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.. modern soundscapes meets folk

in advance of new music from ben frost in 2017, bedroom community is excited to present the definitive recorded version of his 2013 opera and directorial stage debut, the wasp factory, based on the novel by the late iain banks.
setting his unwitting characters against the backdrop of vast, implacable forces of nature - storm, sea, fire, and even their own madness - frost reaches deep into his formidable arsenal to reveal an unexpected warmth, from the composer of electronic experiments like aurora and theory of machines. the focus here is on the live sound of the reykjavík sinfonia, recorded in abbey road’s studio ii and, for the first time, the human voice. he sets david pountney’s libretto to tuneful, even soulful vocal lines, an extraordinarily unreliable narrator describing scenes of extreme violence and horror in music of incongruous loveliness.
limited pressing on translucent vinyl.

history freely dilates and collapses on valgeir sigurðsson’s dissonance, his first solo release since 2012. its three large-scale works are haunted by the old western tradition, infused with the ethereal workings of electronics and sound manipulation.
dissonance treads elegantly along a fine line between traditional symphonic organicism and the fissures of the faltering structures of reality. it takes forward sigurðsson’s typically expansive, panoramic writing, and elevates it to a perpetual construction and deconstruction of time and space.
these are hardly his first experiments with the archaic technology of classical instruments, but here the distance between past and present is precisely what the music itself is designed to explore, and to distort.

bedroom community releases daniel bjarnasons over light earth on september 30th 2013. this is the icelandic award-winning composers second solo-album and third release on bedroom community, hot on the heels of his solaris collaboration with labelmate ben frost. bjarnasons critically acclaimed debut album processions was hailed by time out ny as coming eerily close to defining classical musics undefinable brave new world.on over light earth the intensity of bjarnason s orchestral voice is captured through meticulous close-micing and multitracking, a recording process that sets this recording radically apart from that of conventional orchestral recordings.

the parameters of musical possibility are vast on valgeir sigurdssons third lp, architecture of loss. the music flows from no notes at all to lyrical, folk-like melody, from spare, acoustic sound to dense digital intervention. originally composed for the same titled ballet by stephen petronio. architecture of loss is a powerful work in its own right in which valgeir works from a broad palette of absences.

bedroom community broadens the scope with their newest release: en garde by puzzle muteson, a mysterious, intimate record by a fearless songwriter and lyricist from the windswept isle of wight. arranged and produced by collaborators and labelmates nico muhly and valgeir sigurdsson, en garde is a strange, comforting and alarmingly personal record. driven, spare lyrics are hoisted high by vocals of steady, sturdy tremble. each tune swells with plush guitar pluck in a sea of orchestration and electronics. recorded in the greenhouse studios in iceland, the album collects puzzle muteson s odd and beautiful stories - about love and horses, rust and polar bears, heartbreak and birds. puzzle s songs are curious sounds from a troubled heart and his lyrics are urgent and open, striking a note with their vulnerable memories. i was once a horse is an unforgettable song about nostalgia. the first single and title track, en garde , pits puzzle s longing against waves of dense strings and jagged rhythm, while perspex disguise sets his naked, translucent vocals against shimmering piano that refracts off epic chords. in flamingo head he sings, i left your house. you let me. i left you ugly , buffeted by guitar and distant murmurs. not a single thing could take this magical sight. i ll find you still , he sings in medusa , the story of a man tracking down a lost love. like many bedroom community recordings, en garde takes an unexpected and unique voice and elevates it out of any easily discernible pocket. puzzle muteson could be folk or something completely different - instead he s an intense stranger from the isle of wight - at once both familiar and unfamiliar. en garde heralds a haunting and essential new voice, beautiful, earned and yearning

>en garde< is the first single from puzzle mutesons debut album. the music was arranged and produced by nico muhly and valgeir sigursson and recorded in the greenhouse studios in iceland. the title track, >en garde<, pits puzzles longing against waves of dense strings and jagged rhythm. with it comes the bonus track >brittle beak<. en garde takes an unexpected and unique voice and elevates it out of any easily discernible pocket. puzzle muteson could be folk or something completely different - instead he is an intense stranger from the isle of wight - at once both familiar and unfamiliar.

one of the best albums of 2009 finally available on vinyl! includes posterbooklet and noble packaging.

the needle-drop fuzz that cues sam amidons fourth solo album of songs, i see the sign, raises the curtain on a world of little theatres, foretelling of an aural gut-grip that is fully human and wholly natural. amidons intuitive and often radical reworkings of age-old secular ballads, gospel, folk songs, and hymns render familiar characters new through his direction, vision, vocals, banjo, guitar, and stellar contributions from fellow musicians. stylus magazine raved that amidons sophomore solo album, but this chicken proved falsehearted, was >the most interesting folk album of 2007<. in 2008, bedroom community debuted his third album, all is well, which garnered mediaenthusiasm as a >a goose-bump-manufacturing sonic piece de resistance< (cmj new music monthly).

both landaus voice and compositions are extraordinary: the voice raw and exposed, pure and precise.

folie a deux marks the bedroom community debut of award winning british composer emily hall.

theatrics is as much a folk song fairytale as it is an exploration of electronic wonders.

the music on cycles comprises thirteen organ pieces by labelmate and composer nico muhly.

gorgeous 2xdvd including a tour documentary and a concert film feat. ben frost, sam amidon, nico muhly

sirotas neuestes werk auf bedroom community besteht aus sechs stuecken fŸr viola und electronics: es gibt kollaborationen mit den komponisten judd greenstein, shara worden, missy mazzoli, nico muhly, paul corley und daniel bjarnason. baroque wurde in den greenhouse studios in island von valgeir sigurosson produziert. ihr 2009er debuet first things first war in der new york times record of the year!

fuer fans von bjšrk, xiu xiu & philip glassnico muhly drones consist of the nico muhlys tree eps drones & piano, drones & viola and drones & violin, with a special bonus composition. performing the pieces are bruce brubaker, nadia sirota and pekka kuusisto along with muhly himself. drones was recorded and produced by valgeir sigurosson in the greenhouse studios in iceland.

the needle-drop fuzz that cues sam amidon s fourth solo album of songs, i see the sign, raises the curtain on a world of little theatres, foretelling of an aural gut-grip that is fully human and wholly natural. amidons intuitive and often radical reworkings of age-old secular ballads, gospel, folk songs, and hymns render familiar characters new through his direction, vision, vocals, banjo, guitar, and stellar contributions from fellow musicians.

valgeir sigurdsson, former producer of bjšrk, has made his name as an exponent of musical subtlety. as an engineer and producer, hes often focused on the intimate, the miniature. draumalandid (dreamland), a documentary about the exploitation of icelands natural resources, tells a story about huge things-the fortunes of a whole nation, the destruction of vast landscapes, and the global economic forces, greater still than any nation, that fuel it all-and for his soundtrack to the film, valgeir has brought out a heavier set of tools. exciting music for fans of max richter, deaf center, bjšrk.

as the fifth member of bedroom community, dan’el bjarnason promises to share his bewitching alchemy with our troupe and our listeners.

clear double vinyl edition.

pressing on electric blue coloured double vinyl.