{"id":64,"date":"2007-08-18T11:36:22","date_gmt":"2007-08-18T10:36:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tempelores.com\/?p=64"},"modified":"2019-11-11T22:49:23","modified_gmt":"2019-11-11T20:49:23","slug":"amiina-kurr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tempelores.com\/?p=64","title":{"rendered":"Amiina – Kurr"},"content":{"rendered":"

Release date: 19-06-2007, Label: Ever records
\nBy: Elvira Visser<\/a><\/em><\/small><\/p>\n

\u00a0 Amiina is an all girl sting-quartet from Iceland. All four have classical backgrounds
\n\u00a0 but like to experiment with not only their sting instruments. When you listen
\n\u00a0 to the songs on this album you hear very weird instruments like singing saws,
\n\u00a0 clarinet, trombone, trumpet and a tuba. Also you hear key instruments like a
\n\u00a0 piano, synthesizer and a harmonium. These together with a carillon, xylophone,
\n\u00a0 a mandolin and even some wine glasses makes it very special to listen to.<\/p>\n

\u00a0 Their music can be described as a journey through a fairytale world with endless
\n\u00a0 paths of nostalgic and melancholy.<\/p>\n

\u00a0 After an EP in 2004 called \u201cAnimanimA\u201d, touring around the world
\n\u00a0 and a world tour with Sigur Ros (an Icelandic musician), it was time for a new
\n\u00a0 album called \u201cKurr\u201d, named after the sound that birds are said to
\n\u00a0 make in Iceland.<\/p>\n

\u00a0 The first song \u201cSogg\u201d on the album brings you immediately to this
\n\u00a0 safe and relaxed world. It creates something special with melancholic piano
\n\u00a0 tunes and little bells.
\n\u00a0 The second song starts with guitars and still sounds like melancholic relaxing
\n\u00a0 music, it continues and I wonder if they ever start singing or if this is just
\n\u00a0 a relaxing CD, but after some weird sounds of wineglasses and singing saws they
\n\u00a0 start singing together. Their voices fit perfectly together (changed the wordorder
\n\u00a0 here) and makes the songs a bit more energetic. They do not sing in words but
\n\u00a0 it is very melodious.
\n\u00a0 \u201cGlam\u00far\u201d has some deep and dark cello in it, which to me fits
\n\u00a0 perfectly and makes you wonder \u201cThis was a string band right\u201d?
\n\u00a0 It seemed that they left their violas and cello for a spine of the songs and
\n\u00a0 experimented with instrument we would not think of.<\/p>\n

\u00a0 These special instruments bring you different sounds, unusual in the pop music
\n\u00a0 today.
\n\u00a0 In the song \u201clori\u201d is seem to hear a harpsichord but soon the drums
\n\u00a0 seem to take over, balanced with a beautiful melody.
\n\u00a0 \u201cBl\u00e1feldur\u201d starts as a surprise, maybe one of the less surprising
\n\u00a0 moments on the CD, together with \u201cLori\u201d. This song has trumpets and
\n\u00a0 a tuba that lead you the way. The drums and these trumpets might take you a
\n\u00a0 little our of the fairy\/dream world and place you more in a medieval world with
\n\u00a0 castles, and armies marching.
\n\u00a0 I really like these 2 songs as they are a bit different then the others but
\n\u00a0 they still fit perfectly in the total flow of the album.
\n\u00a0 \u201cBoga\u201d starts slowly and get you back into the melancholic dream world
\n\u00a0 and is a good end to this cd, but maybe the length should be bit shorter, this
\n\u00a0 7:39 is quite long. Maybe they could have made 2 songs out of this.<\/p>\n

\u00a0 The mood from the first songs till the end seems to stick together. You can
\n\u00a0 hear kind of bell\/carillon sounds. It reminds me of those old little music boxes
\n\u00a0 which you can open and a little ballerina start to dance or those little music
\n\u00a0 boxes that makes you fall asleep as a kid.<\/p>\n

\u00a0 This album might get boring after a while, but if you like to escape reality
\n\u00a0 and end up in a dreamy world with beautiful melancholic music this is it. So
\n\u00a0 as I said many people will judge this as boring music, but I think it is a perfect
\n\u00a0 melancholic record without lyrics and really a piece of art work from these
\n\u00a0 4 Icelandic ladies.<\/p>\n\n\n
\u00a0 \u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0 1. Sogg
\n\u00a0 2. Rugla
\n\u00a0 3. Gl\u00e1mur
\n\u00a0 4. Seoul
\n\u00a0 5. L\u00fap\u00edna
\n\u00a0 6. Hilli
\n\u00a0 7. Sexfaldur
\n\u00a0 8. Kolapot
\n\u00a0 9. Saga
\n\u00a0 10. L\u00f3ri
\n\u00a0 11. Bl\u00e1feldur
\n\u00a0 12. Boga \u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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