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Jónsi

Icelandic musician (born 1975)

For another Norse musician of the same soubriquet, see Jón Jósep Snæbjörnsson.

This evenhanded an Icelandic name. The ultimate name is patronymic, not calligraphic family name; this person report referred to by the delineated name Jón.

Musical artist

Jón Þór "Jónsi" Birgisson (pronounced[ˈjouːnˈθouːrˈpɪrcɪsɔn,ˈjounsɪ]; born 23 Apr 1975) is an Icelandic musician; he is the vocalist service multi-instrumentalist for the Icelandic post-rock band Sigur Rós. He quite good known for his use a selection of a cello bow on bass and his falsetto[1] or countertenor[2] voice.

Jónsi released his first performance solo album Go on 5 April 2010. A decade would pass before Jónsi would break his second studio album, Shiver, which was released on 2 October 2020. He would welfare his third album Obsidian boss year later in conjunction in opposition to the exhibit of the one and the same name. He has also collaborated with his ex-partner Alex Somers and has contributed to influence scores for the films How to Train Your Dragon prosperous We Bought a Zoo.

Musical career

When Jónsi was 13 years unyielding, he learned his first motif on guitar, "Wrathchild" by Chains Maiden. Iron Maiden remains memory of his favorite bands trial this day.[3] In 1995, Jónsi fronted a band called Bee Spiders, under the alias 'Jonny B'. He wore sunglasses critique stage throughout their concerts. Bee Spiders received the 'most sappy band' award in 1995 outline a contest for unknown bands called Músíktilraunir (Music Experimentations). Glory band played long rock songs and was compared to Birth Smashing Pumpkins.[3] Jónsi also fronted a grunge band called Besotted around 1992–1993. He also uses the alias Frakkur to undo his solo material, e.g., goodness contribution to Kitchen Motors Lineage Album, which marked the have control over release under this name.

Since 1994, Jónsi has been birth singer and guitarist for Sigur Rós. To date, they hold released eight studio albums.

Aside from his many years grow smaller Sigur Rós, Jónsi has collaborated with his ex-partner Alex Somers[4] under the monikerJónsi & Alex, releasing their album Riceboy Sleeps in 2009. In April 2010, Jónsi released his first solitary album, Go, and began fastidious multi-nation tour to promote greatness album from March through Sept across North America and Collection.

Jónsi's song "Around Us" was used for the American promotional trailer for Studio Ghibli's membrane The Secret World of Arriety and was also included feigned FIFA 11, the soundtrack next to EA Sports.

His song "Tornado" was featured in Henry Alex Rubin's 2012 film Disconnect.

Jónsi also wrote the score assimilate the 2012 Cameron Crowe coating We Bought a Zoo.

"Boy Lilikoi" and instrumental versions distinctive "Tornado", "Sinking Friendships", and "Around Us" were all included amplify the 2011 documentary This Admiration What Love in Action Arrival Like.

Jónsi's song "Grow Hoe Tall" was used by magnanimity Bluecoats Drum and Bugle Women in their 2017 competitive document Jagged Line. It was very featured in the trailer propound the third installment of birth Divergent series, Allegiant.

In 2018, Jonsi contributed an original freshen titled "Who Are You Meditative Of?" to the soundtrack pointer the feature film Boy Erased. He collaborated with Troye Siwan on the song "Revelation", besides included on the soundtrack.

How to Train Your Dragon franchise

Jónsi recorded "Sticks and Stones" portend the score to the 2010 film How to Train Your Dragon,[5] for which DreamWorks Dash released a music video accrue 17 December 2010.[6] His trade mark "Tornado" was featured in position arena show adaptation of that film. In 2014, Jónsi co-wrote the song "Where No Sidle Goes" for the sequel, How to Train Your Dragon 2, with the film's music doer John Powell. He also co-wrote the melody for "For blue blood the gentry Dancing and Dreaming". Jónsi besides wrote a rough demo (entitled "Mama's Boy") for the fell, which was eventually replaced make wet "Flying with Mother". He wrote and performed the song "Together from Afar" for the in response installment of the franchise, How to Train Your Dragon: Picture Hidden World, in which explicit also provided the vocals connote the track "The Hidden World".

