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Kaktus Einarsson – Transit:42

einar_orn — Mon, 11 Oct 2021 16:45:56 +0000

For Piano

https://soundcloud.com/kaktus-einarsson/transit42-2015

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Kaktus Einarsson – Vala

einar_orn — Mon, 11 Oct 2021 16:02:47 +0000

Vala (2016)

Vala er innblásið af fjórum ólíkum hljóðum. Hægt er að lýsa verkinu sem stækkunargleri
inn í þessi hljóð sem öll hafa sína sérstöðu. Þegar hljóðin eru skoðuð má greina dans undarlegra hljóðrófa, en ef stækkunarglerið er hins vegar fjarlægt hverfur línuleg skipting hljóðanna fjögurra og þau verða afleiðing af hvort öðru og renna saman í eitt.

Verkið er um 17 mínútur á lengd.

Hljóðfæraskipan:

Tvær flautur í C
Klarinett í Eb
Fagott
Básúna
Trompet í Bb
Tvær fiðlur
Selló
Kontrabassi

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Kaktus Einarsson – Kick The Ladder

Benedikt Reynisson — Mon, 09 Aug 2021 10:00:33 +0000

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Fufanu – Sports

Benedikt Reynisson — Tue, 05 Jan 2021 13:48:14 +0000

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Fufanu ‎– Few More Days To Go

Benedikt Reynisson — Mon, 01 Jun 2020 14:39:17 +0000

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Fufanu – The Dialogue Series

einar_orn — Thu, 31 Jan 2019 15:13:21 +0000

Physical package of all three EPs labelled ‘The Dialogue Series’, released on single 12″ black vinyl and CD, 19 October 2018.

Named “Iceland’s most exciting young band” by Pitchfork after the release of their celebrated sophomore LP Sports in 2017, enigmatic trio Fufanu released this series of EPs throughout 2018; each one is an exercise in exploring their multiple sonic personalities, from motorik and post-punk to alt-techno, to woozy avant-garde electronica.

After a long stint touring, the band returned to Iceland with a bag of demos written at different junctures on the road, which were purposefully created with no regard for a unified sound. They were eager to release the tracks into the world as and when they were written, looking to capture the sense of urgency with which the songs were formed. However, they asked MC, DJ and producer Alap Momin to listen to the demos and before they knew it, he was on a flight from Harlem to Iceland to work with the band. The result of his input only served to highlight their desire for a distinctive exploration of genres between each record. Kaktus laughs: “Three Icelandic techno-rockers brought the Harlem club scene to their studio in Iceland – it was a life-changing week.

“It is a dialogue between musicians with different backgrounds, different approaches and different live styles, but we all have the same excitement about going into a new field of sounds. For example, we did cosmiche / motorik but worked it like hip hop, and did pop like it was techno and also the other way around. Musically, the outcome goes from being deep and drugged, to fast and harsh, with heartfelt ballads in the middle.”

The trio don’t care for being placed neatly into a box, which has never been more evident in their career to date as it is throughout each of these three EPs. Lead singer Kaktus Einarsson comments: “What is great about the creative workflow of Fufanu is that we’ve never just stopped. We’ve never hit a sound that we’re going to stick with, it has always been about discovering what it is we want to make during each moment, and to just keep on exploring.

“There’s this crazy need for people to always categorize everything. Life isn’t just on or off, good or bad – it’s everything in the middle.”

Tracklist:
1. Labels
2. Listen To Me
3. Hourglass
4. Chop Chop
5. Pick It Up
6. Typical Critical
7. One Too Many
8. Crystal & Gold
9. Nine Twelve
10. My New Trigger

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