Sigur Ros - Agetis Byrjun - A Good Beginning (Anniversary) NOTO2019.1

Sigur Ros - Agetis Byrjun - A Good Beginning (Anniversary) NOTO2019.1Vinyl LP pressing. In 1999 Sigur Ros released gtis Byrjun ("A Good Start") which Q Magazine went on to deem "the last great record of the 20th century." By the end of the year it had won the inaugural US Shortlist Prize for Artistic Achievement in Music. Agaetis Byrjun was an album that came literally out of nowhere and seemed to tug at the heartstrings of those who least expected it. No one thought an album by an unknown band of four shy Icelandic

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Johnson took the language of bebop and adapted it to his instrument winning the admiration of Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker

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now-patented "cinematic soul" sound

and continually showcases their musical evolution that culls together influences as varied as Brian Eno

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