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To listen to the album In The Silence in January 2014 (a Qobuzissime record!), you would discover a young Icelandic extra-terrestrial named Ásgeir Trausti Einarsson. At the age of just 21, this songwriter who grew up in the wilderness of Laugarbakki as part of a big family of musicians has followed in Bon Iver's footsteps (with a slightly falsetto voice that immediately brings to mind Justin Vernon). A kind of folktronica built on various instruments and electronic sounds, full of airy and melancholic ambiances, his style leans on lyrics taken from poems by his 72-year-old father! The lyrics are translated into English by his collaborator John Grant. An icon for fans back home thanks to his first album Dyrd í dauðathogn which has beaten sales records ever since its 2012 release (and of which In The Silence was the English version), Ásgeir returns with Afterglow in a fusion of dreamy levity (his falsetto still working miracles), folk values and electro sparks. This time it is hard not to be reminded of his relation to the world of Bon Iver, but for this 2017 vintage, it recurs in a form that's sometimes poppy, or even with notes of soul. And if the element of (pleasant) surprise of In The Silence is no longer there, Afterglow still shows the originality of the Icelander's approach, like a very personal re-reading of the Pixies' Where Is My Mind ?. © CM/Qobuz
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Samuel Jon Samuelsson, Horn, Trombone - Mandy Parnell, Mastering Engineer - Kjartan Hakonarson, Trumpet - Ásgeir, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ásgeir Trausti Einarsson, Composer, Producer, Engineer, Guitar, Percussion, Piano, Mixing Engineer, Bass, Synthesizer, Vocal - Júlíus Aðalsteinn Róbertsson, Synthesizer - Einar Georg Einarsson, Lyricist - SIGURÐUR GUÐMUNDSSON, Assistant Engineer - FRIÐJÓN JÓNSSON, Assistant Engineer - Óskar Guðjónsson, Saxophone - Bjarni Frimann Bjarnason, Strings, Other - Þorsteinn Einarsson, Translator - Guðmundur Kristinn Jónsson, Producer, Engineer, Mixing Engineer - Kristinn Snær Agnarsson, Drums, Percussion - Daníel Trausti Róbertsson, Assistant Engineer
(P) 2017 One Little Indian, under exclusive license to Columbia Records, a Division of Sony Music Entertainment
Mandy Parnell, Mastering Engineer - Ásgeir, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ásgeir Trausti Einarsson, Composer, Producer, Drums, Engineer, Guitar, Programmer, Mixing Engineer, Bass, Synthesizer, Vocal - SIGURÐUR GUÐMUNDSSON, Assistant Engineer - FRIÐJÓN JÓNSSON, Assistant Engineer - Þorsteinn Einarsson, Lyricist - Guðmundur Kristinn Jónsson, Producer, Engineer, Mixing Engineer - Daníel Trausti Róbertsson, Assistant Engineer
(P) 2017 One Little Indian, under exclusive license to Columbia Records, a Division of Sony Music Entertainment
Mandy Parnell, Mastering Engineer - Högni Egilsson, Lyricist - Ásgeir, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ásgeir Trausti Einarsson, Composer, Producer, Engineer, Guitar, Mixing Engineer, Bass, Synthesizer, Vocal - SIGURÐUR GUÐMUNDSSON, Assistant Engineer, Synthesizer - FRIÐJÓN JÓNSSON, Assistant Engineer - Þorsteinn Einarsson, Guitar - Guðmundur Kristinn Jónsson, Producer, Engineer, Mixing Engineer - Kristinn Snær Agnarsson, Drums - Daníel Trausti Róbertsson, Assistant Engineer
(P) 2017 One Little Indian, under exclusive license to Columbia Records, a Division of Sony Music Entertainment
Mandy Parnell, Mastering Engineer - Ásgeir, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ásgeir Trausti Einarsson, Composer, Producer, Drums, Engineer, Guitar, Piano, Mixing Engineer, Bass, Synthesizer, Vocal - Júlíus Aðalsteinn Róbertsson, Lyricist - SIGURÐUR GUÐMUNDSSON, Assistant Engineer - FRIÐJÓN JÓNSSON, Assistant Engineer - Helgi Svavar Helgason, Drums - Þorsteinn Einarsson, Guitar, Translator - Guðmundur Kristinn Jónsson, Producer, Engineer, Mixing Engineer - Daníel Trausti Róbertsson, Assistant Engineer
(P) 2017 One Little Indian, under exclusive license to Columbia Records, a Division of Sony Music Entertainment
