credo in canada
credo, by kjartan, will receive its canadian premiere on the 1st of february at the “new music festival” that takes places in winnipeg.
the piece will be performed by the winnipeg symphony orchestra as part of the festivals “icelandia” night, along with pieces by nico muhly, daníel bjarnason, valgeir sigurðsson.
tickets for the event are available now direct from the winnipeg symphony orchestra or from ticketmaster canada.
for those going to the “icelandia” event, there will be a pre-concert q+a with muhly, bjarnason & sigurðsson as well as a performance of three sigur rós songs; “von”, “hoppípolla” and “andvari” by brandon university new music ensemble. information on that event is available here.
dissertation assistance
catherine harrison, a student of music at the university of cambridge, has asked for assistance in a dissertation she is writing at the moment. she is looking for fans to fill out a questionnaire about their relationship with the band’s music.
you can complete the anonymous questionnaire here: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/5JKFFGQ
ljóspappír fan art competition
included in the limited special edition of inni was a pack of light sensitive paper sheets (ljóspappír). in the ljóspappír competition we would like to invite fans who have purchased the special edition to upload and share their experimentations with this paper for the rest of us to see. the public can vote on all submissions and the top images will be submitted to the band, who will pick the winner. the winner will have their design used in a piece of sigur rós 2012 merchandise, as well as a 100,000 icelandic krónur (apx. £500 / $800) prize.
head over to the competition page to upload/vote on submissions: sigur-ros.co.uk/ljospappir.
download lúppulagið for free
as we end 2011, we’re offering lúppulagið, the final song on inni, to download for free:
holiday cheers to all you lovely people!
london q+a session now online
the questions and answers session that took place after the london screening of “inni” on the 3rd of november is now available to watch – thanks to the british film insitute / bfi live for the footage.
upcoming london events
at the screening of “inni” at the british film institute next week in london (on november the 3rd) all four members of sigur rós and the director vincent morisset will be in attendance. after the screening there will be a questions and answers session moderated by the bbc’s colin murray. this event is sold out.
the following day, november 4th, rough trade east record shop will have a screening of “inni” at 6.30pm. admittance to this screening is by wristband only – which will be available from 8am on the 4th from the rough trade east record shop. full information of the event is available here.
send us your inni reviews
have tickets to any of the 100+ upcoming inni screenings happening worldwide? we are really curious what you think of the film so we’ve set up a fan reviews section for each screening of the film, where you can share your thoughts. don’t be shy!
read/contribute an inni review
inni u.s. premiere and reviews
inni had its u.s. premiere last thursday at the ritz theater in minneapolis. some reviews on the film have begun to pop up here and there.
“German Expressionism on acid… some sort of lost artefact… straight out of [A] Midsummer Night’s Dream… succeeds fully.” – twitchfilm
“haunting, emotion-drenched . . . soul-stirring fusion of joy and heartache . . . usher[s] the listener into a state of near-celestial rapture.” – variety
“The ghost-like, ethereal quality of the visuals mixed with the otherworldly sounds can captivate in their intensity as well as carry you to another plane of existence. Let the music wash over you, enjoy the religious experience on screen, and convert all your friends into lovers of uniquely original music.” – the film stage
“spellbinding.” – montreal gazette
“darkly beautiful.” – city pages
free inni ticket offer in the u.s.
some of the best independent record stores in the u.s. are participating in an exclusive, limited pre-order/ticket bundle offer. those pre-ordering inni (in any physical format: 2 cd/dvd, blu-ray/2 cd, or 3 lp/dvd) at the record stores below will receive 1 complimentary ticket to the official screening of inni in their town and will receive their copy of inni on november 15th. tickets for this pre-order promotion are limited, so you might want to act fast. stay tuned as more participating stores + screenings are added to the screenings page.
