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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.
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More lavish, micro-ambient soundscaping from the on-form Home Normal
SLOW FLOW REC
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Lilting synth-strings, layered drone-ambience and soaring ascents toward amped-up dissonance. Recommended.
and they have escaped the weight of darkness
ERASED TAPES
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The second full-length from the young Icelandic composer, his most assured and developed work yet.
Touch
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Dense, shimmering pieces for cello featuring contributions from Johann Johannsson. Amazing.
DIGITALIS
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Mindblowing album of Ben Frost style sumptuous experiments and sea shanties - DO NOT MISS!!!
DIGITALIS
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Gosh this is incredible, featuring drones, hip hop, bleepy interludes, dark ambient & more - ESSENTIAL!!!
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A career-spanning collection of previously unreleased and rare tracks from the prolific electronica group
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**Digital edition includes a Bonus Track Exclusive to Boomkat**
4AD
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So here it is, Jóhann Jóhannsson's eagerly awaited debut album for the 4AD label.
And In The Endless Pause There Came The Sound Of Bees
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Breathtaking new album from Johann Johannssonn...
BILL MORRISON / JOHANN JOHANNSSON
BFI
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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
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A highly impressive selection of tracks created for a truly worthy cause.
NILS FRAHM / JOHANN JOHANNSSON / HAUSCHKA
Explorer's Club: 7. Belfast- Reykjavik
LOAF
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Superb piano-driven pieces from Johann Johannsson, Nils Frahm, Hauschka & Stefan Schneider
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An Icelandic super-group made up of BJ Nilsen, Johann Johannsson and members of Stilluppsteypa!
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An Icelandic super-group made up of BJ Nilsen, Johann Johannsson and members of Stilluppsteypa!
Darla
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Richly atmospheric, ambient instrumentals based around Budd's piano and Wright's electric lead guitar
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Sleep-themed microsound brilliance from the consistently impressive Spekk imprint
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Amazing new album from Richard Skelton, his first new album since the classic 'Marking Time'.
Touch
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Fennesz's first solo release since 2008 - as impeccably wrought and moving as you'd expect.
Home Normal
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Another top-quality micro-ambient turn from the Home Normal stable
Korm Plastics
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Beautiful 20 minute collaboration between Machinefabriek and Freiband...
ERASED TAPES
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Incredibly lovely piano compositions from burgeoning modern classical talent Nils Frahm
LACIES
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Amazing Cello/Piano pieces for followers of Peter Broderick or Hildur Gudnadottir. Essential Purchase!
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An outstanding new album based on gamelan instruments that finds Taylor Deupree at his very best
