björk and sigur rós náttúra concert footage part 1
June 28, 2008
here are a few videos that have surfaced so far. they aren’t the national geographic webcast, they’re audience filmed so they’re kind of shaky at times, but this will have to suffice till the real one pops up. i absolutely love to watch björk bang on that drum. she looks so genuinely happy. there’s a real innocence to it like a child that plays with the box instead of the toy that came in it. she’s just wonderful.
update: i received an email from sigur rós saying,
“if you miss the live webcast, there will be an on-demand stream available from National Geographic’s web site next week.”
björk and sigur rós are joining icelandic forces to perform a free concert in their hometown of reykjavik to raise awareness of the destruction of iceland’s natural landscapes.
the concert will be webcast live on saturday june 28th from 7pm-10pm gmt (3pm-6pm est) on national geographic music.
in a recent press statement, the queen of the oddity, björk herself said:
“Too often battles being fought for nature turn into something negative and into mudslinging,” “We will not go that way, we are not saying that this and that is forbidden, we are rather asking ‘what about all these other possibilities?’ The 21st century is not going to be another oil century but rather a century where we need to recycle, think green and design both power plants and our surroundings in harmony with nature.”
both björk and sigur rós have new albums out. björk released “volta” last year, and sigur rós released “Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust” just last tuesday.
visit náttúra’s website for more information.
if you miss the live feed i’ll hunt down the video and post it here if it comes available.
update: i received an email from sigur rós saying,
“if you miss the live webcast, there will be an on-demand stream available from National Geographic’s web site next week.”
björk’s myspace
sigur rós’ myspace
stream sigur ros’ new album now
June 10, 2008
click here to stream sigur ros’ entire new album, “med sud i eyrum vid spilum endalaust.” the album releases two weeks from today, june 24th. while you’re listening to the new album you can pre-order it from the same place in various formats. this album does contain one track in english, “all alright,” but all the rest are in icelandic. enjoy.
currently listening to…
April 3, 2008
takk… by sigur ros
this second i am listening to track 8, “gong.” beautiful song. i love to listen to sigur ros when i paint. i either listen to them or bjork. love the ambiance.