100 inni screenings announced
we’re pleased to announce that we’ve now hit a total of more than 100 screenings of inni taking place around the world over the rest of the year. we’ve sold out screenings in london, paris and new york, which will lead to more announcements soon.
thanks to the tremendous amount of screenings suggestions we received from you guys, the ever-growing list of countries in which inni will be screened now includes: argentina, australia, belgium, bosnia & herzegovina, canada, columbia, denmark, finland, france, germany, ireland, italy, lithuania, luxembourg, netherlands, poland, portugal, norway, switzerland, taiwan, turkey, united kingdom, united states and vietnam.
have a look at all the sceenings announced thus far, and where to get tickets, on the screenings page. if you don’t see your country on this list then we encourage you to suggest a screening.
also, we’ve created a section where you can read and contribute your own thoughts/reviews about the film after you’ve seen it at your local screening. have a look!
pre-order inni & watch festival video
inni, the new sigur rós live film and double album, will be released november 7th. it is now available to pre-order in 5 different formats, including a special edition exclusive to this site, on the sigur-ros.co.uk frontpage.
additional inni screenings
over two dozen screenings of “inni” have just been annoucned, covering the countries of finland, iceland, greece, canada, brazil, turkey, norway, united states, portugal, argentina, taiwan, united kingdom, italy, netherlands, columbia and france. you can get more information and dates over on our “inni screening” page.
there will be additional screening announcements in over the next few weeks.
“inni” world premiere
for a report on the world premiere of “inni” in venice last weekend please visit the screening page for the event.
‘heima’ streaming for free
today (monday, september the 5th) icelandiccinema.com is streaming, for free, ‘heima’ from their website.
after midnight icelandic time (5pm monday san francisco, 8pm monday nyc, 1am tuesday london, 9am tuesday tokyo) the film will be available to stream for a fee.
more information on “inni”
we’re delighted to announce some more information about “inni”:
inni – the definitive sigur rós live experience – coming this november
inni is comprised of a double live album and seventy-five minute film of sigur rós’ last show before their well-documented “indefinite hiatus” at the end of 2008.
recorded and shot over two nights at london’s alexandra palace at the close of the world tour around their fifth full length album, með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust, inni sees the band at the peak of their powers, captured on film for the first time as a core four-piece since they were joined by string section amiina at the start of the century. directed by vincent morisset (arcade fire’s miroir noir), the film is set to debut at this year’s venice film festival on september 3rd, 2011.
the full press release is available on the front page of our site (and also on the press release page). we’ll have more information about the release soon.
sigur rós – inni
jónsi scores new cameron crowe film
jónsi will be providing the music for the upcoming cameron crowe film, we bought a zoo, starring matt damon and scarlett johansson. crowe describes the movie as a music-filled experience, about a man who moves his family to the countryside to revive a foreclosed zoo after his wife passes away.
this isn’t the first time jónsi has lent songs to a cameron crowe film – in 2001 a few sigur rós songs were featured in vanilla sky, including a live recording of the then-unreleased njósnavélin.
we bought a zoo will be released on december 23rd in the states.
kjartan & credo in cork
left to right: choral arranger john o’ brien, conductor robert ziegler and kjartan sveinsson. photo by clare keogh)
as mentioned a few months back – “credo” by kjartan sveinsson was performed in cork, ireland, on the 29th of july as part of “the reich effect” season. kjartan’s piece performed by the rté orchestra and voice effect choir, closed the friday night bill of jonny greenwood’s doghouse, 2 pieces by nico muhly and one by reich’s eight lines, to a tear-stained standing ovation. (thanks to mary hickson for a great event)
the irish times has an overview of the 5 day “the reich effect” season as well as an interview with kjartan from before the event.
heima released digitally with exclusive extras
in 2006, sigur rós toured iceland on a homecoming tour – this tour became the film heima and was released in 2007. now the digital version of ‘heima’ is available from sigur-ros.co.uk with exclusive extras never seen before. the film (with 5.1 audio), the entire set of extras as well as five exclusive videos not in the original dvd release. details and ordering info is available on sigur-ros.co.uk/heima.
film scored by kjartan at cannes film festival
an icelandic / danish film called “volcano”, directed by rúnar rúnarsson will get its premiere at cannes film festival today in france. the music to the movie was scored by kjartan. information on the film is available at the website of the icelandic film centre
update: variety magazine posted an overview of the film here.
performances by kjartan in austria and ireland
kjartan sveinsson will be taking part in two performances over the next few months – the first in austria in june and the second in ireland in july.
