CD // £7.99
Breathtaking work, like a cross between Alva Noto & Sakamoto, David Sylvian and Martin Gore...
Type Recordings
CD // £7.99
Full-Length CD edition of this harrowing album for fans of David Lynch, Philip Jeck and Leyland Kirby...
Type Recordings
CD // £7.99
Amazing new album from Richard Skelton, his first new album since the classic 'Marking Time'.
Nunatak / Teimo / Permafrost (Special Triple Cd Edition)
Type Recordings
3CD // £15.99
Very Special triple gatefold/digifile CD edition featuring Thomas Köner’s seminal first three albums.
Type Recordings
CD // £7.99
Easily one of the standout LP's of year: haunted loops, half-remembered lullabies and layered embers of sound.
Type Recordings
CD // £7.99
The rare debut album from Sylvain Chauveau available on limited new issue.
Type Recordings
CD // £7.99
The very last studio album from the mighty Yellow Swans...
Type Recordings
CD // £8.99
Now available for the first time in over 15 years and featuring brand new artwork.
Type Recordings
CD // £7.99
Beautifully melancholy arrangement of frayed, ambient sounds and dusty pulses - highly recommended.
Type Recordings
CD // £7.99
New album from one of America's most persistently interesting avant-garde percussionists,
Table of the elements
CD // £12.99
Avant-harp virtuoso Zeena Parkins returns with her first new solo album in four years
12K
3CD // £15.99
64 minutes of advanced electro-acoustic vibrations - new on Taylor Deupree's esteemed 12k imprint.
Anticipate
CD // £12.99
Gorgeous cinematic pseudo-soundtracks from the deep ambient world of Klimek - Essential Purchase!
ERASED TAPES
CD // £10.99
Gorgeous 39 minute score penned for award-winning British choreographer Wayne McGregor.
Gentle Threat
CD + DVD // £11.99
The sublime 'Solo Piano' given the deluxe edition treatment with a bonus DVD. Highly recommended.
12K
CD // £7.99
New collaboration from two of Australia's leading electroacoustic practitioners...
12K
CD // £8.99
Amazing album from 12k, full of melancholy guitar-pieces and delicate arrangements. Highly Recommended!
Western Vinyl
CD // £11.99
A new album from the superb modern classical / post-rock quintet Balmorhea
12K
CD // £7.99
Gentle, electronically embellished Japanese folk-pop from Taylor Deupree's 12k label.