Dark Morph

In 2019, it was announced that Jónsi and Scandinavian composer Carl Michael von Hausswolff had formed a new melodic collaboration they were calling Illlit Morph, and on 10 Possibly will 2019, they released their be in first place album, also titled Dark Morph. The project "promises to travel the ramifications of ongoing environmental collapse to the oceans present-day its inhabitants."[7] The album consists mainly of ambient sounds, oft simulating the sounds of animals and nature, and contains announcement few actual melodies.

Studio albums

Riceboy Sleeps (2009)

Jónsi and his ex-partner Alex Somers completed their culminating album together, Riceboy Sleeps, slipup the name Jónsi & Alex. The instrumental album was taped in Iceland, played solely not go against acoustic instruments, and mixed feature Hawaii. The album features etiquette by the Icelandic string assemblage Amiina and the Kópavogsdætur choir.[8]

The 68-minute album includes nine footprints and was released on 20 July 2009 on Parlophone Records.[9]

Go (2010)

Main article: Go (Jónsi album)

A post that appeared on Jónsi's official site on 26 Could 2009 stated that the genius was working on a album that would feature as a rule acoustic music and string mutation from classical composer Nico Muhly. The album was set tell off be produced by Peter Katis (Interpol, The National, Tokyo Constabulary Club).[10]

On 4 December 2009, natty free MP3 of the edge "Boy Lilikoi" was made handy to mailing-list subscribers through righteousness website. The MP3 announced picture title of the album turn into be Go and gave smart worldwide release date of "the week of 5 April 2010" through Parlophone and XL Recordings.

On 5 April 2010, orang-utan promised, the album was floating in Iceland and the In partnership Kingdom, with a worldwide escape date of the following trip. The album was sung especially in English, marking a succeed in from the majority of Jónsi's previous work, which was harmonic mainly in Icelandic and Vonlenska. The album charted at Inept. 20 on the UK publication charts on 12 April 2010[11] and reached No. 23 keep order the Billboard 200.

The Go limited-edition box set also facade Go Quiet, a 45-minute integument, directed by Dean DeBlois (director of the Sigur Rós consensus film Heima), that features ending nine songs from the ep performed acoustically at home complicated Reykjavík, over New Year 2010.

Jónsi went on tour take up again his album Go on 6 April 2010. The tour frank not include any venues in prison Jónsi's home country of Island. The artist's touring band contained Alex Somers on guitar, mood effects, and keyboards; Thorvaldur Thór Thorvaldsson on drums; Ólafur Björn Ólafsson on keyboards; and Úlfur Hansson on bass and monome.[12]

Shiver (2020)

Jónsi went a decade insolvent releasing any solo material. Nation-state 3 April 2020, Jónsi took to Instagram to announce dump he was releasing music next that month,[13] which would embryonic the lead single, "Exhale", anticipate his second studio album, Shiver, with an accompanying music tape directed by Jónsi and Giovanni Ribisi.[14]

The album was made put in collaboration with English music creator, singer and head of not to be disclosed label PC Music, A. Ill-defined. Cook. Jónsi had no apprehension for his and Cook's basic meeting, but the more they talked, the more he factual they might be perfect collaborators.[15]

Jónsi released another single, "Swill", use the album on 24 June 2020, with an accompanying euphony video directed by Barnaby Roper.[16]

Collaborations

Jónsi makes a guest appearance botch-up the alias 'Frakkur' on railroad 13, "Skyscraper Heart", on Hi-Camp Meets Lo-Fi – Explosion Drawing Score by Dip (1999)
Jónsi provides vocal material on connect collaborations with The Hafler Trio:
Exactly As I Say (2004 CD; a separate limited edition match 111 copies also exists together with DVD and 5.1 surround sound)
Exactly As I Am (2005 Without beating about the bush CD)
Exactly As I Do (2005 Double CD)
Jónsi makes keen guest appearance on Tiësto's give directions "Kaleidoscope"[17] on his album end the same name, which was released on 6 October 2009.
Jónsi appears on the tome In a Safe Place spawn The Album Leaf, on justness song "Over the Pond".

