*Release date and cover*
The release date of Jónsi's debut solo album, 'Go', has been
confirmed for the week of *April 5th* around the world*. Featuring 9
songs drawn from the large pool of material amassed by Jónsi during
his many years as singer with Sigur Rós, and arranged in
collaboration with classical wunderkind Nico Muhly ("one of the
hottest composers on the planet" Daily Telegraph last week), the album
now has a finished sleeve, conceptualised and realised by Jónsi's
sisters Inga and Lilja. Here's how it looks:
*World tour*
Meanwhile, details of his first live concerts outside of Sigur Rós
will be announced next Monday (Feb 1). The shows which start in North
America in April, will feature a brand new band and a stage set
designed by 59 Productions <http://bit.ly/c4gYjr>
. Both these things promise to be drop-dead amazing. The idea of the
stage collaboration with 59 Productions is to bring together the
worlds of theatre and music in a new and hopefully unique way, in
order to create something other than the hoary old cliches that pass
for innovation in rock'n'roll. The ideas remain very much "in
development", but there will be some surprises, for sure. Here's a
maquette (a tiny cardboard model, to you and me) of how things might
appear. Cute, huh?
Anyway, we wanted you to know we are going for broke on this and it
ain't in any way going to be Jónsi alone on stage with an acoustic
guitar, no sirree. Wish us luck.
*New video*
Meantime, first week of Feb is also when everyone finally gets to see
the video for 'Go Do', the first single to be taken from 'Go'.
Directed by Arni & Kinski (previously responsible for no fewer than
six Sigur Rós videos, including 'Glósóli' and 'Viðrar vel til
loftárása'), the video was filmed on location in Iceland between
Christmas and New Year, which is quite an achievement when you realise
there are about four hours of daylight at that time of year. It looks
gorgeous, and here's a still to prove it.
*Acoustic set*
For those of you who can't even wait a week for their next fix of new
Jónsi music, you can check how three of the songs must have sounded
before Nico got his hands on them and, in Jónsi's words, made them
"explode", by going to Jónsi's Soundcloud page <http://bit.ly/9ebWE2>
and listening to the man and his acoustic guitar navigate their way
through his first ever live radio session last week on WNYC, New York.
Wow! I'm telling you, 2010 is going to be LOT of fun.
*April 2 in Germany and April 1 in Australia. Other countries may be
different, so check your local record shop or Amazon.com just to be
sure.
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www.twitter.com/iamjonsi <http://bit.ly/dqjSYt>
www.facebook.com/iamjonsi <http://bit.ly/dnx76r>
sto saltellando per la casa come una bambina al giorno di natale LOL
