Riceboy Sleeps
General
| Aug 2009
Reviews
Colin Raffel
Reviewed 2009-11-01
Reviewed 2009-11-01
Group consisting of Jonsi from Sigur Rós and his boyfriend Alex.. As a comparison, this is like sigur rós without the drums, singing, or guitar, except it's not minimal. Really pretty, warm and well-crafted ambient music. Some electronics as well as traditional instruments. Not a whole lot of rhythm but the songs are well structured. It's been shown that if you listen to this while you sleep you'll have REALLY GOOD DREAMS. Vocals can get cheesy but seriously great music that I hesitate to call ambient because there's more to it than that. If only sigur rós made songs like this all along. No FCCs (all words are in "hopelandic").
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*** 1) Orchestral swirling with reverb, synths etc then just strings, then some environmental sound and a soft piano out.
2) Starts with glitched piano and then softness comes in, some horns and other electronics/ambience. Singing comes in. It all washes together, then fades to singing and fireworks.
3) Piano and distorted echos. Maybe turns into music box sounds, then orchestral stuff and traditional sigur rós singing, outro is a really long-held vocal note.
*** 4) Repeating piano sequence with strings leads into choral singing. Meshes together and then some clicks, and really long-sustained string sounds.
5) Grainy clicks and reverb leads into basically church-like vocals. Turns to reverb.
*** 6) Pianos and field recording fade into glitched strings then back into pianos and field recordings. Leads into the next track...
*** 7) ... from the previous track to choral swirls swells and clicks
*** 8) Electronic swells and strums, static, and more field recordings, fades out then back in with choral singing, then organs and electronic animal growling.
*** 9) Lots of organ-like drones, static and clicking
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*** 1) Orchestral swirling with reverb, synths etc then just strings, then some environmental sound and a soft piano out.
2) Starts with glitched piano and then softness comes in, some horns and other electronics/ambience. Singing comes in. It all washes together, then fades to singing and fireworks.
3) Piano and distorted echos. Maybe turns into music box sounds, then orchestral stuff and traditional sigur rós singing, outro is a really long-held vocal note.
*** 4) Repeating piano sequence with strings leads into choral singing. Meshes together and then some clicks, and really long-sustained string sounds.
5) Grainy clicks and reverb leads into basically church-like vocals. Turns to reverb.
*** 6) Pianos and field recording fade into glitched strings then back into pianos and field recordings. Leads into the next track...
*** 7) ... from the previous track to choral swirls swells and clicks
*** 8) Electronic swells and strums, static, and more field recordings, fades out then back in with choral singing, then organs and electronic animal growling.
*** 9) Lots of organ-like drones, static and clicking
Recent airplay
Atlas Song
A Family Affair — Nov 15, 2012
Sleeping Giant
Folktronic — Apr 11, 2010
Stekkseyri
Folktronic — Feb 11, 2010
Indian Summer, Atlas Song
Folktronic — Jan 03, 2010
Boy 1904
FLASHBANG RADIO (BE/WOR)ST OF 2009 — Dec 06, 2009
Atlas Song
The DJ Never Has It — Dec 04, 2009
Charting
2009-11-08 — 2010-01-10
| Week Ending | Airplays |
|---|---|
| Jan 10 | 1 |
| Dec 13 | 1 |
| Dec 6 | 1 |
| Nov 29 | 1 |
| Nov 15 | 1 |
Track listing
| 1. | Happiness | ||
| 2. | Atlas Song | ||
| 3. | Indian Summer | ||
| 4. | Stekkseyri | ||
| 5. | Boy 1904 | ||
| 6. | All The Big Trees | ||
| 7. | Daniell In The Sea | ||
| 8. | Howl | ||
| 9. | Sleeping Giant |