Exactly As I Do - Hafler Trio & Jonsi Birgisson (The)

Advantages: Some Brilliant Tracks, Relaxing...
Disadvantages: Some Not So Great Tracks...

...------------------------------------------- You may be thinking how odd the track name is, and i totally agree with you as Etiquette actualy means Social Groups and Social Behavior and Such Like. The Breakbeat name is self explanitory, as breakbeat is part of the Drum and Bass kit,only this song is more under the Jungle genre... This song has no lyrics all exept one that sounds like the world " Feeling ". It is very difficult to understand and that's why i'm not too sure about the lyrics but there is only one, where the rest of the song is synthesized with all different sounds. This is a more lively opener of a song from Omni Trio and it doesn't relax me as much as the following tracks do, but I feel that this song puts many different pictures into your head... I mean, when I first heard this track I just imagined the image of a big city inside my head as this song was remixed... Read review

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Advantages: Sound is out of this world
Disadvantages: "Hopelandic" can make songs sound a little similar

...no words as such, not even Icelandic ones, as it's recorded in "Hopelandic", which is the combination of nonsense words and sounds that Jónsi uses to sing along to the band when they haven't worked out any vocals yet, but are trying to find the vocals tune for when they do. The sound ranges from a grand and imposing room-filling ambient, almost tactile collection of melodies to single piano riffs that evoke more than anything the bleak and barren but beautiful Icelandic landscape, as they intended. For this kind of music, it is necessary to have either a good sound system with a large range of frequencies, or good headphones. In my mind, playing this sort of gloriously all-encompassing upliftingly large music on something like laptop speakers is a travesty, and should be punished severely. this is the only album I've bought for many... Read review

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Advantages: Beautiful
Disadvantages: A few weak tracks

...with English lyrics. Members: Jón Þór "Jónsi" Birgisson - Guitars and Vocals Georg "Goggi" Hólm - Bass Guitar Kjartan "Kjarri" Sveinsson - Keyboards, Flute, Oboe, Banjo Orri Páll Dýrason - Drums (Joined in 1999) Ex-Members: Ágúst Ævar Gunnarsson - Drums (Left in 1999) Key Track Analysis: 1. Gobbledigook - 3:08 The album opens with one of Sigur Ros's most lively and upbeat tracks in their history. It is a brilliant mix of stampeding, pulsing drums and simple guitars - all mixed with Jónsi's brilliantly catchy vocals. For once, Sigur Ros have written a song that everyone can sing along to without the need of a pocket Icelandic dictionary. This track encompasses superb catchy and angelic vocal melodies and harmonies, with the ridiculously simple lyrics "la la la la etc." Perhaps this track was named... Read review

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