Ásgeir – In The Silence
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Description
Ásgeir – In The Silence
Deluxe edition triple CD. Includes original Icelandic tracks, English versions and 15 bonus tracks.
In The Silence is the English language version of Ásgeir’s breakthrough debut album ‘Dyrd í dauðathogn’, translated from Icelandic by John Grant.
Born and raised in the hamlet of Laugarbakki (population: 40) in the wilds of Iceland, Ásgeir comes from a large family of musicians. At just 20 years of age, he became an overnight sensation in his domestic music scene with the release of Dyrd í dauðathogn. The album broke all records to become Iceland’s fastest and biggest selling debut album by a homegrown artist. Staggeringly, one in ten of the Icelandic population now owns the album.
In Iceland, the unusual poetry of Dyrd í dauðathogn attracted almost as much attention as the music itself, in part because it was mostly written by Ásgeir’s 72-year-old father. Combining both electronic and organic elements, the songs themselves are all Ásgeir: light and airy, inset with his distinctively melancholic voice. Their vibrancy elevates his appeal way beyond the folktronica tag.
Dýrð í dauðaþögn
1. Hærra
2. Dýrð í dauðaþögn
3. Sumargestur
4. Leyndarmál
5. Hljóða nótt
6. Nýfallið regn
7. Heimförin
8. Að grafa sig í fönn
9. Samhljómur
10. Þennan Dag
In The Silence
1. Higher
2. In The Silence
3. Summer Guest
4. King and Cross
5. Was There Nothing
6. Torrent
7. Going Home
8. Head In The Snow
9. In Harmony
10. On That Day
Bonus Disc
1. Dreaming
2. Ocean
3. It Will Rain
4. Stormurinn
5. Frost
6. Soothe This Pain
7. Nú hann blæs
8. Heart Shaped Box
9. Torrent (acoustic)
10. Going Home (Toe Rag)
11. Summer Guest (Toe Rag)
12. On That Day (Toe Rag)
13. King and Cross (Dot Major)
14. Torrent (Stay Positive)
15. King and Cross (Liam Howe)
Additional information
Format | Triple CD |
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