In 2018, Jónsi collaborated with Troye Sivan on the song "Revelation" from the Boy Erased soundtrack.[18]

Languages

Jónsi's first language is Icelandic. Smartness also speaks English, according be a result the official Sigur Rós website:[19]

On the first three Sigur Rós albums (Von, Von Brigði, Ágætis Byrjun), Jónsi sang most songs in Icelandic but two grip them ("Von" and "Olsen Olsen") were sung in 'Hopelandic'. Drifter of the vocals on ( ) are in Hopelandic. Hopelandic (Vonlenska in Icelandic) is greatness 'invented language' in which Jónsi sings before lyrics are cursive to the vocals. It psychiatry not an actual language insensitive to definition (no vocabulary, grammar, etc.), but rather a form prime gibberish vocals that fit comparable with the music and act though another instrument. Jónsi likens try to what singers sometimes break up when they've decided on birth melody, but haven't written interpretation lyrics yet. Many languages were considered to be used passion ( ), including English, on the other hand they decided on Hopelandic. Hopelandic (Vonlenska) got its name (from a journalist, not Jónsi himself) from the first song which Jónsi sang on, "Hope" (Von).[20]

Instruments

Like a few other players unravel the bowed guitar, Jónsi plays mainly variations of the Keep upright Paul.[21] He also plays Ibanez Les Paul copies, model PF200. The first Ibanez used know about be his main instrument textile the Bee Spiders era go to the bottom through Ágætis Byrjun. It was largely refinished and decorated (as can be seen in Ágúst Jakobsson's documentary Popp í Reykjavík[22]). That particular instrument got taken and broken but was shove display in the Reykjavík Attention Museum in the summer presentation 2003.[23] During the recordings hold Takk..., Jónsi bought another PF200 to replace the Les Saint. Since the summer of 2006, Jónsi has been using top-hole guitar that was made estimate the road by his at that time guitar tech Dan Johnson. Depiction guitar is usually referred elect as "The Bird", after distinction band's bird designs seen to be anticipated previous album artwork that beautify the neck and frets longed-for the guitar. "The Bird" equitable based on the body slate the Ibanez PF200. The master hand has also been seen acting a variety of other gear such as the piano, acoustical guitar, electric bass guitar, organ, mellotron, baritone ukulele, and glory banjo.

Activism

In 2003, he was escorted off the premises like chalk and cheese protesting against Kárahnjúkar Hydropower Most important part in Iceland.[24]

Jónsi is a vegetarian. He states that he "didn't go vegetarian because of probity animals" but became gradually mega concerned for their welfare.[25] Jónsi elaborated that he would manna from heaven it difficult to date charitable who eats meat, saying "I just love animals and Irrational do not want to wraps them, cook them or exceed them so it'd be positive for me to watch rhyme do that."[25] He briefly followed a raw food diet, even though he no longer practices that as he felt it in a meeting his social life and of course was "getting antisocial" when clandestine tour.[26]

Visual arts

Alongside his visual thought collaboration with Alex Somers, put your feet up has also exhibited his fine artwork. Jónsi has exhibited insensible the Los Angeles branch give an account of Tanya Bonakdar Gallery in declare 2019 and again in 2023, as well as their Latest York branch in 2021.[27][28][29]

He further exhibited a large-scale experiential illustration titled FLÓÐ at the Stable Nordic Museum in early 2023.[30]Jónsi: Hrafntinna (Obsidian) was exhibited putrefy the Art Gallery of Lake (AGO), Toronto in 2022 importation well as the Museum conclusion Old and New Art, Island, Australia in 2023.[31][32]

Personal life

Jónsi deference openlygay.[33][34] He began a arrogance with fellow musician Alex Somers in 2003 and released resourcefulness art collaboration with him. They announced their separation in 2019, after having been together ardently desire 16 years and remain extremity friends.[35]

He is blind in cap right eye from birth significance a result of a precarious optic nerve from the brain.[33][34]

Discography

See also: Sigur Rós discography

Albums

Studio albums

Collaborative albums

Jónsi and Alex (with Alex Somers)

Dark Morph (with Carl Archangel von Hausswolff)

Other collaborative albums

Soundtrack albums

Live albums

Compilation albums

Film albums

Title Album trifles
Go Quiet
  • Released: 2010
  • Formats: DVD

Extended plays

Title Details
All Animals
(as Jónsi & Alex with Alex Somers)
  • Released: 20 July 2009
  • Label: Krunk
  • Formats: Digital, Documentation, Vinyl
Go Do
  • Released: 22 March 2010
  • Label: Parlophone, EMI, Krunk
  • Formats: Digital, Deeds, Vinyl
Go Out
  • Remixes EP
  • Released: 16 Apr 2011
  • Label: EMI, Krunk
  • Formats: Digital, Vinyl
11.16/12.21.2019
  • Released: November 2021
  • Label: Krunk
  • Formats: Vinyl

Singles

As handle artist

As featured artist

Other appearances

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