For those that have been following the Sigur Ros Valtari Mystery Film Experiment, it's been varied and bizarre to say the least. From seeing Shia LaBeouf naked whilst playing with butterflies in an underwater world to an educational video on how to perform the heimlich manoeuvre, it's an odd collection. But I imagine this is exactly what Sigur Ros wanted when they decided to allocate small budgets to various film directors to interpret their album Valtari.
The latest video, for my favourite song off the album Varúd, is perhaps my favourite video so far too. It's far more straight forward and less surreal than the others, as you follow a girl with gold hair casually skipping through the streets of New York. It has a mixture of normality, oddness and magic that I think director Ryan McGinley pulls off so well.
There appears to be little explanation for this video entitled Inni that appeared on Sigur Ros' website yesterday. But as many things with Sigur Ros, any amount of explanation is rarely required, it's quite often the case, you just have to sit back and enjoy the sensual feast for your eyes and ears. Whether Inni is a teaser trailer for a (hopefully) much longer live DVD we shall see. But for now: Inni.
This documentary is quite old and I'm sure that many of you have seen it before, but for those of you that haven't, I can't recommend it highly enough. Super epic and gorgeous music producing Iceland band, Sigur Ros, took a tour of their homeland with a series of free gigs for the locals. It's full of great live performances, stunning scenery and cinematography and just the general quaintness of Iceland. Seriously go watch, here's the trailer:
Yes some more Kid Cudi for you. But why not? His latest collaboration is with hip-hop powerhouse, stage-invading Kanye West and the voices work really well together on this track. With Kanye's name on the record and a catchy chorus, this track is sure to be successful, yet probably not the best from Cudi.
Only stumbled across Dels this week. It's nice to see some time, effort, imagination and class put into a hip-hop video these days, as they can so often merge into one basketball court, champagne flowing, diamond encrusted orgy. The almost dub riff underneath this track gives a strong platform for Dels to do what he appears to be best, providing honest and intelligent raps.
DJ Fresh - Gold Dust
Probably not the sort of song I would normally listen to whilst simply sat at my desk as opposed to being in a club, however I'm addicted after one listen. To go with my addiction is also the urge to learn how to skip. But not just skip, skip like a bad-ass. I never imagined that skipping could look so cool and impressive nor being the sole focal point to a music video such as this. They. Got. Skills.
Emancipator - Shook
This song provides the ear drums with a beautiful mix of Mobb Deep and Sigur Ros. There is nothing else to say, but simply listen and enjoy.
Jonsi has to be one of my favourite musicians, whether he's fronting Sigur Ros or singing in English in his solo work, the output is always incredible. It's difficult to attach adjectives to his music; beautiful, magical and epic would be just a few. These are terms that are often thrown about in music, but they fit Jonsi so adeptly, no other words can be used. Jonsi uses instruments in an unconventional way, he uses his somewhat unconventional yet gorgeous voice to produce beautiful, simply beautiful songs. Watch Jonsi's session for Pitchfork TV appropiately set in a lovely church.
