sigur ros were wonderful. a 17 piece band including a 9 piece brass section and a string quartet, bass, guitar played like a cello, keyboards, drums, glockenspiels, and ambient vocals in a made up language all created an amazing soundscape. the concert began and ended with sigur ros behind a huge screen - the lighting effects on this were stunning. i sort of wish they'd kept the screen down longer...
the music is almost a classical concert experience but then shifts into a gig - it's sort of on the border line. i guess if it had been performed at royal festival hall it would have been a concert but at brixton it was a gig. it reminded me a little of a classical concert with some postmodern composers i once went to in bath - with messaien and birtwhistle - avant garde sort of thing. but whatever it was or is it is an amazing experience and wonderful music that lifts you up...
oh man im so jelious but happy for you. please tell me did they play untitled #1 a.k.a. vaka ? i love that tune i tried to gett tickets for the birmingham acadamy but no joy they were full booked :0(
Posted by: seb Apostol | November 10, 2005 at 12:28 PM
i just found at tonight that they are coming to nashville and performing at the historic ryman auditorium sometime in february. how exciting!!!
Posted by: Jonathon Norman | November 11, 2005 at 04:32 AM