“take me here by the dishwasher” – vienna, austria. june 8th.
kjartan composed the soundtrack to the piece “take me here by the dishwasher” by icelandic artist ragnar kjartansson. on the 8th of june, kjaran will be performing at the bawag contemporary art museum in vienna as part of the “ragnar kjartansson and all star band” – some information about that event can be found here. the installation is in place in the until the 26th of june (with the music performed by other musicians).
on the 15th of june in the same museum, there is a “a tribute to kjartan sveinsson” movie night where there will be screenings of 3 movies to which he has supplied music; “in the dark“, “last farm” and “plastic bag“.
“credo” – cork, ireland. july 29th
as part of “the reich effect” season in the cork city proms in cork, ireland, “credo” will be performed by the rté concert orchestra along with “doghouse” by jonny greenwood from radiohead. the event takes place in the city hall and tickets are available now here. kjartan will be in attendance for the event.
(additional: news about kjartans soundtrack for the icelandic film “volcano” here)
music used in the “human planet” promo
the sigur rós song ‘sæglópur’ from takk is being featured as the official music for the trailer videos for the upcoming broadcast of human planet, a new discovery channel program in the united states about people’s ability to thrive in our planet’s most extreme environments.
kjartan in bbc radio 4′s volcano
kjartan sveinsson will appear in the bbc radio 4 programme jules verne’s volcano next thursday (the 14th of april) at 11:30am. the programme is a sound portrait of iceland, investigating one of iceland’s more literary but no less famous volcanoes, snæfellsjökull (the glacier that contains the passage to the centre of the earth in verne’s 1864 classic). the programme is been made by acclaimed nature sound recordist chris watson who, among other things, has worked on david attenborough docs and provided the glacial cracking sounds for our own ‘heima’.
the programme will be available on the bbc iplayer for 7 days after broadcast.
kjartan chatting with chris watson. photo by rose de larrabeiti
sveinsson + kjartansson art event in denmark
kjartan has written music for acclaimed icelandic artist ragnar kjartansson‘s installation at charlottenborg palace in denmark this saturday (march 5). the piece features 10 acoustic guitarists playing new music kjartan has written for a period of 8 hours from 12 noon til 8pm. the music features 8 interwoven pieces that form a rolling and repetitive loop, with players dropping in and out for cigarette and booze breaks as the fancy takes them.
this event is part of the wider palace party series of events planned for the day.
update:
ragnar kjartansson with music by kjartan sveinsson (2011). photo: anders sune berg
new sigur rós store opens
so after what seems like an eternity, we have a brand new official sigur rós store now open here on 18 seconds before sunrise! the big idea being that you can come to us first for anything sigur rós related both past and present. we will try to keep it updated and will continue to think of new exciting things to add along the way.
in addition to all the other goodies on the store we have some extremely limited edition solid silver pendants to commemorate 10 years of ágætis byrjun.
we’ve also added a handful of hard to get your hands on ba ba ti ki di do 12″ vinyl which we found in the vaults and even fewer of the sæglópur e.p on vinyl that was discovered in the same dark, dusty confines. we’ll keep looking to see what else crops up.
so if you can’t think of what you get your loved ones for christmas maybe you can fine something here? or maybe you just want to treat yourself.
i know we haven’t given you much notice but please don’t forget to get your orders in asap to make christmas shipping deadlines:
sunday 5th december
south & central america, caribbean, africa, middle east, far east, asia, new zealand and australiathursday 9th december
japan, usa, canada and eastern europesunday 12th december
western europemonday 20th december
uk – first class
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