Valgeir Sigurðsson
Perhaps best known as the founder of the Bedroom Community label, as well as a long-term collaborator with fellow Icelander Björk, producer and composer Valgeir Sigurðsson's musical journey began with classical guitar lessons as a young boy. As his interest in music grew, his attention turned to producing, and by the age of 16, Sigurðsson had found a job at a small local recording studio. He went on to obtain a Tonmeister degree from London's prestigious SAE institute, after which he put his production talents to work by establishing Greenhouse Studios in Reykjavik. The studio served Sigurðsson very well as a space to develop his own ideas of contemporary and neo-classical music production, and, since its founding in 1997, has been utilized by musical giants such as Brian Eno, Feist, the XX, Owen Pallett, Bonnie "Prince" Billy, and, of course, Björk. It was with Björk that Sigurðsson rose to prominence, contributing to her albums Selmasongs, Vespertine, and Medúlla, as well as working on the soundtrack for Lars von Trier's musical drama Dancer in the Dark.
Some of the world’s best-known ensembles and orchestras have performed his scores, which often utilize both electronic and acoustic instrumentation, and his musical theater piece, Wide Slumber for Lepidopterists, picked up the Music Theater Now award in 2016. His solo releases began with 2007's Ekvílibríum, which featured guest appearances from Bonnie "Prince" Billy, Ólöf Arnalds, Dawn McCarthy, and drummer Samuli Kosminen from fellow Icelandic band múm. His soundtrack to the 2010 environmental documentary Draumalandið, or Dreamland, drew plaudits for its powerful motifs and creativeness, as well as its excellent use of collaborators, all pulled from the Bedroom Community label roster, of course. His third solo release, a score for Stephen Petronio's ballet of 2012 entitled Architecture of Loss, featured the American composer and Bedroom Community artist Nico Muhly on piano. The album garnered a high level of praise for its melding of emotive chamber music with microtonal electronics. Sigurðsson returned in 2017 with another solo outing, the evocative Dissonance.
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Discography
14 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Dissonance
Classical - Released by Bedroom Community on 21 Apr 2017
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Draumalandið
Classical - Released by Bedroom Community on 28 Feb 2010
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Ekvílibrium
Alternative & Indie - Released by Bedroom Community on 11 Sep 2007
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Mutter Courage
Helgi Jonsson, Valgeir Sigurðsson
Vocal Music (Secular and Sacred) - Released by Bedroom Community on 13 Oct 2023
24-Bit 88.2 kHz - Stereo -
Architecture of Loss
Electronic - Released by Bedroom Community on 24 Sep 2012
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Draumalandið
Classical - Released by Bedroom Community on 28 Feb 2010
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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Architecture of Loss
Classical - Released by Bedroom Community on 24 Sep 2012
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Raindamage
Nordic Affect, Hlynur Aðils Vilmarsson, Úlfur Hansson, Valgeir Sigurðsson
Classical - Released by Sono Luminus on 17 Feb 2017
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
An Acceptable Loss (Original Soundtrack)
Electronic - Released by Bedroom Community on 20 Dec 2019
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
The County (Original Soundtrack)
Electronic - Released by Bedroom Community on 10 Jan 2020
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Little Moscow (Original Score)
Film Soundtracks - Released by Bedroom Community on 15 Nov 2018
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
The County // Reworks
Electronic - Released by Bedroom Community on 3 Jul 2020
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Shakespeare's the Tempest Prologue i. (Original Score)
James Dacre, Giles Terera, Valgeir Sigurðsson
Film Soundtracks - Released by Filmtrax Ltd. on 12 Aug 2021
24-Bit 44.1 kHz - Stereo