Mandy Parnell, Mastering Engineer - Ásgeir, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ásgeir Trausti Einarsson, Composer, Producer, Drums, Engineer, Guitar, Piano, Mixing Engineer, Synthesizer, Harmonium, Vocal - SIGURÐUR GUÐMUNDSSON, Assistant Engineer - FRIÐJÓN JÓNSSON, Assistant Engineer - Þorsteinn Einarsson, Lyricist - Guðmundur Kristinn Jónsson, Producer, Engineer, Mixing Engineer - Daníel Trausti Róbertsson, Assistant Engineer
(P) 2017 One Little Indian, under exclusive license to Columbia Records, a Division of Sony Music Entertainment
Mandy Parnell, Mastering Engineer - Ásgeir, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ásgeir Trausti Einarsson, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Engineer, Piano, Mixing Engineer, Synthesizer, Vocal - SIGURÐUR GUÐMUNDSSON, Assistant Engineer - FRIÐJÓN JÓNSSON, Assistant Engineer - Guðmundur Kristinn Jónsson, Producer, Engineer, Mixing Engineer - Daníel Trausti Róbertsson, Assistant Engineer
(P) 2017 One Little Indian, under exclusive license to Columbia Records, a Division of Sony Music Entertainment
Mandy Parnell, Mastering Engineer - Ásgeir, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ásgeir Trausti Einarsson, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Drums, Engineer, Guitar, Programmer, Mixing Engineer, Bass, Synthesizer, Vocal - SIGURÐUR GUÐMUNDSSON, Assistant Engineer - FRIÐJÓN JÓNSSON, Assistant Engineer - Þorsteinn Einarsson, Lyricist, Guitar - Guðmundur Kristinn Jónsson, Producer, Engineer, Programmer, Mixing Engineer - Kristinn Snær Agnarsson, Drums - Daníel Trausti Róbertsson, Assistant Engineer - Ingi Björn Ingason, Bass
(P) 2017 One Little Indian, under exclusive license to Columbia Records, a Division of Sony Music Entertainment
Samuel Jon Samuelsson, Horn, Trombone - Mandy Parnell, Mastering Engineer - Kjartan Hakonarson, Fluegelhorn - Nils Törnqvist, Drums - Ásgeir, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ásgeir Trausti Einarsson, Composer, Producer, Engineer, Guitar, Keyboards, Piano, Mixing Engineer, Vocal - SIGURÐUR GUÐMUNDSSON, Assistant Engineer - FRIÐJÓN JÓNSSON, Assistant Engineer - Óskar Guðjónsson, Saxophone - Þorsteinn Einarsson, Lyricist - Guðmundur Kristinn Jónsson, Producer, Engineer, Programmer, Mixing Engineer - Daníel Trausti Róbertsson, Assistant Engineer
(P) 2017 One Little Indian, under exclusive license to Columbia Records, a Division of Sony Music Entertainment
Samuel Jon Samuelsson, Horn, Trombone - Mandy Parnell, Mastering Engineer - Kjartan Hakonarson, Fluegelhorn - Ásgeir, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ásgeir Trausti Einarsson, Composer, Producer, Engineer, Guitar, Percussion, Piano, Mixing Engineer, Bass, Synthesizer, Vocal - Einar Georg Einarsson, Lyricist - SIGURÐUR GUÐMUNDSSON, Assistant Engineer - FRIÐJÓN JÓNSSON, Assistant Engineer - Óskar Guðjónsson, Saxophone - Þorsteinn Einarsson, Translator - Guðmundur Kristinn Jónsson, Producer, Engineer, Mixing Engineer - Kristinn Snær Agnarsson, Drums, Percussion - Daníel Trausti Róbertsson, Assistant Engineer
(P) 2017 One Little Indian, under exclusive license to Columbia Records, a Division of Sony Music Entertainment
Samuel Jon Samuelsson, Horn, Trombone - Mandy Parnell, Mastering Engineer - Ásgeir, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ásgeir Trausti Einarsson, Composer, Producer, Engineer, Guitar, Mandolin, Piano, Programmer, Mixing Engineer, Bass, Synthesizer, Vocal - Júlíus Aðalsteinn Róbertsson, Lyricist - SIGURÐUR GUÐMUNDSSON, Assistant Engineer - FRIÐJÓN JÓNSSON, Assistant Engineer - Óskar Guðjónsson, Saxophone - Bjarni Frimann Bjarnason, Strings, Other - Ari Bragi Karason, Trumpet - Þorsteinn Einarsson, Translator - Guðmundur Kristinn Jónsson, Producer, Engineer, Mixing Engineer - Daníel Trausti Róbertsson, Assistant Engineer - Helgi Kristjánsson, Drums
(P) 2017 One Little Indian, under exclusive license to Columbia Records, a Division of Sony Music Entertainment
Mandy Parnell, Mastering Engineer - Ásgeir, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ásgeir Trausti Einarsson, Composer, Producer, Engineer, Piano, Mixing Engineer, Synthesizer, Vocal - Júlíus Aðalsteinn Róbertsson, Lyricist, Vocal - SIGURÐUR GUÐMUNDSSON, Assistant Engineer, Vocal - FRIÐJÓN JÓNSSON, Assistant Engineer - Bjarni Frimann Bjarnason, Strings - Guðmundur Kristinn Jónsson, Producer, Engineer, Mixing Engineer - Daníel Trausti Róbertsson, Assistant Engineer
