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Ágætis Byrjun

Sigur Rós

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Heaven disguised as music

To brand this album as part of any musical genre is both pointless and belittling to Sigur Ros. It is an album in its purist form doing away with conventional 'tracks' and instead being a fluid piece of musical art. From its sub-aquatic start all the way through its massive ochestral solo's and gigantic guitar riffs this album manages to create an entirley new form of music. The instruments, the voice, the other worldly feel Agaetis Byrjun delivers in every aspect. Pure Art, Pure Music, in a word Stunning.

Biography

Formed: January, 1994 in Iceland

Genre: Alternative

Years Active: '90s, '00s, '10s

Named in part after a sister of one of the bandmembers, Reykjavik, Iceland's Sigur Rós (Victory Rose) was formed by guitarist and vocalist Jon Thor Birgisson (who later went by the name Jónsi), bassist Georg Holm, and drummer Agust. Formed in early 1994 while the members were teenagers, the trio's first recorded song earned them a deal with Iceland's Bad Taste label. Their sprawling debut LP, Von (Hope), was released in 1997, followed the next year by a collection of remixes from that album, Recycle...
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