(P) 2017 One Little Indian, under exclusive license to Columbia Records, a Division of Sony Music Entertainment
Mandy Parnell, Mastering Engineer - Ásgeir, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ásgeir Trausti Einarsson, Composer, Producer, Engineer, Guitar, Percussion, Piano, Programmer, Mixing Engineer, Bass, Synthesizer, Vocal - Einar Georg Einarsson, Lyricist - SIGURÐUR GUÐMUNDSSON, Assistant Engineer - FRIÐJÓN JÓNSSON, Assistant Engineer - Þorsteinn Einarsson, Translator - Guðmundur Kristinn Jónsson, Producer, Engineer, Mixing Engineer - Kristinn Snær Agnarsson, Drums - Daníel Trausti Róbertsson, Assistant Engineer
(P) 2017 One Little Indian, under exclusive license to Columbia Records, a Division of Sony Music Entertainment
Mandy Parnell, Mastering Engineer - Ásgeir, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ásgeir Trausti Einarsson, Composer, Producer, Drums, Engineer, Guitar, Mixing Engineer, Bass, Synthesizer, Vocal - SIGURÐUR GUÐMUNDSSON, Assistant Engineer - FRIÐJÓN JÓNSSON, Assistant Engineer - Þorsteinn Einarsson, Lyricist - Guðmundur Kristinn Jónsson, Producer, Engineer, Mixing Engineer - Daníel Trausti Róbertsson, Assistant Engineer
(P) 2017 One Little Indian, under exclusive license to Columbia Records, a Division of Sony Music Entertainment
Black Francis, Composer, Lyricist - Mandy Parnell, Mastering Engineer - Ásgeir, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ásgeir Trausti Einarsson, Producer, Engineer, Guitar, Percussion, Piano, Programmer, Mixing Engineer, Synthesizer, Vocal - Júlíus Aðalsteinn Róbertsson, Other - SIGURÐUR GUÐMUNDSSON, Assistant Engineer - FRIÐJÓN JÓNSSON, Assistant Engineer - Guðmundur Kristinn Jónsson, Producer, Engineer, Mixing Engineer - Daníel Trausti Róbertsson, Assistant Engineer
(P) 2017 One Little Indian, under exclusive license to Columbia Records, a Division of Sony Music Entertainment
Mandy Parnell, Mastering Engineer - Ásgeir, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ásgeir Trausti Einarsson, Composer, Producer, Engineer, Guitar, Percussion, Piano, Mixing Engineer, Synthesizer, Vocal - Einar Georg Einarsson, Lyricist - SIGURÐUR GUÐMUNDSSON, Assistant Engineer - FRIÐJÓN JÓNSSON, Assistant Engineer - Þorsteinn Einarsson, Translator - Guðmundur Kristinn Jónsson, Producer, Engineer, Mixing Engineer - Daníel Trausti Róbertsson, Assistant Engineer
(P) 2017 One Little Indian, under exclusive license to Columbia Records, a Division of Sony Music Entertainment
Album review
To listen to the album In The Silence in January 2014 (a Qobuzissime record!), you would discover a young Icelandic extra-terrestrial named Ásgeir Trausti Einarsson. At the age of just 21, this songwriter who grew up in the wilderness of Laugarbakki as part of a big family of musicians has followed in Bon Iver's footsteps (with a slightly falsetto voice that immediately brings to mind Justin Vernon). A kind of folktronica built on various instruments and electronic sounds, full of airy and melancholic ambiances, his style leans on lyrics taken from poems by his 72-year-old father! The lyrics are translated into English by his collaborator John Grant. An icon for fans back home thanks to his first album Dyrd í dauðathogn which has beaten sales records ever since its 2012 release (and of which In The Silence was the English version), Ásgeir returns with Afterglow in a fusion of dreamy levity (his falsetto still working miracles), folk values and electro sparks. This time it is hard not to be reminded of his relation to the world of Bon Iver, but for this 2017 vintage, it recurs in a form that's sometimes poppy, or even with notes of soul. And if the element of (pleasant) surprise of In The Silence is no longer there, Afterglow still shows the originality of the Icelander's approach, like a very personal re-reading of the Pixies' Where Is My Mind ?. © CM/Qobuz
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 15 track(s)
- Total length: 00:59:25
- Main artists: Ásgeir
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: One Little Indian - Columbia
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock Alternative & Indie
(P) 2017 One Little Indian, under exclusive license to Columbia Records, a Division of Sony Music Entertainment
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